Got Some Domain Investments? What’s The Value?
Posted on | December 5, 2007 | 3 Comments
Do you have some 3 character domain names (LLN / LNN / LNL / NLL / NNL / NLN / L-L /N-N / L-N / N-L | L= Letter N= Number)? If you do, I hope you know the value of these are always on the rise (assuming that the TLD is .com/.net–.com being worth a lot more than the .net). There’s a lot of people who decide to sell these off without even researching the value of their domain. What do I mean? I mean people who decided to buy some and for some reason just have no clue that these are actually worth something. You might see some people trying to sell them at a starting bid of $25. Where are these people? They are rare, but I’ve seen some on the foreign boards. The auctions never end at $25 since there are always experienced domainers who bid the value right away, but it gets you wondering. Do you know the value of your domains? I assume most don’t. I try to keep up with a lot of mine, but I just don’t have the time to keep up with my portfolio that grows literally everyday. I always find myself finding a domain that “looks good.” When does buying get out of control? When you start buying novelty domains. What do I mean by novelty? I’m talking about domains that have no significance to the world EXCEPT FOR YOU.
Quick example is the domain I am using for my blog: http://www.fka200.com. Fka200 has no real meaning. The domain itself is worth nothing to everyone, except me. I’ve been using the name Fka200 for almost 10 years, so of course I would’ve been pissed if someone owned my online alias.
This means that you need to focus on domains that actually get traffic and mean something to a population and not just a couple of people. Don’t get me wrong… if you intend on buying a domain and branding it, that’s fine… but I always see people on the boards trying to buy names like HiMyNameIsRandyS.com and expecting people to type that in. You need to do your research beforehand. Why? Because if you intend on making money, make your domain as simple and memorable as possible. Shorter domains stick in peoples heads quick, and memorable domains are catchy so people don’t forget them. Traffic is the most valuable thing on the internet. If you have traffic, you can make money. The amount of traffic you get determines just how much you will be making, so obviously you want as much as possible–probably with the least amount of effort, right? You need to do research on the domain. Get people to get to your domain by typing it into the address bar and you’ve hit the gold. You don’t need to rely on search engine traffic and having to go around and use Digg and StumbleUpon.
A mini-informative post is getting into a little too much detail. If I’m going to go ahead and talk about it, I’ll put together some resources this week and make a formal blog post regarding domain names. For those that have 3 character domains, check out the pricing guide at 3character.com.
Current Observed Minimum Wholesale Price (per combo) according to 3character.com
As of December 1, 2007:
Quality is also determined on the letters. For example, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T are considered premium letters.
Lesser quality letters would be: J, K, U, V, W. Lower quality letters include: Q, X, Y, Z.
I suggest you purchase domains that you have done a bit of research on and can explain to forum members (assuming you are trying to flip on a forum) the value that you see in the domain, you probably have a higher chance at getting it sold–and sold for more. To also get a better idea about the value of a domain, do some research about previous domains sold with similar keywords. You can check out DNJournal.com for sales over $500.
The person who owns the domains owns the internet 
. If anyone has any suggestions for future blog posts, feel free to let me know!
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December 13th, 2007 @ 5:43 pm
You know I never understood what People meant when they said WTB LLL or LLLL domain names. now I do and I feel smarter already lol
These 3 and 4 letter domain names aren’t east to find anymore and are all pretty much sold if they were even available to start with.
You’re right when you say people don’t have values of domain names because, (and just as an example) I purchased http://www.yawoop.com for 9 USD. This is a great example of how people have no clue in the worth of a domain name. I myself am still an amature at buying and selling domain names and I’ve been doing it now for 2 years.
I guess in the end when all is said and done we have to read more and become more knowledgeable about what we are doing.
Great Article I learned something1
Cheers,
Blog Engage
December 13th, 2007 @ 6:25 pm
If yah ever need advice, just let me know
Yawoop really is something. What script are you using?!!?!? Does it index the pages? I neeeeed it! Ahh. LOL.
September 18th, 2008 @ 7:01 am
I don’t think it indexes sites or pages unless it’s added to the xml document where the data is pulled from.
Seems the company who was offering the service went belly up and shut down the project! Now yawoop is simply a Bid Link Directory!