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I had came across this several times at another forum. It's a search engine where info seekers have a guide assist them with the search process. Otherwards, another human being will do the search for you :confused: . Sounds interesting though. Anyone try this yet?

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Appraising a Domain Name
By Domain Social's Amol Hatwar


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So you are looking to sell that domain name you bought a couple of years ago – the only problem is: At what price? There are a plethora of market places with agents, mostly shady, that will help you decide a price and sell. But then again, unlike real-estate domain names are abstract and are difficult to put a price-tag on. However, you should have a clear indication of how much you are expecting to get or pay for it. Want to fid out how to get a realistic indication? Read on.

Think, how much amazon.com would cost if it were for sale. Now think about the cost before Amazon began selling books and other stuff. The difference would probably involve millions of dollars, because amazon.com is now a developed domain and has a huge mindshare as a brand. Developed domains cost more, and can get really expensive if they have a well established user base or a community around it. The fact whether a domain is developed and/or has users becomes the single-most factor that influences the price.

That said there are other factors that affect the price of the domain. For example .com domains cost more than .net or .org simply because people are more accustomed to .com. You don’t hear them talk about a .net business, do you?

Also, users tend to be lazy. Giving them too much to type just to reach your Website is not good at all. And yes, even a single character matters after the golden threshold of six characters. Unlike most things on the Internet, it is shorter the better for domain names.

And like you guessed it, memorable domains will cost more. For example, yahoo.com is more memorable than msn.com. But then, remember msn.com two characters shorter. This is where you’d use your judgment to decide what you or your business values more.

An oft-forgotten fact is the relevance of the domain to your business. Take for example amazon.com and buy.com. Who would have thought that Amazon is about books, electronics and other non-perishable items? For me, it is difficult to link Amazon and e-commerce. But today, almost everyone on the Internet knows of the service. That’s because Amazon has done a lot of hard-work and spent equivalent sums in money to get to the current position in the user’s head. How much would buy.com com have to do? The very name says it all!

Lastly, another important but misunderstood fact is the reach and appeal of your domain name to your users. The more users across businesses and industries your domain name appeals to, the more the price. For example, lotus is a sweet sounding name. But on the Internet, lotus.com points to a feature-rich messaging and collaboration application suite developed by IBM. It appeals to technology heads of many businesses. But most technology heads are also parents, and there more parents than technology heads out there. Naturally, toysrus.com appeals to more people than lotus.com and is thus more valuable.

Once you have played the domain name you are looking to buy or sell through these facts, you should be more equipped to make that crucial decision of price. These days, almost every registrar runs a secondary domain name market; but here is a list of some popular players to help you get started.

1. DomainSocial.com
2. DomainAftermarket.com
3. NetworkSolutions.com
4. Sedo.com
5. GreatDomains.com
6. DomainMart.com

All names are registered at globat, late July 2007 expiry.

BVXF.com $50 (42 unique views per month)
CJUY.com $38 (13 unique views per month)
NXVV.com $45 (3 unique views per month)
UKYF.com $50 (13 unique views per month)
WJTU.com $38 (15 unique views per month)
ZVFS.com $38 (8 unique views per month)

The new owner will be given the account username & password to become the new account holder for the domain/s.

It is really weird, but apparently Microsoft neither owned nor tried to get Zune.com before announcing the Zune. The official site will be Zune.net. That is just crazy. How could they possibly let that happen?

It was reported a while back that EURID put a hold on some 74,000 domains, accusing registrars of warehousing. A Brussels court has now said they must release the domains to the registrars.

Quote:October 8, 2006 - In July, EURid denied access to its systems for 397 accredited registrars and placed approximately 74,000 domain names on hold. EURid thereafter filed a legal action against the registrars seeking termination of their accredited status on the basis of alleged warehousing activities.

Following unsuccessful attempts to contact EURid, the registrars filed an action in Brussels seeking injunctive relief. The registrants of a majority of the effected domains joined in the action.
Among the relief sought was an order declaring as invalid EURid’s placing the 74,000 domain names on hold. The Court has ruled that EURid must immediately free the 74,000 domain names from any restrictions.
The Court found that EURid acted without authority and in contradiction of both the governing regulations and its own rules. “The blocking of the domain names…has prima facie been done unlawfully.” (free translation).

In deciding that the domain names must be released from any hold, the court recognized the registrants’ direct navigation business model. “A full, unobstructed and free disposal of the domain names is indispensable for the activities that the [registrants] want to undertake with these domain names, namely direct navigation.” (free translation).
Prior to the ruling, EURid had conceded a number of other points requested in the injunction filing. For example, although having initially blocked the registrars from the EURid system, EURid reinstated the connection following the filing of the registrars’ legal action. Also, while EURid initially claimed that the registrars had engaged in warehousing, it abandoned this claim, never referencing it in the court action. Finally, while EURid had argued that the registrars had been acting as a front for non-existent registrants, the court specifically found the opposite was the case. The registrants have a normal contractual relationship with the registrars.
EURid must now return the roughly 74,000 domains to normal status. The court directed that if EURid failed to act within 48 hours, it would be subject to a fine of €25,000 per domain per hour. The domain registrants can now resume their use of the domains and, most importantly resume their previously established policy of returning domains to trademark holders (free of charge) if the domain names conflict with prior rights.

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It was re-posted on the godaddy blog this week:

https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/holiday/i...704&se=%2B

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