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**palombini** · 08-27-2004, 09:32 AM

Hown Can I establish domain's Price?

Anybody know any software to establish quickly domain's price?

I'm from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Thanks!

Mario Palombini

**mark** · 08-27-2004, 10:44 PM

your best bet is to go to a website:
http://www. igoldrush.com and start with the introduction and then click on all the various items from the home page; if you read everything carefully, you will gain a good overall knowledge of how the market works.

**DomainShark** · 08-28-2004, 08:47 AM

Or simpler still, post the domain (if you already own it) in the appraisals section of these forums to see what a number of people who trade domain names on a regular basis think it might be worth.

If you've got the cash and think your domain might be worth a lot you might even consider paying for a professional appraisal and valuation by a reputable organisation such as SEDO, Moniker or afternic.

**Rocket2Uranus** · 08-28-2004, 08:56 AM

There is no such thing as an "established" or "official" domain appraiser anywhere, and anyone who sells you an appraisal is really only benefitting themselves, not you. I'd stay away. They can actually do more harm than good by selling you an appraisal that drastically overstates your domain's value, just to make you happy with their service in the hopes you will buy more.

You can get a good grasp of market values by browsing through the sales and appraisal threads on this site - that will be the highest quality and cheapest lesson you will ever learn on the topic.

Best of luck, and welcome to DNF!

**DomainShark** · 08-28-2004, 09:23 AM

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There is no such thing as an "established" or "official" domain appraiser anywhere

I'm not offering any endorsements having not used their services, but the companies I named are more reputable and their valuations more trustworthy than the scammers emailing people with "interested potential buyers" who want them to use their appraisal services, aren't they?

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and anyone who sells you an appraisal is really only benefitting themselves, not you.

They're the most obvious beneficiaries, but surely the novice domain reseller can gain some benefit from realising that the domain name he just registered is worth 50x what he thought (or conversely, that the name he had failed to sell for most of the year at a hopelessly inflated $50k might actually attract buyers at a realistic price). And might potential end users be somewhat comforted that they're getting a reasonable price by a paid-for appraisal and hence more likely to buy (which is even better news for the reseller if the price is ridiculously over-inflated)?

**ParkQuick.com** · 08-28-2004, 02:13 PM

The domain appraisals at Sedo seem pretty good. They would like to sell your name for you, so the appraisals may be on the high side at times.

Try:

http://www.sedo.co.uk/appraisal.php3...artnerid=14818

Len

**neilfj** · 08-28-2004, 03:14 PM

Post the name in the forums

**AbsolutelyFreeW** · 08-28-2004, 09:03 PM

ive heard webhostingtalk's appraisal is good