Overture numbers and how do they relate to value? - DNForum - Domain Sales, Domain Forum, Domain Appraisals, Domain Registrars

**nniguy** · 07-01-2004, 11:53 PM

Hello everyone,

Say a name has an overture number of 125 "with the extension" what kind of value can you put on the name. Also, does that mean that the domain gets 125 type-ins a month? Assume the name has not been listed in search engines and is one word.

Thanks so much.

**nniguy** · 07-01-2004, 11:56 PM

Hello everyone,

Say a name has an overture number of 125 "with the extension" what kind of value can you put on the name. Also, does that mean that the domain gets 125 type-ins a month? Assume the name has not been listed in search engines and is one word.

Thanks so much.

**icehole** · 07-02-2004, 06:10 AM

to be honest, it doesn't mean much. If things are really bad, it might get 1 unique/day

If things are good, it might get thousands.

Who knows.

One thing is for sure, I would registed a domain with 125 w./ext

**cyphix** · 07-02-2004, 08:23 AM

In general the domain may get one third or so of the overture amount per day.

So in this domains case, probably about 40/day... but as icehole said, if the domain doesn't make sense as to why it might be getting that.. it may get none.

**peekaboo** · 07-02-2004, 07:33 PM

well if the overture shows 125 with the extension for the past month, it means it gets a steady traffic... much more than 125 per month. how much traffic exactly, and how much value you can put on a name its hard to tell without knowing the sort of name you have, the field/industry/niche it belongs to, and the origin country/countries of that traffic (

**nniguy** · 07-02-2004, 07:40 PM

This name in particular does make sense as to why it is getting some type-in traffic. What value would you put on it. It is a name I am considering buying.

Thanks again everyone!

**nameslave** · 07-02-2004, 07:49 PM

Please do not post multiple threads of identical content. Threads merged. Thanks.

**nniguy** · 07-02-2004, 07:57 PM

Sorry Nameslave. That's my second screwup in two days!

**folo** · 08-15-2004, 08:58 AM

What if a domain name without the extension on overture has 500,000 search per month? How many visitors can i expect every day?

**DotComGod** · 08-15-2004, 09:20 AM

That really depends on the extension you own.

-=DCG=-

**folo** · 08-15-2004, 09:20 AM

What if it is a .cc extension?

**gariben** · 08-15-2004, 09:38 AM

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What value would you put on it. It is a name I am considering buying.

Just reg the domain name. It's only $6.95-$8.95.

If you are buying..... ask them about the stats.

Think of it as tuition money. No matter how many people you ask.. no one (even the experts) will know what value it is if you don't register.

**mark** · 08-27-2004, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by nniguy

Hello everyone,

Say a name has an overture number of 125 "with the extension" what kind of value can you put on the name. Also, does that mean that the domain gets 125 type-ins a month? Assume the name has not been listed in search engines and is one word.

Thanks so much.

with the continued improvement of search engines such as google and their new toolbar, typing in an extension is not necessary anymore and traffic counts can vary tremendously as well as value. business.com is a perfect example---(man i wish i had registered that one years ago) business.com previously sold for millions of dollars. if you type in business.com (name plus extension) you get 4720 hits in july on overture; this figure is hardly accurate as one factor in determing value of the domain name; if you type in the word business without the extension, the number of hits is 2,308,811 for july, a more accurate assessment of the number of people who are looking for that topic and potential value.

**trader** · 08-27-2004, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by nniguy

Say a name has an overture number of 125 "with the extension" what kind of value can you put on the name. Also, does that mean that the domain gets 125 type-ins a month?

No direct relationship like that and it raises a somewhat different issue. A big problem with OV Suggestion Tool numbers is you never know for sure if the numbers are coming from domainers who typein the name because they see it dropping soon and on drop lists and want to see the results or 'real' natural typein's.

For example, 2 mos ago I let one of my worthless domains expire (and I mean worthless, a weird combo of letters and numbers which was never an active site - not sure why I even owned it or how I got it). Anyway, just by chance recently ran across it again on a good OV numbers list published by a dnf member as having 125 in OV with ext (an odd coincidence based on your example).

Instantly I knew the ST# was wrong as I had researched the name including its zero Suggestion Tool number before I let it drop. In all likelihood what happened is the name appeared on drop lists and in June/July many domainers typed it in to see the ov numbers making July returns be 125 with ext.

It sure would be great if we could somehow access Suggestion Tool numbers for say 2 or 3 consecutive mos to solve that problem. Anyone here know any way to do that?

P.S. Names listed for sale in the various sales venues can also cause misleading OV numbers as many of us test the name for ST returns with ext if considering a name for sale. It is possible to have inflated returns even on names which are not dropping due to that (and also a few other reasons I won't go into at this time).