Surname.org Valuation

[Knight Rider]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to get a surname.org domain, though I don't want to say exactly what it is. The surname is in the top-10 for many English speaking countries. Could some of you give me a rough idea what a name like this would be worth?

Thanks,

Reid

[victornumber]

whatever the owner would be willing to sell it. it would definitely go in the xxxx range at least though.

[TheLegendaryJP]

If a top 10 english surname I would say low $XXXX due to .org extension.

Again IF top's, otherwise its near reg fee to $XXX.

[URLtrader]

I had sold an Indian surname .com for $450 in 1999 (my first domain sale). Your domain should sell for $2000 or higher - depending on how desperate the buyer is to have it.

[radioz]

- depending on how desperate the buyer is to have it.

Always the key and most aren't all that desparate!

[Acro]

Depends on the surname - usually professionals would be willing to pay more than others.

[BidNo]

Here's some domain sales data. %USA is the percentage of US population with that surname (from US census data) while US_Rank is then a ranked order listing. Of course surnames may have other meaning (e.g. Coffee, Feathers, etc.) and valuation factors.

Domain SalePrice SaleDate SaleThru %USA US_Rank
Vincent.org 1922.00 2008-04-20 NameJet 0.02 579
Benjamin.org 1405.00 2009-01-18 NameJet 0.014 840
Hollis.org 365.00 2009-06-03 GoDaddyAuction 0.011 1126
Forrest.org 1710.00 2008-02-03 NameJet 0.01 1184
Reagan.org 2000.00 2008-10-07 AfternicDLS 0.006 2000
Tang.org 2000.00 2008-04-06 sedo 0.006 2126
Kruger.org 1500.00 2008-03-30 AfternicDLS 0.005 2630
Alderman.org 388.00 2008-01-18 Afternic 0.004 2815
Keeler.org 250.00 2009-05-30 sedo Auction 0.004 3022
Borders.org 1211.00 2009-02-22 NameJet 0.004 3031
Irish.org 9950.00 2008-07-24 Sedo Auction 0.003 3647
Freeland.org 1500.00 2009-06-14 AfternicDLS 0.002 4801
Coffee.org 100000.00 2008-05-31 Sedo 0.002 5280
Ehrlich.org 1770.00 2008-03-02 AfternicDLS 0.002 5626
Chasse.org 500.00 2008-04-27 Sedo 0.002 5629
Engelhardt.org 4500.00 2009-09-02 Sedo 0.002 6321
Linden.org 1550.00 2008-08-10 AfternicDLS 0.002 6431
Tso.org 1400.00 2008-06-15 NameJet 0.001 7638
Zhao.org 1872.00 2008-06-03 Sedo 0.001 9170
Lukas.org 130.38 2009-03-14 Sedo Auction 0.001 9937
Feathers.org 1955.00 2008-03-23 NameJet 0.001 10088
Carle.org 2115.00 2008-05-25 AfternicDLS 0.001 11402
Centers.org 1000.00 2009-09-13 Sedo 0.001 11903
Vessels.org 1500.00 2009-06-21 AfternicDLS 0.001 13136
Pew.org 10000.00 2009-10-15 Sedo Auction 0.001 13189

This is top twenty-five US_Rank surname.org sales within last twelve months.

(Source: DnSalePrice.com)