Domain Name Wire We put 15 domain appraisal tools to the test. This is what we learned

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Using real but undisclosed domain sales, we tested how closely automated appraisal tools match market reality. This is the first in a series of stories about automated domain appraisal systems. Automated domain name appraisal services have been around for a while, and they’ve always been controversial. People like appraisal tools that tell them what they […]

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[Agaille_ngAgaille_ng is verified member.]

Agree on order of magnitude and on showing comps.

One extra split I keep seeing:
appraisal answers “what might it sell for”.
It doesn’t answer “should I touch it”.

A clean $5k number on a name with junk archive or a trademark overlap
is still a bad buy. Ranking expired lists by GoValue is useful for a first cut.
I’d still run history before the offer, not after.

 

[nicenicnicenic is verified member.]

I’m starting to think these tools are better at ranking names than pricing them. Getting the exact dollar value wrong matters less if they can still tell you which names are clearly stronger.

 

[Agaille_ngAgaille_ng is verified member.]

Yes. Ranking is the useful part.

I’d still separate “this name ranks higher than that one”
from “this name is clean enough to bid on”.
A strong rank with a dirty archive is the expensive mistake.