I had to tweak a website and I was in GoDaddy when I clicked on the domain name auctions. Of course I wanted to see what folks thought the value was for particular names. My first question is, do people pay that kind of money for the names??? Holy Smokes, it does'nt even come with a website! I would LOVE to see a list of what sold and for how much, the value in an easy to remember domain name is not exactly crucial in Real Estate (my opinion). I mean we own FrankOrlando.com and many others but I always looked at it in its value to us not as a product to be marketed, well, at least not right now. Another question is, some of the domains had a certified appraisal badge, What the heck is that? It's worth what someone will pay, I find it hard to put a value on it. If any of you have sold domain names, give us an idea how it turned out. We are curious more than anything else, after all, if there so many names for sale, there must be a market somewhere.
I think domain auctions work only for the shortest domains at this time. There was a teriffic land rush. The guy who registered Home.com when the internet was a fledgling entity cleaned up. Short, targeted domain names still have much value.
I think domain auctions work only for the shortest domains at this time. There was a teriffic land rush. The guy who registered Home.com when the internet was a fledgling entity cleaned up. Short, targeted domain names still have much value.
With the right domain name when web 1st started WOW what others would pay. I own several purchased ahead of their time, what is a mere $300 per year hold onto them then post for sale.
If I had to do it over I would have put my local town name in my domain name because it moves it quicker up search engines. For example instead of weichertdunhill.com I would have done ostervilleweichert.com. Just another cheap and easy way to move up search engines...
I used to work for a Credit Union and we bought a couple because they were so close to our name, we didn't want a fraudulent organization to buy them and build fake sites and try phishing for our members financial data.
Vickie - home.com, I'll bet he got a TON for that
Ted - That is the very reason I do not think many are that valuable for real estate
Capital District - Good Idea, was almost scammed by wach0via.com, replaced the o w/ 0.
I sold a home to a guy that works w/ monster.com, he said they always buy misspellings for folks they do not want to miss...
Frank...
From an SEO standpoint, the domain name means EVERYTHING! Simple, easy to remember names will also increase traffic.
Richard - We use them for Ease www.atlantarelocate.com www.getusahome.com, and the strictly SEO www.atlantacountryclubhomessale.com
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