Ask HN: Is this domain worth 10K?

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3 points by ta3892682334 5534 days ago

I'm considering purchasing a domain from an original owner and was hoping the HN crowd could give me pointers on how to evaluate the domains worth. Here is what I know now:

- Domain was purchased in '98 by a single owner and is a two word .com - Owner claims 75%+ traffic is organic - Domain has a google PR of 4 - Alexa 539,203 - Currently has approx 400 uniques per day - Owner currently has a blog up around specific topic with approx 100 posts

Owner wants 10K.

I realize this depends on the niche and possible monitization options but I value your guys expertise and would appreciate any feedback.

3 comments

edw 5534 days ago

I have no idea what industry you're talking about and therefore have no insight into the revenue potential of this domain name, but it seems conceivable that buying this domain name could save you $10,000 of effort that you' otherwise have to do. Can you or would you prefer to start from scratch and put that perhaps ten thousand dollars worth of effort in yourself?

Your answer to that question will get you well down the path of determining whether this domain name is worth the money.

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ta3892682334 5534 days ago

edw: It's in the health and wellness space. It's not as much about saving effort as monetization potential and I'm not clear I'm good at evaluating that.

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jimbobimbo 5534 days ago

I sold a domain name which I bought for myself and _never_ used, at a similar price. All depends how do YOU want this domain - my buyer really WANTED my domain name. Don't be afraid to make a counter-offer and hear what seller has to say though: my initial price was higher and buyer's counter was quite reasonable.

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startupjobs 5534 days ago

here's the tool I used to appraise ceojobs.com, a domain i bought a couple of years ago for 5 figures. simply substitute your domain name for ceojobs.com ... http://appraise.epik.com/ceojobs.com

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dkersten 5534 days ago

http://appraise.epik.com/google.com $4,500

http://appraise.epik.com/microsoft.com $553,900

Hah, think google will sell their domain name for $5K? :-D

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ta3892682334 5534 days ago

Thanks startupjobs. The only issue I have with these automatic services is they never seem to make sense to me. You use the figure as a very rough guideline?

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