Get Your Domain Appraised.
There have been times that I have received emails from people offering me a certain amount of money to buy EnkayBlog.com and my main reason for not selling it is because EnkayBlog.com is my baby! I started this website as part of being an MMO blog and I have become attached to it. Whenever I received the offers, I never knew what the website was worth – or if it was worth anything at all. The website makes money and it still makes money, but I’m not sure what its value is.
I wondered if there were any Domain Appraisal websites out there and sure enough, I came across domainappraisal.org. Theres a lot of other tools out there that you can use but the value that they assess really isnt effective. The problem with the free or other types of domain appraisals is that they are just giving you a value for entertainment purposes. Most of them give you a value based on the links coming in and such but they use a variety of factors to evaluate the value of the blog. They test the domain with a 15 factor analysis which checks various attributes that would affect the value of your domain.
Then t domain is appraised by an industry expert that they have on-hand. They promise appraisals to be completed within 4 days and doesn’t use any type of scripts of any sort. Basically, its not automated so everything is actually done by actual industry experts who are real people. They also provide you with an appraisal certificate in PDF form and they guarantee that your domain will sell within 12% of the appraised value and that the IRS will accept their valuation.
To help you further understand the website, they are BBB accredited and their services are fairly accurate. I sort of want to spend the $30 and get EnkayBlog evaluated however, since I dont want to sell it, I really dont have a need for it but maybe you do. If you do, go ahead and give it a shot and let me know what your blog or website is appraised at.
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about 1 year ago
Within 12% that is still quite a big spread. If you do get your site appraised, are you going to fill in your reader?
about 1 year ago
I prefer not to sell my domain especially if it got enough age. It’s just like selling your 3 year old son and make a baby again.lol.
about 1 year ago
I think domainers are geniuses. They are the only group of people that I know that can work as little as they do, and make as much as they do.
about 1 year ago
These services are garbage, don’t waste your time. It really doesn’t matter how much some shmuck who has no interest in buying your website tells you… all that matters is what the market value of the thing is! I’m sure when you are selling it you’ll find out that people really don’t care what some third party says its worth… they care about how cheap they can take it from you
about 1 year ago
I must agree with Jimvesting: these domain appraisal services charge you, but it doesn’t really mean anything. The market sets the price. Better put it up for sale at Sedo and see what people offer. Also there are free domain appraisal services available.
about 1 year ago
Hm – when we set up our website we never really gave any thought to its “value”. I guess we use our site to build up loyalty and trust so the thought of selling doesn’t come into out thinking at this stage.
I wonder how many people sell their site just to make a fast buck? Are they selling more than just their site? I wonder.
allan and dawn
about 1 year ago
But most of these ones are not giving a clear picture.
about 1 year ago
prefer not to sell my domain especially if it got enough age.
about 1 year ago
heh..once I upraised my domain with manual appraisal service, don’t remember the name yet, but it was rediculous. paid 70 EUR, and got my domain appraised for 7k USD, tried SEDO, other services – absolutely no success. I believe best domains are those who contain good keyword combination, but now it’s almost impossible to find that available. Aged domains is a great value.