Comments on: Domain name appraisal from SEDO

By: Sedo Feautured Listing - save your cash » Self Made Minds

Sedo Feautured Listing - save your cash » Self Made Minds — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:13:25 +0000

[...] for sale, most are for development in one form or another but chose TVs.co.uk which Sedo had previously appraised at £22,000 for this test, 2 weeks ago I paid the €39 for a featured listing. When you order a [...]

By: Odetta

Odetta — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:37:07 +0000

Odetta…

After surfing the web for hours, its really nice to someone with a brain about things i’m intested in. Thanks for the intellectual inter….your get the idea….

By: Interesting domaining news articles - week ending 10th Feb 2008

Interesting domaining news articles - week ending 10th Feb 2008 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:21:56 +0000

[...] active domainer with some great names in his portfolio. He recently blogged about an domain name appraisal he received from domain name sales site SEDO.co.uk and reproduces the appraisal, which makes interesting reading. It is interesting to see what a Sedo [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:06:43 +0000

Good points Nafi, I wonder if the recent sale of cruises.co.uk for £560,000 would have featured in the Comparable Transactions if I ordered it now and what that would do to the possible valuation. Not worth the paper it’s written on as you say and impossible to peg down to a nice round number.

By: nafi

nafi — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:04:03 +0000

The valuation you got looks nice and all, but when referencing comparable sales, the DATE of the sale is VERY important in determining the relevance of the comparable sale. They really should have gone that one step further to earn their $29, IMO.

The relationship between buyer and seller is also important, so it would have been better if they indicated who the previous and current owners of the comparable domains are. You want to be looking at sales between bona fide buyers and sellers dealing at arm’s length, after all.

And the conclusion of a valuation should NEVER be a single amount. We’re not dealing with certainties here, so a value RANGE would have been a more honest conclusion. You know, something like $20 000 – 27 645.99, rather than $22k, neat with a lot of little zeros.

Congrats on your valuation. Sorry for pissing all over the quality. You acquired a real gem in tvs.co.uk, but I think you paid too much for that valuation.

Thanks for the warning, though!

By: Walt

Walt — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:44:05 +0000

The reason they do something innocent like that is to get themselves past the spam blockers and/or the blogger who holds comments from all new authors in moderation. Once comments from their email address show up right away, they start spamming.

By: Mr. Disgruntled

Mr. Disgruntled — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:31:22 +0000

Interesting report … thanks for posting this. The report is actually more well done than I anticipated. Although, like you said, the “comparable transactions” seem a bit iffy.

This is a great domain you have, and I look forward to seeing what happens with it. I need to find a domain like that

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:59:55 +0000

Yea, i had the same comment on my blog a while ago. And it pointed to the same site. Anyway, since he is spamming, at least he could have considered a more targeted link anchor

By: Domainholics

Domainholics — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:51:33 +0000

I agree. TVS is for TVs as much as it is for any company with the T.V.S acronym.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:08:44 +0000

I’m no expert, but that sounds pretty good for the .co.uk… I’m guessing the .com would be worth a lot more.