Dear Rodney, If I may offer my unscientific (though considered) responses to your various questions (see below with my comments marked-off in >>> <<< ):
--- Rodney Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a client who wants to sell a seven-letter .com > domain with the associated 800 number. > > Questions... > > - where would you get that appraised? >>> Most "appraisals" for domains are worth bupkus. A domain is worth whatever someone is willing to pay, if anything, and that varies +++widely+++ depending on the immediate need, desire, and resources of a given buyer to acquire that name. There is as of yet, and probably never will be, any real science or even art of domain appraisal, despite the complex rules that some so-called appraisers have developed. Certainly nothing akin to, say, comparative market analyses as practiced in the real estate business. Domains just are not part of a "neighborhood" as are real properties, and nearly endless varieties for most concepts can be generated with a little creativity and no cost besides registering them. By the way, seven-letter domains are nothing outstanding. Now if you had a really good three-letter one, maybe that would be a lot easier to sell. <<< > - where would you sell that? >>> Wherever you can. There are after-market sites, like afternic.com, that specialize in domain auctions. But you can be prepared to wait a VERRRYYYY long time to get a bid, if at all, if you don't have a great name or one that someone happens to want, and which is seen quickly. Some people have sold domains on auction sites like eBay. Some (like I have done) post them to this list. Some put them on their own sites. Some tell their friends. Some spam for buyers (ugh) or, in a more refined but related mode, contact companies directly that you think MIGHT be interested in that particular name. I wouldn't be surprised if someone has sold domain names at flea markets. Maybe you could sacrifice small animals to the domain gods (not recommended)? <<< > - is there an FAQ somewhere I should have read this? >>> None that I know of, except on the after-market sites. <<< > > P.s. feel free to contact me for more info >>> Thanks, but no thanks! Have too many of my own I would dearly like to off-load. Some good ones, too! <<< > P.p.s of course, if I have anything to do with it, I'll make sure > it stays managed under OpenSRS ;-) >>> Nice thought, but I don't think OpenSRS will rise or fall on one domain name. It's more-or-less entirely up to the buyer. Don't know if that helps, and I'm sure there will be dissenting views (and maybe someone actually knows of something that works -- I'd love to hear about it, if so) . . . Good luck! Best, Frank Yacenda President & CEO Alpha Opportunities http://www.dotyourdomain.com Domains just $14.99/year <<< __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
