I found a domain that I want!!! I contacted the owner and he said it was for sale and he told me to make him an offer!! How would I know what to offer him and what is the process for buying a domain from another person?? I ran the domain name through dnScoop - Domain Name Value, History, Stats Tool and Forums and that said that it's value was $0, because there is nothing on the site - no incoming or outgoing links. What should I offer the guy?
Depending on the registrar the domain came from, should be in the range of less than $10, I guess you need to add a bit more to cover for his troubles, but I guess thats about it.
Depends on how good the name is. Does it have any keywords in it ? The exact keywords, or just one keyword + something else ? Brandable ? .com ? Other extensions taken ? Future potential ?
Yes! All keywords! Brandable! .com! .net is taken, haven't checked the rest. Future potential, well that all depends on what I am going to do with it! I have a blog by the same name. If nothing else, I could move my blogger blog to the new domain and then see what happens after that.... And did I mention that the domain is 5 years old?? That's good, right??
What I heard was the older the domain the easier it is for SEO, not sure how true it was. Depends on the people doing the SEO I guess? Mine never did well no matter how old they were.
That gives an idea on how much to value it at , but at the end of the day, you can't do anything without actually seeing the name. Put it this way- if you were in the shoes of the seller , how much would you be wanting for it ? That minus potential bias factor = price of your domain
Nobody can advise you of a price without knowing the domain. Foget about DNScoop or any other free appraisal site as they all suck. Think of a price that you feel it's worth to you based on how much you want that domain, the age of it, the quality of the name, & considering the .net is taken. If he thinks it's too low, he'll counter & then you can negotiate from there.