My father, an independent real estate buyer's broker/agent recently retired, and has closed his website. The domain is still his, however, and includes his initials, which also happen to be a common abbreviation for the city. An existing real estate company in the same city would now like to purchase the domain name, but neither they nor my father know what to expect for pricing. I posted a message in the Domain Names board, and they suggested a few options for sales and appraisals, including this board, so here are the details to help evaluate it: Domain name: dbhouses.com City: Daytona Beach, Florida Hence: not just my dad's initials, but also "Daytona Beach Houses" In addition, the company that's interested in the domain does NOT have a domain name that closely tied to the city (it's based on their founder's name), nor that short, so my father's domain would seem to be helpful to them. Thanks!
I'm sure you will get better answers to your post. The domain is at least worth the traffic it is currently generating. If someone local wants it it is worth more. You could always list it on EBAY with a real high reserve and see what happens. The key is to do something (assuming it is now not active) before the ratings and links disappear because they are a large part of the value. Colbyt
Tough one to call with any accuracy. I would say in the range, $xxxx to $xx,xxx. I repeat my earlier advice for you to have the name professionally appraised using an industry recognised service, such as www.sedo.com. Do be aware that there are many services offering domain appraisal services that are useless at best and scammers at worst. <edit>Nice domain btw!
Without traffic stats, this is a tough one. Though, one thing to consider in pricing this to the other real estate company is that they most certainly would have interest in your fathers remaining emails that come in just as much as they want his traffic if not more. Realtors pay lots for leads and you have may have a more valueable product than you though. He may even be able to negotiate referal fees from the leads that trickle in to his old email acount. Just some thoughts. Todd