Should I sell my domain?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by peachesncream, Jan 15, 2012.

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    I have a domain that is 8 years old and has a PR of 2. How much do you think I could get if I sold it now? Should I try to increase the page rank first?
     
    peachesncream, Jan 15, 2012 IP
  2. w3goodies

    w3goodies Member

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    Do you mind telling your domain name... ? General keywords domain name has higher value...
     
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  3. alamlinks

    alamlinks Well-Known Member

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    How much old is the domain is not matter. It's PR and traffic is matter.

    Any way your Domain is 8 years old means you had registered for your own business. Then why you want to sell?
     
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  4. peachesncream

    peachesncream Member

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    I bought the domain at an auction because it was about to expire. it is historic graveyards dot com
     
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  5. Cheat

    Cheat Peon

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    historicgraveyards.com

    - Is a very long domain name
    - Non-keyword rich
    - Very low PR
     
    Cheat, Jan 15, 2012 IP
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  6. Teh Woo Yan

    Teh Woo Yan Peon

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    You probably wont get much for it sadly. Someone posted $40-50 tops, well that's what I would go for. The domain isn't very good in terms of what it needs, so whomever buys it will need to do a lot to make it a high PR and so on.
     
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  7. peachesncream

    peachesncream Member

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    should i work on building it into a basic site or just sell the domain?
     
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  8. aardvark25

    aardvark25 Greenhorn

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    $13,282.27 on url appraiser.net
    $25 on valuate.com
    $ 0 on domain values .com
    Amazing
    Here is a useful link to valuing domains http://blog.domaintools.com/2011/01/domain-valuation-how-to-value-a-domain-name/

    I guess the lesson here is that your domain is worth whatever a buyer is prepared to pay
    The trick is to be able to find the right buyers.
    I dont know would some one interested in the ancestry niche might be interested
    Low google search volume and a paltry 50 cents per click so sorry it isn't worth much to an Internet marketer
    Competition is very low so you might make some money with some sort of authority site with 50 plus pages targetting 50 long tail keywords
     
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  9. Domainate

    Domainate Active Member

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    It's not an area where you'd expect to find a buyer. Not an easily monetized domain - even if you put up a nice informational site with Adsense, what could the ads show that would get people to click?

    You'd likely only be able to sell a domain like that based on its age and pagerank and those aren't all that impressive.
     
    Domainate, Jan 16, 2012 IP
  10. peachesncream

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    thanks for all the helpful feedback... im learning as I go clearly. hopefully someone will be interested in it. i liked the name, thats why i bought it lol
     
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    its very long domain and 8 years of been online yet only pr2 does not help either good luck anyways..
     
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  12. StarmarkCreatives

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    There will always be demand for domain names however wacky or unusual they are, try and increase its PR first though
     
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    It depends on how much time and money you will put in increasing its PR because it's probable that later you won't be able to sell it for a big amount and your efforts to increase its PR could cost more than you'll get for it.
     
    welkin, Jan 20, 2012 IP
  14. peachesncream

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    i thought the name would appeal to the growing ghost hunting niche. I dont want to spend too much time making it, but will probably build it up as a site a little first
     
    peachesncream, Jan 20, 2012 IP
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    well if anyone is interested in it, let me know
     
    peachesncream, Jan 21, 2012 IP
  16. BradAllen

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    You could pretty easily put up a simple website with some ads as well as a contact form about selling the domain. My friend Bill Myers does this all the time for the many domains he has. You might as well put something up there as long as you have it. You could check out Bills site for some articles on what he does with domains. His site is bmyers.com.
     
    BradAllen, Jan 23, 2012 IP