Good Domain Appraisal Companies.

[nate_king1]

Please list the most inexpensive Appraisal companies, that take their time in the valuation process. Thanks,

[mystwoman]

NateKing I have never used an appraisal company. I rely on my own eyes and ears. I don't think there is any benchmark company, or we would all be using it and the domains market would settle down.
That said, I've used adnappraisals.com. But i have a contact in the undistry who usually advises me.

[Janwillem]

Please list the most inexpensive Appraisal companies, that take their time in the valuation process. Thanks,

We are! I mean: ask around on forums try to develop a feeling for it yourself. "You could check monthly revenue from a website multiply it by 2 years and that is a nice appraisal on developped websites". Someone other than me posted this on the forum somewhere. Seems quite reasonable.

[-JJ-]

Human Appraisal Methods are the best form of appraisal services you can get. The ones that are entered into a system are all false. They only base it on thing, your judgment. You can lie and put Excellent for everything. In my eyes a good appraisal comes from all of that plus the actual domain name. Systems do not look at the domain name, it's length and quality either.

-JJ-

[Apsylum]

I don't see appraisal companies as being a very good place to put your money, the value means NOTHING unless someone wants it.

[sjaguar13]

I don't see appraisal companies as being a very good place to put your money, the value means NOTHING unless someone wants it.
I agree with this ^

[-JJ-]

If you pay for an appraisal, don't you naturally think they are going to give you a good price? You paid them after all, they want your business again.

-JJ-

[sjaguar13]

Human Appraisal Methods are the best form of appraisal services you can get.
If you pay for an appraisal, don't you naturally think they are going to give you a good price?
According to you, they are the best kind to get.

[mystwoman]

Nobody on the Internet is going to coalesce and allow one firm to rule in domain valuation.

[blakeaf96]

Why pay someone to appraise a domain name? Unless you're spending thousands and thousands and want to make sure the name is descent, then I see no other point.... YAY, LETS PAY $10 TO GET A DOMAIN APPRAISED THATS ONLY WORTH REG FEE!! :):)

[sjaguar13]

Why pay someone to appraise a domain name?
If you get divorced or some other legal matter where you show the value of your assets, sometimes you are required to show how much your domains/websites are worth. You have to get it in writing by a professional.

[mystwoman]

but how subjective? The process of domaining is so intuitive. Can you imagine trying to explain what a "google" was to a divorce lawyer twenty years ago?

[sjaguar13]

20 years ago Google wasn't worth anything.

[mystwoman]

exactly my point. You could get a third party to make the argument both ways. So what value is a service that stamps a subjective value on a name?

[-JJ-]

According to you, they are the best kind to get.

? According to me they are the best kind to get? I said Human Appraisal Methods are fine to get. Why pay a system to appraise it for you? I never said you had to pay a human for it either. You can get an appraisal at Forums such as Domain Forums for free. Naturally though if you pay either the system or a humn you're going to get a good result 99.9 % of the time because they want your business again.

-JJ-

[Gayble]

Be careful to avoid the fakes! :) There are alot of scamming appraisal companies out there..

[Varlin]

You can also pay $40 to appraise a domain that is NOT even worth a 2.99 reg fee. I've seen them.

[Gayble]

Yep, they just feel sorry for you wasting your money getting an appraisal for a crappy domain, so they just say it's worth $xxx,xxx to make you happy :p then you go around selling it, and everyone calls you a rip off.. :D

[-JJ-]

That's why Domain Forums are around. They're free and most of them are accurate.

-JJ-

[Gayble]

Yep, many people have saved alot of money just through getting their domains appraised.. it'd be better to get a really valuable domain appraised for pay because the people on forums would just pretty much guess, and it wouldn't be too accurate.