jperezmt

I'm new at the whole buying and selling domain names thing but what exactly makes a domain worth more than any other domain? And for that matter, what makes a bad domain? Is there a system or something people go by or is it just luck of the draw?

ecommerce_guru

Take a look at this article:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/domain_names/3138054.htm

eprosumer

Catchyness..
How short it is.
Basically!

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wombleme

An uncatchy domain with 20000 backlinks in google would still be worth alot.
There are lots of free appraisals like http://www.swiftappraisal.com/step1.php but they are way off!
Have a look at how much expired domains are selling for at tdnam.com to get a realistic idea

ODIN

Well depending on what topic they focus and what demand that topic has, like lets say, everyone wanted to make a runescape website and there was a domain runescapeheaven.com the price would go up, but if only 2 people wnated to make runescape websites then the price would be very low if someone even bought it.

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pelinga

1)the lenght of domain
2)the word(s) of domain
3).com
... and others

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nando

yeah - how catchy it is is a big part of it's worth, then the meaning, and then the length IMHO..

GimmeMyDomains

Catchyness - Memorable
Intuitiveness - (something that users intuitively try entering - even without searching for it. Here's an example - I keep getting offers on a clients domain because it is 100% intuitive. Most recent offer is $15k. He hasn't budged yet.)
Shortyness
Trendyness - Is it riding the wave of some current trend? (and does it tie into intuitive names?)

Having it be a .COM is also part of the intuitiveness - people automatically think of .com before anything else.

seopacks

just look the domains life, pr , backlinks , its past history besides meaning + value

palcoupon

I agree definitely!

olkin

1. Length.
2. Extension.
3. How catchy it is.
In case it has some history themn consider it.
Don't overestimate the importance of the domain age: it's as important as it has any quality backlinks and you aren't going to change its content.

newbie

This is how..I valuate the domains.

Length of the name (2 - 15 characters)

Should not have hyphen or numbers.

Extension - .com is the most valuable, .net, .org, .info, .mobi,

in ccTLD's - .co.uk, .us, .de, .es, .in

Popularity of the keyword, phrase. (150,000 terms in google or yahoo)

Monthly search volumes of the particular keyword, phrase. (500 + searches in overtrue)

It should be easily Readable, It should be Memorable, it should be Brandable and it should be Marketable.