Wanted: Domain Appraisal Football.com & Basketball.com

[MurtsOn]

Hey all!

Just wondering if some experienced members here would have a stab at how much they'd value these domains at?

Thanks

 

[BG]

I personally would be putting a price tag of $5m+ on each...

You forgot about Trivia.com too

Regards,
Barry

 

[dee]

Holy nice domains if they are yours. I would have thought a lot more than $5 million surely ? They are pretty much the ultimate sports domains I would have thought.

 

[philiporchard]

Ask James R... he might have some thoughts.

 

[MurtsOn]

Thanks all. What about Trivia.com then?

I'm just curious really. When you look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_domain_names

You do wonder if they're worth 8 figures rather than 7?

 

[dee]

You do wonder if they're worth 8 figures rather than 7?

They've got to be up in at least mid to high 7's I would have thought even in the current climate. Didn't Las Vegas go for $90 odd million ?

 

[martin-s]

Soccer or eggball though?

 

[Adam H]

Soccer or eggball though?

I'd imagine commercially Football would be more valuable to the Eggball crowd.

 

[dee]

Soccer or eggball though?

You get the choice at the moment on homepage.

 

[Grant]

And once you pick, you can choose not to show egg/soccer again.

Personally, not knowing anyone with domains like that, I'd shoot a message to https://twitter.com/MichaelCyger and see if he/his contacts have an opinion.

 

[dee]

Either way, unless you want to be involved they are fire and forget , never have to worry about money again domains.

 

[JMI]

5mil 15 years ago perhaps.

Now, a mil if very lucky. If you study domain sales over the last year you'll notice alot of old timers who turned down numerous decent offers are now seeing their portfolios smashed to bits on here and a £££ DL sale if lucky... we've all been there

 

[meslam123]

5mil 15 years ago perhaps.

Now, a mil if very lucky. If you study domain sales over the last year you'll notice alot of old timers who turned down numerous decent offers are now seeing their portfolios smashed to bits on here and a £££ DL sale if lucky... we've all been there

why do you think end users sales diminished? maybe they simply want to retire

 

[MurtsOn]

Any more potential valuations please?

- football.com
- basketball.com
- trivia.com

Thanks!

 

[RobM]

Are they yours?

 

[MurtsOn]

Are they yours?

Just curious. People say domains have died/lost value since the boom etc and Google is moving more and more away from URLs etc.

 

[RobM]

Ok thanks

 

[dee]

Google is moving more and more away from URLs etc.

Maybe a daft question. To what ?

 

[Adam H]

Maybe a daft question. To what ?

I don't think anyone really knows at the moment , probably branded identity and voice :

https://www.wired.com/story/google-wants-to-kill-the-url/

I suspect Google will eventually remove the address bar from Chrome and URL's from SERP to try and suppress the reliance, but there still needs to be a viable replacement, domains will be around for a considerable amount of time yet

 

[RobM]

Google will only do things to try to make you more reliant on them by squeezing out 'normal' sites and eventually giving you access to who pays them the most. I think their time will be up if they try that, ie removing manual access, - people are already showing signs of discontent with their business practices and I suspect we'll see far more alternative browsers (probably anonymous and ad free).