Reg fee?

[Admin]

I wonder what is worth a reg fee these days?

I just let "robot love .co.uk" drop, a domain I regged a couple years for my daughter for an art project she was doing so I put up a site with her drawings.

It dropped and is now parked showing search results for "robot chicken" and "stock robot".

Is this really worth a reg fee?

Admin

 

[devolution]

There seems to be two camps of reg-fee analysis:

1. Any registered domain is 'worth' the reg-fee paid, since otherwise it has inherent value of 0.
2. A domain can have value of 0. Not even reg-fee.

But perhaps there is also a third:
3. A domain that can earn it's reg-fee back within it's registration time frame (ie: break even).

Nowadays with parking, there is very little income for many domains. They don't even break even (ie: earn the reg-fee back).
For the most part, it's all down to inherent values:
1. Is the value in the name (branding/generic etc.)?
2. Is the value in the traffic (parking/visitors etc.)?

Since any domain can be developed, the value of developing a domain, no matter the name/value etc. is separate from inherent value.



PS. A domain news site would have paid me $250 for this mini analysis column... j/k

 

[accelerator]

Is this really worth a reg fee?

Maybe when they regged it they were thinking of the future of sex dolls, where there could be some value I guess.

Rgds

 

[Admin]

I've let loads drop lately as they don't make back their reg fee.

So I guess some people may be gambling that the reg fee is a low-risk worth-while punt that someone may want to buy it in the next 2 years?

My sales have picked up a lot lately (low value private sales)

 

[rush]

I think someone has visions for it as a gadget related site, the new owner seems to have a nice gadgets domain, obviously picks up related names.

If you look at the .biz there is obviously branding potential in the name...

 

[devolution]

Two scenarios:

1. 10 people register 100 domains a year.
2. 100 people reigster 10 domains a year.

1,000 domains registered in both cases. Who has the more chance of having time & patience to develop each (or at least a good amount of) portfolio. The answer would probably be #2.
Don't worry Admin, I've seen a few of mine drop over the years, some went on to sell for x,xxx but it's a learning experience!

 

[nnh]

Domainers are constantly recycling rubbish, names go around and around...Ive dropped names that I have tried really hard to do something with, they were just non runners! They are caught on the drop by domainers trying to do exactly the same thing, and they will drop them again in two years!!!

The only value in these names is to the registry and registrars. Whats a name for this...domain recycling...registry support funding...registrar guaranteed income fund

rgif.org.uk

 

[websaway]

reg fee in perspective

Divide your sales and advertising income by the number of domains you own and that's the true earnings of each domain. Look to improve your overall sales and income over the next year, getting rid of a $5 a year overhead shouldn't be the main focus but be more selective regarding what you register.








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