Valuing a domain registrar

[pjs]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could chip in from experience how registrars are normally valued? I seldom see any published prices for business that have sold.

I'm wondering what a well established business with around 30,000 domains under management, various other addon services, great potential for growth and an excellent reputation is worth? I know that's a difficult question!

Thanks for any feedback.

 

[retired_member4]

Your question is a bit vague so really hard to put any value on it.

Are the domains .co.uk or .com etc etc.. What are the add on services? Where is the potential for growth? What is the margin on these services? What is the margin on the domains?
The list is endless.

If the sole business is domain registration then the margin is excrutiatingly slim, and the competition is huge.

I'll take all your uk domain customers if you give me 25p for each one

 

[pjs]

Hi,

Not looking to sell, just value (we are actually profitable ).

I was thinking more generally. Traditional businesses for example normally go for 2-2.5 times yearly profit. I've seen internet companies go for 8 times that though. Just wondered how registrars faired. I've never seen the sale price of one before, though I've seen them advertised at silly figures.