Free Appraisal Trick, Free Appraisal Links, & Self Appraise Domain Names

Hey y'all. Sorry for the delay in updating my VERY interesting blog. :-)

I am currently working on many different projects relating to the domain industry so I don't always have time to update this ole' blog of mine. I know I keep posting how I want to start on a set schedule where each day I will cover a set topic and how I plan on soon listing almost expired or expired domain names. Before you start to get skeptical and think Mr. Domainer here is full of himself I plan on doing what I said I will do. I am just so caught up in so many different things I don't have any free time to write a good article or to keep to a set schedule. I just need a little more time to get experienced in the world of blogging and finish some other projects that I started. :)

Most normal people post in the day time but I guess I'm not your average everyday person so I will say that tonight I would like to share with you a couple of free links to free appraisal sites and to teach you a neat little trick. I can't remember if I figured out this trick myself or read it somewhere on the internet. Therefore I refuse to take any credit for this trick if it happens to be unearned.

Now let's get started.

I want you to visit this site:

https://www.certifiedofferservice.com/CertifiedOffer/offer/makeoffer.do?dom=myspacebritneyspears.com

Once on the site I want you to change (on your web browser where it shows the url) "myspacebritneyspears.com" and in it's place type in your domain name. If your domain name is www.wizardofsales.com (yes that's another website that I own, I'm being sneaky I'm advertising for myself, lol. By the way website is under construction so please click on where it says "Click for eBay Store") So if your domain name is "wizardofsales.com" Your link should now read https://www.certifiedofferservice.com/CertifiedOffer/offer/makeoffer.do?dom=wizardofsales.com

On the right side if you scroll down underneath that square box you will see where it says "Does THEWIZARDOFSALES.COM include the name of a product or service?" there is a drop down arrow. Choose the option that says "No or Don't Know." Choose that option and it will automatically take you to a new page and on there where show you your appraisal for your domain name. Apparently I have bad taste in domain names that I like because wizardofsales.com apparently is only worth between $410.00 - $720.00 USD, lol. (I chose this domain name for my website because it totally fits my enthusiastic personality - I have done sales all my life - now before you start thinking that I'm an old hag - I'm only 25 years young, lol - no insult to any old people I'm just making a corny joke)

The reason that I like this appraisal site (I'm not sure if this appraisal thing is supposed to be free or not so please someone let me know) is I find it to be quite accurate (once in a while, haha) (Just don't totally rely on these free appraisal sites - they are untrustworthy in my opinion)

For example try this. Now click back the back button to start over again and change the last part of the url and add the word "the" before "wizardofsales." Your url should now display this. https://www.certifiedofferservice.com/CertifiedOffer/offer/makeoffer.do?dom=thewizardofsales.com Follow the directions I previously posted and you should get this appraisal quote. Thewizardofsales.com $1,345.00 - $2,000.00

Let me begin by telling you that I have www.wizardofsales.com forwarded over to www.thewizardofsales.com. I have linked www.thewizardofsales.com to two websites and I have submitted the www.thewizardofsales.com to thousands of search engines and I have the domain name ranked with www.alexa.com So that is pretty much why thewizardofsales.com is appraised higher than wizardofsales.com. Normally a person would assume wizardofsales.com should be ranked higher because there are less characters and 3 words as opposed to four words but since I have taken all the trouble to advertise thewizardofsales instead of wizardofsales and because wizardofsales is forwarded over to thewizardofsales.com thewizardofsales.com is worth more. (Tip: If you have a domain name forwarded over to another domain name it usually hurts the ranking of the domain name that's being forwarded over in search rankings)

Now to be honest with you I'm not much of an optimist when it comes to appraisals whether free or not. My honest opinion is that a domain name is worth what people are willing to pay. I can have my domain name appraised to be worth a million dollars but if the most someone is willing to offer me is $10,000 then to me that's what my domain name is worth. Another reason why I'm not totally crazy about appraisals is because you can have your domain name appraised by 10 - 20 individuals or companies and each one will come back at you with a different appraisal amount. Everyone has their own methods or their own opinion what a domain name is worth. If it's killing you to get an overall idea of the max you can get for your domain name then either get several appraisals and then average it out or list your domain name at a high price and gradually decrease your price.

As far as appraisals go I kinda like that site (or should I say link) I just mentioned. Their appraisals are quite reasonable, they sound logical, and not a ridiculously crazy impossible amount. (well at least some times, not always, lol - still I wouldn't put my complete faith in these free appraisals or even a paid appraisal for that matter)

Either way here are some other free appraisal sites. (notice how each one will give you a different appraisal amount - before you start saying it's computer generated try asking different individuals opinion and see how each person comes back at a different amount - it' sorta like stocks each stockbroker will tell you to invest in a different stock - one person might think one stock is going up and another person will think that a different stock will make em the millions)

Here are a couple of links to other free appraisal sites.

http://www.estibot.com/

http://www.scriptidea.net/domain_appraisal/

http://www.nameboy.com/nameboyappraisal/order.php

http://www.domainscore.com/

http://www.leapfish.com/

http://www.swiftappraisal.com/


If you would like to learn how to self appraise your own domain names I found a GREAT article on the internet. Please click on this link or copy and past link into your web browser.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/21031/How-Easily-You-Can-judge-a-domain-name-in-a-selfappraisal

If you would like to learn another REALLY kool trick to discovering what people are willing to pay for your domain name(s) please check out a previous article I had written Tuesday, July 29, 2008. On the upper right hand corner of this blog you can search my blog. Type in "value of your domain name" and it will bring you to my previous post titled "Want An Idea For The Value Of Your Domain Name(s)." That's a neat little trick that I discovered by accident. I have posted all details on that post.

If you know of any additional free appraisal sites not mentioned in my post please feel free to mention them in the commentary section or you could email me to info@domainer.me