the later the dearer , the 4years price trend stats @Conceptualist

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TH·E CON·CEP’TU·AL·IST
One who maintains the theory of conceptualism

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Double Your Pleasure With Double Valuation
Published June 23, 2007 in Domain Names.

Moniker’s auction at Targeted Traffic NYC was a huge success. Allot of people, allot of activity. While 10.9M is a small number in Wall Street what’s important to note is the growth numbers.

Here are some numbers from selected TRAFFIC auctions in the last few years.
Traffic East Delray Beach 2004 - total est. 50k-60k
Traffic East Delray Beach 2005 - total est. 400k-450k
Traffic west Las Vegas 2006 - 2.1m
Traffic East Florida 2006 - 5.3m
Traffic NYC 07 - 10.9m

The numbers on some of the domains that were sold were simply mind boggling. While I believe the domains are worth it, these prices are what we are used to see from end user numbers, now selling to speculators. It makes me feel good as it gives added liquidity to the domain market, and as many have told me after the auction, it makes them feel as their portfolio valuation is now at least double as before the auction.

For a long time Rick Schwartz has said if someone wants to buy for X, ask WHY? In the past when selling a domain or a portfolio, industry buyers were buying primary based on X (rev). Today it is totally immature to sell based on X and not consider the resale value of these domains, as resale prices are quickly becoming many times over the traditional 6x-10x buyers enjoyed in last few years.

This of course isn’t the end, but the beginning. While today you have that extra power in your hands of resale value data, we are still missing many other aspects domains have, such as SEO benefits, development benefits, brand recall benefits, and other characteristics similar to real properties that apply to our domain names.

To those who have waited patiently, to those who believed, Kudos!

Cheers
Sahar


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