net.au $ values continue to surprise me...

Drop.com.au · #1 04-09-10, 01:41 PM

If you look at our home page you will see something that I think is quite remarkable. (www.drop.com.au)

Of the top 5 sales listed for the past 7 expired auction days, net.au domains hold 4 of the top 5 positions (positions 1, 2, 4, and 5).

Jobs.net.au $5,359
UsedCars.net.au $2,023
LinkExchange.com.au $1,525
Racing.net.au $1,501
CorporateTravel.net.au $900
CraftIdeas.com.au $802
SocialAnxiety.com.au $633
OrganicCoffee.com.au $361
Candy.net.au $330
BlindCleaning.com.au $286

In our secondary market auctions we have what I consider to be two category killing domains and neither has a reserve.

computers.net.au
marketing.net.au

Auction Room URL: https://www.drop.com.au/auction/?room=sma

So what price will / should these two domains fetch when compared with what we have seen on the drops over the past 7 days?

Or..., and this is a question I am putting out to anyone that plays the Drop, psychologically do you value names differently when they are expired Vs aftermarket?

Best Regards,
George Pongas

soj · #2 04-09-10, 05:18 PM

I think the only reason that these .net.au domains are on the top list is that there haven't been any decent .com.au's dropping in the past week, actually, make that the past few months.

DavidL · #3 06-09-10, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Drop.com.au

Or..., and this is a question I am putting out to anyone that plays the Drop, psychologically do you value names differently when they are expired Vs aftermarket?

They should be valued differently for the following tangible reasons:

1) Aftermarket sale domains have never expired so unlikely Google will 'reset' their PR or ranking
2) You can sell aftermarket domains the next day rather than have to wait 6 months.
3) Aftermarket domains cost you approx $25 more to get a hold of (the difference between the transfer fee of $50 and your regular rego fee)
4) Aftermarket names involve a little more work to acquire.

On balance, I would value a domain on the aftermarket (a premium domain anyway) higher than one in the drops.

However some people seem see it the other way.

Eg Printing.com.au sold for $9,200 on the drops. Printers.com.au achieved a high bid of $5,000 on our aftermarket auction.

Will be interesting to see how those 2 great net.au names go in this auction...

snoopy · #4 06-09-10, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by soj

I think the only reason that these .net.au domains are on the top list is that there haven't been any decent .com.au's dropping in the past week, actually, make that the past few months.

I think that is it. We have just had some very good quality .net.au's dropping.

The actual prices that .net.au are getting is pretty miserable in my view, like the difference between bluemountains.com.au/.net.au, tunes.com.au/.net.au etc. it is 100:1, 50:1 differences.

snoopy · #5 06-09-10, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by netfleet

Eg Printing.com.au sold for $9,200 on the drops. Printers.com.au achieved a high bid of $5,000 on our aftermarket auction.

These are completely different names in my view.

Honan · #6 06-09-10, 04:42 PM

In retrospect I has absolutely no chance of snagging usedcars.net.au on the drop
The whois now has a carsales.com.au addy
Deep pockets

DavidL · #7 07-09-10, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by snoopy

These are completely different names in my view.

Yes snoopy - if you look closely, you'll see one ends in '-ers' and one ends in '-ing'.

Comparing these two clearly has merit if we are discussing relative valuations between aftermarket and drops.

Same industry
Printers.com.au is product/service focused (easier to make money from)
Printing.com.au is industry focused
Printers.com.au has three times the search volume
Printers.com.au appeared to be valued at about half that of printing.com.au

To me, at least, that doesn't really make sense....

Max · #8 07-09-10, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by i sold grandma

In retrospect I has absolutely no chance of snagging usedcars.net.au on the drop
The whois now has a carsales.com.au addy
Deep pockets

Hardly deep pockets at $2,023 for UsedCars.net.au you shoulda bid higher an make em pay a real price like they did for carsales.com over $400K US, $2,023 is paper clip money to them .. now they probably think that every name is only worth $2,023 ..

DavidL · #9 07-09-10, 08:09 AM

Actually from memory I don't believe Carsales were the catcher (although they are active in the drops and aftermarket). So perhaps there's been a very quick flip and someone is cracking the champagne?!!! Are congratulations in order?

Drop.com.au · #10 07-09-10, 08:31 AM

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So perhaps there's been a very quick flip and someone is cracking the champagne?!!! Are congratulations in order?

No quick flipping, just a Grace Period correction due to an end-user error.

George

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