The domains are sorted in descending order of what I named (for want of a better term) the Bargain Factor. This is simply the Estibot v2.0 appraisal divided by the Minimum Bid Price. The higher the Bargain Factor, the more likely it is that the end user value for the domain will significantly exceed the minimum bid price.

This is not to say the other remaining domains are not good buys: There may well be other bargains not detected by Estibot. Please remember that Estibot v2.0 is geared toward end-user appraisals.

Most of the appraisals were pretty close to the minimum bid price, but there are some domains that stand out, in both directions. I only include the domains here that have a Bargain Factor > 1.

Check out the list and then go make some purchases at SnapNames.

1. Adventures in Domain Statistics: A look behind the scenes
2. Sell your domains before they expire
3. Results of the GeoDomain Expo 2009
4. Adding fresh content to websites automatically

1. Adventures in Domain Statistics: A look behind the scenes
For some totally cool domain name stats, visit my new ‘behind the scenes’ series to see visualizations of the data that Estibot uses in its valuation algorithm: Take a look

2. Sell Your Domains Before They Expire
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3. Results of the GEO Domain Expo 2009
The auction by DomainConsultant.com is over and there were certainly some bargains to be had. It’s is my opinion that many of these names are significantly more valuable to end users than what they went for. Estibot seems to think the same. I compared the Estibot valuations (done before the auction) to the final results. For the most part, the valuations were pretty nicely in the right ballpark; there were some very spot on valuations. There were some very high valuations for names that went for significantly less. I’m still wondering whether Estibot overestimated those names or whether the buyers got incredible bargains. Probably a little bit of both.View the GEO Domain Expo stats in the Estibot statistics visualizer and see for yourself: The only linear correlation is between Closing price and Estibot valuation. No other variables can predict the price. Play around with the graph and try to find out what domain value is made of.

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That about wraps it up for this time. I’m still very busy working on the improved version of the valuation tools and research tools. Some very cool tools in the pipeline. Stay tuned!

In order to see how Estibot compares to Rick Latona when it comes to domain name appraisal, I ran all of Rick’s emails through the Domain Extractor, and then through the Bulk Appraisal Tool. Here’s the first batch of results, with the domain name first, then Rick Latona’s asking price, and then the Estibot appraisal.

This first batch already shows what I’ve known for a long time: When it comes to generic keyword domains (and those are the domain names that count), Estibot is very good at determining relative value, and almost always hits the right ballpark of value. I would trust Rick’s valuations are close to market value: In a few cases, Estibot gets it clearly wrong, but for the most part, I’m pleased. After all, Rick is a very experienced domainer, and Estibot is just a program

OrthopedicPhysicians.com $10,000 $4,200

BusinessTravelers.com $25,000 $31,000

BalHarbour.com $50,000 $10,000

PostOfficeBox.com $18,000 $22,000

Trusts.comandLivingTrusts.com $175,000 $92,000

Slangwords.com $2,500 $80

IncomeTaxRefunds.com $4,500 $2,600

HudDefault.comandHudDefaults.com $450 $30

HomeOwnerDefaults.com $750 $Reg Fee

FederalMandates.com $2,000 $4,000

Prodding.com $2,000 $3,800

Crooning.com $2,000 $1,900

TrafficAdvisories.com $3,000 $3,700

BaseballSchool.com $25,000 $2,300

WestValleyCity.com $30,000 $8,700

ChristChurch.com $65,000 $34,000

Chaft.com $400 $570

VidsOnline.com $4,500 $420

StCatharines.com $19,000 $8,600

Versailles.com $48,000 $110,000

Trickings.com $150 $Reg Fee

Strippings.com $400 $910

DisposableIncome.com $20,000 $9,400

Croydon.com $25,000 $28,000

LeatherWorker.com $200 $1,400

41P.com $1,500 $2,600

OnlinePersonal.com $1,900 $30,000

Harlot.com $10,000 $62,000

Storerooms.com $11,000 $2,900

Barehand.com $400 $220

NicotinePatches.com $35,000 $40,000

Toluca.com $45,000 $25,000

RoofTreatments.com $600 $110

Essayists.com $2,000 $1,100

Morissa.com $5,000 $220

JapaneseToys.com $10,000 $6,000

UpSells.com $25,000 $350

RacingDerby.com $450 $1,300

iPodNanos.com $2,000 $18,000

MidWestCity.com $18,000 $14,000

WineryTours.com $20,000 $11,000

Plums.com $30,000 $43,000

BioGrain.com $600 $80

Terrebonne.com $26,000 $8,900

Toluca.com $30,000 $25,000

FashionCops.com $1,100 $90

UltraLightJet.com and UltraLightJets.com $3,500 $140

Frustrate.com $5,000 $4,800

EquityGrant.com $1,000 $330

Luci.com $5,000 $50,000

DigitalVideos.com $4,500 $7,700

TitleHoldings.comandTitleHolding.com $900 $430

wwwstock.com(typo) $5,000 $60

StereoSystems.com $40,000 $65,000

DNV = DPB * DPS * MB * MS * AMV

In other words,

Domain Name Value = Deepness of Pocket of Buyer * Deepness of Pocket of Seller * Motivation of Buyer * Motivation of Seller * Approximate Market Value