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at what age does it no longer matter how old it is ? also what would you consider a rare domain age wise ? 30 years ?
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actually am trying to get an appraisal on a domain i just acquired that is 29 years old without asking for an appraisalaccording to Nargil domain age is not a ranking factor, and I tend to believe what he says, so I don't think you should stress about this
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lol fair enoughactually am trying to get an appraisal on a domain i just acquired that is 29 years old without asking for an appraisal
Well, to be honest, if the potential buyer knows SEO (and stuff that we're discussing on this forum in general) he won't buy the 29 years age excuse because he knows that this doesn't offer him any SEO value.
So, you gotta assess the worth of a domain in other ways, such as...
- number of words in the domain name (shorter domains almost always sell for insane amounts of money even if they don't make sense, while domains of at least 10 characters long - unless they're very catchy and brandable - can rarely sell for $1000s based on the name alone)
- brandability, catchiness, trademark-free name
- SEO value (ie. number and quality of RDs... number, quality and liveliness of links from said RDs... number of indexed pages... niche)
- perks and miscellaneous stuff (traffic amount and source that's still coming in, domain protections and inclusions / mentions into whatever sites / directories)
Appraising domain names correctly is hard, man! I've been trying to do it for nearly 15 years now, and I never get it right (although, sometimes I am spot on for some domains, I don't know why
)Anyway, hopefully these tips can help you come up with a fair ballpark figure, but remember that - ultimately - the worth of a domain is in what they buyer's willing to pay for it. If you have a domain up for sale for 5 years (just an example) at $10k BIN but nobody seems interested and then, during years 3-4 someone says that they'll buy the domain for $8k then you should take the offer even if it's below market price, as less money is always better than no money