I've made a habit of tracking published domain valuations for my domains, from Godaddy and a handful of others. So when I buy a domain, or when I get an inquiry on a domain, I check them, and keep a record attached to that inquiry. This allows me to see how these valuations change over time. For a long time, I've not seen any significant changes in valuations, but there are significant differences in valuations between services. Some do a piss poor job of valuing .ca, some completely miss out on non-english words (which kills french word valuations), etc, etc. Of course these valuations are only one opinion, automated based on some formula and various indicators, so I take them with a huge grain of salt.
Occasionally, they can be helpful to educate domain buyers as to the value. In any case, I figure its data, so usefulness aside, I am going to continue to record it.
However, lately I've noticed that GoDaddy valuations for some .CA domains have jumped significantly. One I just checked now jumped by a factor of 2.35 just in the past month. I also noticed that the valuation also doubled at another place as well - one that traditionally has really lowballed .CA valuations. It's still very low, but it did double suddenly, which is at least encouraging.
I wonder if Godaddy is recognizing that their low valuations are hurting sales activities in the .ca space? Maybe they've realized they're not going to get sellers to sell cheaper, so now they're trying to work the other end and trying to convince buyers that the domain is more valuable, thus bringing buyer and seller expectations more closely in line, and thus more likely to result in a sale.
Anyone else notice this trend on their domains?
Occasionally, they can be helpful to educate domain buyers as to the value. In any case, I figure its data, so usefulness aside, I am going to continue to record it.
However, lately I've noticed that GoDaddy valuations for some .CA domains have jumped significantly. One I just checked now jumped by a factor of 2.35 just in the past month. I also noticed that the valuation also doubled at another place as well - one that traditionally has really lowballed .CA valuations. It's still very low, but it did double suddenly, which is at least encouraging.
I wonder if Godaddy is recognizing that their low valuations are hurting sales activities in the .ca space? Maybe they've realized they're not going to get sellers to sell cheaper, so now they're trying to work the other end and trying to convince buyers that the domain is more valuable, thus bringing buyer and seller expectations more closely in line, and thus more likely to result in a sale.
Anyone else notice this trend on their domains?
