Rollo - 2:04 am on Mar 2, 2006 (gmt 0)

I would go so far to say that the entire domain appraisal industry is a bit of a farce. There is no reasonable way to value domains themselves (not to confuse "domains" with websites which can be valued like any other business) as there is for say real estate.

Valuation of domains is based on pure speculation. The guess of an "expert" is often little better informed that the guess of a lay person. The pruchaser typically has the best idea of the value as they are the only ones who know what they're going to put under the hood.