topr8 - 9:38 pm on Jun 12, 2002 (gmt 0)

superb post lisa, very well thought out, thanks.
great way to get a picture of the value of a domain.

can i add unquantifiable factor-X ...

which is someone actually really wanting the domain, from a sales background my experience is that sometimes people have an entirely irrational focus on a specific product when they want to buy(in this case it would be a specific domain name) this can cloud their judgement when making an assessment of value... great if you are selling!!!

another point worth making based on several posts i've read here over the last few months is that IMHO if you have just bought a readily available domain name (eg not one that has just been released in a so called "landrush") it is extremely unlikely, although not impossible, that it is worth anything more than you just paid for it... without a lot of value adding in terms of actually developing the site, and then what you are selling is a business rather than just a domain name.