DNScoop Domain Tool
I may have just become a willing victim of link baiting. I’ve been enjoying the DNScoop tool lately for a very good reason: The DNScoop tool says Clickfire.com is worth $37,204! This may be a wee bit on the high side given that they are looking at the domain name itself without revenue. Never-the-less, I’m having lots of fun with the figure, especially after the depressing score received a recent Godaddy appraisal ($84 - $260). The DNScoop tool does have some real value in that it reports data of interest to the SEO conscious domainer:
- Domain Age
- PageRank
- Inbound Link Count
- Inbound Links
- Alexa Traffic Rank
- Number of Indexed Pages per Search Engine
- Domain Name IP Report - other services limit the number of domains you can see hosted on a server or require a login.
I wonder if there is a script functionality that can measure webmaster ego?
Blog post August 11th, 2007 by Emory Rowland in Domains, Webmaster Life
August 12th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
You point out that the valuation does not account for revenue. I would suggest that you are seeking a business appraisal, not a domain name appraisal. A domain is one asset of a given business, and has intrinsic value on its own. Start factoring in cash flow and other items that are part of a “going concern” and you are really looking for a website or business valuation rather than simply a domain name appraisal.
August 13th, 2007 at 9:46 am
zeteti - Good comment. The Web is maturing and with that investors will look at more than just a Domain name. Will this cause domain names to lose value in the coming years or will good and short domain names continue to go up in value?
August 15th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
congrats for this high value, well u deserve it.
September 16th, 2007 at 10:29 am
There seems to be some quirks with the tool, but I think that the value (or lack there of) can be over and under valued. It does look cool though.
So, how are you going to spend your $37K?
September 16th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Yeah, I think it has some good ideas there and I like the way he’s integrated ads into the tool.
I’m about as good with domains as I am with the stock market, which means I’ll ride it back down to the Godaddy price :)