If you regularly follow the latest ongoings in the domain world, you are probably familiar with some domain blogs, forums and domain news websites. These sites are great parameters to measure the health of your domain portfolio. For instance, DNJournal is a top resource with which you can compare the latest sales to similar domains that you own. This can be particularly helpful for pricing domains.

Another enjoyable and informative domain blog is Dot Weekly. The site offers a comprehensive and eye-opening look into the nooks and crannies of domains and domaining.

Hopefully you’ve discovered something new from this post, or simply gained a new perspective to help you become a better domainer.

Last week we mentioned Sedo’s new price suggestion tool and it’s inaccuracy. Well, truth to be told, it’s not really inaccurate! You see, value is not set in stone. There was no thunderbolt and it was not handed down by God.

Domain value is determined by many factors. The two main being the seller’s asking price and the buyer’s need for the domain. Take a sentimental domain name for example, to the seller the domain holds incredible emotional significance which is difficult, if not impossible, to place a value on. The potential buyer will have to pay whatever the seller wants in order to secure ownership of the domain, regardless whether the domain is appraised for $100 or $100,000. (more…)