Your own website? Domain?

Amy4
Level 6
Berkeley, CA

Your own website? Domain?

Hi, fellow hosts. I'm a former host looking for insights. Can you take a minute to toss in your two-cents? I was just approached by a website domain broker who wants a website domain I purchased years ago when I was deep into Airbnb hosting. I never used the domain or built a website for it. But I kept it, just in case the Airbnb hosting (or consulting) inspiration hit me again. Getting to the point: Would you help me get a sense of the value of a domain to YOU, as an Airbnb host? I know how to get a domain appraisal, so that's not what I'm asking. Part of a domain's value is what the people most likely to want it would be willing to pay (not just objective, measurable parameters). So, theoretically, what dollar range would find reasonable for a .com domain that was really cool and exactly the name of your business? I promise I'm not selling domains for a business or trying to sell you one, so please don't flag me as a marketer/promoter. I actually work for myself, right now, as a nonprofit consultant, and have never in my life been approached by a domain broker. I'm just trying to make sure I don't sell myself short in this situation, so I'm doing my due diligence. If the post isn't welcome, let me know, and I'll remove it.  

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Lorna170
Level 10
Swannanoa, NC

@Amy4   The domain only has a value to you or to the person who wants it. 

Clara116
Host Advisory Board Member
Pensacola, FL

@Amy4 so the big question is what have you paid for the domain and what's it worth to you? Its almost laughable when you think about it, right, so if you have something I need and put it for sale on a marketplace for say 5X's what you paid and its worth it to me....I'd buy. Its the same thing. But please don't think you are gonna make a million on a domain....just ask the person what's it worth to them. If they say....you know. If not, you have what they want and you don't need obviously. So there, my 3 cents....peace

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