Domain Worth?

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Hey guys,

I was wondering how much you think this domain (+site) could go for: MesotheliomaAttorney.ca

I have had this domain for a while with almost no SEO and was suprised today to notice that it ranks 1st on Google.ca.

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it ranks 1st on Google.ca for the keyword "Mesothelioma Attorney"

ranks 8th on Google.com for the keyword "Mesothelioma Attorney Canada"

I know that this is a big niche knowing that the ppc can be up to 50$ per click, but since this one is a dot CA I was wondering if it was still worth some good bucks.

Cheers
 


Guess it depends of traffic mostly, and who you can get to buy it.

Find a Canadian Mesothelioma Attorney, show him how much direct search engine traffic it gets and how that could translate into clients.

If the traffic is any kind of decent I'd bet you could score at least a few thousand. If anyone actively advertising on the keyword they would benefit them greatly, and you could make a big score that way.

Or you could use the site to collect and sell leads to Attorneys.

Just some thoughts.
 
The traffic is worth money, not the domain name. Domain names, in themselves, have no value. Search.com is worth money because people type in 'search' in the engines, and it ranks well because of its absolute keyword density, and because some people just type in search.com, and because of that, its worth money. If none of this applied, then its only worth its weight because of branding, its easy to remember, and has no absolute value. You could sell it for some money because its so top level, but there is no absolute value there.
 
SuperKC said:
The traffic is worth money, not the domain name. Domain names, in themselves, have no value. Search.com is worth money because people type in 'search' in the engines, and it ranks well because of its absolute keyword density, and because some people just type in search.com, and because of that, its worth money. If none of this applied, then its only worth its weight because of branding, its easy to remember, and has no absolute value. You could sell it for some money because its so top level, but there is no absolute value there.
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I am so confused by your answer.

It sounds to me like your trying to sound smart by indirectly not answering the question.

If you want to talk about absolute value, then outside of gold or goods, nothing has "absolute value". Dumb.

Even if that domain had no website on it, it would be valuable because of what can be done with it. Yes you are right that simply owning a domain won't turn you a profit and you have to have traffic along with it, but a domain without traffic has potential value, in turn making it valuable (ergo worth money).

OP: The value is purely based off of who you can convince to buy it. The prior poster who mentions directly contacting a few lawyers had the best answer. On the open market it won't sell for as much as you can probably squeeze out of a firm ready to "build a website".
 
yellowarrior said:
I am so confused by your answer.

It sounds to me like your trying to sound smart by indirectly not answering the question.

If you want to talk about absolute value, then outside of gold or goods, nothing has "absolute value". Dumb.

Even if that domain had no website on it, it would be valuable because of what can be done with it. Yes you are right that simply owning a domain won't turn you a profit and you have to have traffic along with it, but a domain without traffic has potential value, in turn making it valuable (ergo worth money).

OP: The value is purely based off of who you can convince to buy it. The prior poster who mentions directly contacting a few lawyers had the best answer. On the open market it won't sell for as much as you can probably squeeze out of a firm ready to "build a website".
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Hi mate, could you please help me to sell my .com domain. I have no site in it. Looking forward for your reply please PM me the details..
 
yellowarrior said:
I am so confused by your answer.
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Don't even bother reading it, KC has no idea what he's talking about and needs to spend some time at DP before swimming with the sharks here.

OP: Don't sell it, just broker the leads out to the highest bidder. Contact lawyers directly and never agree to exclusivity ... each client is worth 5-6 figures.
 
erect said:
Don't even bother reading it, KC has no idea what he's talking about and needs to spend some time at DP before swimming with the sharks here.

OP: Don't sell it, just broker the leads out to the highest bidder. Contact lawyers directly and never agree to exclusivity ... each client is worth 5-6 figures.
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Totally Agree
 
SuperKC said:
The traffic is worth money, not the domain name. Domain names, in themselves, have no value. Search.com is worth money because people type in 'search' in the engines, and it ranks well because of its absolute keyword density, and because some people just type in search.com, and because of that, its worth money. If none of this applied, then its only worth its weight because of branding, its easy to remember, and has no absolute value. You could sell it for some money because its so top level, but there is no absolute value there.
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Don't pay attention to this person. He obviously doesn't know what he's talking about.

Domains are valuable. Otherwise, they wouldn't sell for hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars.
 
Also agree with Erect. Believe it or not I'm a personal injury lawyer; am very familiar with this niche. A good meso case should net the law firm that handles the case $500K+ in fees -- for one case. If you can work a deal with a law firm for leads you can do great. Heads up on one potential problem: some jurisdictions don't allow lawyers to pay for leads. Some places allow it, some don't. I live in Florida, for example and the Bar doesn't allow it. No clue about Canada. You'll just need to find the right jurisdiction and firm to work something out. And if you decide to cash out, depending on your traffic, you might be able to sell the domain for a shitload of dough. I'm personally aware of one of the iconic domains in this niche that sold for 7 figs. Either way, gratz on your rank with Google.cs. Very nice.
 
wow thanks for all the info guys... yeah I guess building up a mailing list with a couple hundreds of lawyers/attorneys that deal with meso cases would be the best way to go... I'll get on that when I have some free time.
 
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SuperKC said:
The traffic is worth money, not the domain name. Domain names, in themselves, have no value. Search.com is worth money because people type in 'search' in the engines, and it ranks well because of its absolute keyword density, and because some people just type in search.com, and because of that, its worth money. If none of this applied, then its only worth its weight because of branding, its easy to remember, and has no absolute value. You could sell it for some money because its so top level, but there is no absolute value there.
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Domains do have value. A com/net/org will rank for a lot of search terms based almost entirly on the domain name itself. For example [insert city name]plumber.com will rank top3 in most cities for the search term [city] plumber just based off the domain name alone. Forget about if you actually put some work into it SEO wise, you will fucking murder the competition.

When you get into the big niches then no, it's not going to rank for the keyword without a bit of work, but if you put the work in the domain is like giving your SEO steroids.

For example, if me and you tried to rank 1st for...say..."web design" and we each put in an equal amount of SEO but I was using webdesign.com and you were using poopwebdesigndomain.com guess who's going to be on top?

With a domain like "webdesign.com" it would give pretty much anyone with a decent bit of know-how the chance to actually be on the first page of G for "web design".

So yea domains do matter a lot.

I find .com's are the best but if you put enough work/time into a .net/.org then they are also just as powerful as a .com. But right out of the gate the .com's definitely perform better tho.

Why the fuck did I just type all this out...
 
sure ly2 but unless you have a use for it the domain is worth nothing... you could have a really cool domain name with a good keyword but it stil not worth anything to anyone unless they use it..
 
Anything meso* is priced relatively high because of demand (i.e. asbestos attorneys).

If you have no clue, at least get a rough idea from hxxp://www.estibot.com (it says your name is worth $3400USD).

since this is an automated product, numbers can vary widely but at least you can have a number in your head.

when plugging in the name, make sure to capitalize all words (i.e. FuckYou.com, not fuckyou.com)

you can also go to dnforum or namepros and try to sell it there...
 
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