BoutiqueHotels.com.au
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eBranding.com.au
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The most obvious end user would be a boutique hotel - in which case they would want the singular, not the plural.
Plural is best for selling to domainers, and sometimes travel companies. Singular is best for selling to hotel owners.
If you want to find an end user, you'll need to find a company that owns multiple (boutique) hotels.
I think it's a decent domain, the metrics aren't particularly good, but I think for the right entity it would be great for branding.
Your challenge will be finding the right end user. I think you would have more luck selling to a domainer in which case I think about $300 might be possible.
If you're able to find a suitable buyer in the hotel industry, I think you could knock that up quite a bit, up to $2000. But unfortunately I think you'll struggle to find that perfect buyer for this one.
The last hotel domain I sold was for $500 (a .com). These can be much harder to sell than you might expect.
Neddy I hope this helps
I remember back in 2009 I hand reg something similar backed on the dot com sale price of the singular
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/01-27-09.htm
Sedo.com rang up the top four sales, tied for #5, and piled up 10 of the 20 entries on our new weekly all extension leader board. #1 BoutiqueHotel.com booked $40,000
My guess is Daydream Is being for sale and a lot of top resorts selling even though welll under value. If anyone can find an end user its you.
Anyones guess in this market though.
I remember back in 2009 I hand reg something similar backed on the dot com sale price of the singular
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/01-27-09.htm
Sedo.com rang up the top four sales, tied for #5, and piled up 10 of the 20 entries on our new weekly all extension leader board. #1 BoutiqueHotel.com booked $40,000
My guess is Daydream Is being for sale and a lot of top resorts selling even though welll under value. If anyone can find an end user its you.
Anyones guess in this market though.
FirstPageResults
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I think it's a decent domain too. Doesn't matter that the exact searches are low.
Mid to high $X,XXX for an enduser
Mid to high $X,XXX for an enduser
helloworld
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Potentially a good domain. I'd ignore the broad search though. Relevant to my niche but I'd probably only pay $50 for it $90 on a good day.
Ashman
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Sounds like your trying to talk up its value.
I would be surprised if you could find a buyer above $200. Who has ever used the term Boutique Hotels anyway? People rate hotels using the star system not the level of boutiqueness.
FirstPageResults
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Maybe do some research before you question my integrity. Aren't you supposed to be an investigator?
As David pointed out there is nearly 15k phrase searches, which is what you want considering phrase searches usually convert a lot better than exact terms.
Ashman
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Sorry mate just giving my opinion as per other estimates:
Demonoid: $300
HelloWorld: $30-$50
Ashman: $200
FPR:$5000-$10,000
Also given that it receives 15k phrase searches and ranks number 2 on Google maybe Ned can tell us how many unique visitors he gets a month. That would be a better indication of value rather than saying the likely amount of searches using the Google keyword tool.
FirstPageResults
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Not really, you implied that I have a vested interest in talking up the price.
Demonoid said $300 for a domainer sale and although unlikely, $2,000 for an enduser. David said double Demonoid's estimates.
I think $5,000+ is a reasonable price for an enduser.
He ranks #1 for the exact term. I highly doubt the minisite takes advantage of all the long tail traffic available, so asking him for earnings will only give an indication of how much the current site earns. I have based my valuation on the domain itself, and not the site.
neddy
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Been meaning to reply to this thread for about a week, but have been away - domainer's function in Melbourne; cricket in Perth; and lunch with the guys from Drop and GeoDomains (Don) in Brisbane. 
I'm not going to make comment on any particular post in this thread, though I do thank those who took the time to give an estimate.
Suffice to say I have sold and settled the domain to a boutique hotel group - 8Hotels.com
This was one of the easier enduser sales I have made, and whilst I can't disclose the exact amount I received, it was substantially above any of the firm estimates given in this thread. I was happy
to receive a combination of cash and contra (accommodation) - about 45/55.
I have already enjoyed some of my contra in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane - and still have plenty left!
8Hotels are heavily into online marketing of their range of boutique hotels, and as boutiquehotels.com.au ranked above them, it was therefore appealing to them.
Whilst I have a very basic website up (they haven't changed it yet), the main reason it currently ranks so highly (No 1 today) is the number of links it has. GeoDomains very kindly ran me a report that
showed it had 12315 links from 1632 URL’s on 1105 different IP addresses. Whilst I acquired it on the drops, and is therefore technically a new registration, the domain had first been established in 1998.
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P.S.
As a few people on here know by now, I'm not a great believer in GAKT (except when it suits me ). I am a gut feel person (as are a few other successful domainers), and have bought and sold many
domains in the .au space over 5 years - even if they sometimes they have had crap metrics according to Google. Fortunately I've had many more wins than I've had losses.
Of course, I don't advocate "gut feel" for everyone, as it is something you gain with experience. It may also work for some; but for others it may not.
Cheers, Ned
I'm not going to make comment on any particular post in this thread, though I do thank those who took the time to give an estimate.
Suffice to say I have sold and settled the domain to a boutique hotel group - 8Hotels.com
This was one of the easier enduser sales I have made, and whilst I can't disclose the exact amount I received, it was substantially above any of the firm estimates given in this thread. I was happy
to receive a combination of cash and contra (accommodation) - about 45/55.
I have already enjoyed some of my contra in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane - and still have plenty left!
8Hotels are heavily into online marketing of their range of boutique hotels, and as boutiquehotels.com.au ranked above them, it was therefore appealing to them.
Whilst I have a very basic website up (they haven't changed it yet), the main reason it currently ranks so highly (No 1 today) is the number of links it has. GeoDomains very kindly ran me a report that
showed it had 12315 links from 1632 URL’s on 1105 different IP addresses. Whilst I acquired it on the drops, and is therefore technically a new registration, the domain had first been established in 1998.
---------------------------------
P.S.
As a few people on here know by now, I'm not a great believer in GAKT (except when it suits me
). I am a gut feel person (as are a few other successful domainers), and have bought and sold many domains in the .au space over 5 years - even if they sometimes they have had crap metrics according to Google. Fortunately I've had many more wins than I've had losses.
Of course, I don't advocate "gut feel" for everyone, as it is something you gain with experience. It may also work for some; but for others it may not.
Cheers, Ned
CyberClick
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A square peg in a square hole - great work Neddy.
helloworld
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Congrats Neddy. I'm still a noob when it comes to appraisals (please take note everyone haha)
neddy
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Shane
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Thanks Shane. Were you above or below Paul on the list?
It would take a major accounting mistake from BRW for me to appear on the list!
eBranding.com.au
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Congrats neddy!
I'm glad you got a lot more than my estimate.
I'm glad you got a lot more than my estimate.
