Every domain property has a value these days; despite the numerous automated evaluation services, there is little agreement on how domainers evaluate domain names – especially generics.
Take for example the domain name Banana.com – owned by the Castello Brothers.
Banana is a nutritious fruit, liked by many people around the world. In the tropics, it’s often a symbol of national heritage and nature. Its shape and color are very distinct.
It comes as a shocker, however, that Valuate.com returns a very low appraisal for the domain name Banana.com. One would expect that a BIG number would match the size of this keyword, however the number is shockingly small: $450 buckaroos.
Meanwhile, Bananarama.com is appraised at a whopping $17,000. Hello???
Surely something’s odd with the evaluation algorithm.