I look at it in terms of square footage (meterage) of a house or lot. One doesn’t pay the price of a 10,000 sqft mansion for a 1,000 sqft bungalow, but once you’ve found the “right” house the cost per square foot becomes rather inconsequential. I was looking at some on-line listings in my old neighborhood back in the US recently and the prices of very similar recently sold houses varied a _lot_. And I have little doubt that each buyer was relatively happy with what they paid for what they got. What one family gets out of a given house is different than another family will like or dislike.

What one owner/operator can do with a given blog has little to do with what another owner/operator can (or can’t) do in the future, so many other factors have to be considered aside from monthly income.

Still, what strikes me about these stories is that these blogs weren’t earning as much as I would have guessed. I feel comforted by my own earning performance, given that my blog is only a few months old.

I held off of entering the blogosphere because originally I didn’t care much. Only later on did I get into it, and thus here I am :)

But, people should keep in mind ..those were prominent directories and the million backlinks and PR7 helps in making a decision like that to have a high B.I.N.

Would that work for my PR3 sites? with multiples of 100x’s the monthly revenue or more? If so – Call me :-p

Do a lot of people feel this way? I know that decision making is best left to algorithms, but the fuel … isn’t it a heckuva lot easier if you actually care about what you do? If not, aren’t we all just glorified widget makers and clock punchers?

It’s a tough one…

So Darren. You gonna buy me out or what? ;)

Eatonweb was a site that had a lot of sentimental value (I never really got into blogging before I bought that site). It took me to blogs quickly, and was our template for BlogFlux.com. But it was lost opportunity cost. Instead of letting it sit around, we opted to sell it, and will now re-invest the money from the sale back into the network.

The problem with Sedo vs SPF vs eBay is each of the three *are* the point of purchase. Synching between the three is a recipe for disaster. I also have a lot of experience with the domain industry, and I dontt see Sedo having much success outside of domains (inside domains – well, that is a story for another day).

Ahmed did a great job selling them for more than 24 monthly revenues.

Sedo is well known, and you would do well to list your site there and drive all other marketing efforts to your sedo listing..

A friend of mine, does this for a living, although he’s never told me all of his sites, he let me in on one, and he made $5,000 profit in one month..

But, it’s not a quick learn, and many ways of valuation is through experience just like in the stock market… and even then, valuations are off due to emotions if you do an auction style, etc…

For more information, go to sedo and read their articles..

One more tip, list your site, not only is it free in most places like Sedo, but even if you’re not considering, there just maybe someone that goes out of his mind for one day and offers you a million to buy your domain..

i think its BID

cheers, Jonathan
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Allen.H

I’m not too sure if I like that. Sounds like a cold, hard business statement.