gfxforums.com

[Deltachi2012]

I am getting ready to purchase this domain name! I was wondering what it could possibly be worth! I know it has no PR (but its not indexed or has a N/A ranking which worries me) I just want an appraisal of what it could be worth based on the keywords and searches andd such! So anyone with SEO background Id love to hear your appraisal! Im hoping I can pick this up and with keywords rank it in google well!

What do you guys think of the domain? appraise it please! based on POTENTIAL not what it is now 🙂

also should I be concerned about the N/A ranking? do you think its banned by google? Thanks!

 

[Ewan]

I'm no SEO expert but I'll give you a few words of advice 😉

It's a gfx's forums dream name really. There will obviously be a lot of competiton for it and if you plan on turning it into a big forum then lots of cash could be generated from it.

Maybe expect $120+?

 

[Deltachi2012]

I know its a pretty good domain! 🙂 I wanna buy it right this second, but the N/A ranking has me concerned that its banned by google :/ what do you guys think? should I obtain it?

 

[Ewan]

Can you find any way to contact the previous owner of the domain?

 

[Singkol Promo]

I don't think sites get banned by Google, they just might not currently be active so they don't have a page rank. You may also want to get in touch with the admin if you can as well as a Google rep to see why it has that N/A status. It's a good domain name, and you can expect to pay a pretty penny, but you will want to make sure it hasn't been penalized by Google, or none of that will matter.

 

[Deltachi2012]

I don't think sites get banned by Google, they just might not currently be active so they don't have a page rank. You may also want to get in touch with the admin if you can as well as a Google rep to see why it has that N/A status. It's a good domain name, and you can expect to pay a pretty penny, but you will want to make sure it hasn't been penalized by Google, or none of that will matter.

Thats what Im saying, I plan to pay what he wants, but ONLY if it isnt penalized by google, because if it is, I dont want the domain!

 

[Patrick S.]

Google doesn't rank domains, it ranks pages. Since the domain is not in use and doesn't seem to have been for quite some time that would explain why there is no rank/ N/A.

 

[Deltachi2012]

Google doesn't rank domains, it ranks pages. Since the domain is not in use and doesn't seem to have been for quite some time that would explain why there is no rank/ N/A.

thank you for the info! +Rep!

I was scared it might be banned!

 

[Deltachi2012]

You might be able to get up to $200 I believe if you get the right buyer.

I would grow it myself and make it worth a lot more.

so say I develop it and get its PR up to say 3 or 4

and get alittle traffic to the domain!

what do you say its worth is then?

 

[D]

You might be able to get up to $200 I believe if you get the right buyer.

I would grow it myself and make it worth a lot more.

so say I develop it and get its PR up to say 3 or 4

and get alittle traffic to the domain!

what do you say its worth is then?

PR = No value, I wouldn't base any valuation on this.

The domain is prime meat for a graphics forum, You would get at the very least $500 like it is now on Flippa.com

 

[Patrick S.]

Depending on who you sell it to I would say you could get an easy $1k from an end user.

 

[Deltachi2012]

thanks guys!

so what do you say I focus on?

Seo wise? get the PR up and such! maybe PR3 or PR4

Or do I focus on setting it up putting a forum on it, and gain traffic and flip it on flippa with the forum and say the ending PR is 1 or 2?

 

[Patrick S.]

Go for Traffic, Revenue, and activity over PR.

 

[D]

PR = No value, I wouldn't base any valuation on this.

 

[Deltachi2012]

PR = No value, I wouldn't base any valuation on this.

Thanks! I must have read over this part!

one final question for the community!

How easy do you think it would be to develop this domain, such as gain exposure and "pure" search engine traffic, and also rank higher in google pages!

Also traffic wise, what would be some good ideas to get the ball rolling on this!

I have ran many different forums, but I dont want to ruin this domain with poor management and such!

thanks!

 

[KMRock]

I would buy it...if you have the money. It has great potential.

Worth $50 - $150 depending on how much the owner knows about the market and its worth.

 

[Deltachi2012]

I bought the domain! Thanks fir the help!

now looking for partners to develop it to the full potential with mee!!