In order to see how Estibot compares to Rick Latona when it comes to domain name appraisal, I ran all of Rick’s emails through the Domain Extractor, and then through the Bulk Appraisal Tool. Here’s the first batch of results, with the domain name first, then Rick Latona’s asking price, and then the Estibot appraisal.

This first batch already shows what I’ve known for a long time: When it comes to generic keyword domains (and those are the domain names that count), Estibot is very good at determining relative value, and almost always hits the right ballpark of value. I would trust Rick’s valuations are close to market value: In a few cases, Estibot gets it clearly wrong, but for the most part, I’m pleased. After all, Rick is a very experienced domainer, and Estibot is just a program

OrthopedicPhysicians.com $10,000 $4,200

BusinessTravelers.com $25,000 $31,000

BalHarbour.com $50,000 $10,000

PostOfficeBox.com $18,000 $22,000

Trusts.comandLivingTrusts.com $175,000 $92,000

Slangwords.com $2,500 $80

IncomeTaxRefunds.com $4,500 $2,600

HudDefault.comandHudDefaults.com $450 $30

HomeOwnerDefaults.com $750 $Reg Fee

FederalMandates.com $2,000 $4,000

Prodding.com $2,000 $3,800

Crooning.com $2,000 $1,900

TrafficAdvisories.com $3,000 $3,700

BaseballSchool.com $25,000 $2,300

WestValleyCity.com $30,000 $8,700

ChristChurch.com $65,000 $34,000

Chaft.com $400 $570

VidsOnline.com $4,500 $420

StCatharines.com $19,000 $8,600

Versailles.com $48,000 $110,000

Trickings.com $150 $Reg Fee

Strippings.com $400 $910

DisposableIncome.com $20,000 $9,400

Croydon.com $25,000 $28,000

LeatherWorker.com $200 $1,400

41P.com $1,500 $2,600

OnlinePersonal.com $1,900 $30,000

Harlot.com $10,000 $62,000

Storerooms.com $11,000 $2,900

Barehand.com $400 $220

NicotinePatches.com $35,000 $40,000

Toluca.com $45,000 $25,000

RoofTreatments.com $600 $110

Essayists.com $2,000 $1,100

Morissa.com $5,000 $220

JapaneseToys.com $10,000 $6,000

UpSells.com $25,000 $350

RacingDerby.com $450 $1,300

iPodNanos.com $2,000 $18,000

MidWestCity.com $18,000 $14,000

WineryTours.com $20,000 $11,000

Plums.com $30,000 $43,000

BioGrain.com $600 $80

Terrebonne.com $26,000 $8,900

Toluca.com $30,000 $25,000

FashionCops.com $1,100 $90

UltraLightJet.com and UltraLightJets.com $3,500 $140

Frustrate.com $5,000 $4,800

EquityGrant.com $1,000 $330

Luci.com $5,000 $50,000

DigitalVideos.com $4,500 $7,700

TitleHoldings.comandTitleHolding.com $900 $430

wwwstock.com(typo) $5,000 $60

StereoSystems.com $40,000 $65,000

DNV = DPB * DPS * MB * MS * AMV

In other words,

Domain Name Value = Deepness of Pocket of Buyer * Deepness of Pocket of Seller * Motivation of Buyer * Motivation of Seller * Approximate Market Value