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Today AFNIC is publishing its new issue paper on the secondary market in domain names. The paper—written to inform individuals as well as businesses—gives a detailed account of the concept of "secondary market", the valuation mechanisms used, and the main players involved.
The secondary market covers over-the-counter sales of already registered domain names, as well as the market in "second-hand domain names" and the ecosystem made up of the various players involved in these matters.
The secondary market in domain names is still regarded as "confidential". Just a few record deals, like the sale of "credit.fr" and its associated website for almost €600,000 euros early in 2010, have drawn commentators' attention to this strategic market. Those spectacular examples, though, give only a partial picture of the real trends in terms of numbers of deals.
The whole market is sometimes disparaged as "mere speculation", but in fact there are real economic issues at stake for businesses, which cannot nowadays afford to regard domain names as anything other than intangible assets of primary importance.
After all, it is one thing to know the price of a domain name, but quite another to understand its real value.
For further information about the secondary market in domain names, please download the complete issue paper here [PDF].
For further information about the issue papers already published by AFNIC, please visit:
http://www.afnic.fr/actu/presse/liens-utiles_en
Written by Loic Damilaville
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Today AFNIC is publishing its new issue paper on the secondary market in domain names. The paper—written to inform individuals as well as businesses—gives a detailed account of the concept of "secondary market", the valuation mechanisms used, and the main players involved.
The secondary market covers over-the-counter sales of already registered domain names, as well as the market in "second-hand domain names" and the ecosystem made up of the various players involved in these matters.
The secondary market in domain names is still regarded as "confidential". Just a few record deals, like the sale of "credit.fr" and its associated website for almost €600,000 euros early in 2010, have drawn commentators' attention to this strategic market. Those spectacular examples, though, give only a partial picture of the real trends in terms of numbers of deals.
The whole market is sometimes disparaged as "mere speculation", but in fact there are real economic issues at stake for businesses, which cannot nowadays afford to regard domain names as anything other than intangible assets of primary importance.
After all, it is one thing to know the price of a domain name, but quite another to understand its real value.
For further information about the secondary market in domain names, please download the complete issue paper here [PDF].
For further information about the issue papers already published by AFNIC, please visit:
http://www.afnic.fr/actu/presse/liens-utiles_en
Written by Loic Damilaville
Pour en lire plus...
