There are a number of free online tools out there that provide domain appraisals. These tools use a software algorithm to estimate the value of a name, but are they any good?

Some of the factors these services take into consideration are domain age, length, number of words, inbound links, and the number of search engine results for the name.

Two popular online valuation sites are Estibot and dnScoop. I’ve always been skeptical of these tools, but decided to give them a shot anyway. In an objective test, I ran five domains through both sites and compared the generated estimates to actual sales figures.

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