Website owners always want to know how much their sites are worth, and that is why website valuation tools are so popular on the Internet. Over the years I came across several of them, and in this article I will talk about some.
1. DnScoop
During my tests the valuations were realistic at least. It tilted on DailyBlogTips.com, but the other three were not bad. I still would not use this tool for a real evaluation, but we can say it didn’t suck as bad as the others.
Sample Valuations:
- DailyBlogTips.com value: $4.53 Million
- DailyWritingTips.com value: $25,288
- DailyBits.com value: $4,452
- FreeOnlineDiets.net value: $0
Factors considered:
- Domain Age
- Google PageRank
- Inbound Links
- Alexa Traffic Ranking
- Site Category
2. Stimator
The tool takes into consideration several factors, but the valuation seems overestimated.
Sample Valuations:
- DailyBlogTips.com value: $1.66 Million
- DailyWritingTips.com value: $886,458
- DailyBits.com value: $506,278
- FreeOnlineDiets.net value: $51
Factors considered:
- Google PageRank
- Inbound Links
- Traffic Volume
- Domain Value
- Social Bookmarking
- Directories Inclusion
3. BizInformation
Valuations are completely off the mark.
Sample Valuations:
- DailyBlogTips.com value: $7.19 Million
- DailyWritingTips.com value: $1.04 Million
- DailyBits.com value: $621,544.8
- FreeOnlineDiets.net value: $2,639.6
Factors considered:
- Traffic from Compete.com
- DMOZ listing
- Google PageRank
- External links
- Social bookmarking sites
Other Tools
Some other tools that you might want to check. Most of them perform even worse than the ones I highlighted above though:
Conclusion
I would recommend using these website valuation tools only for fun. They can be useful to give you some data about the website in question, but that is about it.
If you want to buy or sell a website, nothing will substitute an individual and business oriented evaluation. That is, you will need to take a closer look at real traffic numbers, real revenues and profit margins, potential and the like. I talk more about it on the article How Much is My Site Worth?.
