A Hedonic Regression Model for Internet Domain Name Valuation

Hedonic Regression is applied to domain name transactional data representing 155 sales from 1999 through 2002. The resulting model estimates the market price for Internet domains by using characteristics of the domain name and an Internet industry stock market index. With this model, estimates of domain value can he obtained throughout time. From their peak, estimated domain name values lost about 95% of their market value.