The five factors that move price
1. Length. Shorter is worth more, non-linearly. Every one- to three-letter .com is long gone; four-letter pronounceable .coms trade for hundreds to thousands of dollars; at seven letters and beyond, only names with strong keyword or brand quality carry a premium.
2. TLD. The extension is a multiplier. A name on .com is the benchmark; the same string on .io is typically worth around half, on .co less, and on .xyz or .info a small fraction. The exception is niche-fit: .ai for AI products and .dev for developer tools carry their own demand.
3. Pronunciation. If you can say it on a podcast and someone can type it, it's a brand. Names with clean consonant–vowel rhythm (CVCV patterns like "sefova") score far above consonant clusters ("bkrtz"). Hyphens and digits cut value sharply.
4. Keywords and morphemes. Real word roots (pay, sync, data) and natural endings (-ify, -ly, -era) make coined names feel like words, which is exactly what startup naming demand looks for.
5. Comparable sales. Ultimately a domain is worth what similar names sold for. Krafet's ranges are anchored to typical aftermarket outcomes for each length/TLD/quality band — conservative by design.
What Krafet's score means
The 0–100 score compresses all of the above into a single sortable number: roughly, the log of the estimated ceiling price plus bonuses for pronunciation and .com. A 70+ name is unusual to find unregistered; 50–70 is a solid brandable; below 50 is speculative.
Why "estimated resale range", not "appraisal"
Automated appraisals — including this one — cannot see trademark conflicts, your marketing plan, or a motivated buyer. Treat the range as a ranking signal and a sanity check, not a promise. Registration itself always costs just the standard registrar fee.
How availability is verified
Every listed name is checked against the registry's authoritative RDAP service (the successor to WHOIS) — not just DNS. Listed names are re-verified every 24 hours and removed the moment they're registered.