Documentation: Answers to questions you didn't ask

What are Appraisal Points? Are they edible?

Appraisal Points are a collective scoring system of all your domain appraisals in comparison with the domain appraisals of every other domainer on the site. While nailing a single appraisal, or even a few can be chalked up to beginner's luck, consistently providing accurate appraisal values over the long haul demonstrates an in depth knowledge of domain name values, as well as an excellent grounding for realistic price expectations.

Aside from just getting a score relative to other domainers, you'll get to see how your perspective of domain values matches up with the the perspective of others in the industry.

Appraisal Points are technically edible, but they taste like tree bark and may cause severe indigestion, bloating, diarrhea, and suddent loss of hearing. Please do not eat Appraisal Points. If you have ingested Appraisal Points, consult your physician immediately.

How do I become an appraisal expert and what's the point?

You become an expert by demonstrating your knowledge of domain values over an extended period of time. Your AP score alone will not get you a seat as a domain appraisal expert on ListAppraise, although it is an important part of the process. A person must also demonstrate they are mature, impartial, and able to provide concise reasoning behind the value they've given to a domain.

What do you get besides becoming the envy of your peers and getting the chance to prove you really know what's what? Down the road a bounty system will be available. Anyone who wish to get an in depth, detailed domain appraisal from our experts of the community can offer a bounty when they open a domain for appraisal. As an expert, you'll be qualified to respond to bounty appraisals, and by doing so and collect the bounty (get paid).

Karma, where did it come from and is it contageous?

Short answer, yes. Unfortunately that's an answer to a totally different question.

Karma is the universal of 'reap what you sow'. Do good things, good things will happen to you. Do bad things, bad things will happen to you. In regards to ListAppraise, Karma is the rating given to a user of how awesome or lame they've been.

Positive karma points come from doing positive things, like reporting a bugging script, make a rad (80's), awesome (90's), or tight (2000's) suggestion, promoting ListAppraise, and so on. Blog about it, stick it in your forum signatures, tattoo it on your forehead. Maybe a temporary tattoo. Most of all just get involved. Good karma will allow for some added functions of the site, provided to users who've proven themselves to be jive cats (70's).

Negative karma points come from engaging in bogus (80's), lame (90's), or weak (2000's) activities, like spam, scamming, multi-accounting, general system abuse, and random acts of kitten aggression. Bad karma will adversely affect your use of the site. In other words, many functions will become unavailable to you. If you act like a real moron, we'll just skip to the end and ban you. Drama free since '93!

How do I get an appraisal, edit, delete, and manage my domains?

It's all centralized in your profile. You can edit single domains, edit all your domains simultaneously, delete domains, request appraisals, get code to put your domain portfolio on your own website, and bake cookies all at once. Cookie dough sold separately. Ovens not sold at all.

What's the catch? How does this thing make money?

It doesn't. It probably won't for a while. For now everything is free. The basic listing and appraisal services will always remain free. Featured listings and whatnot down the road will be added that support my addiction to cable television, philly cheese steaks, and living under a roof.

Who runs this heap? What's on tap?

I do. My name is Harley. I like dogs, developing niche web services, and Subway sandwiches. Not as much as Jared, though. I don't like American Idol, purple, big rims, and hummus. Once this ListAppraise situation takes off and grows bigger like a kid eating too many cheeseburgers, I'll hire a couple lackeys to do the day to day tasks. By that, I mean of course I'll bait a couple regulars into doing moderator type activities, and I'll pay them in cookies they'll buy and bake themselves! I'm sneaky like that sometimes.