Im just finding it hard to make a sale. Ive been doing this for a year now and I havent got a sale. Not trying to sound conceded, but half my domains I personally think are better than half the ones that sell.
You don't sound conceited, you sound like a domainer.
Theres gotta be something im missing or the claimed sales arent true. Like for instance gruebengrail()com says sold for $250?!? Thats not even english or a word.
According to whois it's not even a domain -- the only mention anywhere online is this thread, according to Google (btw, holy crap Namepros at having individual forum posts indexed in Google within an hour!!!)
I just registered labdog.net about a week ago and it hasnt even budged. I think labdog.net is very valuable and has many searches. Just unlucky i guess
Setting aside value considerations, I don't know how I could conceivably address the concern that you regged it a week ago and it has not yet sold.
Regarding value: What makes it valuable? It's a serious question -- You can't pitch a domain name or anything else on the basis that you
just know it's valuable. The term "lab dog" -- relative to other related terms -- is actually way down the scale both in terms of search volume and AdWords estimated value (to be specific, I checked it against: labrador, labrador retriever, retriever, yellow lab, chocolate lab, and black lab.)
It has some up points, like the front page organics being dominated by industry names and non-profits, so there's potential there for breeders trying to work their way to the top. But little in the way of relevant ad competition on the term, so pitching it as a value relative to advertising (one of my most commonly successful approaches) would be hard.
How much do you feel it's worth? ie. disregarding any points I've made, what do you think is a realistic asking price?
In the week you've owned it, how many prospects have you contacted?
I hope I don't sound as contentious as I feel like I'm sounding. I've had some good successes with this approach in the last year and change and would sincerely like to help share them; just don't always do the most diplomatic job of it.
Frank