various Report Completed Domain Name Sales Here

[RJ]

This thread is a central location to report domain name sales of any dollar amount.

As much information as you can include about the transaction is welcome, but at a bare minimum please include the domain name(s), the sale price, and whether you were the seller.

Good luck with your sales!

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Questions are allowed, but do not post commentary. If you want to discuss or comment on a sale in this thread, quote it and then post it in the following thread instead:

• Discuss and Report Any Details of Domain Name Sales

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Suggested template (bold details are required):

Domain name:

Sale venue:​

Listing type:​

Listing upgrades:​

Seller:​

Asking price:​

Sale price:​

Purchase venue:​

Purchase price:​

Details:​

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Suggested values / explanations:

• Sale venue: Sold at NamePros, outbound direct, inbound direct, etc.
• Listing type: Make Offer, Fixed price, Auction, Auction with Buy-It-Now, Reverse auction, etc.
• Listing upgrades: Premium package, featured listing, etc.
• Seller: me, a friend, a friend of a friend, a colleague, someone else, unknown, etc.
• Purchase venue: Where (and the year) the seller purchased the domain name originally.
• Details: Any additional details about the domain name like how you bought it, how long you had it before it sold, its age, etc.

Examples:

Domain name: ThisDomain.com​

Sale venue: NamePros (2016)​

Listing type: Make offer with Buy-It-Now​

Listing upgrades: Featured listing​

Seller: Me​

Asking price: $950​

Sale price: $830​

Purchase venue: NamePros (2015)​

Purchase price: $25​

Details: Acquired from a reseller. 5 years old domain. Had for 1 year before resold.​

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Domain name: ThatDomain.com​

Sale venue: GoDaddy Auctions (2012)​

Listing type: 7-day Public Auction​

Listing upgrades: N/A​

Seller: Someone else​

Asking price: N/A​

Sale price: $60​

Purchase venue: Hand registration (2009)​

Purchase price: $8​

Details: I watched its auction. The auction description said it was hand-registered the same day it dropped (from expiration).​

Important:

• If you don't want to provide any other information about the sale besides what you've posted, then include "no further details" or "NFD" in your post.

 

[estibot.com]

Nice, atypical!

 

[kerala]

i sold bhilai.in for $70

 

[HcDomains]

Sold Pimy.com at $1050 at Sedo Auction

 

[AussieDomainer]

Hi

Just sold the following domains on TDNAM:

skiace.com - $100
wiifeedback.com - $20

Cheers!

 

[Easydoms]

Hi

Sold VIN.IN went for £310 on Sedo auction today, about $605 US.

 

[Argos]

CloQ.com $260- via Afternic

 

[btrader]

DBX.us sold on ebay for $152.50

 

[Domainate.com]

I like CloQ.com. I'm not too fond of most logonyms or similar sounding letter names, but that one's cool IMO. Good sale!

 

[PolurNET]

I just bought PremiumHost(.)com today for $3000 from a fellow NPer

 

[AzN]

DU.org sold for 25220 on SN

 

[IAmAllanShore]

DU.org sold for 25220 on SN

Your domain sold on snapnames? Just confirming
-Allan :gl:

 

[dag]

VOG.mobi -- $590, Sedo auction
QuikPicks.com -- $110, Sedo auction
AttorneyAtLaw.mobi -- $170, Sedo auction

 

[texasgamer]

Tik.mobi $200 Namepros auction

 

[circa1850]

tytz.com $4,500.00 (private sale)
e-c.com $5,500.00 (sedo broker)

 

[worldstar]

tytz.com $4,500.00 (private sale)
e-c.com $5,500.00 (sedo broker)

Mid $xxxx for a LLLL.com domain(website?), Good deal and congratulations! :gl:

 

[ZOX]

Just sold T.MD for $8,000
(previously sold D.MD for $10,000 )

 

[cambkey]

IQ.vc at Afternic for $400

 

[JustinWI]

oceanic.tv for $350 at sedo

 

[mgt]

First Sedo Sale

I just sold BlueGreen.info for $141 on Sedo

 

[estibot.com]

TheBigDeals(.)com $70 SEDO

 

[DotWeekly]

IsItIn.com $300 usd on eBay

MoveInHere.com $175 usd on eBay

 

[worldstar]

iwidth.com $200(too bad I went to auction not made a conter offer :td: )
This is one of my domain name that is registered here at namepros.

 

[kerala]

keraladirect.com for GBP 300 thru sedo

 

[carledgar]

The art of negotiation

You put your finger on a central issue, Gene. Offers often come from people who seem, prima facie, to be individuals but who could very well represent major corporate entities.

I received an offer in November of US$1350 for a domain targeted to the biotech venture capital sector. I wanted US$15K for it (allowing for a 10% commission) and counter-offered. The negotiation proceeded quickly and culminated with a phone call from the buyer offering US$7000.

I took this offer but naturally wondered whether I could have ramped to nine or 10 - impossible to know. The sale was private so I could immediately reduce the price to 13,500 without losing. However, in the event I was happy with US$7000 to help fill all those Christmas stockings I would be shopping for.

But, bottom line - how can you assess the buyer's budget. To me it's an art based partly on the emails received and the buyer's tone on the phone and partly just gut instinct. I'm sure professionals would do infinitely better on such negotiations but forum's like these can help a lot.

Carl

Basically, it was a matter of standing strong in my boots right from the start. Here's how the process went...

It was a young lady who first emailed me with a very brief message: "would you consider selling this domain name?" That's all there was. This strongly indicated to me that this was a VERY serious, interested party. Why? Basic human psychology. Most offers that come through ramble on and either made an offer or ask for a price right from the start. I felt this was someone who knew how to play the game -- they wanted ME to make the first move in the price war.

I decided to NOT respond to that first email to test my theory. If they WERE as interested in the name as I suspected, they would ask again soon. Sure enough, 3 days later I received another email with another very brief message asking the same question as before. I waited 2 days this time then replied with "I wouldn't rule it out, but it would have to be a very substantial offer as I'm currently using this domain for my business. Have a nice day."

The next day, an even shorter email from her: "What is 'substantial?'" I replied the next day with "I would not consider any offers of less than $12,000."

Several days later she emailed me with: "Is there any way you could take $4,000 for it?" (Now mind you, I knew I had a serious buyer on my hands at this point, and it was time to really play the game). I waited several days to let them sweat a bit and let them wonder if I dropped the issue because of their low offer. I finally replied to the lady with: "I'm sorry, but as I mentioned last week, I can't consider any offers of less than $12,000 as I am using this for my business".

She replied within hours this time (I sensed she was growing impatient) and said: "Can I have my boyfriend call you? He's better at negotiating".

Now THERE'S a dead giveaway! I gave her my phone number, and the next day I got the call from a very friendly down-to-earth gentleman: "Hi Gene, me and my girlfriend are starting a business and we're interested in your domain name. I could pay you $5,000 right now... and use escrow.com for the transaction -- I'll even pay the fees".

At this point I acted like I was growing very impatient. I explained to him everything I told his 'girlfriend', and nicely said g'bye.

Because of many things he said in our conversation, I suspected that this 'couple' were actually working for a major corp somewhere, acting as a mom & pop business.

He called the next day and left a message on my answering machine (I was expecting this would happen, so I didn't pick up the phone). "Hey Gene, we've been thinking about it and we decided we could go up to $10,000. Please let me know if we can make a deal -- call me as soon as you can".

I waited 2 days, called him back and after a bit of small-talk I said "it's been nice talking with you and I really wish you well in your new venture, but $12,000 is my absolute lowest starting point". (notice the key words "starting point"... I intentionally used those words so as to give the impression that I may even try to negotiate a higher price if you gave me time to think about it!). I got off the phone quickly, and waited for him to make his last move. He called that evening and accepted the $12,000 price. He began the escrow, I transferred the domain and I had the bank-check in hand about 10 days later.

Patience is your best friend in this business!

Gene

 

[Collector]

WebRookie.com $500 Afternic