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Cool.Ventures · Apr 21, 2014

Which new gTLD domains have you had to pay a premium for?

My list (purchase price and cheapest known renewal):

Life.Tips $559 101domain / $250 enom transfer in ($400 101domain)
Helpful.Tips $370 enom / $250 enom
ForSale.Land $308 101domain / $149 101domain
DIY.Construction $238 101domain / $99 101domain

Would you pay those fees for those? The .com version costs would be several digits more, perhaps six or seven figures in cost if the owners would sell them at all.

As you can see the renewals are quite high. I guess nobody knows how this will be in nine months or so and who will be cheapest. Many registrars don't allow the transfer of premium domains at all! I don't like that.

bmugford · Apr 21, 2014

I would not pay anywhere near those fees. The registration and renewal fees are going to pile up quickly.

You are also vastly overvaluing the .COM of these terms.
For instance HelpfulTips.com was on Flippa in 2012 and no one bid the $2,000 min bid.

DIYConstruction.com sold for $1,520 on 1/12/2014.
ForSaleLand.com is listed with a BIN price of $3,288.

"For Sale Land" is also a backwards term. "Land for Sale" is so much better.

I can see value in uber terms like Wedding.Photography, Used.Cars, Car.Insurance, but I don't see these type being worth it for resale.

Brad

garptrader · Apr 21, 2014

As long as one limits their new TLD exposure to a few domains and the thought of paying renewals for perhaps a decade doesn't scare you, then you can play the game. Just be aware that the most desirable TLD for aftermarket sales for the foreseeable future will continue to be .COM. As an investor in .TV, those $25 renewals add up but I still have occasional sales. With these new TLDs one could go a long time without a sale. If their portfolio is 50% new TLD and 50% low-value .COM, sales will not even come close to covering renewals. I will admit there are several new TLDs which seem interesting. For example, if I could acquire Miami.condos for $1 with $1 annuall renewals I would buy. I would seriously consider buying at $10/$10 but these new TLDs aren't being priced for domain investors. I cannot fault the registries - it is a business, not a charity. The likely scenario is that this and comparable such names LA.condos or NewYork.condos will either be registry-reserved or priced for end users with hefty pricetages. If you pay an end user price, the odds of making a significant profit on a portfolio of such names is slim.

For any new TLD purchase one should compare to the comparable .COM price and assume no more than 1% of the equivalent .COM. Then factor in not only acquisition cost but seven to ten years of renewals. Then consider the risk the domain never sells at any price. Still sound like a good deal?

---------- Post added at 04:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:18 PM ----------

Without being critical of new TLD acquisitions, I might present it this way - if I owned the equivalent .COM domains targeted to an small business end user with a limited budget and based on my personal experience (sales above $1500 are rare for me), what pricetag would I put on these domains...

LifeTips.com $799
HelpfulTips.com $799
LandforSale.com $5000 minimum perhaps to the right buyer up to $25,000
ForSaleLand.com $799 (wrong word order but it is a .COM)
DIYConstruction.com $2500

Keep in mind that with a myriad of choices, a new TLD if sold will probably only sell for maybe 1% of the equivalent .COM. Maybe five to seven years from now up to 5% of the .COM.

elevator · Apr 23, 2014

garptrader said:
As long as one limits their new TLD exposure to a few domains and the thought of paying renewals for perhaps a decade doesn't scare you, then you can play the game. Just be aware that the most desirable TLD for aftermarket sales for the foreseeable future will continue to be .COM. As an investor in .TV, those $25 renewals add up but I still have occasional sales. With these new TLDs one could go a long time without a sale. If their portfolio is 50% new TLD and 50% low-value .COM, sales will not even come close to covering renewals. I will admit there are several new TLDs which seem interesting. For example, if I could acquire Miami.condos for $1 with $1 annuall renewals I would buy. I would seriously consider buying at $10/$10 but these new TLDs aren't
being priced for domain investors. I cannot fault the registries - it is a business, not a charity. The likely scenario is that this and comparable such names LA.condos or NewYork.condos will either be registry-reserved or priced for end users with hefty pricetages. If you pay an end user price, the odds of making a significant profit on a portfolio of such names is slim.

For any new TLD purchase one should compare to the comparable .COM price and assume no more than 1% of the equivalent .COM. Then factor in not only acquisition cost but seven to ten years of renewals. Then consider the risk the domain never sells at any price. Still sound like a good deal?

---------- Post added at 04:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:18 PM ----------

Without being critical of new TLD acquisitions, I might present it this way - if I owned the equivalent .COM domains targeted to an small business end user with a limited budget and based on my personal experience (sales above $1500 are rare for me), what pricetag would I put on these domains...

LifeTips.com $799
HelpfulTips.com $799
LandforSale.com $5000 minimum perhaps to the right buyer up to $25,000
ForSaleLand.com $799 (wrong word order but it is a .COM)
DIYConstruction.com $2500

Keep in mind that with a myriad of choices, a new TLD if sold will probably only sell for maybe 1% of the equivalent .COM. Maybe five to seven years from now up to 5% of the .COM.

You see, it is cheap when you sell domain to domaners but it is always a good thing when sold to end user.
The only hard aspect of selling domain is how to look for end users.
Cheers.:hehe:

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