The Inside Interview series has focused on talking to end users who have acquired high value names. Up until now, we have interviewed 26 people or companies to find out why they acquired a specific domain. Today, we bring you an Inside Interview that is slightly different. Graham Haynes (@betthelot) is a British businessman who is also a domain name investor, and an active member at NamePros. In July 2016, TheDomains.com reported that Graham had acquired furniture.co.uk and purple.co.uk for $650,000 and £108,000 respectively. In this interview, Graham tells us about his existing business called BedroomFurniture.co.uk, why he bought furniture.co.uk, and he also reveals another domain name that he acquired for $100,000. Graham's existing business, BedroomFurniture.co.ukCan you tell us about yourself and the company behind furniture.co.uk? Why did you decide to buy the domain furniture.co.uk? How did you find out that Furniture.co.uk was available to buy? Was it offered to you, or did you seek it out? How did you determine that the domain was worth $650,000 to you? Would you have considered paying more for the domain than you did? Do you have specific plans for furniture.co.uk, or will it continue to forward to BedroomFurniture.co.uk? You also acquired the domain purple.co.uk for £108,000. Why did you acquire this name? Was it an investment, or part of a business venture? Why did you opt to acquire a .CO.UK domains over a .COM domain? Have you bought any other domains? If so, can you reveal the names and the prices you paid? What would your advice be to other startups or companies looking at buying a premium domain name? Thanks to Graham for taking the time to speak with us. It’s interesting to get a different perspective on an end-user sale, since this specific end-user is also a domain name investor. This interview has been edited for clarity. Inside Interviews is a blog series profiling the buyers of high-value domain names. Find out their motives, negotiation tactics, and their opinions on popular domaining topics only on the NamePros Blog.
Great Interview! Learned alot from it. I wish more businesses understood the value of domains. Thanks @betthelot
Where did you hear this @betthelot? What are your thoughts on .UK and .CO.UK? Yup. Many IT Admins are blocking ALL new domains. Too much spam.
^^^^^^cant edit above opps. Meant to add at end. and also send congrats to @betthelot with the name purchase.
Graham did write a couple of comments in the TheDomains comment section, but no - this hasn't been posted before
Great interview-great insight. Here's a guy with ZERO offers on 200 domains in 10 yrs and he's still a great success. Thanks for this post.
Emd in the correct country code, no surprises really, Just a process of the best buyer finding them. ~ Huh? ........... Brought many, heavily in LLL.coms NNNN.coms ...... NO OFFERS ......Huh ??
Graham Haynes is full of experienced and very focus businessman. Congrats on all your aquisitions. Thanks for the interview @James Iles . Cheers.
Excellent questions James, questions that produced superb responses from Graham! Much of what I always believed about domain name usage was validated many times over by Graham's marketing plans and success! Thanks to both you and Graham for the terrific interview!
