I've often read posts from Elliot Silver and other bloggers about their recent acquisitions, and I have always found it fascinating to see what others are buying. I've endeavored to create a similar post below, and I hope that you get some interest from it.
My domain sales and acquisitions are nowhere near the level of many domainers, but given my budget and strategy I'm fairly happy. Below is a list of a few of the domain names I've acquired over the past twelve months. As always, you're welcome to post comments.
Two word .COM's
Most of my acquisitions over the past 12 months have been two word .COM domain names. They're something I've always focused on, and I have had some success in selling them on. Of course, I do have a number of criteria when choosing which domain names to go after. These criteria include the age, popularity of the words or phrase, and the potential end users should I decide to flip the domain.
Some of my better two word .COM acquisitions include:
PhotoRetoucher.com - a domain name that I'm now using for my retouching portfolio. This was acquired privately earlier this year, and I'm in the process of making a website there. I've already had one offer for the domain, but I'm choosing not to sell this one.
PhotoRetouching.com - at the same time as acquiring PhotoRetoucher.com, I also bought PhotoRetouching.com. Again, this was a private deal, but it was purchased from a different company. Both domain names cost almost exactly the same to buy. I opted to flip this domain name and listed the domain for sale on Flippa. It sold after a 30 day auction.
LandscapeArchitect.com & LandscapeArchitects.com were acquired late last year using the SnapNames platform. Initially I had plans to create an online landscape design business, but it got more and more complicated to complete. In the end, I sold both domains to a Landscape Architecture magazine.
Location + Profession .COM's
Another type of domain name that I like to acquire are location+profession .COMs. Recently, I've acquired BaltimoreCosmeticDentist.com, PhoenixCosmeticDentist.com and DetroitCosmeticDentist.com. Not the best domains you'll ever see, but each city has an abundance of cosmetic dentists who are all looking to get ahead of their competition.
Another domain in this category that I acquired recently is LongIslandCriminalLawyers.com. Yes, a four-word domain name. All you need to know about this is that I sold it last week for a 2,300% ROI (Return on Investment).
Exact Match .COM's
This type of domain is becoming less popular, but there are still some good acquisitions to be made here. One such example is DentalWebsiteDesign.com, which I picked up from NameJet at the end of last year. Dental Website Design is a very competitive industry and is potentially very lucrative. (The Cost Per Click used to be something like $33.)
After creating a lead generation website, and bringing it to as high as number three in the competitive search rankings, I sold the domain along with the website to one of the companies advertising for the term.
4 Letter .COM's
Every domain investor knows about the new wave of Chinese investors looking to acquire short domain names. As such, I've acquired a few four letter .COM domain names through NamePros.com's marketplace and via private acquisitions.
My best performing four-letter .COM domain is GPFN.com that I acquired on NamePros.com just a couple of months ago for low $xxx. I seem to get three to four offers per week for this domain name all for higher than I paid for it. I'll be waiting until 2016 before I look to sell any four letter .COM domain name.
LLNN.com Domains
This category of domain acquisition may surprise you a little, but I think that this could be the next category which Chinese investors look at. For now, they have a very low acquisition price with great bargains to be found on GoDaddy's Closeout site. As with numerical domain names, I believe that if these are to be a successful category, then repetition is key.
I've acquired domain names such as RR63.com and XE99.com recently, which are both starting to receive type in traffic.
Other TLDs
I'd say that 90% of my domains are .COM, but I have a couple of domain names from other TLDs which include ppi.online and fvt.cc. Of the new gTLDs, I have just three domain names, which probably tells you my current position when it comes to investing in them.
My domain sales and acquisitions are nowhere near the level of many domainers, but given my budget and strategy I'm fairly happy. Below is a list of a few of the domain names I've acquired over the past twelve months. As always, you're welcome to post comments.
Two word .COM's
Most of my acquisitions over the past 12 months have been two word .COM domain names. They're something I've always focused on, and I have had some success in selling them on. Of course, I do have a number of criteria when choosing which domain names to go after. These criteria include the age, popularity of the words or phrase, and the potential end users should I decide to flip the domain.
Some of my better two word .COM acquisitions include:
PhotoRetoucher.com - a domain name that I'm now using for my retouching portfolio. This was acquired privately earlier this year, and I'm in the process of making a website there. I've already had one offer for the domain, but I'm choosing not to sell this one.
PhotoRetouching.com - at the same time as acquiring PhotoRetoucher.com, I also bought PhotoRetouching.com. Again, this was a private deal, but it was purchased from a different company. Both domain names cost almost exactly the same to buy. I opted to flip this domain name and listed the domain for sale on Flippa. It sold after a 30 day auction.
LandscapeArchitect.com & LandscapeArchitects.com were acquired late last year using the SnapNames platform. Initially I had plans to create an online landscape design business, but it got more and more complicated to complete. In the end, I sold both domains to a Landscape Architecture magazine.
Location + Profession .COM's
Another type of domain name that I like to acquire are location+profession .COMs. Recently, I've acquired BaltimoreCosmeticDentist.com, PhoenixCosmeticDentist.com and DetroitCosmeticDentist.com. Not the best domains you'll ever see, but each city has an abundance of cosmetic dentists who are all looking to get ahead of their competition.
Another domain in this category that I acquired recently is LongIslandCriminalLawyers.com. Yes, a four-word domain name. All you need to know about this is that I sold it last week for a 2,300% ROI (Return on Investment).
Exact Match .COM's
This type of domain is becoming less popular, but there are still some good acquisitions to be made here. One such example is DentalWebsiteDesign.com, which I picked up from NameJet at the end of last year. Dental Website Design is a very competitive industry and is potentially very lucrative. (The Cost Per Click used to be something like $33.)
After creating a lead generation website, and bringing it to as high as number three in the competitive search rankings, I sold the domain along with the website to one of the companies advertising for the term.
4 Letter .COM's
Every domain investor knows about the new wave of Chinese investors looking to acquire short domain names. As such, I've acquired a few four letter .COM domain names through NamePros.com's marketplace and via private acquisitions.
My best performing four-letter .COM domain is GPFN.com that I acquired on NamePros.com just a couple of months ago for low $xxx. I seem to get three to four offers per week for this domain name all for higher than I paid for it. I'll be waiting until 2016 before I look to sell any four letter .COM domain name.
LLNN.com Domains
This category of domain acquisition may surprise you a little, but I think that this could be the next category which Chinese investors look at. For now, they have a very low acquisition price with great bargains to be found on GoDaddy's Closeout site. As with numerical domain names, I believe that if these are to be a successful category, then repetition is key.
I've acquired domain names such as RR63.com and XE99.com recently, which are both starting to receive type in traffic.
Other TLDs
I'd say that 90% of my domains are .COM, but I have a couple of domain names from other TLDs which include ppi.online and fvt.cc. Of the new gTLDs, I have just three domain names, which probably tells you my current position when it comes to investing in them.
