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How many domains do you need to sell constantly 1 domain per month?

Supposing that all the domains are at least of medium quality of values range between $500 to $5000, and only sales to end users count (not to resellers).

Tell me from your experience like for example if you are currently selling at least 1 domain per month, then when did that start happening in terms of number of domains you own.
 
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I sell about 3 domains a month (average) and has about 500 names in total, so in a year I sell about 7-9% of my portfolio.

However, it’s all about the quality of your names, as well as the pricing. I sold more names before, but accepted lower prices back then.
 
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I sell about 3 domains a month (average) and has about 500 names in total, so in a year I sell about 7-9% of my portfolio.

However, it’s all about the quality of your names, as well as the pricing. I sold more names before, but accepted lower prices back then.

Are all of these sales to end user? What is the average price?
 
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Well these days you would be well-pushed to be replacing and topping-up at that sales rate.. In my 2,000 domain holding days, I was probably at that sales rate for a few years. but they were all hand reg from 1999 to around 2005. Today you would have to be scouring all the resale listings for anything decent and with potential profit.

I personally don't see any good reason to enter the domain name game from Scratch today. Maybe if your retired, bored and say have $20,000+ to play with, you could have some fun without loosing your shirt picking up some good resale stuff. Maybe even make a few bob if your negotiating skills are good
 
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Well these days you would be well-pushed to be replacing and topping-up at that sales rate.. In my 2,000 domain holding days, I was probably at that sales rate for a few years. but they were all hand reg from 1999 to around 2005. Today you would have to be scouring all the resale listings for anything decent and with potential profit.

I personally don't see any good reason to enter the domain name game from Scratch today. Maybe if your retired, bored and say have $20,000+ to play with, you could have some fun without loosing your shirt picking up some good resale stuff. Maybe even make a few bob if your negotiating skills are good
I have to completely disagree with you. I joined in 2015 domaining changed my life I didnt have much money when I started. Things are different in todays market it's a lot harder to acquire a good domain with not over paying for it. But it can be done. With the right education and a little hustle. I know someone doing well and they only been doing this 6 months. If I had to I could start over from scratch in todays market. I would still be successful. Of course it would take a while to rebuild a portfolio but it can be done and I dont think encouraging someone not do follow a path they may want to take because you dont see the yellow brick road.
 
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I have to completely disagree with you. I joined in 2015 domaining changed my life I didnt have much money when I started......

I do understand and am pleased to hear of your success . But lets be honest, the Skill-set required to enter the domain game today is far more than probably 98% have. But that does still leave 2% I admit. Back in the early days you just needed the Belief that the internet was going to take over the World.. Nothing more... Pretty much anything (two words) you could come up with was there to be had (admittedly only a few single words, but still enough to fill your pockets)

A good business acumen has replaced a good business prediction. And as I said 98% don't have it
 
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I do understand and am pleased to hear of your success . But lets be honest, the Skill-set required to enter the domain game today is far more than probably 98% have. But that does still leave 2% I admit. Back in the early days you just needed the Belief that the internet was going to take over the World.. Nothing more... Pretty much you could come up with was there to be had (admittedly only a few single words, but still enough to fill your pockets)

A good business acumen has replaced a good business prediction. And as I said 98% don't have it
I dont disagree with this
 
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I dont disagree with this

Thanks, and lets Not forget 98% didn't believe the internet was going to take over the World 20 years ago. back then you couldn't even admit to investing in domains without a hell of a lot of strange looks, and mention of psychotic drugs.

So to the Original poster, These days it's not a numbers game. The amount of domains you hold, being a measure of turnover went out the window from around 2010
 
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industry average turn (in the $x,xxx range) is about 2-2.5% of a decent diversified portfolio, so divide 12 / 2% = 600
 
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industry average turn (in the $x,xxx range) is about 2-2.5% of a decent diversified portfolio, so divide 12 / 2% = 600

I don’t doubt this at all, but what is the source?
 
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Well these days you would be well-pushed to be replacing and topping-up at that sales rate.. In my 2,000 domain holding days, I was probably at that sales rate for a few years. but they were all hand reg from 1999 to around 2005. Today you would have to be scouring all the resale listings for anything decent and with potential profit.

I personally don't see any good reason to enter the domain name game from Scratch today. Maybe if your retired, bored and say have $20,000+ to play with, you could have some fun without loosing your shirt picking up some good resale stuff. Maybe even make a few bob if your negotiating skills are good

Bailey this is so not true still plenty of money to be made....
 
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I don’t doubt this at all, but what is the source?

Hopefully @urlurl will respond with his source, but I would point out that my statistical analysis at NameTalent trying to use the best data/corrections suggested an overall ratio of about 1 sale per year per 73 domains per sale, which is I guess about half of the 2 to 2.5% quoted (but uncertainties in ratio of unreported sales readily make my value consistent with the 2.5% figure). My figures are for domaining overall , so a quality portfolio would be expected to be higher.

https://nametalent.com/2018/10/is-domain-name-investing-profitable/

Bob
 
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I think it is very important for domainers to adopt to current trends and rely on relevant data and statistics.

You should also have the guts to drop domains or part of the portfolio, if these names are outdated. Just because it worked well in 2010 or even 2017, doesn’t mean it will work in 2019...
 
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In best case, you just need 1 domain per month to sell 1 domain per month.
 
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thanks all for input. what I was planning to do is to get rid of most low quality domains i have, and focus on quality rather than quantity. which means having a small portfolio of just 50-100 high quality domains that have higher chance to sell.

However I am worried that domaining is numbers game and that my idea will fail.. higher quality may not increase the selling chances by big margin? I am not sure of that.
 
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How many domains do you need to sell constantly 1 domain per month?
I just wanted to mention that the answer to this question depends not only on the number of domains you have but also on what percentage of their optimal sale price you want to wait to get before you sell, which means the quality of the domains also matters. ;)

EXample: If you're going to only sell domains when you get the best offer possible, even with 5,000 domains, you may only sell 1-5 domain per year (Similar to Rick Schwartz). If you're going to sell domains at a fraction of their optimal sale price like 5% of their worth, then you won't need many domains to sell 1 per month (Assuming they're good domains) because you'll be selling at much lower prices (And at better bargains that more people will be interested in).

So the question has other variables to consider.

Hope that helps,
 
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The buying and selling of domains in 2000-2005 will be different from say 2020-2025.

Trends might change, but nothing stops us are marketers to adapt to these new trends to sell domains too.

There will be demand for buyers, to sell your domains too.
 
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It heavily depends on acquisition cost, targeted profit and how early someone accepts and stops possible loss.
Auctions with no/low reserve look like a good solution to me to solve pricing puzzle, to speed up sales, to stop losses and to replenish portfolios.
 
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Mature domaining starts from portfolio of 1K domains...
In brief.
 
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IMO you can passively sell at end-user (non wholesale) pricing approx' 0.75% to 1.5% a year (based on good quality domains and the usual work and promotion) so to sell your entire portfolio it can take about 100-years! :xf.frown:(n)
 
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No less than 500 definitely.
Below 500 - only if you portfolio contains 1word and/or 3L .COMs
 
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I sell about 3 domains a month (average) and has about 500 names in total, so in a year I sell about 7-9% of my portfolio.

However, it’s all about the quality of your names, as well as the pricing. I sold more names before, but accepted lower prices back then.
Can you share some of your domains and the price?
 
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