I feel stuck

imadoer · Feb 15, 2015

I want to sprint before I can walk. I'm reading and reading and looking at sales im watching videos on domain sherpa i'm reading on DNF I'm spending a lot of time reading but i'm still having trouble on evaluating what something may be worth I would love someone to give me a crash course or some tips on how to evaluate.I find a lot of 2 word domains that have high traffic that i could put a I or e next to but I don't know how to value them..I really don't know how to evaluate anything..any tips?

Name Trader · Feb 16, 2015

imadoer said:
I understand that it devalues the name alot, but I see some names sell with the e and the I and when I was watching domain sherpa the other day adam dicker was saying how eBirthdayGifts.com should sell for 10k and one of them where saying how the e was the closest thing to having the name itself.BirthdayGifts.com apprasies for 200k on estibot. I found a few of other names that appraise for 200k on estibot that I can put a i or e next too. they have huge traffic I know estibot appraisal aren't accurate and I'm sure putting a e or i next to most names in a lot of cases is worthless. i really want to know is what are the right words to put the i and e next to? What are the exceptions?
Do you think i should just avoid it completely?

There's a huge difference between Adam Dicker turning down offers of thousands waiting for the right offer to come along, or not, than you saying that $500 offer you just received is too low and wait for the next offer, which might be 2 years down the line coming, if ever. I would value eBirthdayGifts.com at between $500 to $2000. I'd probably be a serious seller at $1000+, depending on my purchase price. We are all at different levels when it comes what we will accept for the same domain. Us smaller fry, need the cash flow. We cannot spend the time to hype up our domains and wait 10 years for the right offer to come along. For one domain maybe, but not for our entire, or substantial portion of our portfolio. We need the cash flow to turn over. I also think eBirthdayGifts.com is already a tad long. But it wouldn't matter much with great SEO. I would still prefer single to two word keywords.

I think it's almost at random, that you can get lucky with an "e" or "i" prefix. There is no formula. Obviously you need a commercial word(s) to start with. Something that can be monetized. You need huge traffic on the basic search term(s). Then you've got to find a domain with "e" or "i" which isn't already registered. If you've found any, PM me and I give you my opinion. If you don't trust me to do that, that's up/down to you. I am an honest person with a good reputation on NP, which I'm not about to kill over stealing an "e" or "i" domain from you.

It's a niche, just like any other. It doesn't do much harm to have a few of these domains around in your portfolio. I have only ever sold 1 "i"+1 word domain for $750, several years ago. It got me hooked. But they are not fast sellers. So I wouldn't bet the farm on this niche.

I certainly would never have hand-reg eBirthdayGifts.com or bought it in the aftermarket. I think it is an extremely small market (of maybe 1) who might pay 5 figures for this domain. If it was me, I'd go find a better domain, personally. Proper SEO (done by a professional) is and can be a great leveller

imadoer · Feb 17, 2015

Thank you for your feedback. I will gather a bigger list of what I can find tomorrow night. I will share if there's any you think are worth buying.I appreciate the help and the advice.

Beezy · Feb 17, 2015

how are you generating your list? curious.

imadoer · Feb 17, 2015

adwords and bulk godaddy

baseballworld · Feb 18, 2015

imadoer said:
I can sell and negotiate very well.(not domains) I bought and sold a lot of things but never a domain name this is a lot more complicated then I thought at least to hand reg one with some value.

There it is. I could sell anything door to door. Did insurance and won many awards whole different ball game. Here a company is not giving you the products to sell you have to get them yourself. What I did to tune mine in was worked doing some phone sales as well. helped me with selling to people not sitting in front of me. I did very well at that company also. Weird my now job of last few years has nothing to do with sales. just the hobby does.

kawalsukhi · Feb 18, 2015

stub said:
There's a huge difference between Adam Dicker turning down offers of thousands waiting for the right offer to come along, or not, than you saying that $500 offer you just received is too low and wait for the next offer, which might be 2 years down the line coming, if ever. I would value eBirthdayGifts.com at between $500 to $2000. I'd probably be a serious seller at $1000+, depending on my purchase price. We are all at different levels when it comes what we will accept for the same domain. Us smaller fry, need the cash flow. We cannot spend the time to hype up our domains and wait 10 years for the right offer to come along. For one domain maybe, but not for our entire, or substantial portion of our portfolio. We need the cash flow to turn over. I also think eBirthdayGifts.com is already a tad long. But it wouldn't matter much with great SEO. I would still prefer single to two word keywords.

I think it's almost at random, that you can get lucky with an "e" or "i" prefix. There is no formula. Obviously you need a commercial word(s) to start with. Something that can be monetized. You need huge traffic on the basic search term(s). Then you've got to find a domain with "e" or "i" which isn't already registered. If you've found any, PM me and I give you my opinion. If you don't trust me to do that, that's up/down to you. I am an honest person with a good reputation on NP, which I'm not about to kill over stealing an "e" or "i" domain from you.

It's a niche, just like any other. It doesn't do much harm to have a few of these domains around in your portfolio. I have only ever sold 1 "i"+1 word domain for $750, several years ago. It got me hooked. But they are not fast sellers. So I wouldn't bet the farm on this niche.

I certainly would never have hand-reg eBirthdayGifts.com or bought it in the aftermarket. I think it is an extremely small market (of maybe 1) who might pay 5 figures for this domain. If it was me, I'd go find a better domain, personally. Proper SEO (done by a professional) is and can be a great leveller

TELLING THE RIGHT ACTUAL TRUTH!! GREAT!

imadoer · Feb 18, 2015

I think once I figure out how to buy right I will be able to sell. Selling things come pretty natural to me. But I'm only used to selling things that have value. It's pretty difficult to sell things that may not have value even though I've sold crap for good money plenty of times this is definitely different from selling any thing else.I'm taking the time to study more and I'm taking everyone's advice It may take me a few months to before I get it right.

imadoer · Feb 18, 2015

I just want to thank everyone for the help and advice that they gave me.i don't feel stuck anymore

Name Trader · Feb 19, 2015

Great. Looking forward to hearing about your first sale

Nazz · Apr 1, 2015

Sailing the same boat as @imadoer, although this thread has helped me see beyond the blurr.

Great work guys and appreciate the useful advice.

imadoer · Apr 1, 2015

This was a good thread but Why so you keep bumping up these old threads of mine im not asking for help no more I have to get them all closed

Nazz · Apr 1, 2015

Sorry, I was unaware that you are the only one in need of help and out to seek knowledge on this forum.

It's not your posts that I'm following, its the other members contributing to this thread.

imadoer · Apr 1, 2015

Nazz said:
Sorry, I was unaware that you are the only one in need of help and out to seek knowledge on this forum.

It's not your posts that I'm following, its the other members contributing to this thread.

This thread is very useful to others!!!! lots of good info here.But in this thread i was asking for help a month ago and i am not anymore. I understand domaining better and know what I need to do. By u bumping this old thread up it makes me look like im still stuck still and i'm not. I'm not trying to be a jerk just understand where I'm coming from.

Nazz · Apr 1, 2015

Umm, I bumped this up.. So really, if you can think about it for a moment, just a moment...

I am the one who looks "stuck".

Regardless, I am sure the dates are visible to the browsing users eye.

Don't worry, you are way cooler now because you have become "UNSTUCK"

P.S.. You may understand how domaining works, but please take an hour or two, to understand how forums do...

Peace.

imadoer · Apr 1, 2015

im not trying to be cooler than you nazz
im not the best domainer either if you would like to pm i can tell you a few things that i have recently been told to get me in a better direction
maybe i'm being self centered and im sorry if thats how im being idk

Nazz · Apr 1, 2015

In no way at all was I stating that either of us were cooler than each other

Sure, Im up for a chat.

I feel stuck

Top Member

formerly @stubTop Member

Top Member

Top Member

Top Member

Restricted (Market)

Top Member

Top Member

Top Member

formerly @stubTop Member

Top Member

Top Member

Top Member

Top Member

Top Member

Top Member

Top Member

Similar threads

We're social

Pinned

Appreciation

Agreement