Weapons, Ammunition, Guns Domain Names?

JamesCrew said:

For how much did you sold your gun related domains? And did you contacted the buyer or they reached you?

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sold them on godaddy auction site.

1000 for the first one. three months later I received/accepted a 1250 offer on the second one. I considered the names a good "matched set", so I was surprised when I did a lookup later, to see two different owners.

fwiw, I bought both on godaddy's expired auctions, a few months apart.

JamesCrew said:

Many thanks for such a detailed reply dude, really appreciate it.

But how about if I have a much 'broader' domain name covering not only guns but more also the "ammunition" category? Would that be the same case or does it have any charm in it?

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You're welcome.

Though guns/ammo are a huge "niche" here in the states (don't know where you are located), I'd say that most top tier domains are already taken, just like in any mature niche. As to what whether or not your domain has any "charm", wellllllll I'm just going to defer to my standard response, "Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder."

I'm pretty sure you don't need an FFL to sell ammunition here in the states unless you are actually manufacturing it as well, so if you want to get in to the ammo business and develop your domain in that fashion, I say go for it if you truly have the drive, money and interest to do so! Now if you are thinking of making "the big bucks" reselling it to an end user, it will be up to you to find an end user that shares your enthusiasm for the domain.

Once again I'll suggest that selling it will be very tough unless you have a category killer domain such as SmartGuns.com or ModularGun.com, (both that have been mentioned here on NP) or a very "targeted" (pun not intended, but....) generic domain such as AR15.com, GunsandAmmo.com, etc.

I did a quick search of a handful of top tier guns/ammo domains and everyone was taken, many were registered 10-20 years ago . I also found that a good number of them are parked -- ex. 30-06.com, 22Rifle(s).com, Shotgun(s).com, and others. To me all that parking would indicate that either the dn owners were making plenty of cash having them parked, or that there is a disconnect between a seller's price expectations and those of the any potential end user(s) that might be interested in acquiring them. (I was very surprised that none of the major gun manufacturers owned most of the domains I mentioned above.)

Two side notes:

1) Since NP has allowed the discussion of gun names in the past as mentioned above, here are a couple of "decent" online gun store sites:
MidwayUSA.com (gun parts & accessories)
Brownells.com (gun parts & accessories)
LaRueTactical.com (guns, parts, & accessories)
GalleryofGuns.com (guns, parts, & accessories)

2) I'd be VERY interested in finding out what cdboard's domains were (hint, hint...).

For all the ammo domain lovers out there:
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/29/us/us-military-self-guided-bullet/

smartbullet is already registered apparently

MilitaryPrinting
com

For 3d weapons printing possibly, do not have anything else in this nche

Hypersot said:

For all the ammo domain lovers out there:
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/29/us/us-military-self-guided-bullet/

smartbullet is already registered apparently

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I owned smartammunition.com and several other what I thought were pretty good gun, ammo, bullet, gun registration and hunting (huntingretreat.com, huntzilla.com), but have let most of them drop because of no interest.

I also have a igunforum.com that gets around 1000 uniques per month, but very few posts.

verbster said:

I owned smartammunition.com and several other what I thought were pretty good gun, ammo, bullet, gun registration and hunting (huntingretreat.com, huntzilla.com), but have let most of them drop because of no interest.

I also have a igunforum.com that gets around 1000 uniques per month, but very few posts.

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Someone got to them it seems

tbh, I think that kind of equipment will be exclusive to the military and it's going to take a long time (if ever) to be available to get from other sources.
...but, what do I know, in my country owning a weapon is strictly illegal. Don't really know how the weapon domains/shops work in the states.

verbster said:

I owned smartammunition.com and several other what I thought were pretty good gun, ammo, bullet, gun registration and hunting (huntingretreat.com, huntzilla.com), but have let most of them drop because of no interest.

I also have a igunforum.com that gets around 1000 uniques per month, but very few posts.

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Mate, don't tell me you were not successful in selling smartammunition??? Come on man, this name looks fantasticooo.

PS: I have to admit that I never bought the domain for which I started this thread about, just because I am still not convinced that when it comes to domain names, there isn't a fair demand (low to medium) in this industry; yet. Let's wait and watch...

JamesCrew said:

Mate, don't tell me you were not successful in selling smartammunition??? Come on man, this name looks fantasticooo.

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Yeah, I thought it was an okay domain, but I also wondered why it wasn't registered. Maybe someone who was a little more active at pushing domains may have done better with it.

almost forgot......

back in 2010-2011, some companies were buying existing forums to create "forum networks". a network might have sports forums, automotive forums, animal/pet forums, or a mix.

some included firearm topics. I sold a few gun domains to a guy building up a forum network business, and he started forums on those domains.

that was rare. most of the activity involved the purchase of existing forums.

I checked last year, and all his forums had been acquired by a larger network. hope he got a good price.

cdboard said:

almost forgot......

back in 2010-2011, some companies were buying existing forums to create "forum networks". a network might have sports forums, automotive forums, animal/pet forums, or a mix.

some included firearm topics. I sold a few gun domains to a guy building up a forum network business, and he started forums on those domains.

that was rare. most of the activity involved the purchase of existing forums.

I checked last year, and all his forums had been acquired by a larger network. hope he got a good price.

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Gun forums? How would these big players expect to get ROI from forums? Ads? Or from their own product offers? Any idea?

mostly ads. they benefited by offering lots of pageviews and several different topics for the advertisers to choose from.


in the acquired automotive forums, the increase in ads on the forums (post-acquisition) was a common complaint.

There is good money in being able to serve targeted marketing to an appropriate cultivated audience.

I have 177pellets (dot) com with me I tried contacting some end users but there was no response. Its a keyword domain and its a type of pellet that is widely used in air rifles. Since I dont have an idea about the gun culture in America, I find it some what hard to market it. So I have decided to wait for offers. This is the only gun/weapon related name I have.

kollam003 said:

I have 177pellets (dot) com with me I tried contacting some end users but there was no response. Its a keyword domain and its a type of pellet that is widely used in air rifles. Since I dont have an idea about the gun culture in America, I find it some what hard to market it. So I have decided to wait for offers. This is the only gun/weapon related name I have.

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My thoughts exactly. Not to mention I am new to domaining so I would do my best to buy domains that I can sell (sooner or later) with a good market demand.

Another thing confusing me in this industry is the maturity level of the gun sellers online. Not sure how much they value Internet presence and domain names.

That is why I have put a hold not to buy the weapon domain I went crazy couple of weeks ago. But once I see couple of domains sales report in this niche, I will surely grab two or three instantly from my Buy Next list, hehehe.

I have WeaponShack.com

TestCase said:

Once again I'll suggest that selling it will be very tough unless you have a category killer domain such as SmartGuns.com

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I'm just seeing this thread and actually own that domain. Also just acquired GunTech.com, created in 1999.

It would be fantastic to plot a way to earn revenue with them but I'm clueless. For now it's just a waiting game until an offer comes along that I can't refuse!

Nice names Keith

ARMS.us

Keith said:

It would be fantastic to plot a way to earn revenue with them but I'm clueless. For now it's just a waiting game until an offer comes along that I can't refuse!

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Create an Amazon affiliate store behind would be an option!?

My showcase:
AmmoTracking (.com)
GunsNGlory (.com)

And a few more. Like all other domains on this site, they are for sale, of course.

a-r-m.com

Keith said:

I'm just seeing this thread and actually own that domain. Also just acquired GunTech.com, created in 1999.

It would be fantastic to plot a way to earn revenue with them but I'm clueless. For now it's just a waiting game until an offer comes along that I can't refuse!

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Great domain Keith! I'd definitely sit on it for a few years as I believe gun manufacturers will get there some day.

If you ever get tired of the renewals let me know.

I can tell you all that I just recently got into the domain industry and apparently not to many other people on the inside were into firearms, ive hand regged over 100 descet firearm domains in the last month, Im also an internet firearms dealer by trade, the country is catching on quickly that online is where the money is for all the small frys, they are getting ran over by online gun stores because people dont have to pay taxes, In my marketplace I see new sellers everyday resorting to specializing in pre owned collectibles, ive been making 6 figures a year from a dump off the road dealing in high end firearms only, no retail. my initial investment was 15 grand and I made 42k on paper that year with write offs, the next year i invested 25k and pulled 80, and kept climbing, this year its a bit more difficult as people are onto the buy local and sell online nitch, I believe many of the old school gun stores wich most are, im the youngest person I know in my collectibles industry and most of them are getting up there. I believe many of them will be forced to social media, websites etc.. when they do they will find out the shorter the better the .com and more sense it makes the more successful they will be. that or they will sell to younger people who will do the same. I believe that gun domains are a great LONG term investment. surely not hot right now, just before I logged on here I registered a few, and a good bit more in the last few days, im going to start expanding my business since all these new people are coming in my self, I would say if you have the money, and you can get them for CHEAP, like all of these I bought for $8.29 at go daddy with the premium buyers discount


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the only reason I bought so many is because Im not sure wich direction and how many different ends of the firearms market im looking to get into but i can assure you many will be hopefully sold for whatever probably on here before they expire or they will expire.