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RJ · Apr 19, 2005

This thread is a central location to report domain name sales of any dollar amount.

As much information as you can include about the transaction is welcome, but at a bare minimum please include the domain name(s), the sale price, and whether you were the seller.

Good luck with your sales!

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Discuss and Report Any Details of Domain Name Sales

Suggested template (bold details are required):

Domain name:

Sale venue:

Listing type:

Listing upgrades:

Seller:

Asking price:

Sale price:

Purchase venue:

Purchase price:

Details:

Suggested values / explanations:

Sale venue: Sold at NamePros, outbound direct, inbound direct, etc.
Listing type: Make Offer, Fixed price, Auction, Auction with Buy-It-Now, Reverse auction, etc.
Listing upgrades: Premium package, featured listing, etc.
Seller: me, a friend, a friend of a friend, a colleague, someone else, unknown, etc.
Purchase venue: Where (and the year) the seller purchased the domain name originally.
Details: Any additional details about the domain name like how you bought it, how long you had it before it sold, its age, etc.

Examples:

Domain name: ThisDomain.com

Sale venue: NamePros (2016)

Listing type: Make offer with Buy-It-Now

Listing upgrades: Featured listing

Seller: Me

Asking price: $950

Sale price: $830

Purchase venue: NamePros (2015)

Purchase price: $25

Details: Acquired from a reseller. 5 years old domain. Had for 1 year before resold.

Domain name: ThatDomain.com

Sale venue: GoDaddy Auctions (2012)

Listing type: 7-day Public Auction

Listing upgrades: N/A

Seller: Someone else

Asking price: N/A

Sale price: $60

Purchase venue: Hand registration (2009)

Purchase price: $8

Details: I watched its auction. The auction description said it was hand-registered the same day it dropped (from expiration).

Important:

If you don't want to provide any other information about the sale besides what you've posted, then include "no further details" or "NFD" in your post.

starizec · Sep 1, 2015

Sold
H a l o D e s k . c o m
Via sedo for $250

tomcarl · Sep 1, 2015

Domainaffix said:
P /o r/ k i/ f/ y in King (BB reject & BR reject)

'GoDaddy Buy Service' contacted me and i knew the buyers were paying a fee to acquire the name, so i knew the buyers were serious

Day 1:
Their first offer: $250
My counter: $2,995
Their counter: $500
My counter: $2,495
Their counter: $ 750
My counter: $2,000 (claimed final offer)

Day 2: Silence

Day 3:
Their counter: $800 (claimed max)
My counter: $1,500

Day4:
Their counter: $900
My counter: $2,000 (i was letting them know i was not liking the back and forth)
Their counter: $1,100
My counter: $???? SOLD! (They had to pay 30% commission on top of agreed price TO GoDaddy)

We all had to wait 42 days until the 60 day ICANN lock was up because i hand regged it 18 days before!

Your name sold to F / a / r / m / land F / o / ods, a subsidiary of Sm/ ith / f /ield foods which is the world's largest pork processor. (100m+ in sales annually I believe) They could've swung at least $5-7K (low-end) for the name IMO as they're already using Po /r / k /ify for a marketing campaign. Berkens would've probably asked 15-20K for it.

Not trying to be a downer, profit is profit, and congrats. I'd probably advise anyone who gets an inquiry from any type of brokerage service representing a buyer, that's a dead giveaway to hold out. They spotted your negotiation technique and seen how quickly you came down in price and how much you were coming down so the broker played the $100 game and won imo.

Day 1:
Their first offer: $250
My counter: $2,995
Their counter: $500
My counter: $2,495
Their counter: $ 750
My counter: $2,000 (claimed final offer)

You dropped 1K off of your initial sales price in $500 increments while they're only upping it by half that, and in the very first day they made an inquiry (dead giveaway to me anyway that you're in need for the sale) I always wait at least 2-3 days to give my response to an initial offer, I find by the domain owner stringing along the sale with an inbound inquiry gives you the upper hand in any end user negotiation because it's so tempting to respond quickly when we have money on the table but that's one of the biggest mistakes we can do. You have to paint the picture that you were hardly impressed by their first offer and maybe even insulted so they know this isn't something to buy for cheap, you can't do that by responding right away.

Thanks for sharing.

kprojects · Sep 2, 2015

Hand regged is/down/.me last week for a site I made (using commission $ on enom) then sold it for $50 on flippa

Domainzy · Sep 2, 2015

tomcarl said:
Your name sold to F / a / r / m / land F / o / ods, a subsidiary of Sm/ ith / f /ield foods which is the world's largest pork processor. (100m+ in sales annually I believe) They could've swung at least $5-7K (low-end) for the name IMO as they're already using Po /r / k /ify for a marketing campaign. Berkens would've probably asked 15-20K for it.

Not trying to be a downer, profit is profit, and congrats. I'd probably advise anyone who gets an inquiry from any type of brokerage service representing a buyer, that's a dead giveaway to hold out. They spotted your negotiation technique and seen how quickly you came down in price and how much you were coming down so the broker played the $100 game and won imo.

Day 1:
Their first offer: $250
My counter: $2,995
Their counter: $500
My counter: $2,495
Their counter: $ 750
My counter: $2,000 (claimed final offer)

You dropped 1K off of your initial sales price in $500 increments while they're only upping it by half that, and in the very first day they made an inquiry (dead giveaway to me anyway that you're in need for the sale) I always wait at least 2-3 days to give my response to an initial offer, I find by the domain owner stringing along the sale with an inbound inquiry gives you the upper hand in any end user negotiation because it's so tempting to respond quickly when we have money on the table but that's one of the biggest mistakes we can do. You have to paint the picture that you were hardly impressed by their first offer and maybe even insulted so they know this isn't something to buy for cheap, you can't do that by responding right away.

Thanks for sharing.

One word: TROLL

I didn't realize you were the type of guy who need to try and bring people down, while trying to make your self look 'better' than.

LOL... nice try. Jealousy doesn't look good on you

Unless we should start calling you TrollCarl

gilescoley · Sep 2, 2015

One word: TROLL

I didn't realize you were the type of guy who need to try and bring people down, while trying to make your self look 'better' than.

LOL... nice try. Jealousy doesn't look good on you Unless we should start calling you TrollCarl

It's just advice he is giving here, what is wrong with that? Different opinions on negotiation tactics are always useful to hear

NameClerk · Sep 2, 2015

Domainaffix said:
One word: TROLL

I didn't realize you were the type of guy who need to try and bring people down, while trying to make your self look 'better' than.

LOL... nice try. Jealousy doesn't look good on you Unless we should start calling you TrollCarl

I kinda get why you're upset but I don't think the post was disrespectful or meant to be. It was constructive and brings up a few things that people who haven't been through that process can learn from. It certainly doesn't deserve troll status.

ResoluteDomains · Sep 2, 2015

Domainaffix said:
One word: TROLL

I didn't realize you were the type of guy who need to try and bring people down, while trying to make your self look 'better' than.

LOL... nice try. Jealousy doesn't look good on you Unless we should start calling you TrollCarl

I learned some things from that reply......... thought it was a very good addition to the overall discussion here.

tomcarl · Sep 2, 2015

@Domainaffix

Well, sorry that you interpreted my response in a negative light. I can understand where it can hurt hearing someone saying you may have left money on the table but It wasn't my intention to be a bearer of bad news or make you feel bad about your sale and/or the negotiations.

I thought it was interesting the way it played out from initial offer to the final sales price with a broker involved and who turned out to be the buyer who happens to be sizeable company who is actually using a domain specifically for a marketing campaign, rarely do we see those reported in detail so I thought it could be a good learning experience for yourself, myself, as well as others.

I'd rather see you or anyone here reporting a $10,000+ sales because at the end of the day, good sales for one person = good news for all of us in the industry. So I thought my info might help on the next one.

G'luck.

vickyhunter · Sep 2, 2015

IDDH.com and IDHH.com - $1500

Bought them both 2 weeks before sale for $180

ResoluteDomains · Sep 2, 2015

tomcarl said:
@Domainaffix

Well, sorry that you interpreted my response in a negative light. I can understand where it can hurt hearing someone saying you may have left money on the table but It wasn't my intention to be a bearer of bad news or make you feel bad about your sale and/or the negotiations.

I thought it was interesting the way it played out from initial offer to the final sales price with a broker involved and who turned out to be the buyer who happens to be sizeable company who is actually using a domain specifically for a marketing campaign, rarely do we see those reported in detail so I thought it could be a good learning experience for yourself, myself, as well as others.

I'd rather see you or anyone here reporting a $10,000+ sales because at the end of the day, good sales for one person = good news for all of us in the industry. So I thought my info might help on the next one.

G'luck.

I've left too much money on the table over the years, and by sales very much like this one. Any bit of advice is much appreciated and I think you can see that from the likes you've received.

Domainzy · Sep 2, 2015

tomcarl said:
@Domainaffix

Well, sorry that you interpreted my response in a negative light. I can understand where it can hurt hearing someone saying you may have left money on the table but It wasn't my intention to be a bearer of bad news or make you feel bad about your sale and/or the negotiations.

I thought it was interesting the way it played out from initial offer to the final sales price with a broker involved and who turned out to be the buyer who happens to be sizeable company who is actually using a domain specifically for a marketing campaign, rarely do we see those reported in detail so I thought it could be a good learning experience for yourself, myself, as well as others.

I'd rather see you or anyone here reporting a $10,000+ sales because at the end of the day, good sales for one person = good news for all of us in the industry. So I thought my info might help on the next one.

G'luck.

Sorry I had a rough day, my dog peed in my new house on my new rug, then I broke a glass piece of art from 2005 and a few days ago a fellow name pros member stole my money and split. I just happened to check namepros NP at a bad time and I wasn't in the mood to hear it.

I apologize for being rude, your advise is helpful for others. However hindsight is 20/20, of course if I knew it was the biggest pork dealer I would have raised the price.

I've lost more sales than I care to admit by trying to get top dollar. So its the classic battle of making that sale vs loosing a sale because my price is over their budget. I'm happy with the sale but yes I learned s few things I will be doing differently new time!

xtremex · Sep 2, 2015

vickyhunter said:
IDDH.com and IDHH.com - $1500

Bought them both 2 weeks before sale for $180

Great Sale Congratz,,Could you share Where you sold the domains?

vickyhunter · Sep 2, 2015

xtremex said:
Great Sale Congratz,,Could you share Where you sold the domains?

The first one on Flippa (Post sale Negotiation)

The second one to the same buyer by email follow-up the next day.

- V

Jen-Sin · Sep 2, 2015

vickyhunter said:
IDDH.com and IDHH.com - $1500

Bought them both 2 weeks before sale for $180

Great sale! And where did you acquire them at $180 2 weeks prior?

vickyhunter · Sep 2, 2015

Jen-Sin said:
Great sale! And where did you acquire them at $180 2 weeks prior?

Private contact.

Jen-Sin · Sep 2, 2015

You acquired both premium repeating letters for a total of 180 and sold for 1500.

The acquisition is as amazing, if not more amazing than the sale!

Good one!

Keith DeBoer · Sep 3, 2015

AGAME said:
I've left too much money on the table over the years, and by sales very much like this one. Any bit of advice is much appreciated and I think you can see that from the likes you've received.

I echo those comments. Thanks Tom Carl! And a big thank you to DomainAffix for sharing the details of the negotiation.

When I get an inbound inquiry/offer I always spend at least 30 minutes on the web researching the person who contacted me. You'd be amazed at what you can find out with a bit of Internet sleuthing. I never give a price or counter until I have some idea who they are.

Several months ago I got an inbound from a young woman. After an hour of research I knew she was a private person with a background in web marketing and there was a good chance she was acting as an intermediary for a very wealthy person. So I started negotiations for my hand reg'd domain name at $10k. The buyer laughed and offered $250 and then a few days later $500. She seemed to be in a hurry and so I held on to my $10k price over the next several days. Then I did something very bold and very stupid. Instead of countering lower I said "we are too far apart, so no point in further discussion, goodbye". Two months went by with no contact. I then ate my hat and sent an email asking if she was still interested at a lower price. She said "yes, if it's a nominal price". I said "how about $1500?" and she quickly said yes and started escrow. I knew right then I'd left money on the table and had handled the sale badly. Subsequent discussions confirmed the connection to the wealthy person.

I feel happy that my $2 hand reg yielded $1500 (buyer paid the fees) but I feel sure I could have gotten $3k-$5k if I'd played it differently.

So we are all livin' and learnin!

PS the sale is under an NDA so I can't give the domain name. Peace!

Keith DeBoer · Sep 3, 2015

N/a/v/S/u/n dot com
$8 hand reg sold at Go Daddy auction for $195

NameClerk · Sep 3, 2015

Funds just hit my account for T/r/i/b/e/T/a/l/k dot com
$2500.00

Inquiry came through Godaddy's buy service.

Arca · Sep 3, 2015

Sold P U R I Z E N .COM for low-mid $X,XXX at BrandBucket

The domain was hand regged in late-May (discovered it while looking through a list of domains that had dropped on that day), and the listing went live in mid-july. I really liked the logo work for this one, as I felt that it corresponded well with the connotations of "purity" and "zen". Looks like its going to be the name of a new skincare brand!

RGkiiing · Sep 4, 2015

Trans/por/tation/las/vegas dot com. 500$ hand reg

Banezer · Sep 4, 2015

sold Pikalainat dot com
€100
Bought $40

It mean 'instant loan' in finland.
Too bad i sold it to a domainer.
But it is a nice ROI

bigdomainer · Sep 4, 2015

A couple of months ago I won an entire lot of 10+ domaining domains on Flippa for $1 (NR obviously). The seller waived the buck and pushed them all to me for $0. I just sold my first of the bunch for $7. A good deal for this newbie. I'll take it.

Thanks to everyone who is sharing their experiences. I am learning a lot!

Banezer · Sep 4, 2015

congrat@bigdomainer
nice profit.
The more you sale, the more you become better and smarter (secret)

abdou01 · Sep 4, 2015

Podium dot one = $600

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