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Hello and Assalamo Alaikum,

It's been some time I published my last post but that was due to guests at my place and was on little tour of hilly areas in my country. It seems I am back in action now ;)

Looking at the post title, one would definitely wonder that when I got starting offer of $23,000, why did I settle for 1K extra and sold it. Let me unfold the story for you...

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The domain in question is 43Things.com which was nothing but a parking revenue generating from around 750,000 backlinks! It's been making hundred of dollars every month for me and I had plan to sell this domain for at least 20K. I once listed in GoDaddy Auctions but didn't meet the reserves and someone contacted me privately during that time and offered up to $10,000 which I happily declined.

Last month the buyer (current owner) of 43Things.com contacted and asked if this domain is up for sale and what I am looking for. As always, I asked the buyer to present his offer and it came out healthy one $23,000. I countered with $25,000 because I don't usually quote high price when I get a decent opening offer and always price out what I actually would ask other buyers.

He countered with $24,000 which I accepted. This guy was really cool to deal with and he did wire the payment at Escrow.com within 24 hours of his first email of inquiry! Within 2 days the entire deal was completed except Escrow.com to verify transaction and release funds.

It was my 7th sale of the year and another 5 figure sale of 2016. Going great in terms of generating cash flow but number of sales are disappointing. Overall, it's been fantastic year.

Feel free to give your feedback and share your recent sales.
 
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clever investment and good sale.
 
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Great Job Abdul! Happy for you ...Happy Independence Day!
 
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Good job, congrats. It's nice when a buyer knows the value of a domain...
 
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How did you acquire the domain two years ago? Hand reg or drop?

At first I thought it had to do with a DNA site, like 23 and me.

Anyway, Congrats on a great sale! I've had a mid xxxx sale held up in Escrow since July 21 due to issues with wire payment, so two days is really quick!

It wasn't hand registered but what I can say is it turned out to be reasonably profitable investment.
Thanks! :)
 
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Wa Alaikum Assalam,,,,:$:great sale Abdul Basit. Congrats.. Where did you buy it?

Thanks Owais brother :)
Let's not share all the secrets altogether ;)
 
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Question please-your best "parking" site? re bodis parking crew etc? Have better luck with one than another? Thank you!

99% of my domains are parked with Uniregistry Market and I have tried many other parking platforms in the past and have found Uni Market the best one so far.
 
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How did you get so many backlinks? @AbdulBasit.com

Those were established when the site was up and running by the previous owner. The time I acquired, backlinks already existed and were over 1,000,000 but in the last couple of years it dipped towards 750,000.
 
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congrats to you and the seller....
 
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Great, my congrats to this fast consensus.
 
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Every time I read posts on namepros, I feel I have learned something new. Its not directly but its some kind of indirect way. Thank you for posting these kind of success stories. Anyway congratulations with your sale, Abdul. I hope to see more success stories in coming days.
 
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Wa Alaikkum Assalam Wa Rahmathullahi Wabarkath
Great sale. Congrats!!!
 
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nice sale, how did you acquire it, auction or private sale or ?
 
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Every time I read posts on namepros, I feel I have learned something new. Its not directly but its some kind of indirect way. Thank you for posting these kind of success stories. Anyway congratulations with your sale, Abdul. I hope to see more success stories in coming days.

Many thanks Sulabh :)
I too have learnt a lot from NamePros especially in my early days when I started domaining.
Thanks once again :)
 
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Congrats AbdulBasit, I may have probably visited this site previously. Goal setting sites do well. There are still lot of pages at web archive for this domain.
 
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Waliakum Asalam.

Masha'Allah Abdul. Congrats on your great sale, bro. Always happy to hear about your successes.
 
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Awesome One....
Congrats bro....
 
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Congrats for the sale @AbdulBasit.com

Wishing you many more sales like this, cheers !!
 
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Wa Alaykum Salam , Alf Mabrook Bro' , May HE bless you with more, thank's for the details, it's appreciated.
 
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