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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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Do not post only, "great sale" or similar as this doesn't contribute to the thread. (Don't reply for the sole purpose of complimenting.)
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Questions are allowed, but do not post commentary. If you want to discuss or comment on a sale in this thread, quote it and then post it in the following thread instead:



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.
 
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Coffee Tables [dot] in
Sale Price: $500
Purchase price: Hand reg in 2014 (approx $4)
Method of Sale: Inbound inquiry via Efty
 
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Why many sales on this thread are not reported at namebio ?
We need to see a screenshot showing proof. I'm happy to add sales manually, just send me a PM or email me at michael@ with the domain, price, date, and venue along with the screenshot and I'll take care of it.

If the sale happened privately you can put the venue as your own portfolio site, so it's free publicity. If you send us the sale the same day it closed you can even make it on our home page or in the Daily Market Report.

Other than not having proof, I don't add sales from this thread because a lot of people mask the domains to not show up in search. If they're on our site they'll definitely show up in search so I don't want to irritate anyone or potentially get them in trouble with the buyer. And I also don't want to bombard everyone with PMs asking for screenshots.

I would love it if more people reported to us though.
 
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M/O/O/N/V/I/L/L/A/G/E.C/O/M
$1238
Sedo
had buy now at $2288, negotiated to $1238
Someone is building village in Moon :)
i had it since 2005 I think
 
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virtual.network 15,000 USD 2017-06-25 Webquest

saw that?
Yes, was aware of the sale, asked the seller and was confirmed that virtual.network sold to an enduser, and most probably vrnetwork.com to an investor, buyer got a great deal.
 
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S/e/l/f/i/e/D/a/y dot king

Asking : $7500
SOLD: $2000
Incoming Lead

Very low compare to expectation but decided to part way. Sold few months back. Buyer is lucky
 
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My second ever sale and first on Namepros:xf.wink:
Domain name: HispanicAdvertisingAgency.com
Sale price: $15
Marketplace: Namepros
Registered: February 2017
Expiring: February 2018

I feel I could have sold for low $xxx
 
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Domain name: Conversion/Rate/Services(dot)com
Domain industry: SEO
Sale venue: End User Marketing
Seller: Me
Asking price: $300
Sale price: $100
Purchase price: Reg Fee
 
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Photographs.us for 250$ sold within 3 hours of listing on Flippa.

I noticed there were a few decent sales from flippa in dnjournal this week

I am thinking about listing a domain on flippa as we speak or I text etc
 
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Absolutely. It was a great aged .US domain. X,XXX valuation. I do enjoy doing business to those who are looking to boost their portfolio with aged keyword generics.

I have one that would rival the top of the charts coming soon -- probably need to pick up a broker for it. .US may not be .COM -- however, the potential is there unlike other new extensions.

how long u held this and what was yoru acquire cost? ty.
 
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I noticed there were a few decent sales from flippa in dnjournal this week

I am thinking about listing a domain on flippa as we speak or I text etc
Flippa released some previously unreleased sale data which is why they showed up in this week's DNJournal.
 
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Basically, it was a matter of standing strong in my boots right from the start. Here's how the process went...

It was a young lady who first emailed me with a very brief message: "would you consider selling this domain name?" That's all there was. This strongly indicated to me that this was a VERY serious, interested party. Why? Basic human psychology. Most offers that come through ramble on and either made an offer or ask for a price right from the start. I felt this was someone who knew how to play the game -- they wanted ME to make the first move in the price war.

I decided to NOT respond to that first email to test my theory. If they WERE as interested in the name as I suspected, they would ask again soon. Sure enough, 3 days later I received another email with another very brief message asking the same question as before. I waited 2 days this time then replied with "I wouldn't rule it out, but it would have to be a very substantial offer as I'm currently using this domain for my business. Have a nice day."

The next day, an even shorter email from her: "What is 'substantial?'" I replied the next day with "I would not consider any offers of less than $12,000."

Several days later she emailed me with: "Is there any way you could take $4,000 for it?" (Now mind you, I knew I had a serious buyer on my hands at this point, and it was time to really play the game). I waited several days to let them sweat a bit and let them wonder if I dropped the issue because of their low offer. I finally replied to the lady with: "I'm sorry, but as I mentioned last week, I can't consider any offers of less than $12,000 as I am using this for my business".

She replied within hours this time (I sensed she was growing impatient) and said: "Can I have my boyfriend call you? He's better at negotiating".

Now THERE'S a dead giveaway! I gave her my phone number, and the next day I got the call from a very friendly down-to-earth gentleman: "Hi Gene, me and my girlfriend are starting a business and we're interested in your domain name. I could pay you $5,000 right now... and use escrow.com for the transaction -- I'll even pay the fees".

At this point I acted like I was growing very impatient. I explained to him everything I told his 'girlfriend', and nicely said g'bye.

Because of many things he said in our conversation, I suspected that this 'couple' were actually working for a major corp somewhere, acting as a mom & pop business.

He called the next day and left a message on my answering machine (I was expecting this would happen, so I didn't pick up the phone). "Hey Gene, we've been thinking about it and we decided we could go up to $10,000. Please let me know if we can make a deal -- call me as soon as you can".

I waited 2 days, called him back and after a bit of small-talk I said "it's been nice talking with you and I really wish you well in your new venture, but $12,000 is my absolute lowest starting point". (notice the key words "starting point"... I intentionally used those words so as to give the impression that I may even try to negotiate a higher price if you gave me time to think about it!). I got off the phone quickly, and waited for him to make his last move. He called that evening and accepted the $12,000 price. He began the escrow, I transferred the domain and I had the bank-check in hand about 10 days later.

Patience is your best friend in this business!

Gene


Great post and congrats! I definitely needed this. I have some inbound inquiries that seem to go no where and I keep thinking I may be pricing too high but after reading this just makes me realize that if the buyer really wants the name he will be willing to negotiate just like they did in your story.

- Will
 
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$500....makeoffer.... 30 day old handreg fee.
 
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Congrats for this sale! (y) How many domains do you hold?

now maybe around 1k .com.... most of which are VR/holo domains.....then maybe another 1k in info/net/biz/co......but I don't really consider personally non .com extensions to be domains worth investing in as they do not sell often enough to be worthwhile investments.. for me....

regsrdless of extension my strategy is to reg on promos and drop most in same year....unless a transfer promo is around. of course I intend to keep what I like the most.. or things I got offers on and declined while awaiting better future (happened often enough with VR domains) ......... all in all I do my best only to reg on promos and my renewal % have not been very high so far... this year will be no exception. I think if you research and invest time before you reg (expired) domains, then your one year can often be enough time to get something back from it... most of my sales having happened within 1 year of regging, I think demonstrates this point... well.. to me.

cheers
 
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Congrats ! I like the kw btw.

tnanks. I like the keyword Transit too. I could have had a bit more if I negotiated tougher.. or waited some more cauuse this is only year#1 for VR tech... so VR is all about the future not the past.. and not really the now either.... despites its 100s of sales already so far... but.. this is good roi for 30 day handreg. cheers.
 
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now maybe around 1k .com.... most of which are VR/holo domains.....then maybe another 1k in info/net/biz/co......but I don't really consider personally non .com extensions to be domains worth investing in as they do not sell often enough to be worthwhile investments.. for me....

regsrdless of extension my strategy is to reg on promos and drop most in same year....unless a transfer promo is around. of course I intend to keep what I like the most.. or things I got offers on and declined while awaiting better future (happened often enough with VR domains) ......... all in all I do my best only to reg on promos and my renewal % have not been very high so far... this year will be no exception. I think if you research and invest time before you reg (expired) domains, then your one year can often be enough time to get something back from it... most of my sales having happened within 1 year of regging, I think demonstrates this point... well.. to me.

cheers
Thanks for this info. My strategy is similar to yours. Currently I have around 90 domains. At the beginnng of the year I dropped around 50 domains. A few of them where caught by HugeDomains and one by Mike Mann. Therefor it is sometimes hard to decide what do drop. I'm slowly adding names to my portfolio. I think my comfort zone would be around 300 names. I hope to achive a sales rate of at least 2% to endusers! With 300 names that should be hopefully around 6 sales per year. With your experience do you think this is a realistic goal?
 
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o\p\e\n\c\a\r\e\e\r .com
Sold $5000, Uni landing
 
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Another MR sale
M/R/C/R/I/M/I/N/A/L.C/O/M
Sale price : $4500
Escrow.com
Inbound or how you boys like to call it.
I got it in 2005 in drop I think.


Very Nice Sale congrats! After seeing the Sales of Mr. play and Mr. Criminal and the rise in all the Vr/virtual names! I regged askMrvr (dot) com today! Again Great sale and stuff like this is what helps create ideas for future names.
 
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