poll How profitable was domaining in 2017 for you?

boker · Dec 20, 2017

I think that we could use this info to see exactly how healthy is the domaining industry in 2017 and what we could change for 2018. So, the important question is: How profitable was 2017 for you regarding just your domainig activity? I know there are guys who could make some xxxxx sales and loose money and in the same time they could be some guys selling for xxx or xxxx and make a healthy profit. It could help also if you add the total number of domains owned and a balance of sales and acquisition costs, like 5xxxx sales and 2xxxx cost of acquisition( including commissions and renewals).

Mifuru · Dec 28, 2017

$5, but i want big sales

Amzymayor · Dec 30, 2017

Not profitable

urlurl · Dec 30, 2017

best year yet, about 8% turn with names in the $x,xxx range

DanBingham · Dec 30, 2017

It's been a good year for me. Sold more ccTLD's (.co.uk) names this year than last year, and always making a steady profit. Profit in the low $x,xxx range from these alone with bigger expectations next year.

Addison · Feb 13, 2018

Predating my buying hiatus, my profit was around $100,000 to $250,000/year.

Postdating my buying hiatus, it has been:

Addison said:
Domain names are my only source of income and my net profit is around $500,000/year. It goes up every year.

I'm on a buying hiatus, because I have thousands of domains and it'll be 100+ years before they all sell.

Joe N · Feb 14, 2018

Addison said:
Predating my buying hiatus, my profit was around $100,000 to $250,000/year.

Postdating my buying hiatus, it has been:

@Addison where's your profile page? Would love to have a look.

AIS01 · Feb 14, 2018

less than 1k.

Andrew Knox · Feb 14, 2018

No sales, too many silly hand regs and drop catches

UmerK · Feb 14, 2018

First year in domaining, profit about $2.5K, mostly hand regs and with portfolio size of about 70 from which I would hardly be renewing 5-10 names.

eurorealtor · Feb 14, 2018

Great results of the pool so far. 2017 neutral year for me, but I have relocated from US to EU and spent 6 months by remodelling of my new home, so didn't have much time for domaining, so all my 2017 sales were at DNS (Uniregistry).

RobM · Feb 14, 2018

All my profit came from co.uk - hopefully will ease back into the .com this year

Fancy.domains · Feb 14, 2018

Profited between $10,000 and $100,000

But much closer to 10K than 100K

80% of profit from new gTLDs...

Isac · Feb 14, 2018

From April 2017 - Dec 2017 - Profit more than $ 3 K from a small portfolio of 30 domains.

Sold everything. On some domain i lost and on some i profited. Overall my Profit was more than $ 3 K.

The most important thing i got is friends and experience here

Thanks

boker · Feb 14, 2018

Fancy.domains said:
Profited between $10,000 and $100,000

But much closer to 10K than 100K

80% of profit from new gTLDs...

I would expect more profit from you, because I know a lot of ngtlds reported sold by you, but probably you had a big number of ngtlds and the renewals are costly also.

Fancy.domains · Feb 14, 2018

boker said:
I would expect more profit from you, because I know a lot of ngtlds reported sold by you, but probably you had a big number of ngtlds and the renewals are costly also.

Yes, that is one reason. I think the renewal fees are about 8000 dollars a year.

Also, I did not promote my names as much as I did in 2015 and 2016. Our some company had some other sources of income.

boker · Feb 14, 2018

I know that reports and poll answers are not always genuine, but I would like to know the one's who lost money and especially the one's who lost over 10k, in what they have invested, short .com's, long tail keywords, brandables, chips, ngtls, cctls. It'a always nice to learn something from anything.

RobM · Feb 14, 2018

You can't make a loss on its potential - only if you sell it at less than it cost you to register

bonin · Feb 14, 2018

DefinitelyDomains said:
It's been a good year for me. Sold more ccTLD's (.co.uk) names this year than last year, and always making a steady profit. Profit in the low $x,xxx range from these alone with bigger expectations next year.

How much is your average sale price for .co.uk domains and do you selling two words domains?

bonin · Feb 14, 2018

RobM said:
All my profit came from co.uk - hopefully will ease back into the .com this year

Outbound or inbound, last year I didn't sale a single. Co.uk domain.... I'm shocked all my sales comes from. Com domains

mpls · Feb 14, 2018

Addison said:
Predating my buying hiatus, my profit was around $100,000 to $250,000/year.

Postdating my buying hiatus, it has been:

First of all CONGRATS! 1% of domainers (or less?) make half million in profit.

Can you explain us:

- How many domains do you own?
- Are all singular dictionary words / LL / LLL .com (And with this profit I suppose yes)?
- When have you start domaining (With this profit I suppose in early '90s, or do you have millions to buy amazing names in aftermarket)?

This can help domain industry to learn from a REAL PRO.

Thanks for your time.

alcy · Feb 14, 2018

i think some years are up and down.. and the most importnat figure is how much you lost or made since your first domain investment.

jmo

DanBingham · Feb 14, 2018

bonin said:
How much is your average sale price for .co.uk domains and do you selling two words domains?

Average sales price is between $400-$600, mainly 2 word names.

bonin · Feb 14, 2018

Thanks, so it’s time to start sending some emails... I have some interesting names, good luck in 2018 mate

RobM · Feb 15, 2018

bonin said:
Outbound or inbound, last year I didn't sale a single. Co.uk domain.... I'm shocked all my sales comes from. Com domains

I always make at least 4 figures. The uk market is bigger (and easier) than many people think

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