various Report Completed Domain Name Sales Here

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.

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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.

Federer · Jul 3, 2018

A few more of my very recent "hand-registered/dropped domains" (inbound/passive) sales:

techsell.co.uk - £300
daaz.org - €200
homeselection.co.uk - £500
brandsgroup.co.uk - £199
heartclinic.net - $250
aqua-style.de - €450
callforce.co.uk - £300
e-parking.co.uk - £850
kitchensupplies.net (pending sale).

All Sold via Sedo/Undeveloped landing pages.

They all count and add up fast - especially when the acquisition costs remain reasonably low. Key is quantity and at least "average" quality.

You need to have both for the model to work.

nitg16 · Jul 3, 2018

Federer said:
A few more of my very recent "hand-registered/dropped domains" (inbound/passive) sales:

techsell.co.uk - £300
daaz.org - €200
homeselection.co.uk - £500
brandsgroup.co.uk - £199
heartclinic.net - $250
aqua-style.de - €450
callforce.co.uk - £300
e-parking.co.uk - £850
kitchensupplies.net (pending sale).

All Sold via Sedo/Undeveloped landing pages.

They all count and add up fast - especially when the acquisition costs remain reasonably low. Key is quantity and at least "average" quality.

You need to have both for the model to work.

BINs or Make Offers?

NYJimbo · Jul 3, 2018

wwwweb said:
Common misconception it’s a numbers game, along with keyword experience. 99% of others who play in such a market would constantly lose.

Perhaps the other 99% would fail, but it still shows hyphens can work.

wwwweb · Jul 3, 2018

NYJimbo said:
Perhaps the other 99% would fail, but it still shows hyphens can work.

You have to understand this seller is one of a kind, and very skilled at his trade going back. As well a numbers game, not just a 500 domain portfolio.

Federer · Jul 3, 2018

Most of those sales (as with 90% of my sales listings) had BINs with a "make offer" link.

With that type of model/sales page, you can capture the vast majority of the types of end buyers (buyers with little time/patience, buyers with budgets that meet your BIN, buyers with lower budgets, buyers that know little about domain prices/value etc.).

Having a "make offer" link, included with clearly-indicated BIN prices on attractive pages with no ads will move more inventory than any other method under the sun. If you need a rep @ Sedo to remove the ads on your parked pages (ex.www.e-Chat.co.uk), send me a PM and I'll message you the rep.

It goes without saying that you should leave the top-tier names (minority of the domains of most portfolios) with "make offer" for more-than-obvious reasons.

alcy · Jul 3, 2018

Federer said:
Most of those sales (as with 90% of my sales listings) had BINs with a "make offer" link.

With that type of model/sales page, you can capture the vast majority of the types of end buyers (buyers with little time/patience, buyers with budgets that meet your BIN, buyers with lower budgets, buyers that know little about domain prices/value etc.).

Having a "make offer" link, included with clearly-indicated BIN prices on attractive pages with no ads will move more inventory than any other method under the sun. If you need a rep @ Sedo to remove the ads on your parked pages (ex.www.e-Chat.co.uk), send me a PM and I'll message you the rep.

It goes without saying that you should leave the top-tier names (minority of the domains of most portfolios) with "make offer" for more-than-obvious reasons.

i believe anyone can link directly to a sedo for sale page like so:

https://sedo.com/search/details/?domain={DOMAIN_NAME}&tracked=&partnerid=&language=us

replace {domain_name} with your name

however keep in mind that sedo is setup in such a way that if u keep both bin and makeoffer like Federer suggests.. buyer cannot click buynow to purchase instantly, but rather he can just enter the bin price amount equivalent.. which is then still submitted for your consideration

alcy · Jul 3, 2018

NYJimbo said:
More proof that hyphenated domains can sell for nice money.

this is not true. and it is a mix of experience, team work, and large portofolio for him.

99% of domainers will not achieve similar sale results as he does, neither in hyphen domains nor in non hyphen domains.

Federer · Jul 3, 2018

alcy said:
i believe anyone can link directly to a sedo for sale page like so:

https://sedo.com/search/details/?domain={DOMAIN_NAME}&tracked=&partnerid=&language=us

replace {domain_name} with your name

however keep in mind that sedo is setup in such a way that if u keep both bin and makeoffer like Federer suggests.. buyer cannot click buynow to purchase instantly, but rather he can just enter the bin price amount equivalent.. which is then still submitted for your consideration

If you have a BIN listed on the domain, a buyer can click on that BIN button and checkout - even with the "make offer" option next to the BIN (activated from within your account settings).

NYJimbo · Jul 3, 2018

wwwweb said:
You have to understand this seller is one of a kind, and very skilled at his trade going back. As well a numbers game, not just a 500 domain portfolio.

Ok, but if I thought of "e-parking" and he thought of "e-parking", it would not work for me but it will for him ? I'm not picking on him or questioning his skills, but if you reg'd that domain and put it on sedo/afternic/undeveloped it would not matter who you are. Unless you are doing clever outbound or crafty landing pages, a domain is a domain, no matter who registers it.

alcy · Jul 3, 2018

Federer said:
If you have a BIN listed on the domain, a buyer can click on that BIN button and checkout - even with the "make offer" option next to the BIN (activated from within your account settings).

hmmm.. I am in north america.. and can assure you that it is not so here.. however, if you are in europe.. maybe it works differently. I do know bin+makeoffer on same page is a beta thing they told me.. did not have it before..
and I know for fact that here, if I setup domain with both bin and makeoffer.. there is no bin button anywhere.. all buyer can do is enter bin price.. to let you know he is willing to pay it.. then you still can decline or accept.. which of course defies purpose of a bin.. if you still get option to decline or ask for more.

wouldn't be the first stupid thing sedo does.. especially of late.

alcy · Jul 3, 2018

NYJimbo said:
Ok, but if I thought of "e-parking" and he thought of "e-parking", it would not work for me but it will for him ? I'm not picking on him or questioning his skills, but if you reg'd that domain and put it on sedo/afternic/undeveloped it would not matter who you are. Unless you are doing clever outbound or crafty landing pages, a domain is a domain, no matter who registers it.

the point here is that, as was said, due to his extensive experience going beyond most people... most of the dashed domains we'd think to reg, would not be on the list he'd reg.

in exact same ways as it would be for non dashed domains.

otherwise if it'd not be so.. then it'd be like saying that someone with a lot of experience does things as someone with much less experience. and thats not how experience works

cheers

alcy · Jul 3, 2018

Federer said:
If you have a BIN listed on the domain, a buyer can click on that BIN button and checkout - even with the "make offer" option next to the BIN (activated from within your account settings).

i just double checked it with one name.. I setup bin.. and left it as makeoffer in options.

here is what I get... it just says what bin price is.. no option to buynow.. just makeoffer equal to bin or other.

Federer · Jul 3, 2018

You are not setting up the sales pages correctly.

Under DOMAIN MANAGEMENT, click on SALES SETTINGS.

Select a domain, and add in a price (ex. $2,500)
- Click on PRICE OPTION and choose BUY NOW

Then click on MY ACCOUNT, ACCOUNT SETTINGS. And click on the option that says:
“I want to accept offers on my Buy Now listings.”

The sales page(s) will then be set up (for those with BIN option activated) with BIN Buttons and a “make offer” link. The pages will then appear as follows: www.1-Gold.com

Leo Angelo · Jul 3, 2018

Industrial.group 10k usd. Offer received via our standard domaincracy landing page. Accepted june 6. Payoneer escrow handled transaction; it released the funds june 26, $ in our bank a few days later. Regular registration fee plus one renewal. Namebio published the sale last night.

Leo Angelo · Jul 3, 2018

Pestle .org $1588 via Afternic buy it now fast transfer yesterday. $0.88 name.com org special last sept.

levinsondomains · Jul 5, 2018

Don't like to report about sales but this one may interest some of you, I was bored and check for some Hand reg domains and found Mover Sarasota dot com, did a google quick search and entered the first website I saw, and it's really stupid but I try my luck with the chatbots on this kind of websites, someone answered me and take the domain for 50$ only.

elmoney · Jul 5, 2018

O/T/C/O/S .COM $770 net/$999 Gross Afternic bin, reg fee 2y ago
Pl*world .com $650 net Undeveloped inbound. Reg fee 2y ago.

AuthorityDomains · Jul 5, 2018

wwwweb said:
Common misconception it’s a numbers game, along with keyword experience. 99% of others who play in such a market would constantly lose.

Very True, Federer makes it look easy but its not. He has a skill for picking the right types of names. It is no easy task

bluemeteor · Jul 5, 2018

levinsondomains said:
Don't like to report about sales but this one may interest some of you, I was bored and check for some Hand reg domains and found Mover Sarasota dot com, did a google quick search and entered the first website I saw, and it's really stupid but I try my luck with the chatbots on this kind of websites, someone answered me and take the domain for 50$ only.

Did you quoted a price at first reaching out? Or they made offer?

Jv1999 · Jul 5, 2018

OMG I CAN'T BELIEB I CAN WRITE HERE AGAIN IN SUCH A SHORT TIME!

THIS JUST HAPPENED LIKE 4 HRS AGO!

Final sale price: $1600.00
Fees: ~$8.5 transfer, $80 (5% commission / withdrawal fee)
Acquisition price: $1200 via DropCatch (probably shill bidding involved)

LEL I KNOW THE PROFIT LOOKS BAD. But I'm really happy!

So here's what happened. When I was a lot more noob (beacuse im still noob), I saw the domain in dropcatch.

I was starting to get jaded by the domain-sail wait. Up until then, I had been doing hand reggae and had no sails. So ppl back then were all like, "if you buy a premium domain, you won't suck. So buy one." And so I just figured that if I bought an x,xxx domain, there would be a quick flip for x,xxx. "Spend money 2 make money."

So anyway, I picked the top domains that were bidded up to x,xxx. This domain had great Google data, as in, there were some companies that were using it. So I figured I would just win this sh*t and then outbound and then flip.

After winning it, I outbounded, got a reply, then nothing.

I asked my NP friends about the domain, and they pretty much said I made a noob mistake . They said i bought too high, no end users, blah blah.

It was a mistake i was ashamed of... and I honestly would've let it expire, but just like my other sail here, the cheapy part of me didn't want to let it go, just because I bought it for so high. So I transferred it to Epik.

Last Spring the founder of a new cryptotoken sent me an email asking to buy it. We agreed to $1600 because my negotiation skills aren't good. He said he would pay in Eth and I agreed. But the sail never happened and he said his friend/partner chose another domain.

I sent him a link to the domain's Epik marketplace listing where the BIN was set to $1600 anyway in case they changed their minds.

I had been meaning to change the BIN to something higher, but was honestly lazy with so much gloomy things, like the bear market, heartache, having a hard time raiding tower, etc.

And today, it was BIN'd and if you visit the domain, it looks like the person who got it was the same person who inquired. I hypothesize that if I had raised the BIN during the interim, it still would've been BIN'd, but oh well .

So that's that! Why am I happy? I made a profit off of my noob mistake. Not many noobs are as fortunate with their mistakes!

I suggest joining Epik because it's a really great alternative to Escrow! I've been telling ppl this over and over, but it's actually awesome when you're in negotiations with a buyer and when it comes to the point hwere "how do I know you'll give me the domain once I pay this xxx,xxx?" Instead of giving assurances or setting up a many-step Escrow arrangement, you can simply send them a link to your Epik Marketplace BIN... and it's done.

No brokers, no agents -- just them clicking on BIN, paying with whatever method, and viola. Sail. The commission is lower too at 5%, whereas Undev charges 9%. ^_^

I'm really getting the hang of domaining now!

Oh and very important, this is the second domain that I would've dropped had I listened to NP peeps. Again, if you feel that a domain is wurth, then DO NOT listen to ppl on NP unless you're completely noob and renewing somthing like MariaBest2Wifey.com. Just believe in the heart of the cards.

alcy · Jul 5, 2018

Jv1999 said:
OMG I CAN'T BELIEB I CAN WRITE HERE AGAIN IN SUCH A SHORT TIME!

THIS JUST HAPPENED LIKE 4 HRS AGO!

Show attachment 92650
Final sale price: $1600.00
Fees: ~$8.5 transfer, $80 (5% commission / withdrawal fee)
Acquisition price: $1200 via DropCatch (probably shill bidding involved)

LEL I KNOW THE PROFIT LOOKS BAD. But I'm really happy!

So here's what happened. When I was a lot more noob (beacuse im still noob), I saw the domain in dropcatch.

I was starting to get jaded by the domain-sail wait. Up until then, I had been doing hand reggae and had no sails. So ppl back then were all like, "if you buy a premium domain, you won't suck. So buy one." And so I just figured that if I bought an x,xxx domain, there would be a quick flip for x,xxx. "Spend money 2 make money."

So anyway, I picked the top domains that were bidded up to x,xxx. This domain had great Google data, as in, there were some companies that were using it. So I figured I would just win this sh*t and then outbound and then flip.

After winning it, I outbounded, got a reply, then nothing.

I asked my NP friends about the domain, and they pretty much said I made a noob mistake . They said i bought too high, no end users, blah blah.

It was a mistake i was ashamed of... and I honestly would've let it expire, but just like my other sail here, the cheapy part of me didn't want to let it go, just because I bought it for so high. So I transferred it to Epik.

Last Spring the founder of a new cryptotoken sent me an email asking to buy it. We agreed to $1600 because my negotiation skills aren't good. He said he would pay in Eth and I agreed. But the sail never happened and he said his friend/partner chose another domain.

I sent him a link to the domain's Epik marketplace listing where the BIN was set to $1600 anyway in case they changed their minds.

I had been meaning to change the BIN to something higher, but was honestly lazy with so much gloomy things, like the bear market, heartache, having a hard time raiding tower, etc.

And today, it was BIN'd and if you visit the domain, it looks like the person who got it was the same person who inquired. I hypothesize that if I had raised the BIN during the interim, it still would've been BIN'd, but oh well .

So that's that! Why am I happy? I made a profit off of my noob mistake. Not many noobs are as fortunate with their mistakes!

I suggest joining Epik because it's a really great alternative to Escrow! I've been telling ppl this over and over, but it's actually awesome when you're in negotiations with a buyer and when it comes to the point hwere "how do I know you'll give me the domain once I pay this xxx,xxx?" Instead of giving assurances or setting up a many-step Escrow arrangement, you can simply send them a link to your Epik Marketplace BIN... and it's done.

No brokers, no agents -- just them clicking on BIN, paying with whatever method, and viola. Sail. The commission is lower too at 5%, whereas Undev charges 9%. ^_^

I'm really getting the hang of domaining now!

Oh and very important, this is the second domain that I would've dropped had I listened to NP peeps. Again, if you feel that a domain is wurth, then DO NOT listen to ppl on NP unless you're completely noob and renewing somthing like MariaBest2Wifey.com. Just believe in the heart of the cards.

glad u got at least some roi..not many people drop names they pay 1200... but like u say just becauae we pay good money for a name does not guarantee it is good quality and or easy quick to flip

iam not much into catchers etc...but u make it sound like shill bidding is common practice there. is this really so?

ps.. i agree epik is great..its escrow...fast..and only 5percent total for paypal payout (masspayment)...only catch is u gotta tranafer domain there first... so u bwtter be sure the deal will go through..unless epik is all u deal with.

Jv1999 · Jul 5, 2018

alcy said:
glad u got at least some roi..not many people drop names they pay 1200... but like u say just becauae we pay good money for a name does not guarantee it is good quality and or easy quick to flip

iam not much into catchers etc...but u make it sound like shill bidding is common practice there. is this really so?

Well, when I won the domain it was like Feb 2017, which is when every1 was making threads about the dropcatch shilling.

I stopped using dropcatch because of those threads. But starting a month ago i started checkign dropcatch again, and it looks like they caught the shillers? Some high-end domains were only going for $89... so. ya. Didn't have the energy to try bidding there again after the domains i've won from there that may have been shilled, including this one.

But maybe i'll give dropcatch another try... idk. Probably not.

themavrick · Jul 5, 2018

elmoney said:
O/T/C/O/S .COM $770 net/$999 Gross Afternic bin, reg fee 2y ago
Pl*world .com $650 net Undeveloped inbound. Reg fee 2y ago.

O/T/C/O/S: First of all, CONGRATS!.
What was your logic behind hand registering this name?

Thanks.

elmoney · Jul 5, 2018

themavrick said:
O/T/C/O/S: First of all, CONGRATS!.
What was your logic behind hand registering this name?

Thanks.

OT Cosmetics or Acronym...

Joe N · Jul 5, 2018

Domain Names: Visual/Interpreter[dot]com and Visual/Interpreters[dot]com
Sale Venue: Private
Sale Type: Outbound
Asking price: $8,800
Sale Price: $6,500
Purchase Venue: NamePros private sale
Hold time: About 8 months

I had previously contacted a couple executives within the buyer's company, and was surprised to never hear back. Recently contacted the CEO and heard back from another company executive within a couple days. Negotiations were quick and smooth and the deal was pretty much settled in the same day.

Good lesson for me to see that the CEO is sometimes (often?) the best person to get the ball rolling on a deal. Although I'm sure that varies depending on company size.

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