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Hello everyone,
Did you have any sales with newly registered domain names or do you wait for domain name to age..?
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Don't worry about age, but most of your names will age as you wait for a buyer. :xf.smile:
 
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It seems like all domains that are 4 years or older have more people interested in them.. I am talking specifically in GoDaddy auctions..
 
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Thank you for the info!! Maybe not all is lost :)
 
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If you think about it... if you were able to register a domain it means nobody would even buy it for $10.
The want may simply not be there, or finding a buyer may be difficult.

What matters is not age but quality. Obviously, the best names tend to be aged because they were registered a long time ago...

The bottom line is that bad names don't become good names just because they are 'aged'.

And it can take years for an unsolicited offer to come. From time to time, I sell names that were acquired 10 years earlier. So it takes patience, but patience is justified for good names only. You don't keep bad names waiting for a buyer that will never come.
 
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If you think about it... if you were able to register a domain it means nobody would even buy it for $10.
The want may simply not be there, or finding a buyer may be difficult.

What matters is not age but quality. Obviously, the best names tend to be aged because they were registered a long time ago...

The bottom line is that bad names don't become good names just because they are 'aged'.

And it can take years for an unsolicited offer to come. From time to time, I sell names that were acquired 10 years earlier. So it takes patience, but patience is justified for good names only. You don't keep bad names waiting for a buyer that will never come.

I did some research on domain names that have been sold...and some of them did not make any sense to me why... all I can do is hope, that somebody will see value in the domains I have.. Thank you for your post!
 
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Age does come into play when it comes to domains .. but not in the way you're describing ..

What you're asking is:
Q: Does a domain becomes more valuable because it is older?
A: No! A standard domain in a stable niche will not become a better domain over time.

(I say stable niche, because obviously in some trending niches like Cannabis, if you buy a domain before that industry experiences explosive growth, then the domain will increase in value in time .. but that would be a result of the industry growth, and nothing to do with age of the domain)

That being said .. domainers do tend to look for older domain in general simply because if they are aged, it means that someone bothered to pay for XX years of renewals, which increases the chance of it being a good domain. But it was always a good domain ..

So basically if you show a domain to 100 domainers today, they will not value it any more or less than they will in 10 years ... the one difference however .. is that in 10 years you'll have a better chance of 100 domainers actually seeing the domain .. so age is a bit of a factor in terms of visibility on the wholesale level (which could increase your chance of getting a wholesale sale IF it is a good domain) ... but you should never ever buy a domain and hold it for 10 years with the objective of selling at wholesale.

Check out this post I wrote for a more in depth breakdown ...


The age of *A* domain has virtually nothing to do with it's value. However ...

The age of domains in general, on scale, is one of many factors domainers look at to weed out the crap. It's a probabilities thing.

Basically if a person or company bothered to pay renewals on the domain for 15 years, then that increases the probability of it being a good domain. But to be clear .. it does NOT mean a domain is good if it is aged .. nor does it mean that a domain is bad if it's not aged.

It simply means that if you take 2 random domains, the older one will likely be better.

That being said .. within the domainer community the importance of that fact I think kinda grew into it's own thing .. and as such there are actually some domainers who do put more value on aged domains ... and the irony of that .. actually means that indeed within the domainer community there actually is more demand/value on aged domains simply because of a domain's age.

So yeah .. indirectly aged domains do have a tiny extra advange just because they are older .. but it's based on a false narrative that became self-fulfilling. That being said .. I don't think it changes the value to justify over paying for them.

So in terms of wholesale pricing there could be a little bump ... but it really doesn't make much difference to end users in many cases. Although again .. if a potential buyer isn't set on a domain yet and is "window shopping" .. if the domain was tagged "aged domain", then it could be a factor for the buyer because he believes the "hype" and marketing even if at the end of the day age makes no difference to end users.

In fact .. age could technically be a bad thing for end user buyers if the domain had a questionable history with spam etc .. could make for problems sending out emails or getting ranked in google .. but in the end that's not really a factor in most cases.

Where age can be a huge factor is when searching for expired domains ... if you only have 10-15 minutes to search, then you're likely to find better domains if you filter based on age.

That being said .. some of my best domain VALUE PURCHASES have been domains in lower age tiers .. the ones that other people don't have the time to search for so I can grab with little competition or even at closeout.


The one instance where age obviously does not and can not apply .. is "future tech" .. which I would say is what category your "Handsfree Crutches" falls into.

Recent trends are things like drones, crypto, cannabis .. none completely new .. but there has(/had) been such explosive growth in those industries that there were not enough existing domains to fill the demand .. so then the only choice is to handreg.

I almost exclusively buy expired domains at auction and closeout .. however .. every now and then if I'm watching the news, I'll jump to try to register something that looks like it could be a future business or trend. Really does not happen often though (like twice a year .. lol) .. usually 90% the domains are taken ... looks like you got lucky! :)
 
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Age does come into play when it comes to domains .. but not in the way you're describing ..

What you're asking is:
Q: Does a domain becomes more valuable because it is older?
A: No! A standard domain in a stable niche will not become a better domain over time.

(I say stable niche, because obviously in some trending niches like Cannabis, if you buy a domain before that industry experiences explosive growth, then the domain will increase in value in time .. but that would be a result of the industry growth, and nothing to do with age of the domain)

That being said .. domainers do tend to look for older domain in general simply because if they are aged, it means that someone bothered to pay for XX years of renewals, which increases the chance of it being a good domain. But it was always a good domain ..

So basically if you show a domain to 100 domainers today, they will not value it any more or less than they will in 10 years ... the one difference however .. is that in 10 years you'll have a better chance of 100 domainers actually seeing the domain .. so age is a bit of a factor in terms of visibility on the wholesale level (which could increase your chance of getting a wholesale sale IF it is a good domain) ... but you should never ever buy a domain and hold it for 10 years with the objective of selling at wholesale.

Check out this post I wrote for a more in depth breakdown ...

Thank you for your help!
It all makes a lot of sense now.
 
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