poll Best Pricing Strategy

Bob Hawkes said:

I am not sure it makes much difference, and over years keep changing my preference, but voted 1995.

As @Samer and @abcuser123 pointed out, the Asian interpretation of 8 as lucky probably has much to do with the 88 popularity, and several highly successful big sellers use it, I presume based on evidence within their own portfolio. I do use 88 for some of my pricing.

A Turkish marketing study, not based on sales of domain names in any way, found that triply repeating digits were effective, i.e. consumers might prefer $2222 to $1988. I tried it for a little while, but have switched most back.

Thanks for the interesting points made by all commenters, and to @TopBrandsForSale for starting the discussion.

Bob

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Right off the bat, I would eliminate $2000.

There have been many studies on the psychology of pricing when it comes to round numbers.

From there, I don't think it really matters much.

I doubt that any of the various numbers would make much of a difference.

Brad

I end in 99 but honestly I don't think it matters much. If someone wants your domain whether it's 88, 98 or 99 it will still sell. Focus more on...

1)Buying quality domains that an end user would want

2)Using a registrar that is capable for both Sedo & Afternic MLS to get eyeballs on your domains

No buyer is gonna say... "the price ends in 88 if only it was 99 then I'd pull the trigger"

I use both 88 and 99 depending on the price.

The answer is: test for yourself.

Jannes said:

Where does this $x88 $xx88 $x888 etc. frenzy stem from? I know there is someone who regularly reports sales of $xx888, but now everyone and their mother seems to be using those kind of prices when the traditional charm pricing (odd number endings) would make more sense, at least when we are talking about ”consumer level” prices, otherwise I wouldn’t even bother with charm pricing.

Yes I know about the value of number 8 when you’re focusing on the Asian market, because Asian sellers & buyers emphasize luck and good fortune, but I still find its popularity baffling.

As counterbalance, 88 is a neo-nazi symbol (at least in Europe; e.g. it's banned on Austrian license plates) and 1488 is also used by white supremacists.

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VadimK said:

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Congratulations on the sale @VadimK! May I know how long did you take to sell this?
Thanks in advance!

abcuser123 said:

Congratulations on the sale @VadimK! May I know how long did you take to sell this?
Thanks in advance!

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Thank you. Here are all sales reports:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/report-completed-domain-name-sales-here.83628/page-1012#posts

Nice, you flipped it in 7.5 months time! Not bad of a ROI I feel...

1950 looks cheap to me.

If a buyer doesn't like a domain, pricing it at $1988 rather than $1995 or $1999 or whatever is unlikely to convince them to change their mind.

WingMan said:

If a buyer doesn't like a domain, pricing it at $1988 rather than $1995 or $1999 or whatever is unlikely to convince them to change their mind.

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Pricing style matter too, if a specific domain listed at $2000 and other same niche domain listed at $1988 or even 1999 then def this attract buyer thought..

Bob Hawkes said:

SquadHelp seem to like 99 endings for premium listings, but exceptions, perhaps some of which are sellers changing prices.

-Bob

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Brandpa likes 95 endings
BB....?

I saw this thread briefly pop up in the NP sidebar for some reason and forgot about this article I had bookmarked:

Pricing Strategies for Domain Names​

https://namebio.com/blog/pricing-strategies-domain-names/​

I think this is one of those type of deals where people overthink and put too much into.

If somebody wants to buy a name, does it really matter if it's priced:

4888
4895
4900

It's not like somebody is a buyer at 4888 but 4900 is a dealbreaker. However, it seems that round numbers tend to close the sales, based on data from article above:

"The results are the same, an overwhelming majority end in 00 despite the pricing ending in 88 for pretty much every domain.

Obviously this is probably due in large part to negotiations over email or phone, perhaps the brokers are more inclined to use round numbers when making counter-offers. But still, what actually got someone to pull the trigger was a round number a majority of the time."

I had mine ending in 95 but as I update prices, I'm just rounding them off.

According to research by NameBio ( @Michael) and Squadhelp ( @GrantP), it really doesn't matter at this price point:

NameBio:

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Squadhelp:

This could be the thing because "9" is the luckiest number in China
And 888 as well.
Source

Maybe a bit of overthinking. But in Pricing strategy, it is well known that, e.g., 1999 is better than flat 2000.
Its called "Charm Pricing"
+ Buyers often concentrate subconsciously on the left digit, I think it is called the "left digit effect".
So 1,
Looks better than 2 :D
There are a lot of pricing strategies in Retail.

1949

Sam1234 said:

1949

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Am i getting it right, that you make fun with the 2nd World War? But I'm glad you paid attention to history classes. In Germany, jokes like that are not appreciated.
As it happens, the USA was the zone of occupation 1945-1949 in Germany. So please don't make jokes like that. Even if you only wrote one number, it's pretty clear it wasn't random.

zotix123 said:

Am i getting it right, that you make fun with the 2nd World War? But I'm glad you paid attention to history classes. In Germany, jokes like that are not appreciated.
As it happens, the USA was the zone of occupation 1945-1949 in Germany. So please don't make jokes like that. Even if you only wrote one number, it's pretty clear it wasn't random.

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I would recommend you some history lessons. Cheers.

I'm from Germany; I guess I know much better than you about German history.

ending with 88 seems pleasing the Chinese. Statistically? a number with lower digits, which are 1,2,3,4,5, is more likely a thing of reality.

i sell my in 5 increments. eg, 125, 150, 175, 5000, 500k if i was to make saley i would use 99

Most of them are going with $1988, I was wonder, that why people not going with $1999 or Round figure like $2000 or $3000 ?

Here I can see the attraction towards 88, Its looks like some design I think.

zotix123 said:

Am i getting it right, that you make fun with the 2nd World War? But I'm glad you paid attention to history classes. In Germany, jokes like that are not appreciated.
As it happens, the USA was the zone of occupation 1945-1949 in Germany. So please don't make jokes like that. Even if you only wrote one number, it's pretty clear it wasn't random.

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Wow I just saw your ridiculous post. I really don't give a crap about Germany and my number had nothing to do with World War 2. Thank you for your input.

My friend, if you live in this country, this topic is still compassionate. You don’t need to call it ridiculous. Great day

Sam1234 said:

Wow I just saw your ridiculous post. I really don't give a crap about Germany and my number had nothing to do with World War 2. Thank you for your input.

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Your answer is not very disrespectful. Think about it

The value is in the name, not the price.

You are looking at it sdrawkcab

Are you guessing they do not really 'NEED' it ?
Or that they can not afford it ?

That is a hard guess when you unlikely know who they are.
Let them tell you in an offer. Easier than reading tea leaves.

You are not selling shoes.