1st Day Domain Portofolio

[justme78783]

Hello people , have been watching this forum for a while now pretty much every day for the past weeks .

Although i am a beginner in this field , of domain reselling . I am not new in the online business ( having made 2 online ecommerce businesses , and having made a considerable profit and a living via selling online on various marketplaces various physical products ) . So all in all , i have some experience just not for this specific money making online method .

Anyways , anyhow i really want to focus on this industry and here is my portfolio till now .

I have bought around 8 of them , but i will put only the 4 best ( at least what i consider best from what i bought) which i have bought for prices varying between xx $ to xxx $ .

24pkr.com
4mydate.com
itsauctiontime.com
solutionstrading.com

I am not putting the bad ones for obvious reasons ( because i understand now that they are almost worthless ) .

Any feedback would be much appreciated .

Cheers

 

[justme78783]

sorry but people seach first apartments in usa ... and not the other way around ( usa apartments ) . So the only factor that would decrease the value is the hyphen ( which i doupt it would that much ) ...

correct me if i am wrong , but i sense i am not . Cheers

 

[Kate]

Currently usaapartments.com is for sale accepting offers starting from 5000 usd.

Millions are crap domains are registered and put on sale with unrealistic price tags.
On ebay you will find domains for sale for 7-figure amounts.
But they will never sell. Therefore they are not worth the asking price.
You just cannot mimic the acquisition patterns of inexperienced people as a benchmark for your own purchases.

 

[The New Guy]

sorry but people seach first apartments in usa ... and not the other way around ( usa apartments ) . So the only factor that would decrease the value is the hyphen ( which i doupt it would that much ) ...

correct me if i am wrong , but i sense i am not . Cheers

You also posted this earlier:

P.S if i have any grammatical errors in my english is because it is not my native language nor have i ever lived in an english speaking countries , so i apologize in advance .

Having lived in the USA all my life, I can assure you that nobody here searches for usa apartments or apartments usa. They will search for apartments + city name first or terms like 'apartments for rent' if they're lazy.

As someone else said, apartment finding is a mature market with many established players. Your domain is an awkward wording with a damaging hyphen meant for a market that doesn't use that wording and doesn't like hyphens.

What you've done is purchased a domain name that doesn't have value in it's intended market, so your only hope is to unload it in some other market where there's someone like you who thinks it's valuable to have these two keywords chained together by a hyphen.

 

[johname]

sorry but people seach first apartments in usa ... and not the other way around ( usa apartments )

Think about who you want to buy your domain. If you want the wordpress guy that on a $xx budget then yes you can look at search that way(not mentioning the lack of 'in'). But the person that wants to spend real money, hiring people to build, code, graphics would pass on the domain.

SEO domaining not what it used to be, thank Google for that. Plus as I said its a very mature sector.

People are trying to be helpful even it it appears to be brash and repetitive.

Most here know that if this portfolio where held passively, three years from now you will still be holding them.

Only names that sell themselves get rave reviews on this forum. The rest get varied opinions. Goodluck!

 

[justme78783]

I understand your point , but my point is that having that domain is much better than usiuiuisuisusi.com , aint it ?
I cannot buy claim.com , or debt.com , so i will buy whatever i can that meets some minimal requirements . And this will be my testing portfolio . Because i sense that the selling part ( no matter the name ) will be the hardest one .
So if you compare my domain to dept.com , then my domain clearly sucks . But then again how many of those domains can you find for a profitable price ?

I added 1 more domain btw to my portfolio . And that is online-wizard.com .

 

[justme78783]

Again, I am assuming you bought these names for resale, and not just for personal use. Average domains are ok for personal development, but you need to raise the bar significantly if the intended purpose is to resell domains.

Also, your domains are not taken in any other extension. It's usually a sign.
However, I noticed that these four domains were all registered in the past, and they dropped once or more in the past. That means that at least somebody else thought they would do the job for some little project... but that still doesn't mean these names are good. But you may have other reasons, it's always possible I am missing something.

Good luck !

I sense that in fact , you were speaking the truth , all along .

You have to understand though , that the price that i am buying them for , aint much .

 

[The New Guy]

I sense that in fact , you were speaking the truth , all along .

You have to understand though , that the price that i am buying them for , aint much .

Whatever price you have paid for them so far has been too much.

 

[justme78783]

Whatever price you have paid for them so far has been too much.

I think you are pulling the strings a bit too much here , aint ya ?

Let us assume that i dont sell any of my domains within a year , then i loose x amount of money . Do you know how much more though the practical knowledge gives ?

I am challenging you to put your portfolio here , and then i promise i will be able to find billions of excuses ,as to why your domains suck . All it takes though is 1 reason for a specific person somewhere on this planet that one of your domain does not suck , and then you have made money ....

So come on , let us reverse the roles a bit . Are you up for it ?

 

[The New Guy]

I think you are pulling the strings a bit too much here , aint ya ?

Let us assume that i dont sell any of my domains within a year , then i loose x amount of money . Do you know how much more though the practical knowledge gives ?

I do. Because I have it. I've been in the internet business for nearly 20 years. I design, develop, and consult. I advise people on what domains to register and what to pay if they're already taken. I wouldn't have advised any of my clients, even the ones I didn't like, to register any of the domains you've registered.

The worst part is that instead of waiting for these to drop and paying regular fees, you apparently paid a backorder service for them. If there was competition for any of them I'd be surprised, but then again, it shouldn't be surprising based on your reactions here.

I don't post my portfolio on these boards precisely because of people like you who react negatively to any criticism. There is no benefit for me to do so, only potential downsides.

And going back to practical knowledge, you could have acquired the same practical knowledge and better domains for $10 and a handful of godaddy coupons.

 

[justme78783]

Offer just 1 example of a better domain then . You have many options since i overpaid . And yes using backorder service was one of the main ways of getting the domains .

So give 1 real example .

 

[The New Guy]

Offer just 1 example of a better domain then . You have many options since i overpaid . And yes using backorder service was one of the main ways of getting the domains .

So give 1 real example .

See my avatar. All my domains are crap. That's why I can give such an expert opinion.

 

[The New Guy]

BTW, you should really see series 1 / episode 1 of the namepros comics:

https://www.namepros.com/threads/humor-namepros-domain-comics.803461/

What you're doing here is not only so common place that it became a comic on the site, it was the FIRST comic on the site.

 

[Kate]

I understand your point , but my point is that having that domain is much better than usiuiuisuisusi.com , aint it ?
I cannot buy claim.com , or debt.com , so i will buy whatever i can that meets some minimal requirements .

I cannot buy these names either. But there is a market for less premium domains.
Generally speaking, it's best to buy a domain name on the aftermarket, because whatever is left available is usually not good enough.
Anybody can buy some unregistered domain, and try to resell it. But the odds of making a sale are almost nil, unless you are very experienced. If the domain was available, it's usually because nobody wanted it, even for $10. Therefore it's rather unlikely that somebody will show up later to buy the name, and be willing to pay more. It can happen, but not so often.

Let us assume that i dont sell any of my domains within a year , then i loose x amount of money . Do you know how much more though the practical knowledge gives ?

Thousands of people before you have been through the learning curve, but you don't have to take a stab, if you keep an open mind and capitalize on the experience and mistakes of other people.
Read a lot. Suck all the information you can.
Analyze the market, the reported sales. See what sells, what doesn't. What you like and what people actually buy are two different things.

 

[DomainVP]

sorry but people search first apartments in usa ... and not the other way around ( usa apartments ) . So the only factor that would decrease the value is the hyphen ( which i doupt it would that much ) ...

correct me if i am wrong , but i sense i am not . Cheers

The harsh reality is that the search metrics and CPC are so low that this is a poor domain name unless someone wants it as a brand name. Either way you flip it your domain at maximum justifies an asking price of roughly $73.81.

Even if you multiply that by 10x and an end user REALLY wants it... on the best day when all of the planets align in your favor you can expect for $750 for the name. Thats without the hyphen.

With the hyphen, it totally diminishes the value. Yes yes... Germans. Well that just adds to the miracle that you are expecting with this name. So not only does the entire universe have to align in your favor, but now they buyer must be German AND they have to want a .COM and not a .DE which most Germans prefer.

It's such a long shot for "Apartments-USA.com"

Offer just 1 example of a better domain then . You have many options since i overpaid . And yes using backorder service was one of the main ways of getting the domains .

So give 1 real example .

... you should quit domaining or take all of this input and try to make yourself better, because right now you are making yourself look like a clown. Anyone on this thread can produce a domain worth more than $750.

Your attitude is poor and if you want to get ahead in any business ever you should learn how to take criticism.

P.S. if a buyer is interested in "Apartments-USA.com" they will likely google it, and now see this thread, and appraisals and feedback from domainers around the world.

Your welcome.

 

[The New Guy]

P.S. if a buyer is interested in "Apartments-USA.com" they will likely google it, and now see this thread, and appraisals and feedback from domainers around the world.

Which is one of the reasons I don't post my domains here. Many downsides with almost no upside other than unloading a domain for very little.

 

[Nattydomain]

@justme78783...Seems you are against everyone here. You are in so much denial about your domains then just close this thread and get to work on selling those domains.Quit responding here to us and get out there and make that money......From what you are saying these domains should be an easy sell..Just find someone that has the same exact passion you do for these domains and you should be ok.....

 

[Archangel]

I just recently moved (I move around a lot). I've searched around a lot, but I didn't do a USA search. NO ONE searches for places to live in America. We search for places in our area or the areas we are interested in. I didn't search for "houses in America." Really, I don't care about a penthouse in NYC or an oceanside condo in California. I live in Ohio, and I searched for places close by (I did a city search, not a state or country).

Let me also note that apartmentsusa.com is very poorly developed. That kinda shows the owner has very little faith in it.

Also, Google doesn't care as much for exact keywords anymore, anyway. So even if 'apartments usa' was a prime term, it wouldn't help much with Google.

 

[wot]

Probably the best bunch of new regs from a domaining newbie I have ever seen.

Simply in awe!

 

[SimpleDomaining]

For the first time domains here is where you did good. Your last weeks reads helped you to understand the value of keywords. Now you need to understand the difference between brand new domains and previously owned ones. Next step is to understand the value of traffic domains (these sell faster) and potentially developable ones (these are waiting for the right buyer). I see you are going after good keywords. But try to find ones that will gain you profit. I like themicrohouse.com, even thinking this is from potentially developable category. i think it can pay for the half of domains that you registered. good luck.