Anyone had luck with domains on eBay?

[RicoShay]

I've just listed my first domain on ebay (well 2nd, but first didn't count since I did it all wrong).

Not sure if I've gone about it the right way, I've never used ebay to sell before, I'm pretty new to all that.

Just wondering if anyone has had any luck with selling domains on ebay. Please share your experiences... whats been your biggest sale / worst sale etc.

Tips would also be great

 

[-REECE-]

eBay is somewhat hit and miss. Cheaper names seem to do reasonably well but I haven't seen a lot of good sales on higher quality names.

 

[Trickac14]

Ive been going through this to. If you look at completed sales people will buy TERRIBLE names for more than reg fee. There is many people who make nice money by just regging crazy things and crap and sale it on ebay. For instance, there is a few sellers who I watch what they sale and just about all of their names were regged about 10 days ago and they are making a killing off of these anywhere from 20 dollars to 300! I'm starting my first go arounds with trying to make some quick sales on there. By the way I think the ebayers love 5L brandables...tell me if you have any luck!

 

[-REECE-]

Yes 5L.coms often do quite well on eBay as do lower quality LLLL.coms.

Ive been going through this to. If you look at completed sales people will buy TERRIBLE names for more than reg fee. There is many people who make nice money by just regging crazy things and crap and sale it on ebay. For instance, there is a few sellers who I watch what they sale and just about all of their names were regged about 10 days ago and they are making a killing off of these anywhere from 20 dollars to 300! I'm starting my first go arounds with trying to make some quick sales on there. By the way I think the ebayers love 5L brandables...tell me if you have any luck!

 

[ODST.com]

My lower qualities sell for quite a bit. I think just because its a public marketplace that the general public is quite familiar with.

 

[Corey]

read this thread

http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/482761-ebay-buyer-scam.html

good luck with your sale

Cheers
Corey

 

[raredn.com]

read this thread

http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/482761-ebay-buyer-scam.html

good luck with your sale

Cheers
Corey

An ebay seller should be relatively safe from a 'scam buyer', if the ebay seller checks the buyers feedback reputations

 

[Corey]

An ebay seller should be relatively safe from a 'scam buyer', if the ebay seller checks the buyers feedback reputations

As stated in the above thread the buyer reversed the paypal payment after the domain name was pushed.

Seller's domain name registrar would not assist.... the name is now in the nonbuyers account and sellers money was reversed.

The seller lost out bigtime.

 

[Michael]

You can still require escrow if you sell on Ebay can't you?

 

[DnEbook]

i thought they changed all payments to paypal ? they did in australia i think

 

[raredn.com]

i thought they changed all payments to paypal ? they did in australia i think

In Australia, other payments are still permitted, paypal wanted to change to paypal only, but have been held up by the the Australian Consumer Commission, who states that paypal only leaves no chance for free market competition (for payment options). paypal argues that it is for Consumer Protection. I have to side with ebay here, as there are far too many Chinese imported products (like dirt trail bikes) that are low quality and the buyer has no come back and buyer protection without paypal (in regards to the Australian market)

 

[DnEbook]

i do remember the fuss it caused when reported on tv

 

[accent]

Do not start an ebay auction with an opening bid of less than you would be willing to sell the domain for.

Please resist the trend to put non-relevant numbers in the title to bring in searchers.

I admit I click on lots sometimes if there is a hot girl in the photo. But it does not mean I will buy.

If you want escrow then put it in big type in the listing and in the buyer information section. Feedback is your best salesman - no surprises.

Non-paying buyers are part of eBay life. The percentage rises greatly without Paypal.

There are lots and lots of ways to improve your sales on ebay - read the discussion boards (under"community") if you want to do a lot of this.

Very small sales take more time than they are worth. Figure an hour per listing, another hour in dealing with transfer and communication. You can add to your feedback this way, but a lot of sellers seem to have a lot of time on their hands.

Keep your buyer informed - another feedback tip.

 

[Ixix]

i've sold domains on ebay. surprised that i did...but i did :D

 

[raredn.com]

Do not start an ebay auction with an opening bid of less than you would be willing to sell the domain for.

Please resist the trend to put non-relevant numbers in the title to bring in searchers.

I admit I click on lots sometimes if there is a hot girl in the photo. But it does not mean I will buy.

If you want escrow then put it in big type in the listing and in the buyer information section. Feedback is your best salesman - no surprises.

Non-paying buyers are part of eBay life. The percentage rises greatly without Paypal.

There are lots and lots of ways to improve your sales on ebay - read the discussion boards (under"community") if you want to do a lot of this.

Very small sales take more time than they are worth. Figure an hour per listing, another hour in dealing with transfer and communication. You can add to your feedback this way, but a lot of sellers seem to have a lot of time on their hands.

Keep your buyer informed - another feedback tip.

Nicely Said!

Would add to your rep Mr Accentnepal, but I am out of rep ammo for you unfortunatley

 

[Fixhotep]

I've listed 3 names on eBay and each sold, but under what I thought was their value. 1 of my sales took 2 weeks to get payment, and then it took 2 months for the guy to email me his push info. I couldn't get any of my buyers to leave feedback.

I agree with what was said earlier, that LLLL.com's and 5L.com's do sell there.

 

[domainar]

Also, when you look at the completed listings, pay attention to the day and time when the sales ended where the final bids were the best/highest.

But don't completely rely on this because, if your name is pretty decent, it can sell in the middle of a workday for a respectable amount.

4Ls and 5Ls do well, especially pronounceable, interesting looking/sounding 5Ls.

You will also see a lot of copycat names on ebay, too; like all that pizza business several weeks ago. In fact, if you could keep up with the mini-trends on ebay and quickly check and register 'hot' domains, you might make a small profit; but it would have to be large-scale to really accomplish anything.

As a bonus, the ever-present outrageous reserves and horrible names will keep you laughing, which is good for your spirit.

 

[RicoShay]

Thanks everyone, some great advice in here. I'll taking everything on board and continuing my research by listing a few more domains and seeing how they do.

I will list various types of domains, 4L's, 5L's, info's, .net's, brandables etc. and see which I have the most luck with.

My ebay rating of just (2) isn't going to help much, but hopefully at the very least I can raise that by selling a few domains. Not worried about making losses or profits at this stage, so I'll be using my lesser quality domains to test the market and gain knowledge.

Please keep the tips/tricks coming, I'm sure this will help others who are interested in selling on ebay.

 

[thebrokenbox]

I've only ever tried it once and I had a hard time. I thought the domain I sold was worth much more, it was 5L.com, then it sold for. (As in I took a loss on that domain) Ever since then I haven't tried selling because I can't take more losses.I may try again when I have other domains but for me it was too much.

 

[Sleepys]

You can still require escrow if you sell on Ebay can't you?

No, you cannot accept Escrow.com. Ebay has systematicaly removed all extra payment options, and now we are only allowed to accept Paypal, money orders, checks, and bank to bank transfers. While you can attempt to make people pay with Escrow.com, you can in fact get in trouble with ebay for doing so. It is the same with cash, if you want to accept it as payment, go ahead and take a chance, but ebay may punish you and will certainly no help if there is a problem with the transaction.

Ebay Accepted Payments - http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/accepted-payments-policy.html