discuss Are 95% of domains selling for peanuts ?

[domain12345]

It is often a topic of discussion and there are a handful of domains selling for 5 to 6 figures while majority exchange hands at just below USD 5000 and thousands daily for USD100 to 500 range..

Is the domain market too over crowded and under sold or is it just a game of luck , wait or find the perfect buyer if your domain seems something ideally matched for them .

I have been watching namebio sales daily and there are so many domains are sedo /name jet/go daddy for usd 20000+ tag, which I personally felt were in range of few hundreds...and then there are so many thousands people with PM replies for USD100 , USD 10 wholesale buyer requests.

What kind of buyers are buying these few thousand $$$ domains ? and are domain marketplaces only places to sell big that too if LUCK favors and the the domain gets spotted in thousands of listings after paying big time on premium promotion upgrades.?

Discuss

 

[Eric Lyon]

Keep in mind that a lot of aftermarket purchases made on marketplaces such as the ones you mentioned are made by other resellers/investors, who have done a lot of research, and ready to take a slightly bigger risk with prospects in mind to reach out to directly.

The biggest end-user sales rarely come from marketplaces and are more commonly coming from a broker or investor with extensive sales presentation experience.

 

[Andrew Knox]

Peanuts are a multi billion dollar industry https://www.statista.com/topics/2287/peanut-butter-industry/

I'd rather work the peanut cart than buy lottery tickets. We're going to franchise globally once the Wasabi caramel line takes off

 

[garptrader]

It has been several years since SEDO last published their domain market summaries but I recall that the median sales price for a .COM sold on their platform was in the $600 range with prices for .net, .org CCtlds and other extensions a bit below that figure. While SEDO was not the only domain marketplace, they were a major player in the domain space. Things changed after their relationship with Godaddy was severed, they lowered payouts on parking and increased commissions on their platform. While the industry is fixated on big-dollar sales, I believe the majority of aftermarket sales are $1500 and under.

 

[Kate]

Domain names are the most underappreciated assets of our time. Period.

 

[NYJimbo]

Just go to godaddy.com and on their front page they are always promoting alternative TLD's than .COM.
As people start to accept them, they will feel less need to pay for expensive .com names. Corporations will always be happy to spend for a good name, but small businesses are learning about alternatives when the .com they want is $3495.

 

[BionicMan]

Lately seems prices are lower on non premiums, maybe it's just summer or maybe it's just me?

 

[lambo.com]

People overestimate the aftermarket for domain names. Uniregistry are selling 30-40 per day through their platform according to what I see. Not many is it?

 

[frank-germany]

It has been several years since SEDO last published their domain market summaries but I recall that the median sales price for a .COM sold on their platform was in the $600 range with prices for .net, .org CCtlds and other extensions a bit below that figure. While SEDO was not the only domain marketplace, they were a major player in the domain space. Things changed after their relationship with Godaddy was severed, they lowered payouts on parking and increased commissions on their platform. While the industry is fixated on big-dollar sales, I believe the majority of aftermarket sales are $1500 and under.

https://sedo.com/fileadmin/documents/pressdownload/Sedo_Infographic_2013_Q1-Q4_UK.jpg

 

[urljunky]

Most sales go unreported. I haven't disclosed a single one of my sales.
I would say 98% of most sales are for peanuts, if you consider a 500%-900% ROI Peanuts.

 

[domain12345]

It has been several years since SEDO last published their domain market summaries but I recall that the median sales price for a .COM sold on their platform was in the $600 range with prices for .net, .org CCtlds and other extensions a bit below that figure. While SEDO was not the only domain marketplace, they were a major player in the domain space. Things changed after their relationship with Godaddy was severed, they lowered payouts on parking and increased commissions on their platform. While the industry is fixated on big-dollar sales, I believe the majority of aftermarket sales are $1500 and under.

Yes sedo market may have fallen..but most 4 to 5 figure sales are there and at godaddy...flippa hardly has big sales..

 

[frank-germany]

Yes sedo market may have fallen..but most 4 to 5 figure sales are there and at godaddy...flippa hardly has big sales..

yeah poor sedo:

https://namebio.com/?s==cDN2kTMwgTM


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[domain12345]

till today does anyone know how to get the data...are most sedo domains type in offers or result of the sedo auctions / sedo featured listings ? this is still so unclear.

 

[domain12345]

People overestimate the aftermarket for domain names. Uniregistry are selling 30-40 per day through their platform according to what I see. Not many is it?

yes , but as far as I tried to contact and know about uniregistry, its more about parking and inbound leads and then following ...but still uniregistry sales have a usd 20000 to usd 50000 sale tag...how do they land up that range with specially everyone giving low ball offers initially...

 

[garptrader]

There are a lot of domain sales and auctions between domain investors. The launch of hundreds of new extensions has siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars away from the reseller market for legacy extensions.

 

[domain12345]

Most sales go unreported. I haven't disclosed a single one of my sales.
I would say 98% of most sales are for peanuts, if you consider a 500%-900% ROI Peanuts.

that is correct...500 % ROI are golden peanuts...in namepros for sale I see hundreds of listings with BUMP...UP...and its prices of 25, 35 55 ,75...so where are the big domain sales happening here ? or is it all via PM undisclosed.

 

[garptrader]

I took a look at fifteen low $XXX sales from 2015 - ~three years ago.
Two were developed: IslasGalapagos.net & VinoTV.com

The others were either posted for sale, had Godaddy parking pages or had been subsequently dropped.

 

[lambo.com]

yes , but as far as I tried to contact and know about uniregistry, its more about parking and inbound leads and then following ...but still uniregistry sales have a usd 20000 to usd 50000 sale tag...how do they land up that range with specially everyone giving low ball offers initially...

those are just the one's they show you.

My sales through their platform are all in that range but they have to be great names to realize top$

 

[Omar.]

It is often a topic of discussion and there are a handful of domains selling for 5 to 6 figures while majority exchange hands at just below USD 5000 and thousands daily for USD100 to 500 range..

TRUE! lucky sellers once in a million domaners!

Set your mindset to WAIT, WAIT & WAIT! if your domain is Good, buyers and end users will find you soon or later!

 

[thekiller]

I know if the 95% claim is true or not but most of the sales are to resellers. I last two years, I have sold about 20 domains, some for mid $xxx and some for low $x,xxx. Only a couple of were to end users where the website is developed. Most of them are still idle at the registrar they transferred.