As many of you know, I hand reg all my domains. Most posts I have read are all against it. I am baffled by this as ALL domains were originally hand reg . Your comments and opinions are welcome but NO personal comments about my way of doing things please.
Yes, handregs do sell and for a great ROI. I sell dozens a year in the high $xxx and low $x,xxx range. But the quality is lacking with most of what's available to register. Its very unlikely you will get prices above Mid $x,xxx for your handreg and they are harder to sell than an aged, keyword domain. If you want to sell names above the mid 4 figure price line you'll likely need to venture into the marketplaces to purchase them.
Here's a good way to look at it when were discussing quality:
A premium domain name like Products.org, since registered in 1997 it has never dropped/expired and been free to hand reg. In 2017 the person who registered it in 1997 failed to renew it, perhaps they died, in jail who knows, but anyway it went to expiring auction at namejet and sold for $2,111. Then in 2018 it was sold on flippa by this fabulous guy
at a price of $10,000. It never dropped, but was purchased before it dropped. If you want really good quality domains then you'll need to pay a bit more then reg fee for them, they are in the expiring auction daily or are available to buy from other investors.
There are the rare cases where premiums do end up deleted and are available to reg, but rare.