advice Bought a domain That sounded Cool. How would Go about selling it? - SimpleStoic.com

[Tonibubo]

Hello NamePros Community. Before I start Please dont bash on me. Im new to all this.

I bought a couple domains by sniping expired domains that sounded cool! (Also were decently appraised by godaddy/dynadot etc.)

Well long story short, I quickly realised that I wasted money thinking it is easy to flip domains as if someone is lurking on domain marketplaces to snatch them.

To get to my point.

• How do you guys find buyers for your domains?
• Do you just let them sit around till someone is interested in them?
• Do you do manual outreach?
• Does Trademark Directory Research Help in finding potential Clients?

Here is a list of Domains I own.

• eargap.com
• marhit.com
• criup.com
• beflum.com
• typhlo.com
• Sales-go.com
• Avalonlabs.xyz
• simplestoic.com

The last one seems like the only one that I could potentially sell to me!

Thank you for taking the time of your day to consult a young fool who thought this is a much easier hobby to have

 

[alcy]

your names have no value. it takes years to master domains. we all fail first. read np. namebio. dont buy b4 learn. gl

 

[Tonibubo]

Thank you for the feedback sir! Is there any learning material you can refference me towards?

 

[Future Sensors]

Thank you for the feedback sir! Is there any learning material you can refference me towards?

https://www.namepros.com/threads/popular-domain-beginner-resources.844937/

 

[Tonibubo]

Thank you @Future Sensors! My soul is a little bit crushed that I wasted my time on these domains but im willing to learn.

Thank you for the resource drop!

 

[Future Sensors]

Welcome to the forum @Tonibubo!

Don't give up. You will find out

 

[rh2000]

It takes time and patience to learn about domain investing. It doesn't happen overnight.

 

[Future Sensors]

What you rarely read about is that even successful domain investors have experienced losses at times in their careers. Often, these losses were offset by other sources of income. The focus is usually on their successes, not their struggles and failures.

To succeed, read extensively, analyze everything, and especially in the beginning, maintain another source of income. Start with modest ambitions and let them grow alongside your income.

 

[Tonibubo]

I am actually quite comfortable for income streams where I live. I work as a nurse + have a marketing career on the US market.

For my country I can be placed at the top 5% earner. This is just something that is really interesting to me so I allocated a 100-200$ budget for each month.

Now that I am reading things on the forum. Might be better to learn a lot more before i just start blowing those funds!

 

[BaileyUK]

I bought a couple domains by sniping expired domains that sounded cool!

And that is usually the first mistake. Reads/Sounds cool, nothing wrong with that providing you've identified specific business that these cool names fit like a glove. I can't see anything in your choices that would give an edge to any business

 

[Tonibubo]

And that is usually the first mistake. Reads/Sounds cool, nothing wrong with that providing you've identified specific business that these cool names fit like a glove. I can't see anything in your choices that would give an edge to any business

First lesson learned! Will try scanning around & looking for ways to improve.

First thing that comes to mind when you said that would be Scraping Google My Business profiles on Maps & seeing which ones dont have a website/checking is that domain name available & than potentially pitching it.

Far fetched?

 

[Future Sensors]

For each domain you consider registering, it's beneficial to check OpenCorporates to see how many companies are already operating under identical and similar names. Generally, the more companies, the better. However, avoid obvious trademark infringements.

The more you use this approach and explore additional sources, the better you'll understand good naming practices and the likelihood of selling your domains.

 

[yaamgont]

Hello NamePros Community. Before I start Please dont bash on me. Im new to all this.

I bought a couple domains by sniping expired domains that sounded cool! (Also were decently appraised by godaddy/dynadot etc.)

Well long story short, I quickly realised that I wasted money thinking it is easy to flip domains as if someone is lurking on domain marketplaces to snatch them.

To get to my point.

• How do you guys find buyers for your domains?
• Do you just let them sit around till someone is interested in them?
• Do you do manual outreach?
• Does Trademark Directory Research Help in finding potential Clients?

Here is a list of Domains I own.

• eargap.com
• marhit.com
• criup.com
• beflum.com
• typhlo.com
• Sales-go.com
• Avalonlabs.xyz
• simplestoic.com

The last one seems like the only one that I could potentially sell to me!

Thank you for taking the time of your day to consult a young fool who thought this is a much easier hobby to have

Mr. ...bubo:

Replace "cool" with "brandable" in your domaining vocabulary, and that should begin to influence your profitable creative processes; domainwise. Good-luck.

 

[Leopard]

Before you buy a domain for reselling --- Go to NameBio.com and see if similar names with same keywords have sold, for what price, which extensions and how recently such names have sold... As a beginner i would only stick to .com domains and i would avoid hyphens and long names.

 

[Domainchick.de]

Before you buy a domain for reselling --- Go to NameBio.com and see if similar names with same keywords have sold, for what price, which extensions and how recently such names have sold... As a beginner i would only stick to .com domains and i would avoid hyphens and long names.

Hello I am also new to the business and I have just sold two domains with hyphens. I know that hyphens are not welcome in the .com area, but in some countries they are used for better readability

 

[alcy]

sounding cool is just about last criteria on sellability scale