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[Scotty205]

Got my second domain sale today! New Orleans + 2 keywords .com for $300.00 to end user. I emailed 28 companies and got a call and closed the deal.

 

[MustaAras]

So both with DASH
What is this "offer from dan.com specialist" ? Who is ? A genuine buyer or something else ?
Thanks in advance

i don’t know the buyer, offer came via the dan.com specialist.

 

[MustaAras]

Congrats

If you can share, curious about your portfolio size

Thanks

about 270 .coms

 

[Armageddon]

i don’t know the buyer, offer came via the dan.com specialist.

This is what intrigue me 'dan.com specialist'
It's a broker ? or ...

 

[MustaAras]

This is what intrigue me 'dan.com specialist'
It's a broker ? or ...

Yes

 

[Bhanu Kiran]

Domain: Space // Vision .[xyz]
Sale price: $988 (BIN)
Purchase price: $2, drop reg.
Hold time: 3.5 months

Congrats , on 3 domain sales , Might i Ask where do you Drop Reg .xyz Domains .As Far as i Know They are not available on Exp Dom.net

 

[DrJacoby]

Congrats , on 3 domain sales , Might i Ask where do you Drop Reg .xyz Domains .As Far as i Know They are not available on Exp Dom.net

Thank you. I was the one who dropped it, so I knew roughly when it would be available to register again. But I do believe you can check .xyz drops on ExpiredDomains.net:

https://member.expireddomains.net/domains/expiredxyz/

 

[Bhanu Kiran]

Thank you. I was the one who dropped it, so I knew roughly when it would be available to register again. But I do believe you can check .xyz drops on ExpiredDomains.net:

https://member.expireddomains.net/domains/expiredxyz/

Thanks man

 

[okaydomains]

Purchased from one of @twiki domain clearance sales. He did not have that many, but when he did, I would try to grab a few from his list, as value and respect his domaining skill set. I try to learn as much as I can from him.

Nice sale! Very similarly, I sold CreatorVoice // com for $399 about a month ago, which I also grabbed from one of those @twiki clearance sales.

I've learned a lot from @twiki as well - thank you man.

 

[jideofor]

Dynadot landing page sale.
Bought from NameLiquidate for $23
Holding time: 10 months.
Some negotiations with a buyer were involved during the process.
Attaching 2 screens - ''sold'' and ''paid'', below expain why.

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Few words using the opportunity. Generally, I like Dynadot landing pages - nice, clean, easy to setup and AI description can be involved.

However, two quite big disadvantages are discovered with this sale:

1. Very long payout. Sale was made on May 30, and today only (June 16th) money was transferred to a PayPal account. First it took them 10 days for funds to even pop up on my Dynadot account. Then, after 2 verifications (account unlock and e-mail confirmation), it was ''Approval pending'' message for another 7-8 days (what they had to ''approve'' during this time is still a mystery to me).
Just to compare, my latest payouts experience from other platforms:
Sedo - 3 days
BrandBucket - 1 week
Afternic - 3 to 10 days.
(all directly onto European bank account)

2. Another downside: for non-US citizens money can be only transferred to a PayPal account or AliPay. Seriously? In 2023 - PayPal is the only way of payment in Europe? Funny though, when I talked to support, they claimed that the long payout is due to ''security'' reasons. So, 2,5 weeks of holding money for ''security'' just to transfer them to a PayPal account? (security and PP are just words that can't coexist together, imo. And yes, PayPal is already glitching when I try to transfer funds to the bank account - a regular thing there). Also, almost forgot to mention - of course there is +5% on top for PayPal for their ''exceptional'' service.

Bottom line: mixed feelings. The landing page and processes related are good, but from ''Sold'' onwards things were quite dissapointing. Hope @Dynadot pays attention and improves.

Happy hunting to All!

Dynadot landing page sale.
Bought from NameLiquidate for $23
Holding time: 10 months.
Some negotiations with a buyer were involved during the process.
Attaching 2 screens - ''sold'' and ''paid'', below expain why.

Show attachment 240602

Show attachment 240603

Few words using the opportunity. Generally, I like Dynadot landing pages - nice, clean, easy to setup and AI description can be involved.

However, two quite big disadvantages are discovered with this sale:

1. Very long payout. Sale was made on May 30, and today only (June 16th) money was transferred to a PayPal account. First it took them 10 days for funds to even pop up on my Dynadot account. Then, after 2 verifications (account unlock and e-mail confirmation), it was ''Approval pending'' message for another 7-8 days (what they had to ''approve'' during this time is still a mystery to me).
Just to compare, my latest payouts experience from other platforms:
Sedo - 3 days
BrandBucket - 1 week
Afternic - 3 to 10 days.
(all directly onto European bank account)

2. Another downside: for non-US citizens money can be only transferred to a PayPal account or AliPay. Seriously? In 2023 - PayPal is the only way of payment in Europe? Funny though, when I talked to support, they claimed that the long payout is due to ''security'' reasons. So, 2,5 weeks of holding money for ''security'' just to transfer them to a PayPal account? (security and PP are just words that can't coexist together, imo. And yes, PayPal is already glitching when I try to transfer funds to the bank account - a regular thing there). Also, almost forgot to mention - of course there is +5% on top for PayPal for their ''exceptional'' service.

Bottom line: mixed feelings. The landing page and processes related are good, but from ''Sold'' onwards things were quite dissapointing. Hope @Dynadot pays attention and improves.

Happy hunting to All!

A friend who recently sold his domain name there for the first time told me the same thing.

My advise is don't use them for your domain sales. Only use them for acquisitions.

 

[SamirAz86]

Okay as per your words, let me start with a January:


Visavy (com)- 2399 usd
ChipGuy (com) - $2850 usd
AdSetGo (com) - $1600 usd
Cardoy (com) - $2199 usd
CompCoins (com) - $3888 usd
Guardey (com) - $3299 usd

Where these names have been sold? I think on brandable marketplace but where exactly?

 

[DrJacoby]

4 months old handreg
BIN from Afternic reseller networkShow attachment 240814

Congrats! I've seen you reporting several great sales recently. If you don't mind, how big is your portfolio, and how many of them are hand/drop regs?

 

[MustaAras]

Congrats! I've seen you reporting several great sales recently. If you don't mind, how big is your portfolio, and how many of them are hand/drop regs?

Thanks, i have about 700 domains in total, less than 300 are .com's
Almost all are hand/drop reg, mostly handreg.

 

[okaydomains]

Thank you for the details regarding this sale. I am experiencing the same 'Pending Sale' status with one of my domains right now.

It's past the 60-day transfer lock so O assume it's probably the payment waiting to clear.

I'll disclose full details when/if the sale actually goes through, but thought my response here might also be helpful to other sellers experiencing this.

Glad to help bud.

Since then I've had 4 or so domains enter the On Hold / Pending status at Afternic. They've always converted to sales eventually, usually 3-5 days later.

Hope it works out for you too!

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

Congrats

If you can share, curious about your portfolio size

Thanks

Everyone is obsessed with peeking into other's portfolio size it seems...

 

[okaydomains]

Lately my hand at handregs is getting better than sifting at drop.

This has been my experience lately as well.

I'm still getting good drops but more/better hand regs than ever as of late.

Mostly .com for me, but I also hand regged 100+ .io names during the sale last month and have already sold enough of those to be profitable.

Strange times indeed!

 

[okaydomains]

The name had a bin asking price of around $3,400 and I advised the biggest discount I'd offer was 50% but if they could try to get a higher amount and push for the installment plan.

Just wanted to add - SquadHelp will always screw this up. If you tell them "my floor is X but try to get more" they will ignore you and just immediately offer the buyer your floor price. This is regardless of what other instructions you give.

This is opposed to e.g., Afternic who understand that just fine, and will try to get you more and only fall back to the floor if they can't get more.

 

[Domainer47]

Just wanted to add - SquadHelp will always screw this up. If you tell them "my floor is X but try to get more" they will ignore you and just immediately offer the buyer your floor price. This is regardless of what other instructions you give.

This is opposed to e.g., Afternic who understand that just fine, and will try to get you more and only fall back to the floor if they can't get more.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Gpik79]

Turns out your buyers were actually the old owners last year ...nice they bought it back without the usual threats we hear about...

Hi all,



Final installment received last week so now reporting this sale.

 

[twiki]

Ask/ Website in King
DAN offer $100 about 3 days ago.
Accepted, buyer paid.
Bought from tower (GD Closeouts) around 2018/19 with transfer/renewals.
I mean, I realized this was a bad buy, regardless it sold. Commission is $15, i think i made like $20 to $30, not sure. I'm just glad i didn't have to take an L on this one.
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I don't think this was such a bad buy.

Have you tried prices like $299 for long time? If you had that for say 8 months time it would have definitely sold based on my experience.

Oh and you forget the AI applications. This sounds like a perfect name for an AI website builder, which takes its value straight into 4-fig.

My opinion is, you have underpriced this domain. But at least covered some cost. Anyway, good luck with better sales.

 

[okaydomains]

I don't think this was such a bad buy.

Have you tried prices like $299 for long time? If you had that for say 8 months time it would have definitely sold based on my experience.

Oh and you forget the AI applications. This sounds like a perfect name for an AI website builder, which takes its value straight into 4-fig.

My opinion is, you have underpriced this domain. But at least covered some cost. Anyway, good luck with better sales.

I dont agree! "Website" is not a strong keyword and it's an awkward name. I'm surprised it sold at all.

He'd already renewed it several times. I don't think it'd be worth continuing to do so to maybe squeeze an extra $200. I'd just be happy to get my money back on that name and reinvest in 10 better names.

 

[twiki]

I dont agree! "Website" is not a strong keyword and it's an awkward name. I'm surprised it sold at all.

He'd already renewed it several times. I don't think it'd be worth continuing to do so to maybe squeeze an extra $200. I'd just be happy to get my money back on that name and reinvest in 10 better names.

You don't understand trends, in my opinion. (but see edit at the bottom)

There are multiple opportunities for this name right now in the AI universe. And I'd bet that's the use case the buyer has in mind and that's why it sold. Or they plan to resell it as they saw it.

Eg: AI Search, AI powered website chat etc. Many other possible.

Also - domains might sell in 5 or 10 years. Most of my best sales are at least 3 years old. The mindset "hasn't sold for x years" is not a profitable one. You either know, believe in your domain - or you don't. The fact that it didn't sell until now is irrelevant as it doesn't determine whether it will sell tomorrow or not.

Edit: Note, this is just my opinion and solely regarding this domain case, not a general statement or personal one.

Feel free to actually stick to your convictions. Different can be good in the field of domains. We're all different.

 

[okaydomains]

You don't understand trends, in my opinion.

@twiki, I really like you, and I say this with the utmost respect. But this is one of those times where you not being a native English speaker is tripping you up. It's a consistent issue for you.

AskWebsite is not a good brand. Native speakers don't talk that way or use those keywords. But it is the kind of name that's hard for a non-native speaker to understand why it doesn't work.

Anyway, your point was that he could have gotten an insignificant amount of extra money. If you really think that's a great AI name then why would you suggest selling it for $299.

This has nothing to do with whether I understand AI trends (but thanks for the random insult anyway). But you keep doing you. Good luck.

Also - domains might sell in 5 or 10 years. Most of my best sales are at least 3 years old. The mindset "hasn't sold for x years" is not a profitable one. You either know, believe in your domain - or you don't. The fact that it didn't sell until now is irrelevant as it doesn't determine whether it will sell tomorrow or not.

Dude, come on. You've never looked back and realized registering a name was a mistake? Thats just ridiculous.

Being able to change your mind is important. Sunk cost fallacy is very real.

Being able to drop shitty names is one of the most crucial skills in this business.

 

[twiki]

@twiki, I really like you, and I say this with the utmost respect. But this is one of those times where you not being a native English speaker is tripping you up. It's a consistent issue for you.

AskWebsite is not a good brand. Native speakers don't talk that way or use those keywords. But it is the kind of name that's hard for a non-native speaker to understand why it doesn't work.

Anyway, your point was that he could have gotten an insignificant amount of extra money. If you really think that's a great AI name then why would you suggest selling it for $299.

This has nothing to do with whether I understand AI trends (but thanks for the random insult anyway). But you keep doing you. Good luck.



Dude, come on. You've never looked back and realized registering a name was a mistake? Thats just ridiculous.

Being able to change your mind is important. Sunk cost fallacy is very real.

Being able to drop shitty names is one of the most crucial skills in this business.

You're really not getting it. That's why you are being downvoted... Anyway, this is my last comment and then I'll shut up as I know better.

There was no insult intended, although I admit sometimes I express myself too direct and sounds harsh in English. But I really do believe you don't understand trends, or this trend at least. And how it changes the game for some domains - completely.

This is not an insult, was never intended as an insult; I might be wrong, but this is what I believe based on your answer, and again - I might be wrong. It's for you to decide whether you need to learn more or not.

You're sticking to certain aspects you don't like here; certain flaws which although valid - at least in part - don't actually hinder the value of this domain; again, in the current context. Time and time again I've sold domains WITH FLAWS including of this nature or even worse, in the 4-fig price range. This domain is really down my alley.

I just wanted to raise your awareness; point out that maybe, just maybe, you don't know everything... and still have to catch up.

This is a perfectly valid domain worth 4-fig in current market. And I know it has value. I'd have kept it.

P.S. I knew about the flow issue from the very beginning, the non-native English speaker issue is not an issue at hand. But 2-word domains are NOT just plain brandable or necessarily having the perfect flow. It depends.

Now you can throw the shoe again at someone who tries to open your eyes more. Anyway - this has been my last attempt at that. We agree to disagree, but if you really believe I had the intent to insult you, then I guess there's no room for us to further discuss together here.

Later edit: This was intended for the seller @Jv1999 - that he might have passed on some value here, and that's it. We all let domains go and many would have value, but it's good for the seller to know or at least take it into consideration.

 

[twiki]

@twiki, I really like you, and I say this with the utmost respect. But this is one of those times where you not being a native English speaker is tripping you up. It's a consistent issue for you.

AskWebsite is not a good brand. Native speakers don't talk that way or use those keywords. But it is the kind of name that's hard for a non-native speaker to understand why it doesn't work.

Anyway, your point was that he could have gotten an insignificant amount of extra money. If you really think that's a great AI name then why would you suggest selling it for $299.

This has nothing to do with whether I understand AI trends (but thanks for the random insult anyway). But you keep doing you. Good luck.



Dude, come on. You've never looked back and realized registering a name was a mistake? Thats just ridiculous.

Being able to change your mind is important. Sunk cost fallacy is very real.

Being able to drop shitty names is one of the most crucial skills in this business.

Last comment to you.

You have said me not being a native English speaker is the issue here. Yet you don't see me taking it as an insult. Instead of going down the ego path, I asked myself - maybe this fellow is right, or maybe he is wrong. In this case, I know he is wrong and that won't change. But I don't take it as an insult.

You perceiving it as an insult, is rather a matter of your own insecurity - again, this is my opinion, and yet again, I might be wrong. But this is what I believe.

When having a different opinion, OR pointing at a potential issue at someone in order to raise a flag for them in order to let them know that maybe they're not right about something, automatically becomes an insult, then I see no purpose in further communicating here.

This being the second time you act like this for no reason, I have to let you know that you've successfully made it to my ignore list. Any DMs or sales requests will not be entertained further as well. Sorry but I'm done with this.

To everyone else - my apologies for having to assist at this here.

 

[alcy]

Pleased to share BC (xyz) sold for $110K via @undeveloped.

Have received quite a number of offers for this one in the past, from $20K to highest was at $188K (same buyer) early this year when my partner will only accept over 200K otherwise he was thinking to build on it!

Special thanks to @GoDaddy brokers assisting with this sale & to Swetha @swetha for her continuous contributions & sharing Wish all domain investors more sales to come

HR in Jan 2022, cost 2 x premium reg fees at around $5.2K.

so u just took a 5k reg renew gamble when u woke one day like in casino poker or u already had buyer in mind..outbound etc... if domains were easy as your sale we all would is be the milonaire