Ebay...is it really that terrible a place

[Brian masin]

I Have been on their trying to sell anything from low end domains on up to three and four LLL/LLLL's with no luck. What they do have is a garbage load of terrible supposed brandable domains. If there is anything wrong with ebay it is the fact that they allow these horrible attempts to even be listed. I have come up with some bad ones, but would never try and sell them. past there being a lot of trash on ebay, has anyone sold a domain for a solid price...meaning 5-10x's what you paid for it. Even someone saying they made $100 off a domain would be great

 

[sandyhere]

I agree with you. Its sometimes frustrating to see some good domains going without any bids. But it becomes a good place for savvy domainers to catch some really good ones at cheap price. Perhaps there are too many sellers than actual buyers over there.
I have made some small sales, but getting bids on higher price is really tough there.

 

[NameFit]

Let me ask everyone this question, if you have a legitimate business need (meaning you are the end-user) which sites you would go to ? I think domain listing sites like buydomains/hugedomains etc. or directly type in the browser and contact the seller if there is a landing page. But you would not go to sites like flippa/ebay etc. Do not think so.

If you are just a reseller/flipper - then you may go to such sites. And that is why the profit margin is very low. Real profit margin comes from end-users.

 

[Compassion]

It is typically a buyers market

I have had some modest successes there - particularly with the Fixed/BIN/Make offer method.

A few samples (all sold by Fixed/Make offer)

P/o/k/e/r/S/t/a/t/e/./c/o/m for $1500 (hand reg) (many years ago)
N/e/w/Y/o/r/k/N/e/u/r/o/s/u/r/g/e/o/n/./c/o/m $500 (reg w godaddy code)
T/r/a/f/f/i/c/M/a/i/n/t/e/n/a/n/c/e/./c/o/m $325 (reg w godaddy code)
C/a/l/i/f/o/r/n/i/a/A/u/t/o/m/o/b/i/l/e/s/./c/o/m $325 (reg w godaddy code)
I/s/r/a/e/l/s/./i/n/f/o $180 (Gd $3 reg)


You can target buyers and point them to the listing. Ebay offers a platform most people already have access to and they don't have to pay to become a member.

All but one of these was sold without any targeted emails being sent.

The one that was targeted was the Neuro name - I wrote to about 7 or 8 very targeted buyers - sent them to a fixed price (no best offer) page. The name was purchased by one of them within hours.

This strategy seems like a realistic option to actually make money on ebay - if you have very clearly defined niches in Geo names (.com) Especially useful is the fact that fixed price make it simple and the Fixed/Best offer method eliminates the tedious tenacity necessary to track an auction.