question Ever come across a dropped domain & wonder why?

[WhoaDomain.com]

As one who frequently handregs. I come across domains that I find available that could easily be perfect for big brands like Dial soap (Cleanbody.com fictitious just for example purposes.) or stoppain.com (taken but for example purposes assume as dropped)

domains like this seem to be out there. once owned for years now dropped and no one picked up at expired auctions.

Has anyone ever come across such domains and wonder why?

and also with the same thought also think.

"This domain is better than most of my best domains. How is it this domain is dropped and never picked up again and is "out there"? If such a domain "failed" what chance could my domains have?"

if you have come across such domains and decided not to take it or did take it. please explain why or why not?

most pro domains would simply "walk away" from dropped domains as a "drop" is literally the touch of death.

Yet I hear Mike Mann buys such domains that are "out in the open" after drop and turn around and sell them for thousands for 10,000% profit.

Can someone explain this "phenomena"?

Figured it would be a good conversation piece.

Thanks in advance to anyone who contributes.

 

[Name Trader]

@Avatar629 - You should check it's history at places like archive.org, et al, before you buy. But if you've found a great domain, which has commercial appeal/value, you should register it immediately with a coupon, and take it from there.

 

[Ang]

I think it really depends on market conditions and how long you are willing to wait.

For instance, I have picked up some drops with the intent of selling but know they are for the future when the pool of available names dwindles and the focus shifts again.

A reseller will likely be more concerned with a domain's history of drops than an end user also.

Think about a new business that starts up today and goes searching for a domain that ends up being one you own. Do you think they care that domain was dropped by 3 people over the last 10 years?

 

[wayne wooldridge]

You should also consider the fact that many domains are dropped unintentionally. People forget to renew, or just had it for so long that the credit card on file has expired and/or they miss the emails warning them of the pending deletion. Or quite simply, a domainer that has so many domains at so many different registrars that some are just completely forgotten about.

So, expired domains are not necessarily unwanted or of any lesser value. The age and seo etc that is lost is, more often than not, of no concern to someone who just simply wants the name....

 

[ejorah]

I picked up LoanBro a few days ago and I think it's a good domain for Loan Brokerage Company. As for the reason why it was dropped, maybe, I'm the only one thinking it's a good name.

What do you think?

 

[Grego85]

the fact that a name has dropped before is not a blemish imo.

 

[N-A]

Yet I hear Mike Mann buys such domains that are "out in the open" after drop and turn around and sell them for thousands for 10,000% profit.

A bit of misinformation here. To those who think this is possible, it is, with patience. Go back and read his Tweets to see that he's held these drops for a significant amount of time (years).

 

[Name Trader]

You should also consider the fact that many domains are dropped unintentionally. People forget to renew, or just had it for so long that the credit card on file has expired and/or they miss the emails warning them of the pending deletion. Or quite simply, a domainer that has so many domains at so many different registrars that some are just completely forgotten about.

So, expired domains are not necessarily unwanted or of any lesser value. The age and seo etc that is lost is, more often than not, of no concern to someone who just simply wants the name....

I would guess that 98%+ of any intentional drops are picked up in pre-release auctions or are caught by DropCatch (and others) when they drop. It would be only a very small, tiny percentage, of commercially viable domains that actually drop. IMHO.

 

[wayne wooldridge]

True, and then the times when you have a name picked out that you think is great and it doesn't get picked up, it makes you second guess yourself and wonder "is it really that good?"

 

[doubleU]

Tip: If you spot what you think is a good domain dropping and wonder why the registrant let this happen ?

Check the domain at Whoisology.com, often you get to see other registered domains by the same registrant and sometimes you can find that he/she has many other drops that you can be of similar quality and dropping also !

 

[Name Trader]

@Avatar629 - So what do you think this is worth? For me it doesn't have any value

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I picked up LoanBro a few days ago and I think it's a good domain for Loan Brokerage Company. As for the reason why it was dropped, maybe, I'm the only one thinking it's a good name.

What do you think?

nice one. When you need a loan. who do you ask? a Stranger? or your Bro?

 

[wayne wooldridge]

I would guess that 98%+ of any intentional drops are picked up in pre-release auctions or are caught by DropCatch (and others) when they drop. It would be only a very small, tiny percentage, of commercially viable domains that actually drop. IMHO.

This is true, most do get taken before you even have a chance, but not all.

 

[Name Trader]

Yep. But luck is just a small part, (or is that 100% part?) for any domains which don't get picked up, and have commercial value. Talking about .com's at least.

 

[Name Trader]

@Avtar629 - Then I don't understand why you haven't done so, already. What's holding you back?

 

[Name Trader]

@wesley sweatman - Because it had 1.5M backlinks, maybe?

 

[Kate]

It was originally posted for sale on Godaddy for $300,000. Then dropped.

Actually this is one reason why viable domains drop: they are priced for sale at ridiculous amounts. After a few years, the domain holder is fed up and drops the domain. Then somebody else will try again with the same domain. That might work or not, depending on the strategy and timing (the buyer may not materialize for a long time).
We would see more sales if domains were priced realistically.

 

[Name Trader]

Sorry. I mean unintentional drops. But you got what I meant

 

[wayne wooldridge]

Yes, I figured you just skipped the "un" lol.

Alas, the true challenge is finding the gems that won't be caught by the other DC's, but I think sometimes it has more to do with luck than anything else.

 

[Name Trader]

Yep. That made me laugh

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I picked up this one a while back. It was dropped.

CoinBitcoin.com
and got
CoinBitcoin.net
and
CoinBitcoin.org

to create a "case pack".

It was originally posted for sale on Godaddy for $300,000. Then dropped.

someone thought there was value in this domain. until the bottom fell out with bitcoins a little while back.

I think with the price of bitcoin at around $600 again. I think it will be a good sign again.

$300,000? lol

it does have the "drop" as a blemish to it.

I like that it covers all the spectrum of the Cryptocurrency niche.

Covers ALL "Coins" plus mentions "Bitcoin" in the domain.

great for SEO I'm thinking?

 

[Potential.Domains]

Whether a domain name is dropped, expired or available to hand-register; as far as it is pronounceable, brandable and I can see a potential end-user paying good $$$ for it, would definitely go for it.

A very good example is RiteCapital.com, which was once used by an international company in the human capital / financial space (checked archive.org).

The aforementioned dropped domain was recently hand-registered again, but this was after spending a couple of days researching the potential of a sale to an end-user.

Never really bothered with "why the domain was dropped" (as this can happen for a number of reasons). Rather, main focus after discovering the gem was "how much can this name sell for?", and taking it from there.

All that being said, you can find gems anywhere...

 

[deez007]

I think in many cases when you find a good dropped domain it could be an Internet marketer, who bought the domain with the intention to develop it but never got down to actually doing it. I have done this way to many times myself. Many Internet marketers are not domainers, some focus purely on Internet marketing..

 

[aramyus]

I have no idea for sure......but perhaps it's the sheer volume of domains that are expiring, I suppose some will just slip through the cracks..

From what I see, the domainers inspect expired domains in the following ways:
- short domains or remarkable patterns such as ABBBA
- full word domains
- PBN domains based on seo criteria
- keyword domains are more difficult to inspect. expireddomains.net is probably the best tool around, but they miss many domains, in particular prefix/suffixes
- invented domains are not inspected. No tool is available as far as I know.

 

[frostify]

When I was 16 the domain Nup.com dropped and I paid $250 BIN on GD auctions, I sold it on Flippa for $25K (my cut was only $21K after broker fees) and that's how I got my car. I really wonder why someone would have let a LLL drop.