discuss Harder to buy domains dropping on ExpiredDomains.net?

[Jacks86]

I have been buying domains on Expireddomains.net over the last 6 months and usually miss the odd one by a few minutes. Now it seems like there are way more watchers and if 3 or more good names drop, you only have time to buy one. Anyone else noticing this?

Sucks because odds of getting something good is harder now. But at the same time, more domainers would mean less availability, hence supply/demand kicks in and prices rise on everything.

Thoughts?

 

[FPForum]

Watchers? On expireddomains.net? Are you talking about backordering domains from the website?

 

[Jacks86]

For example, when .com domains drop everyday(12pm MT my time), there's the whole list of expiring domains. What I do is manually input the domains I like into GD and if their available, I purchase them. Never done back ordering because I just try and see what's available at that current time.

 

[Simon Taylor]

You are aware there a specific drop catching registers that you are competing against? You would stand little to no chance against them, also there would be users using software such as desktop catcher, again, competing against an automated process would see you miss out most of the time.
I'm sure there would be some people also doing what you do manually.

 

[Jacks86]

I know, odds of getting a good domain with all those programs and other individuals out there is slim. Competing against the world in domaining is tough, but I have been pretty lucky since I started this and snagged some really good names. Just found it more difficult the last 2 weeks. Today someone dropped a ton of good domains, picked up 2 of the 10 I wanted, better than nothing.

 

[FPForum]

There are so many dropping daily that hidden gems can often be found. So many people are looking for the obvious (4 letter .com's..1 word domains..etc) that they completely miss other good ones.

With just 2 weeks worth of noticing it might be a little hard to tell if there is really an increase. Things have been picking up lately, though. So it's totally possible.

 

[newdandy]

I have been buying domains on Expireddomains.net over the last 6 months and usually miss the odd one by a few minutes. Now it seems like there are way more watchers and if 3 or more good names drop, you only have time to buy one. Anyone else noticing this?

Sucks because odds of getting something good is harder now. But at the same time, more domainers would mean less availability, hence supply/demand kicks in and prices rise on everything.

Thoughts?

Hand reg with Expireddomains.net are waste of money and time.

 

[Jacks86]

Hand reg with Expireddomains.net are waste of money and time.

Nope, not at all. I've hand reg'd over 1500 domains and sold 500 over the last several months, making a healthy profit. The problem with some domainers is they expect to buy 1 domain for $50-100 and then flip it a day later for 10 times the price. Never works that way, one in a million maybe with some luck.

 

[thebutler]

I know, odds of getting a good domain with all those programs and other individuals out there is slim. Competing against the world in domaining is tough, but I have been pretty lucky since I started this and snagged some really good names. Just found it more difficult the last 2 weeks. Today someone dropped a ton of good domains, picked up 2 of the 10 I wanted, better than nothing.

I think the highlighted term that you mentioned above explains alot. It does depend on the type of domain you want. Have you tracked where these domains you wanted ended up. In China? Or just random people.

 

[Jacks86]

I think the highlighted term that you mentioned above explains alot. It does depend on the type of domain you want. Have you tracked where these domains you wanted ended up. In China? Or just random people.

Oh for sure, when a domain drops it's luck of the draw. Before I could wait for all domains to drop in the hour and go through slowly. Now I need to have my eyes glued, specific parameters set in the advanced search, etc etc. Even with that, it's been more difficult to buy domains. I just see a huge jump in interest back to domain buying, but without the bubble that occurred in 2001. The world was not mobile 15 years in a sense of smart phones, wireless, fast internet, etc. Now the tech space is getting bigger by the day and more people are finding out about domaining, so it's an inevitable thing.

 

[Jacks86]

I haven't checked where the domains I wanted went, but selling wise it's been all over the map.

 

[SupNames]

Nope, not at all. I've hand reg'd over 1500 domains and sold 500 over the last several months, making a healthy profit. The problem with some domainers is they expect to buy 1 domain for $50-100 and then flip it a day later for 10 times the price. Never works that way, one in a million maybe with some luck.

Agree - I have had some good luck there as well, but it has been tougher over the past few months.
You can make a decent profit if you sell more domains at a reasonable price rather than wait around for that big score. Just keep the cash flowing

 

[newdandy]

Nope, not at all. I've hand reg'd over 1500 domains and sold 500 over the last several months, making a healthy profit. The problem with some domainers is they expect to buy 1 domain for $50-100 and then flip it a day later for 10 times the price. Never works that way, one in a million maybe with some luck.

that means you made $20k-40k. where you sell them.

 

[Jacks86]

that means you made $20k-40k. where you sell them.

I wish. I sell at high volume, low prices. But I have the Canadian/US dollar conversion advantage right now, so that helps quite a bit. Hand reg a domain for $10US, sell it for $15-20US and then a 30% premium when I convert it. It's worth it when there's many domains and it's short term. I have some better ones that I've never listed before, but those are for websites that I'm planning to do.

 

[cocaseco]

You are buying the leftovers that nobody wanted. All of the good domains are caught by someone. sure you can occasionally find a decent domain, but they are second or third tier good, at best. Doesn't mean you can't sell them, but if you want the best you have to be involved with the drop in one way or another before they appear at exprieddomains.

 

[Jacks86]

You are buying the leftovers that nobody wanted. All of the good domains are caught by someone. sure you can occasionally find a decent domain, but they are second or third tier good, at best. Doesn't mean you can't sell them, but if you want the best you have to be involved with the drop in one way or another before they appear at exprieddomains.

Cocaseco, I agree. Need to learn how to watch and backorder domains. Never done that before, I guess it's just a matter of looking up when domains drop, putting them on backorder and getting GD to auto buy them for me when they expire.

Leftovers have done ok for me thus far though:D. Even some of the hand reg'd stuff I got has been decent. Only sold a couple domains before for more than $50 and that was adoze.net for $200 and farmanimals.org for $250.

I kind of fooled myself because I got lucky on the first domain. When I started this I was watching domains strictly on pagerank, picked up farmanimals.org in May which was a PR6, and it sold on GD auction. Then I thought this was easy and went on a buying spree. Sold many domains but never got back to that high price, even though I picked up many other PR5-6 domains. Now I go by SG(Monthly searches)

 

[Galleshem]

Cocaseco, I agree. Need to learn how to watch and backorder domains. Never done that before, I guess it's just a matter of looking up when domains drop, putting them on backorder and getting GD to auto buy them for me when they expire.

Leftovers have done ok for me thus far though:D. Even some of the hand reg'd stuff I got has been decent. Only sold a couple domains before for more than $50 and that was adoze.net for $200 and farmanimals.org for $250.

I kind of fooled myself because I got lucky on the first domain. When I started this I was watching domains strictly on pagerank, picked up farmanimals.org in May which was a PR6, and it sold on GD auction. Then I thought this was easy and went on a buying spree. Sold many domains but never got back to that high price, even though I picked up many other PR5-6 domains. Now I go by SG(Monthly searches)

Your business plan is very interesting.

How much monthly searches minimum do you look for to decide if the domain is worth registering or not?

Where are you selling such a high quantity of domains so fast?

 

[Jacks86]

Your business plan is very interested.

How much monthly searches minimum do you look for to decide if the domain is worth registering or not?

Where are you selling such a high quantity of domains so fast?

When I search on Expired Domains, I ususally make sure the SG is at least 1000 per month. 15 characters max, no numbers, hyphens. Then I will sort a list by SG and try to look it up myself on Google to see what comes up. 1-2 words is what I usually like, unless its a very strong 3 word combo.

 

[Galleshem]

When I search on Expired Domains, I ususally make sure the SG is at least 1000 per month. 15 characters max, no numbers, hyphens. Then I will sort a list by SG and try to look it up myself on Google to see what comes up. 1-2 words is what I usually like, unless its a very strong 3 word combo.

Thanks. And where are you selling such a high quantity of domains so fast?

 

[Jacks86]

Thanks. And where are you selling such a high quantity of domains so fast?

All over to be honest. Different forums, GD, Flippa, the odd sale from a random individual inquiring(those are the best but hardest to get)