discuss Investing in the domains that were sold before ?

[poweredbyme]

I recently bought a domain that was sold in 2012. I paid approx. 1% of the past price in 2012. I bought it privately, namebio will show only the past price, not my purchase price.

Is this a good strategy?
Are past sale prices most reliable appraisal compared to automated/manual appraisals?
How long past prices are reliable, 5 years, 10 years, 15 years?

 

[hookbox]

I recently bought a domain that was sold some years ago. I paid approx. 1% of the past price in 2012. I bought it privately, namebio will show only the past price, not my purchase price.

Is this a good strategy?
Are past sale prices most reliable appraisal compared to automated/manual appraisals?
How long past prices are reliable, 5 years, 10 years, 15 years?

Just be careful its not tainted in any way. I bought a domain once and didn't do my due diligence and ended up finding out it was a porn site before. Live and learn.

 

[poweredbyme]

Just be careful its not tainted in any way. I bought a domain once and didn't do my due diligence and ended up finding out it was a porn site before. Live and learn.

What's wrong with this?

I see on namebio that porn dot com was sold for $9.5 M in 2007. If the owner wanted to sell it for $95k would you buy it?

 

[Internet.Domains]

Without knowing the domain, I would guess that buying a domain for 1% of the previous purchase price could leave room for a decent return.

 

[BuyBrandWeb.com]

Domain trends changes time to time. MarketingToday.com sold for 1,500,000 usd in 2005 but it's worth low xxxxx usd in the current market.

Crypto domains were selling for thousands of dollars last year but all the crazy gone now.

Before careful while investing!

 

[poweredbyme]

Domain trends changes time to time. MarketingToday.com sold for 1,500,000 usd in 2005 but it's worth low xxxxx usd in the current market.

2005 is almost 15 years ago. I understand from your example that past prices may not be a reliable indicator after 15 years. Of course this is not valid for all domains that were sold 15+ years ago. But your example gives a valuable insight. Thanks.

 

[Internet.Domains]

Crypto domains were selling for thousands of dollars last year but all the crazy gone now.

Crypto domains for 1% of the previous purchase price? I am a buyer.

 

[poweredbyme]

Crypto domains for 1% of the previous purchase price? I am a buyer.

I think it will take 3+ years. Namebio shows me that "crypto" names started to sell actively 2 years ago.
In my theory, to buy way cheaper than the past price, 5+ years must be passed.
If this theory is corect, only the domains that were sold before 2014 must be targeted.

 

[barman]

I like names with previous sales, especially if I get them cheap. Of course, its important to follow the trends... I bought a keyword name for $600 that sold for $3,000 back in the day when keyword names were hotter, so its value might be overblown.

But overall, I like names that have sold before (retail prices though, i don't care if some other domainer bought a name for $100)

 

[bmugford]

A sale in the past just shows someone was interested in the past. There are many outlier sales, so I would consider it on a case by case basis.

Brad

 

[dande]

A serious end user who's interested in getting a good domain for business don't care about past sales.

 

[forge]

Crypto domains were selling for thousands of dollars last year but all the crazy gone now.

Nicely put.

 

[forge]

Some sales are simply not legitimate, or were never completed; more of those exist than the reporters would care to admit.

I've been caught in this reality firsthand (more than once). Just need to exercise caution.

 

[Kate]

At least on one occasion I sold a domain twice (a few years apart of course). So it depends. Whether it sold in the past is not an important criterion though.

 

[hookbox]

What's wrong with this?

I see on namebio that porn dot com was sold for $9.5 M in 2007. If the owner wanted to sell it for $95k would you buy it?

I bought a name that wasn't meant for porn and couldn't sell it because of all the negative things that had been associated to the name. Its totally different then what you mean.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I admit that I have done it once (at least) and the fact the domain had sold before for a reasonable amount did influence slightly my choice to acquire it when I could for a truly tiny amount (I think 1/250 what it sold for previously). But the prior sale should not be our major reason to acquire it. As always the key question is would multiple end users find value in the name, and does it fit with your personal brand domain wise.

This is probably stating the obvious, but some names that went for a lot in past are essentially worthless now. Your domain names about VCRs, audio cassettes, 8 tracks, and DOS are probably not going to sell for past prices!

Bob

 

[Bannen]

This is probably stating the obvious, but some names that went for a lot in past are essentially worthless now. Your domain names about VCRs, audio cassettes, 8 tracks, and DOS are probably not going to sell for past prices!

Bob

That; and also it depends on who the potential buyers are. If the name is a made-up brandable/trademark and only one company used it, they had a motivation to pay a lot for the domain years, and if they let it drop, it means they're no longer interested. If they were the only logical buyer for the domain, past sales price and present buy price are moot (unless they dropped/lost the domain unintentionally and want it back).

However, if the name has current relevance and many businesses use and would be interested in the word/s, then yes, comparing past sale price to your present buy price can show there's room for profit.