question Is There Any way to Find Out if Domains I Let Expire Were Sold By Someone Else & For How Much or Will That Always Be a Mystery?

[Planet9]

The number one mistake I made about the many domains I Hand Reg was that I let many of them expire without renewing. Is there any way to find out if domains I let expire were sold by someone else & for how much or will that always be a mystery? I don't care what someone may be trying to sell the same domain I gave up for, I just want to kow what it was actually sold for ft it was sold.

 

[Eric Lyon]

The number one mistake I made about the many domains I Hand Reg was that I let many of them expire without renewing. Is there any way to find out if domains I let expire were sold by someone else & for how much or will that always be a mystery? I don't care what someone may be trying to sell the same domain I gave up for, I just want to kow what it was actually sold for ft it was sold.

That can sometimes be interesting if you have the spare time...

1. First: Visit the domain name to see if it's even registered anymore or if it was developed into something.
2. Second: Check NameBio to see if there is an exact match sales report for the domain
3. Third: Check the WayBack Machine to see if there was any history between your drop time and today
4. Fourth: Use NamePros search with just the domain name to see if there were any sales threads or discussions about it.

That may not turn up anything either, but it's a good starting point for your research.

Random Check Example:

• I sold PersonalMuse.com back in 2011 for $54 on NamePros: https://www.namepros.com/threads/personalmuse-com-website-unique-and-original.719777/
• Today, it's listed without a price for sale on BuyDomains
• NameBio has no record of any sales reports for it
• The WayBack Machine has no other developments on it since I sold it in 2011 (2012 to 2025 blank or 403)

So that's a "no action since resale" case. I may check a few more old ones later, just for giggles.

I'm sure you get the idea

 

[Eric Lyon]

Ok, here's an example of one I under sold in a batch deal, which fits better as an example of what you may be wanting to see.

Example of a domain being resold again after i sold it:

• I sold Alarmable (.com) back in 2012 in a package deal of 8 domains. The winning bid was $26 ($26 divided by 8 = $3.25 for the domain)
• NameBio shows Alarmable (.com) resold in 2013 for $467
• Today, Alarmable (.com) is a Godaddy parked page
• WayBack Machine shows that since I sold it in 2012 it's been a lander or parked page

The moral of that story is that the winner of that auction flipped the $3.25 domain they got from me (Bulk average cost break-down) for $467 a year later, making a $464.75 profit (Minus 1 renewal cost).

Not too bad for the winner, huh? Looks like that was @domenfx (That was your reported sale on NameBio right?)

I'm not even going to ask what you profited on the other 7 domains in the 8 domain batch. But then, it was so long ago, you may not remember the sale prices or the other domains since I edited them back out of the list back then once sold.