I've been a member of this forum for a few years now and know a little but nowhere near as much some others. The sample size is small and I speak with relatively little experience.
Had a portfolio of new g's and com (around 400ish) but now only hold a few names (<50) and nearly all .com.
During this time, I've probably received less than 40 end user enquiries on my names and I'd say around 5-7 of those were genuine end users.
Of that number, maybe only 2-3 had the kind of funds that might result in a $XX,XXX+ sale and for whatever reason it never quite materialised.
I only ever received 1 inquiry for a new gtld domain, despite them representing around 30% of my portfolio and the buyer vanished after I asked $3k for a nice .property domain that cost me $150 ish to register and same for renewal.
Sold 3 .com names to end users in the same period for between $1-$2k a piece but one of those was outbound.
Sold many more .com names to other domainers for handsome profits in the same period. In truth, I'd say around 90% of the money I've made was through selling .com to other domainers. The fact that they are happy to pay sometimes 100x what I bought the name for, tells me I can pick a name and if I had strong hands, would probably make a good deal more holding them and waiting for an end user. I couldn't wait and took the money. 100% of my sales to domainers, where I've made a profit, have been .com domains. I've never resold a ngtld to a reseller for a profit. I've let really good ngtld names drop because nobody would pay me for them but I know that many have since been picked up by domainers that'd rather pay godaddy or whomever instead.
I don't buy new g's anymore because I know end users won't come along as often as they will for my .com names and if I need to get rid of them, there isn't a reseller market. I still hold one or two that have low renewals and I'm comfortable with the risk as long as they are top quality and represent <5% of my total portfolio. 5% is probably too high really but I factor in the potential upside of adoption in the next 30 years leading to the price of a premium newg being roughly equivalent of the .com counterpart today. Wishful perhaps but I'm happy enough with it for now.
From a relatively small sample size, I've estimated that the chance of a good .com domain selling (inbound) to an end user for a top price is probably only around 1% but maybe as low as 0.5% per year.
In my experience, the chance of a ngtld sale, at a price that would represent a markup of 20-30 times the price of registration, is around 0.02% or less per year. I'm basing this upon the number of enquiries received vs my .com names and then tried to factor in the percentage of those offers that would be serious, then narrowed it once more through differences between buyer and seller's valuation, ultimately resulting in one or the other walking. I haven't got the numbers to draw firm conclusions so it's a best guess.
I want all my names to do well and if I sell one, don't really care what the extension is. I am a little perturbed though, that by far my worst performing names over the years have been ngtld's, which also happen to be the most expensive.
I wondered what other medium term holding, mixed portfolio domainer's experiences have been so far?
Had a portfolio of new g's and com (around 400ish) but now only hold a few names (<50) and nearly all .com.
During this time, I've probably received less than 40 end user enquiries on my names and I'd say around 5-7 of those were genuine end users.
Of that number, maybe only 2-3 had the kind of funds that might result in a $XX,XXX+ sale and for whatever reason it never quite materialised.
I only ever received 1 inquiry for a new gtld domain, despite them representing around 30% of my portfolio and the buyer vanished after I asked $3k for a nice .property domain that cost me $150 ish to register and same for renewal.
Sold 3 .com names to end users in the same period for between $1-$2k a piece but one of those was outbound.
Sold many more .com names to other domainers for handsome profits in the same period. In truth, I'd say around 90% of the money I've made was through selling .com to other domainers. The fact that they are happy to pay sometimes 100x what I bought the name for, tells me I can pick a name and if I had strong hands, would probably make a good deal more holding them and waiting for an end user. I couldn't wait and took the money. 100% of my sales to domainers, where I've made a profit, have been .com domains. I've never resold a ngtld to a reseller for a profit. I've let really good ngtld names drop because nobody would pay me for them but I know that many have since been picked up by domainers that'd rather pay godaddy or whomever instead.
I don't buy new g's anymore because I know end users won't come along as often as they will for my .com names and if I need to get rid of them, there isn't a reseller market. I still hold one or two that have low renewals and I'm comfortable with the risk as long as they are top quality and represent <5% of my total portfolio. 5% is probably too high really but I factor in the potential upside of adoption in the next 30 years leading to the price of a premium newg being roughly equivalent of the .com counterpart today. Wishful perhaps but I'm happy enough with it for now.
From a relatively small sample size, I've estimated that the chance of a good .com domain selling (inbound) to an end user for a top price is probably only around 1% but maybe as low as 0.5% per year.
In my experience, the chance of a ngtld sale, at a price that would represent a markup of 20-30 times the price of registration, is around 0.02% or less per year. I'm basing this upon the number of enquiries received vs my .com names and then tried to factor in the percentage of those offers that would be serious, then narrowed it once more through differences between buyer and seller's valuation, ultimately resulting in one or the other walking. I haven't got the numbers to draw firm conclusions so it's a best guess.
I want all my names to do well and if I sell one, don't really care what the extension is. I am a little perturbed though, that by far my worst performing names over the years have been ngtld's, which also happen to be the most expensive.
I wondered what other medium term holding, mixed portfolio domainer's experiences have been so far?
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