Leaving domain life?

[lknights1987]

No sales in the past 7 months. I'm not in profit.

I've reduced prices on all my domain names but still nothing so considering leaving domaining. All my domains (250 ) are listed on sedo , afternic and dan.

Those that have come away from domaining did you just let your domains expire or reduce the price to 2 figures ?

 

[Swift Kick]

the best way is to test. Lower to low two digits three months before exp.

 

[pb]

It definitely won't hurt to try and sell the domains here on namepros, try putting up a list with low BINs and some might sell. I mean, if you decided to quit anyway, you might at least recover part of the costs.
Some domains might fare better at auctions, even starting from $1. I believe sav and dynadot give such possibility, but godaddy disabled it - check with your registrar. Auctions on namepros are also a thing, but it will be hard to put 250 domains at auction if they expire close to each other, due to thread limits.

 

[DomainGist]

Liquidate at wholesale prices on Namepros & DNWE.com

Obviously going to be better to try and flog a few rather than let them expire, you'll claw back some cash.

I can see domains in your portfolio that would get bids in expired domain auctions, why allow the registrars to take that money when you can claw it back yourself?

 

[bmugford]

Those that have come away from domaining did you just let your domains expire or reduce the price to 2 figures ?

It's not even worth the effort in my view.

You will probably sell a handful, and the rest will expire anyway.

I guess on the flipside, it is better to recoup some money (if you can) than take a total loss.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

I personally just drop domains that I don't have faith in.

The culling process is part of the domain business. Unless you own all top tier domains, which is rare.

Brad

 

[chuckworries]

if you don't mind inbox me your portfolio i would like to have a look.

 

[alcy]

I sold many names I wont renew on sav. avg sale price was 2usd. of course many didnt sell at all. rough guess.. 500 listings and some 300 sold. just paid out 600usd a day ago. first payout there. for that sav much better than dyna. but i had half decent handpicked stuff avg 3yr old... if all u got is recent regs then let it drop or post all bulk sale on np for a few burgers money ...

sales down for all. if u got names u paid over regfee for. keep renewing... cause u never know. but yea... recent regs.. drop all.. and u can always repeat same in future.. with more regs.

it realy all depends what u got. it's best u post them here to value

 

[alcy]

here is pic of my most recent sav sales... for anyone considering.. most my stuff is com... just this batch had some io and vc ... have fun kids

 

[biggie]

did you just let your domains expire

I personally just drop domains that I don't have faith in.

Hi

i'm with Brad on this, i'll just let them expire and watch other domainers fight over them in auction.

imo...

 

[DomainGist]

Hi

i'm with Brad on this, i'll just let them expire and watch other domainers fight over them in auction.

imo...

I don't understand why you and Brad would advocate letting the registrars make the money from these rather than having a go at converting a few into dollars and giving people the chance to grab them on Namepros. If any of them are at GoDaddy it means domainers then have to pay stupid $21 renewal fees if they win them at auction/closeout, rather than winning them on here and transferring to a value for money registrar of their choice.

Better for the domain ecosystem if he attempts to liquidate. He might only make a bit of beer money, but its better than nothing.

He'd get bids / be able to liquidate at at a low price on here for these kings... CleanBin, CodeHeist, CouponDetector, GameConquest, GoElectricals, KindTip, MountEverestSummit, MrRenewable, PrivateJetsUK, RapidImport, RocketFeed, for a start.

He has some decent domains. He has some crap ones as well. But if he's walking way entirely he might as well try and liquidate.

Did you look at the domains before advocating allowing them all to expire? I don't think that is good advice for his entire portfolio. I mean, its good advice for some of them, but some have a value of some sort at wholesale.

 

[DomainGist]

if you don't mind inbox me your portfolio i would like to have a look.

It is in his signature.

 

[bmugford]

I don't understand why you and Brad would advocate letting the registrars make the money from these rather than having a go at converting a few into dollars and giving people the chance to grab them on Namepros. If any of them are at GoDaddy it means domainers then have to pay stupid $21 renewal fees if they win them at auction/closeout, rather than winning them on here and transferring to a value for money registrar of their choice.

Better for the domain ecosystem if he attempts to liquidate. He might only make a bit of beer money, but its better than nothing.

People can do what they want.

I have thousands of domains, so dropping a handful doesn't make much of a difference to me.

To me, my time is worth more than the effort it would take to sell some domains for $XX range.

Did you look at the domains before advocating allowing them all to expire? I don't think that is good advice for his entire portfolio. I mean, its good advice for some of them, but some have a value of some sort at wholesale.

I looked at some. There are some decent (2) word combos that could sell.

No one said to drop every domain. Like I said, I drop the domains I don't have faith in.

Brad

 

[DomainGist]

I have thousands of domains, so dropping a handful doesn't make much of a difference to me.

The difference being then that when you drop domains what you are doing (presumably) is culling the deadwood / your worst domains to maintain the quality of your portfolio and to keep it lean/affordable. Housekeeping if you like. Presumably these domains have little to no wholesale value.

The OP is talking about about a complete exit from domaining, so it would make sense if he tried to claw back a little bit of cash in the process.

 

[anewdomainer]

I've scrolled through your portfolio, to be honest I think the pricing is unrealistic for 99% for your names.

You have a handful of names that are decent which could sell in my opinion if priced correctly. I also think that these handful of names you can sell at wholesale if you are looking for a quick exit.

My advice is if you are going to exit, it is only logical to try to get some money back.

If i was you however, I would sit down and be honest, maybe keep 10-20 of your best names, chalk the rest out as a learning cost, try to get some money back from the rest and build up from there. If a sell comes through from your best names you're back in the game!

Goodluck!

 

[DomainNature]

Another reason for no sales is posting such questions on public forum, I said some times that this forum should be private, only for domainers access, the end users see the weakness in all of us! IMO
edit: i still keep my tech forums private not only due to AI scrapping but due to lazy humans that are lazy to create a free account to talk there.

 

[Recons.Com]

No sales in the past 7 months. I'm not in profit.

I've reduced prices on all my domain names but still nothing so considering leaving domaining. All my domains (250 ) are listed on sedo , afternic and dan.

Those that have come away from domaining did you just let your domains expire or reduce the price to 2 figures ?

Your name selection is not bad. Of course, half of the names are probably good candidates for culling, but the problem with the other half is pricing.

On your site, the prices start from 5k and go into mid 5 figures.

While, most of the names there should be priced in 2k-3.5k range.

 

[DomainGist]

I've scrolled through your portfolio, to be honest I think the pricing is unrealistic for 99% for your names.

His prices aren't the same on Afternic/Godaddy inc his landers.

E.g. CleanBin is $2888 when you search GoDaddy or type it into your browser, but $5000 on his portfolio.

 

[DomainGist]

On your site, the prices start from 5k and go into mid 5 figures.

While, most of the names there should be priced in 2k-3.5k range.

His prices are lower on the landers / Afternic.

Although consistent pricing also important I feel, I notice he has reduced the Afternic prices, but not the Sedo prices!

 

[Domain.Broker]

If you're just looking to change industries or pursue a new lifestyle, I'm all for being brave enough to pursue it - after all, doing what you love is the real joy of life!

If it's only temporarily that you're experiencing some challenges with domain sales, consider the following suggestions:

Evaluate your existing domains and quickly liquidate those with little potential by dropping the price to double digits to reduce holding costs and risk. Disconnecting is also an investment strategy, and sometimes shedding is the only way to better focus on valuable assets.

 

[alcy]

If you're just looking to change industries or pursue a new lifestyle, I'm all for being brave enough to pursue it - after all, doing what you love is the real joy of life!

If it's only temporarily that you're experiencing some challenges with domain sales, consider the following suggestions:

Evaluate your existing domains and quickly liquidate those with little potential by dropping the price to double digits to reduce holding costs and risk. Disconnecting is also an investment strategy, and sometimes shedding is the only way to better focus on valuable assets.

sadly domains dont work this way.. neither do we get to sell quick and at our command nor do we geteasily or quick 2fig per name. if this would be true and 2fig sales were quickly there for all or most names then we would all be rich selling 100k regs for 2fig each.

anyway for anything fast his only option is auction here for mostly 1fig sales. or sav auctions but u need them to be sitting on sav.

everything else is a dream.

 

[DomainGist]

sadly domains dont work this way.. neither do we get to sell quick and at our command nor do we geteasily or quick 2fig per name. if this would be true and 2fig sales were quickly there for all or most names then we would all be rich selling 100k regs for 2fig each.

He didn't say that you can register domains and sell them all for two figures though.

He's merely saying that he should try and sell what he can for two figures before allowing them to expire.

Like people do every day on Namepros. List a load of domains and see which ones sell.

 

[alcy]

He didn't say that you can register domains and sell them all for two figures though.

He's merely saying that he should try and sell what he can for two figures before allowing them to expire.

Like people do every day on Namepros. List a load of domains and see which ones sell.

the point is that he didnt say it's not handregs either

 

[DomainGist]

the point is that he didnt say it's not handregs either

You've got a hell of a lot to say for somebody who hasn't bothered to look at the OPs portfolio.

First domain I've checked.... 14 years, 5 months old.

Second domain I've checked... 18 years, 6 months old.

 

[alcy]

yea ok so what
that's no guarantee he will get 2fig bin on command

it's not even guarantee he will get more than 1fig on auction here

try and he knows