Most domains for sale here are not good

[brianbrytus]

99% of domain names that i see people posting on here are not good at all. I often wonder why people register them in the first place. Its so rare for me to come across a domain name that actually interests me and when I do, they want way more than what it is actually worth. I also see lots of domains on godaddy auctions sell for way more than they are worth. It seems like domain names are overpriced, except for some of the extremely good ones, one word .com's that often sell for a fair value given their quality and development potential, etc. I would think that in a place with lots of avid domain name enthusiasts, there would be more pickiness when it comes to what people register and sell and not expect outrageous prices for some names. Its so hard to come by a good deal. I made a forum post in the wanted section looking for a good quality .com worth developing with a budget of $1000 and every reply i got had really bad names. A lot of them didnt even make sense. Why is it so hard to find a good domain at a reasonable price? There are so many great domain names floating around but i see mostly bad ones on here. I dont think i am too picky or cheap, i will spend a lot if it is a great name.

 

[bluemeteor]

There are names many people like but willing to pay xxx, and there are names few ppl like but willing to pay for xxxx.

 

[Kuffy]

You might be able to see signatures if you tilt your phone to 'landscape'.

That's a handy tip - thanks for posting that. It works well on my phone.

 

[xynames]

You might be able to see signatures if you tilt your phone to 'landscape'.

On a newer iPhone with iOS 11 this merely splits the screen in half with history bookmarks etc. on the left half.

 

[xynames]

Okay so lately most (not all) of the domains listed here are beyond bad.

 

[xynames]

Take a look at some of the "entire portfolios" being offered for sale here recently, thousands of domains that are, as the title mentions, "not good."

 

[Kuffy]

McDonalds makes more money selling low quality burgers than butchers make selling fillet steak.

 

[xynames]

But what if the cost of maintaining all those crappy hamburgers eats up the paltry profits on the few that might sell?


Also, yours is not even an apposite analogy in that the cost of maintaining the crappy hamburgers (such as for example .xyz domains, and other oddball extensions) may actually be higher than for the fillet dot coms.

Let's not fool ourselves into thinking that all dot coms are fillet either - seeing rows and rows of misguided crappy dot coms for sale too.

 

[xynames]

Yes brianbrytus there is blame on both sides. I recently noticed someone offering to buy "good" "one word" dot coms "paying up to $20."

https://www.namepros.com/threads/is...o-get-a-good-name.1045200/page-3#post-6399026

What would be nice is if these end users who refuse to pay over a few hundred dollars understood that the domains being sold for at or under a few hundred are often crappy ones that were just bought for $8. and are now being pushed for $300.

 

[MapleDots]

99% of domain names that i see people posting on here are not good at all. I often wonder why people register them in the first place. Its so rare for me to come across a domain name that actually interests me and when I do, they want way more than what it is actually worth. I also see lots of domains on godaddy auctions sell for way more than they are worth. It seems like domain names are overpriced, except for some of the extremely good ones, one word .com's that often sell for a fair value given their quality and development potential, etc. I would think that in a place with lots of avid domain name enthusiasts, there would be more pickiness when it comes to what people register and sell and not expect outrageous prices for some names. Its so hard to come by a good deal. I made a forum post in the wanted section looking for a good quality .com worth developing with a budget of $1000 and every reply i got had really bad names. A lot of them didnt even make sense. Why is it so hard to find a good domain at a reasonable price? There are so many great domain names floating around but i see mostly bad ones on here. I dont think i am too picky or cheap, i will spend a lot if it is a great name.

OK, so why would I want to sell my best names to the sharks at namepros?

I would want to sell my bad names to some of the amateurs though.

Enough said

 

[xynames]

You may say that, but then every now and then someone comes along and posts his ENTIRE PORTFOLIO here and among thousands of names each is worse than the other and no better than the "bad names" you mention above, and that are referred to in the title of this thread.

By the way, most of those misspelled names are "bad" in my book.
https://www.namepros.com/threads/aged-domains-question.1046474/page-2#post-6403101

https://www.namepros.com/threads/aged-domains-question.1046474/page-2#post-6411314

https://www.namepros.com/threads/sold-my-first-5-figure-usd-name.1053743/page-5#post-6470758

 

[tonyk2000]

that buy a crappy domain for a few bucks and try selling it to you for hundreds

If they were always pricing their crap for hundreds, I'd call it endusers paradise. As a matter of fact, many of them think that they are "new" Rick Schwartz or Frank Schilling and price their domains in 5-6 figures. I saw this myself, when somebody who I know offline tried to purchase an aftermarket domain and considered a few alternatives, but finally called me and asked how to proceed. "Average" replies he received were something I'd never imagine to be possible (such as somebody from India representing himeself as his own broker and stating something like "if you cannot make six figures offer then the domain is not for you, and I will not tell you the price"). He bought it for <$100 on godaddy expired auctions as I found on namebio (and, honestly, overpaid - the domain was OK for no-bidding closeout only). We ended up with handregging a super perfect .com which (I'd never beleive this) was available... one evening of brandstorming = mission completed.

 

[cooljub]

The big marketplaces might be where you find the most 'premium' names, but that's their thing. namePros is more a of a community than a sales platform. There are some very good names for sale on here too though, you just have to sort out the wheat from the chaff.

 

[xynames]

Here's the definition of good versus bad:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/wh...en-a-good-domain-name-and-a-bad-name.1057047/