various Report Completed Domain Name Sales Here

[RJ]

This thread is a central location to report domain name sales of any dollar amount.

As much information as you can include about the transaction is welcome, but at a bare minimum please include the domain name(s), the sale price, and whether you were the seller.

Good luck with your sales!

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• Discuss and Report Any Details of Domain Name Sales

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Suggested template (bold details are required):

Domain name:

Sale venue:​

Listing type:​

Listing upgrades:​

Seller:​

Asking price:​

Sale price:​

Purchase venue:​

Purchase price:​

Details:​

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Suggested values / explanations:

• Sale venue: Sold at NamePros, outbound direct, inbound direct, etc.
• Listing type: Make Offer, Fixed price, Auction, Auction with Buy-It-Now, Reverse auction, etc.
• Listing upgrades: Premium package, featured listing, etc.
• Seller: me, a friend, a friend of a friend, a colleague, someone else, unknown, etc.
• Purchase venue: Where (and the year) the seller purchased the domain name originally.
• Details: Any additional details about the domain name like how you bought it, how long you had it before it sold, its age, etc.

Examples:

Domain name: ThisDomain.com​

Sale venue: NamePros (2016)​

Listing type: Make offer with Buy-It-Now​

Listing upgrades: Featured listing​

Seller: Me​

Asking price: $950​

Sale price: $830​

Purchase venue: NamePros (2015)​

Purchase price: $25​

Details: Acquired from a reseller. 5 years old domain. Had for 1 year before resold.​

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Domain name: ThatDomain.com​

Sale venue: GoDaddy Auctions (2012)​

Listing type: 7-day Public Auction​

Listing upgrades: N/A​

Seller: Someone else​

Asking price: N/A​

Sale price: $60​

Purchase venue: Hand registration (2009)​

Purchase price: $8​

Details: I watched its auction. The auction description said it was hand-registered the same day it dropped (from expiration).​

Important:

• If you don't want to provide any other information about the sale besides what you've posted, then include "no further details" or "NFD" in your post.

 

[Manusakos]

Sold SelfDrivingAuto•com for $14,750
hand reg
inbound

Congrats!
Great Name, Great ROI, Well Done!

 

[Isibor Imieka]

Sold SelfDrivingAuto•com for $14,750
hand reg
inbound

Congrats, great sale. Do you use your own landing page?

 

[Haykay2005]

Great sale at $14,750.
Do you often sell hand-regs for 4-5 figures? Did you have a BIN price?

Most handreg in that niche sold for 4 to 5 figures. I still believe some money left on the table. Selfdrivingcars.com recently sold for 7 figure (not handreg though) while the owner of the singular version is asking for 950k

 

[Crysis]

Selfdrivingcars.com recently sold for 7 figure (not handreg though)

Source?

 

[1Darko]

eFollows.com $100
Loon.io $104
Justvisits.com $35
eAntivirus c.o.m $2150

Flippa auctions

eAntivirus.com is again up on Flippa auctions!?

 

[Haykay2005]

Source?

The buyer himself confirmed it. It was a private sale. I think i later saw a link to that. Let me check and get back you
Edited : check this link

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/selfdrivingcars-com-driverlesscars-com-acquired-100000207.html

 

[Crysis]

The buyer himself confirmed it. It was a private sale. I think i later saw a link to that. Let me check and get back you
Edited : check this link

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/selfdrivingcars-com-driverlesscars-com-acquired-100000207.html

Thanks! I saw this link before. But, there is no mention of SelfDrivingCars.com being sold for 7 figures.

However, in the below blog, there is a comment by "Sean Caywood" saying that they paid 6 figure plus for most of the self driving car domain names.

http://domainnamewire.com/2016/02/01/self-driving-car-domains-will-win/

"Mostly sales were in the 6 figure plus range for most of the names. I can’t disclose prices. Thanks for asking"

 

[Haykay2005]

Thanks! I saw this link before. But, there is no mention of SelfDrivingCars.com being sold for 7 figures.

However, in the below blog, there is a comment by "Sean Caywood" saying that they paid 6 figure plus for most of the self driving car domain names.

http://domainnamewire.com/2016/02/01/self-driving-car-domains-will-win/

"Mostly sales were in the 6 figure plus range for most of the names. I can’t disclose prices. Thanks for asking"

That was before selfdrivingcars.com acquisition and 6 figure plus means what?

 

[JudgeMind]

Flippa sales

BitcoinWolf .com $105
WallDecor. Net $335
Hemps .net $350

Paid < $80 for all

 

[zibero]

HorsRail - 320 GBP
FreshTruffles - 250 EUR
co .uk

fasthosts promotion...

 

[NamesMax]

DrupalSolution <.> com

Sold $150 from Efty landing page (negotiated)

Won in a NamePros auction for $13 last Sept. Thank you @NamePrime

Much greater value potential, but August is a heavy Renewal month so I decided to accumulate some cash.

 

[NamePrime]

DrupalSolution <.> com

Sold $150 from Efty landing page (negotiated) last Sept

Won in a NamePros auction for $13 Thank you @NamePrime

Much greater value potential, but August is a heavy Renewal month so I decided to accumulate some cash.

Happy to be of service!

Several members here have actually flipped domains they won at my auctions.

 

[Federer]

Just sold
- CLS-Inc.com for $1195 (negotiated via incoming lead @Afternic)
- MPFS.co.uk for £850 (negotiated via incoming lead @Sedo)

 

[Brand Consultants]

Cryptometer.com - $588

Afternic BIN

It was picked up in a package for a few bucks.

 

[Skumars]

Great .CO sale there. Holding time?
Has anyone else sold .CO keyword/brand domains over the past few months?

Just sold "e/C/r/e/d/i/t/s.co" (remove /) via After-nic ($1000 listing, $800 to get after 20% commission) Selling date 19 July 2017
Money is pending arrival...

 

[treasure28]

Just sold "e/C/r/e/d/i/t/s.co" (remove /) via After-nic ($1000 listing, $800 to get after 20% commission) Selling date 19 July 2017
Money is pending arrival...

.co seems to be making wave with good keywords though. IMO

 

[Haris]

I don't like .io at all, it's not input/output it's indian ocean! If it has to be a cctld or ngtld, I would choose .co, .tech or even .app but I don't like .io at all.

My brother is a data scientist, he wants a domain and he wants a damn .io. I keep telling him that he should buy a 2 word .com instead of .io but doesn't get it.

With that said, there is no doubt that .io domains are selling like hotcakes.

My first $xxxx sale was F/i/s/s/i/o/n dot io, sold for $1499 via GoDaddy Brokerage. It's currently developed. Even though it sold, I don't consider that a good purchase because there was no guarantee it will sell. I got lucky.

Enough rambling.

Domain name: F/u/l/c/r/u/m dot io
Sale venue: NameCheap, inbound
Listing type: Make Offer at Efty, BIN at AfterNic/Sedo .. read details!
Listing upgrades: None
Seller: Me, of course
Asking price: USD 4999
Initial Offer: USD 5200 (lol) .. read details!!!
Sale Price: USD 5460
Purchase price: $60 something + 1 year renewal. Total = about $95

Details Details Details:

Not a random one word .io guys. I bought it so that I could sell it to The/Fulcrum dot io or Fulcrum/App dot com or Fulcrum/io dot com. So there were a few potential buyers I could contact. No risk. I didn't email them though, I was waiting for them to contact me.

Since then, I received many offers from random people but not the above listed companies, max offer was $750 I think. I rejected them all. The lowest I was trying to sell was for $2500. I wouldn't do that if it was a random .io, but I knew that the above buyers would benefit the most from the domain and they might pay $xxxx for this, especially The/Fulcrum dot io, since they got funded $3.4 million in May 2017.

July 10, received USD 5200 offer from this guy through Efty landing page, seemed like he was trying to hide his identity but can't say for sure. Tried to connect the dots but couldn't find anything.

"I am interested in this domain. Please list fulcrum (dot) io on Namecheap as I would much prefer to go through them."

This is the 2nd or 3rd time I have received an offer higher than the BIN/asking price!! LOL
I immediately went to Afternic and Sedo and increased the price for $4999 to $7999. If the potential buyer saw the original asking price, he would've decreased his offer.

I was curious, why would someone offer so much for an .io, and fulcrum is not really a great word imo. I also wondered why would they ask me to list the domain at NameCheap marketplace, they charge 10% fee. I thought it was a fake offer. But I always reply to all offers.

I accepted the offer and told them I could sell the domain through Escrow.com or NameSilo.com's escrow service because of low fees and other benefits. They looked into both services but refused to use them because he wanted to use PayPal to pay and NameSilo doesn't support PayPal purchases that are over $5,000. I also had never used NameCheap marketplace and asked them questions about their marketplace. They receive and disburse payments only via PayPal doesn't matter what the amount is. The only problem was the 10% fees. The buyer had used Namecheap in the past with no problems so he trusted them a lot especially with such a large purchase. Buyer said he is willing to subsidize part of the fees.

I asked him what is the intended use, as I was curious about his offer. He replied: "I'm an app developer and would like to use the domain to set up to showcase my apps.". Maybe, But I don't believe him, maybe he is a part of The/Fulcrum dot io, time will tell. I am getting more than what I was asking for. I don't mind if it's that company.

We agreed at USD 5460, in order to split the fees, and I was going to receive USD 4914 after the NameCheap commission. I listed the domain at NameCheap marketplace on July 14 and after making me wait for 2 weeks, buyer paid today. NameCheap has confirmed funds have been received and they'll pay me in 4-5 days.

Finally, I hate .io but .io loves me. I will be taking advantage of similar opportunities

Feel free to ask questions.

Yours freakin' truly,

Haris
The Best Domainer Of The End-Times
HeroNames.com

 

[Marshall]

Sold VirtualStagingService.com back in March

Domain name: VirtualStagingService.com
Sale Venue: Outbound
Seller: Me
Sale price: $450
Purchase price: reg fee
Details: sold 6 days after registering

Great sale, congrats.
Would like to know what was the Registrar? Is that GoDaddy?
Assuming cause everyone seems to prefer GD for Domain push as you can only push not transfer within 60 days of reg.

 

[Silentptnr]

Sold Today (I'm just back from vacation )

Domain Name: HalloThere[dot]com
Sale Venue: Prycr.com/Efty
Sale Type: Make Offer
Offer Amount: $500.00
Sale Price: $500.00
Purchase Price: $1.99 Dotster
Purchase Date: October 2016
Status: Payment Received/Completed

 

[TLA215]

Great sale, congrats.
Would like to know what was the Registrar? Is that GoDaddy?
Assuming cause everyone seems to prefer GD for Domain push as you can only push not transfer within 60 days of reg.

Thanks. Godaddy

 

[usernamex]

I love IO until it's time to renew : crying :

Thank you for the details @Haris - Great Sale!

1] The domain was already registered at NameCheap, correct? If so, then selling in their marketplace was super easy and buyer got push faster than waiting for transfer, correct?
2] If you had listed the domain at NameSilo, you would have had to transfer the domain there first, correct?
Until this moment I thought nSilo didn't do IO, must be recently added $43

 

[Haris]

I love IO until it's time to renew : crying :

Thank you for the details @Haris - Great Sale!

1] The domain was already registered at NameCheap, correct? If so, then selling in their marketplace was super easy and buyer got push faster than waiting for transfer, correct?
2] If you had listed the domain at NameSilo, you would have had to transfer the domain there first, correct?
Until this moment I thought nSilo didn't do IO, must be recently added $43

1) Correct, and correct. The only negative was that NameCheap emailed me regarding the sale about 12 hours after the sale. I already had checked my account when the domain sold, but didn't receive an email at that time.

2) Yes I would be required to transfer to NameSilo but that was not a problem. NameSilo.com's escrow fees would be 3% as the buyer would've paid via wire. So, 5200 x 3% = $156 + $43 transfer fees. Would've saved me $86. No big deal though. Buyers must be comfortable, that should be our priority.

 

[Joe N]

Recent sale to report:

Domain Name: The/Baby/Diaries[dot]com
Sale Venue: Private
Sale Type: Outbound
Asking price: $1295.00
Sale Price: $500.00
Purchase Price: $10 (hand reg) + 1 year renewal
Purchase Date: Jan 2016

Big discrepancy between asking price and sale price here. The reason being that I only had one or two good end users. I regged this as one of my first names ever.

I had approached the eventual buyer last year, but there was no interest at that time. Followed up again this year and they said they could do $500, so I took the offer. Still happy with the ROI.

Follow-up works!

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Basically, it was a matter of standing strong in my boots right from the start. Here's how the process went...

It was a young lady who first emailed me with a very brief message: "would you consider selling this domain name?" That's all there was. This strongly indicated to me that this was a VERY serious, interested party. Why? Basic human psychology. Most offers that come through ramble on and either made an offer or ask for a price right from the start. I felt this was someone who knew how to play the game -- they wanted ME to make the first move in the price war.

I decided to NOT respond to that first email to test my theory. If they WERE as interested in the name as I suspected, they would ask again soon. Sure enough, 3 days later I received another email with another very brief message asking the same question as before. I waited 2 days this time then replied with "I wouldn't rule it out, but it would have to be a very substantial offer as I'm currently using this domain for my business. Have a nice day."

The next day, an even shorter email from her: "What is 'substantial?'" I replied the next day with "I would not consider any offers of less than $12,000."

Several days later she emailed me with: "Is there any way you could take $4,000 for it?" (Now mind you, I knew I had a serious buyer on my hands at this point, and it was time to really play the game). I waited several days to let them sweat a bit and let them wonder if I dropped the issue because of their low offer. I finally replied to the lady with: "I'm sorry, but as I mentioned last week, I can't consider any offers of less than $12,000 as I am using this for my business".

She replied within hours this time (I sensed she was growing impatient) and said: "Can I have my boyfriend call you? He's better at negotiating".

Now THERE'S a dead giveaway! I gave her my phone number, and the next day I got the call from a very friendly down-to-earth gentleman: "Hi Gene, me and my girlfriend are starting a business and we're interested in your domain name. I could pay you $5,000 right now... and use escrow.com for the transaction -- I'll even pay the fees".

At this point I acted like I was growing very impatient. I explained to him everything I told his 'girlfriend', and nicely said g'bye.

Because of many things he said in our conversation, I suspected that this 'couple' were actually working for a major corp somewhere, acting as a mom & pop business.

He called the next day and left a message on my answering machine (I was expecting this would happen, so I didn't pick up the phone). "Hey Gene, we've been thinking about it and we decided we could go up to $10,000. Please let me know if we can make a deal -- call me as soon as you can".

I waited 2 days, called him back and after a bit of small-talk I said "it's been nice talking with you and I really wish you well in your new venture, but $12,000 is my absolute lowest starting point". (notice the key words "starting point"... I intentionally used those words so as to give the impression that I may even try to negotiate a higher price if you gave me time to think about it!). I got off the phone quickly, and waited for him to make his last move. He called that evening and accepted the $12,000 price. He began the escrow, I transferred the domain and I had the bank-check in hand about 10 days later.

Patience is your best friend in this business!

Gene

Thank you very much for such a detailed post that I think will be very helpful to a lot of us starting out in this domain investing business and who are not naturally good negotiators!

 

[jideofor]

Thank you very much for such a detailed post that I think will be very helpful to a lot of us starting out in this domain investing business and who are not naturally good negotiators!

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