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[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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Domain name:​

Sale venue:​

Listing type:​

Listing upgrades:​

Seller:​

Asking price:​

Sale price:​

Purchase venue:​

Purchase price:​

Details:​

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• 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 or comments about the domain name like how you bought it (e.g., hand registration), how long you had it before it sold, its age, whether you did outbound, 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).​

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• 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.

 

[LungioMike]

I use exact search amounts(only check exact search box) and the number is really irrelevant but again all depends on quality of the domain ...

Usually go 100+ range but will go below on occasion...

I will look on google to see if there are advertisers or rankers or both(you see it in their title or description of their ads or SE listings!) and for web based dental software there sure was a few possible end users so I risked the $8 and guess what ? In 24 hours I had made $150-8=$142!

Just shooting out a few emails

Also ... Was hoping to get more ... Believe I quoted in the $800-$900 range to try to get him to go down to like $500 but it didn't work...so I tried to negotiate then sold it at what they were willing to pay.

It's a pretty fast process and an easy one with practice and patience...

I've regd all the domains as well hand reg and use a simple website on my phone to check its called instantdonainsearch.com .... Now though google keyword tool isn't working on my phone so I have to go to my laptop for that but anywho I get a general idea of the quality of the domain by who's advertising / ranking for what terms ...

Last important note... A term gets 58 exact searches a month . Are you just going to say ahh it's only 58 potential leads I'm not going to bother branding / marketing / SEO for that term!

NO! Sure you are going to do that because in something like software you usually get recurring revenue from monthly subscriptions or for certain niches its a bigger fee. You've just got to understand the businesses you are trying to sell the domains too .

You know you are doing it wrong when people say "F off!" Or similar things to your domain pitches

You know you are doing it right when they say "thanks for the domains Mike... Let me know if you have any more in the future" (I actually get this)

So any more questions anyone?

 

[jideofor]

I use exact search amounts(only check exact search box) and the number is really irrelevant but again all depends on quality of the domain ...

Usually go 100+ range but will go below on occasion...

I will look on google to see if there are advertisers or rankers or both(you see it in their title or description of their ads or SE listings!) and for web based dental software there sure was a few possible end users so I risked the $8 and guess what ? In 24 hours I had made $150-8=$142!

Just shooting out a few emails

Also ... Was hoping to get more ... Believe I quoted in the $800-$900 range to try to get him to go down to like $500 but it didn't work...so I tried to negotiate then sold it at what they were willing to pay.

It's a pretty fast process and an easy one with practice and patience...

I've regd all the domains as well hand reg and use a simple website on my phone to check its called instantdonainsearch.com .... Now though google keyword tool isn't working on my phone so I have to go to my laptop for that but anywho I get a general idea of the quality of the domain by who's advertising / ranking for what terms ...

Last important note... A term gets 58 exact searches a month . Are you just going to say ahh it's only 58 potential leads I'm not going to bother branding / marketing / SEO for that term!

NO! Sure you are going to do that because in something like software you usually get recurring revenue from monthly subscriptions or for certain niches its a bigger fee. You've just got to understand the businesses you are trying to sell the domains too .

You know you are doing it wrong when people say "F off!" Or similar things to your domain pitches

You know you are doing it right when they say "thanks for the domains Mike... Let me know if you have any more in the future" (I actually get this)

So any more questions anyone?

Thsnks.. I think I know better now. Thanks for the time you spent on this. So basically, is it the ads showing up that determines that there is a buyer out there? What there are no ads showing up? What will you do?

What if the .net, .org and .com are all taken, what do you do?

When I did the search for your main keyword, I found another kewyord with 4k plus exact global searches and 1k plus local exact match but all other extension has been taken except the .me though some people may claim that only .com or .net should be considered, but I am tempted to register due its dominance in the future of the internet. Do I stand a chance to find a buyer?

 

[LungioMike]

I mean sort of ??? It's just you have to have this knack for knowing if its a commercial name or not. Usually there's at least one ad but the majority are in the search results...
I can't tell you that...

I only do .com

 

[jideofor]

thanks... you have really helped me solve over 70 per cent of my mental block..

 

[LungioMike]

thanks... you have really helped me solve over 70 per cent of my mental block..

You are welcome

Now.. I've got to keep making money ...,

You really have to find your own niche and experiment that's all.

 

[jideofor]

Yeah... I know better now.

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Hello, I am currently doing a search for a keyword. For the main keyword ther where ads displayed and I decided to narrow it down but didnt see any ads. I do see that people are trying rank for this keyword and its related keyword.there is also alot of google places displayed.

What do you think?

 

[LungioMike]

I really can't tell you. I'm busy finding my own domains to sell .

Id have to know the exact domain

 

[jideofor]

In addition, both globa and local exact match are 170 . yeah the .com is available...
is this a positive sign?

 

[LungioMike]

Depends on niche and everything else.. I'll guide you in the right direction I'm not going to coach you !

I'm sorry!

Just go for it!

And this is supposed to be a sales thread too

Lets get back to reporting sales everyone.

 

[Joyceepoo]

Great Job!

I'm up registering some great domains right now. It's unbelievable how you can still find great names if you look hard enough . They may not be xxxx searches per month but 100 a month is just fine!

I sold a few for $xxxx that had 90-120 searches per month...

Another thing to look into is how will the company benefit .

Meaning a company that sells $1 items getting 1000 searches per month may not benefit as much as someone getting 100 searches per month but selling expensive items or even recurring items where the lifetime value of a customer is larger. This offsets acquisition costs .

Just a few pointers.. More to come !

This is the question I have been trying to get answered for the past week. No one would or could not answer it. The question was what is considered a good keyword (google adword) search result range and what is considered a "fair" search result range. I see here that you've touched upon this. Thanks. I have always wondered what was considered good but have never got anyone to tell me. However, I didn't know that 100 was worth bothering with.:o

 

[LungioMike]

Thanks yep there's lots of factors

Now get out and sell

 

[Kate]

This is the question I have been trying to get answered for the past week. No one would or could not answer it. The question was what is considered a good keyword (google adword) search result range and what is considered a "fair" search result range.

What's the obsession with searches ? I never buy or sell based on that. Not that it's not relevant but... it doesn't equate with increased opportunities for resale.
It depends on the niche, the competition, the CPC etc. Small niches with low numbers might be good too. If you don't know, stick with industries you are familiar with.
Buyers are not going to check the numbers to base their decision. They will buy the name first of all because it sounds good and fits their business plans

 

[LungioMike]

What's the obsession with searches ? I never buy or sell based on that. Not that it's not relevant but... it doesn't equate with increased opportunities for resale.
It depends on the niche, the competition, the CPC etc. Small niches with low numbers might be good too. If you don't know, stick with industries you are familiar with.
Buyers are not going to check the numbers to base their decision. They will buy the name first of all because it sounds good and fits their business plans

That's totally right on man! Good job!

 

[jideofor]

What's the obsession with searches ? I never buy or sell based on that. Not that it's not relevant but... it doesn't equate with increased opportunities for resale.
It depends on the niche, the competition, the CPC etc. Small niches with low numbers might be good too. If you don't know, stick with industries you are familiar with.
Buyers are not going to check the numbers to base their decision. They will buy the name first of all because it sounds good and fits their business plans

Atleast, this will help newbies... I finally know what method to use and Mike's method has allowed me to pick up some .com and .net domain name. It solved my problem, that's what matter most to me.

I also found an exact search for the india medical market. It is only the US and India that dominates the keyword but india top with the highest search. I will go for the india market and see how things pan out.

Mike, thank you once again.

 

[LungioMike]

Atleast, this will help newbies... I finally know what method to use and Mike's method has allowed me to pick up some .com and .net domain name. It solved my problem, that's what matter most to me.

I also found an exact search for the india medical market. It is only the US and India that dominates the keyword but india top with the highest search. I will go for the india market and see how things pan out.

Mike, thank you once again.

I can't guarantee your success but I can tell you what's worked for me. From now on though I may just be posting sales and no advice .

Everyone here should be smart enough to look at domain sales and reverse engineer why they sold for what they did .... That's what I did to learn!

 

[GiftedDomains]

Monthly searches , CPC, etc. are much more important for Seo/Domainers than the "normal" (non domaining) Endusers. So if you are just selling to endusers, you might be able to sell domains even with ZERO exact searches / month. But if your customers are mainly Seos,etc. you need names with at least a few hundred searches / month for .coms, and much more searches/month with other extensions. When searching for keyword domains, I try to find names with at least few hundred searches/month, since i think that if i shouldn't be able to sell to endusers, at least i can flip it for x - xx - xxx to Domainers/Seos before deleting the name and make 10 dollars loss. But everyone has a different tactic, niche, etc. For instance some calculate the loss with reg fees in their calculation, since they sell a lot to Endusers with other names.

I am not talking about brandable names, Thats a different story.

BTW, I don't think its good to copy EXACTLY what others do. You have to find your way and niche (like LungioMike is doing with all the software names, as a newbie i wouldn't copy him but maybe find another niche and do 50% what he does, and use 50% of my own tactics and ideas).

 

[LungioMike]

Monthly searches , CPC, etc. are much more important for Seo/Domainers than the "normal" (non domaining) Endusers. So if you are just selling to endusers, you might be able to sell domains even with ZERO exact searches / month. But if your customers are mainly Seos,etc. you need names with at least a few hundred searches / month for .coms, and much more searches/month with other extensions. When searching for keyword domains, I try to find names with at least few hundred searches/month, since i think that if i shouldn't be able to sell to endusers, at least i can flip it for x - xx - xxx to Domainers/Seos before deleting the name and make 10 dollars loss. But everyone has a different tactic, niche, etc. For instance some calculate the loss with reg fees in their calculation, since they sell a lot to Endusers with other names.

I am not talking about brandable names, Thats a different story.

BTW, I don't think its good to copy EXACTLY what others do. You have to find your way and niche (like LungioMike is doing with all the software names, as a newbie i wouldn't copy him but maybe find another niche and do 50% what he does, and use 50% of my own tactics and ideas).

Great post and I agree

 

[jideofor]

Monthly searches , CPC, etc. are much more important for Seo/Domainers than the "normal" (non domaining) Endusers. So if you are just selling to endusers, you might be able to sell domains even with ZERO exact searches / month. But if your customers are mainly Seos,etc. you need names with at least a few hundred searches / month for .coms, and much more searches/month with other extensions. When searching for keyword domains, I try to find names with at least few hundred searches/month, since i think that if i shouldn't be able to sell to endusers, at least i can flip it for x - xx - xxx to Domainers/Seos before deleting the name and make 10 dollars loss. But everyone has a different tactic, niche, etc. For instance some calculate the loss with reg fees in their calculation, since they sell a lot to Endusers with other names.

I am not talking about brandable names, Thats a different story.

BTW, I don't think its good to copy EXACTLY what others do. You have to find your way and niche (like LungioMike is doing with all the software names, as a newbie i wouldn't copy him but maybe find another niche and do 50% what he does, and use 50% of my own tactics and ideas).

Yeah ... Thanks. I am not copying him precisely. I have also found my own niche and going by what you explained, it is all green light plus, I found a .com and .net available and I have just registered them. Hoping to sell them soon. The niche is very huge. Thanks.

 

[infmoney]

Stick to .com if you're just starting out. It's much harder to sell .nets. When I started domaining, I registered lots of .net, .biz, .info , .co , and .org and made only a few small sales. When I started buying the majority in .com, I was making a lot more sales on a regular basis.

Yeah ... Thanks. I am not copying him precisely. I have also found my own niche and going by what you explained, it is all green light plus, I found a .com and .net available and I have just registered them. Hoping to sell them soon. The niche is very huge. Thanks.

 

[jideofor]

I only used lungio's niche to understand the whole thing. Besides, I know internet marketing, so searching for a keyword isnt going to be hard for me. If I add what I have learnt from Lungio to what gilescoley taught me some months ago in a PM, I think I should be able to make atleat $500 in my first sell. Though my niche is a Multimillion Dollar industry, so I think I have found something to start with as a newbie.

Lungio has cleared my confusion and that is why I am grateful to him. Besides, I shall be using whois,google,twitter and linkedin to sell sell my first real valuable domain because I have seen a group for this niche at linkedin...

Time to make some money... BRB with my own success story within a week or two.

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Stick to .com if you're just starting out. It's much harder to sell .nets. When I started domaining, I registered lots of .net, .biz, .info , .co , and .org and made only a few small sales. When I started buying the majority in .com, I was making a lot more sales on a regular basis.

Thanks... I had to register the .net for possibility of selling the domain name as bundle so as to increas the cash. You know what I mean?