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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• NamePros Lander

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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:​

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 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).​

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.

 

[FPForum]

PinPointAdvertising DAWT com - $275

Emailed them and got everything done in about 4 days.

 

[authegold]

WOW I luv dis what PRO.......

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

 

[Keith]

GirlsDo dawt com $500
Sold to GirlsDoPorn dawt com

Avocado dawt co $500
Sold to Avocado dawt com

 

[Federer]

A few sales this past week:

Panair.net - $700 (hand reg a few weeks back)
BayAlarmCompany.com - $500 (hand reg)
FamilyCenter.org - $1,800
Dok-ing.com - $1,250
WebDesignBath.net - $200

Today, I also sold 14 other names - very interesting story. It was the fastest/best ROI I have ever made since investing in domain assets:

A few end users were contacted concerning a name I hand registered yesterday and wanted to sell (let's just call it GreatShelters dot net - prefer to keep the real domain private, but it's similar). They were interested and made an offer. After a few minutes, we agreed on a final price: $549. I then did something I had never done before, I went out and registered the singular version (ex. GreatShelter dot net) and contacted the company offering the name. Another deal @ $549. Took less than 2 mins. Registered, sent an email, agreed on price, received funds, domain pushed.
Now the best part, I studied all the leading meta tags/keywords that this company was trying to rank for, their top products and main services etc. and an hour later came up with a final list of 12 domains (mainly .COM and a few .NET) - some of which the exact terms (in either singular or plural) were already taken in other extensions by some of their competitors - giving a little extra value to the names I had registered.
I went back to the company and offered them the list of 12 domains - they could cherry-pick what they liked and we'd go from there. Cutting a short story even shorter, a few hours later - they paid $3,000 for those 12 domains ($250/domain).

Do NOT let ANYONE ever tell you that it's too late/all the good opportunities are gone

 

[FX]

congrats buddy

 

[GiftedDomains]

Avocado dawt co $500
Sold to Avocado dawt com

selling the co to the com owner!
Normally its the other way around.
Good selling skills you have for sure!

 

[Ms Domainer]

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In .com:

What-is-cloud-computing

$250.00

Not a big sale, but I'm happy.



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[lennco]

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In .com:

What-is-cloud-computing

$250.00

Not a big sale, but I'm happy.



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3 hyphenated domain sale, I love it!
Take that hyphen haters.
Good job Ms Domainer

 

[Ms Domainer]

3 hyphenated domain sale, I love it!
Take that hyphen haters.
Good job Ms Domainer

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I hope the buyer does something great with it.

Great keywords (which is why I had it), but those hyphens beg for it to be developed.

I just lacked the passion, so it was a good sale.

:bingo:

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[yesonline]

Today, I also sold 14 other names - very interesting story.

Excellent job and very inspired, congrats!

 

[gilescoley]

Well done Federer, fantastic job

 

[jideofor]

Well done Federer, fantastic job

It just amazes me how he does it.

Welcome back Federer!

 

[DU]

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[ibidu]

It just amazes me how he does it.

He does it via emails.

 

[npro3]

a newbie has his first sale $40 for $1 investment.

he contacts me

Congrats vu.warr! Welcome to domaining.

 

[jideofor]

He does it via emails.

I know and I got a pending sale okay?

 

[DU]

I know and I got a pending sale okay?

Good for you.

 

[twomoon]

Bluewaterbuilders dawt com - $500

 

[FX]

Bluewaterbuilders dawt com - $500

congrats - your on a roll - keep it UP

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In .com:

What-is-cloud-computing

$250.00

Not a big sale, but I'm happy.



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Good job

 

[GiftedDomains]

and an hour later came up with a final list of 12 domains (mainly .COM and a few .NET) - some of which the exact terms (in either singular or plural) were already taken in other extensions by some of their competitors - giving a little extra value to the names I had registered.

That is quite unusual that the com/net were available to register, but other extensions were taken by other companies. I assume that the field in which this company is active is not the usual high competitive internet/google market where everything is already taken since a long time.