question Self-hosted or hosted domain portfolio?

[Atta]

The question is pretty much self-explanatory.

How are you managing your domain name portfolio? / What are your future plans for managing your domains?

I would appreciate your response.

Thanks.

 

[Name Trader]

You can get the GoDaddy listing by listing on Afternic instead.

 

[Brands.International]

Definitely self hosted. I use wix. Very easy to work with and I can customise everything in few seconds

 

[DonDraper]

Efty and DMP can be considered competitors or does DMP offer a more comprehensive service?
According to my experience DMP looks like the Shopify for Domains Marketplace.
In what measure using this kind of platform you are not in control of your business?

 

[Atta]

Efty and DMP can be considered competitors or does DMP offer a more comprehensive service?
According to my experience DMP looks like the Shopify for Domains Marketplace.
In what measure using this kind of platform you are not in control of your business?

What is DMP?

 

[kam]

I'm finding most people don't collect enough data. I'm not afraid to ask anyone wanting my domains for more information.

Whenever I get an email like this...

Hey man... how much for domain one?

I respond.

==========================================================================

The proper way to address a purchase from MapleDots is to use our contact form at:

www.mapledots.ca/contact

Once you establish an opening bid we would be happy to start the negotiating process with you.

==========================================================================

So most forms (even the ones on Efty) do not collect enough information and my custom form does. It also provides me with SOME protection if someone like Facebook misrepresents themselves and grabs one of my domains. In the end my form is clear and it states the sale is for END USER only.

I have yet to find a hosted solution that collects as much info.

Good job.
But I wonder to know what will happened when stealth acquisition agent hit your site.
They will hide themself for sure

 

[MapleDots]

Good job.
But I wonder to know what will happened when stealth acquisition agent hit your site.
They will hide themself for sure

I take each case one by one and my bill of sale has a back side which goes into great detail about what happens if the buyer misrepresents themselves. The buyer has to sign the bill of sale and like all signed contracts it gives me legal options should a broker purchase on behalf of walmart or something. In the end I would send it to my lawyer and let him decide how we can pursue.

 

[Bertrell]

Both. (Unfortunately, this wasn't a polling option.)

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Self-host is always the best. You can do a lot of customization that create competitive advantage.

Let's say I am familiar with VB.net framework. I can easily create a desktop application to connection to mysql database and make it much more convenience for bulk edit.
I found that web interface is always not the best for those task. I can even add some some new fields into the datatable and using my app to update those record

3rd party hosted is only a temporary solution for those haven't build up their own site yet.
I believed every serious domainer will finally go for self-host when their portfolio getting bigger and bigger.

The bigger reason I don't like 3rd party hosted service is because those public nameservers had million of domains point to them. It will be finally detected and blocked by ad-blockers.

The big corporation must have firewall installed. What if the 3rd party nameserver unlucky got blocked by those firewall / adblocker. It may lead to we lose a potential sales from big buyer.

Kam

Kam...I agree with you totally. I've known this to be the case all along, but old time traditional domainers don't want us hosting our own domains. I don't have the technical expertise that you have, but I can either partner with what I need, or I can hire it once the cash starts flowing. It's mostly because I have a business model/plan behind 80% of my domains that adds more value than any third 3rd party could possibly add.
We think a lot alike even though we're 12,000 miles apart. Good Luck Kam!

Bulloney aka ThatNameGuy™

 

[Atta]

The problem with a lot of these listing pages or selling platforms, they don't offer your domain name much exposure. Sure, you might sell a domain name through them, but the buyer most likely did not find the domain name through that platform service. They found it by typing in your domain name.

So why pay a landing page a % of your money when they didn't help market your domain name?

For end user domain names, let's say NewYorkRoofing.com, a roofing company who might want to buy this name probably knows nothing about domain names. So if they type in the domain and land on a page at a service like Efty, they don't know anything about Efty, it's a service they have never heard of. So Efty is not offering you much credibility in terms of selling the domain, so why not put up your own sales page and keep 100% of the profit?

Who is the most well know domain registrar in the country, the company running Super Bowl ads and large marketing campaigns? GoDaddy. Where are many Americans going to go when they want to find a domain? GoDaddy.

Listing your domain for sale on GoDaddy Auction will give your domain more exposure to end buyers than any other listing service. First thing many people do when wanting to register a domain name is go to GoDaddy and type it in. If it's listed there, your domain will pop up with a option to buy it.

You can put your own landing page up on NewYorkRoofing.com with a Buy Now or Make Offer, as well as list it on GoDaddy Auctions. If a potential buyer doesn't feel comfortable paying you directly, you can link them to the GoDaddy Auction, a company they are comfortable with. If you don't want to put up a sales page you can do a free URL forward through the domain registrar to your GoDaddy Auction.

I don't like GoDaddy and do not use them as my main registrar, but without a doubt, they are the most popular and well known domain company, and that can be a big advantage when selling your domain.

Interesting. What if hosted-service provides tools for marketing? Something like a marketplace where all the domains are listed?

 

[Bertrell]

Something like a marketplace where all the domains are listed?

Isn't this what a number of places offer already? NameSilo, Epik and Uniregistry come to mind.

 

[Atta]

Isn't this what a number of places offer already? NameSilo, Epik and Uniregistry come to mind.

Yes. But they do charge a commission on sales.

 

[dncafe]

Interesting. What if hosted-service provides tools for marketing? Something like a marketplace where all the domains are listed?

I am thinking of where an end user would be. End users typically don't know much about domain names, so they're not going to be familiar with smaller marketplaces. So even if there was a domain name landing page service that also offered a marketplace, I don't think it would help promote or market the domain much.

That's why I was saying there is value in GoDaddy. Because many Americans, people who know nothing about domain names, will know of GoDaddy because of their brand recognition, so that will be the first place many will go to when they are thinking about buying a domain name. Once they are there, if they search for a domain name and it happens to be yours listed on Auctions, it will pop up and give them the option to buy. Because of GD brand recognition, people are then more comfortable and feel safe making a payment on their website for the domain.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I am thinking of where an end user would be. End users typically don't know much about domain names, so they're not going to be familiar with smaller marketplaces. So even if there was a domain name landing page service that also offered a marketplace, I don't think it would help promote or market the domain much.

That's why I was saying there is value in GoDaddy. Because many Americans, people who know nothing about domain names, will know of GoDaddy because of their brand recognition, so that will be the first place many will go to when they are thinking about buying a domain name. Once they are there, if they search for a domain name and it happens to be yours listed on Auctions, it will pop up and give them the option to buy. Because of GD brand recognition, people are then more comfortable and feel safe making a payment on their website for the domain.

Pete...got your name from your profile.....you're exactly right about using GoDaddy as your vendor of choice. When I finally get my act together my domains will be listed both on my self-hosted site, and on Go Daddy's for the same amounts. There's a lot more credibility in a Godaddy appraisal and keyword valuation than I would ever have, and "if" the buyer/end user feels more comfortable making the purchase through GoDaddy, the 15% commission I might have to pay GD is a bargain. Like I've been saying all along,NO ONE besides so called domainers have ever heard of Flippa, Undeveloped, Sedo, Uniregistry/Uni...lol, or any of the other wacky names where a domain might be listed.

Interesting Pete..when I key dncafe(.)com it brings me to a strange looking page where "if" i were to click on, "The domain dncafe.com may be for sale by it;s owner", it takes me to Sedo where "if" I were an "end user" I would never buy the domain from them. However, "if" it took me to GoDaddy there's at least a chance I might buy it, or at least make an offer. That's all for now,

Bulloney aka ThatNameGuy™