domain Sting.co.uk + sting.uk

[Neverminday]

I have had sting.co.uk as the domain for my design company for over 20 years and I purchased sting.uk more recently. I have not sold a domain before so thanks in advance for any advice / guidance you give.
I have had one estimate of between $4- $6k for both domains, do you think this is about right ?

Open corporates 1,561
DotDB sting beginning word 5,742

 

[Jordon M.]

set = Low-xxx to High-xxx

 

[jhm]

X,XXX

Sold as a package. Sexy, IMO

 

[Neverminday]

X,XXX potential

Sold as a package. Sexy, IMO

Thankyou, appreciate it.

 

[biggie]

I have had one estimate of between $4- $6k for both domains, do you think this is about right ?

Hi
that estimate sounds like a jedi mind trick

if it was mine, $50K > $75K offer, and then i'd start to think this potential buyer was serious.

nice!

 

[slader23]

Hi
that estimate sounds like a jedi mind trick

if it was mine, $50K > $75K offer, and then i'd start to think this potential buyer was serious.

nice!

I 100% agree with this appraisal. It's a great one word .co.uk package. Somewhere in the Mid to high $xx,xxx range would make sense.

 

[Neverminday]

I 100% agree with this appraisal. It's a great one word .co.uk package. Somewhere in the Mid to high $xx,xxx range would make sense.

Wow, I’m a shocked by this, thankyou both for taking the time to reply.
Would either of you be able to point me in the direction on how to try selling it for this kind of money, would I be better using a broker?

 

[slader23]

Wow, I’m a shocked by this, thankyou both for taking the time to reply.
Would either of you be able to point me in the direction on how to try selling it for this kind of money, would I be better using a broker?

No need to do anything. Just make sure they're both on for sale landing pages and wait for the right buyer to come to you.

 

[Neverminday]

No need to do anything. Just make sure they're both on for sale landing pages and wait for the right buyer to come to you.

Thankyou, nice and simple, much appreciated.

 

[Truespin Domains]

Wow, I’m a shocked by this, thankyou both for taking the time to reply.
Would either of you be able to point me in the direction on how to try selling it for this kind of money, would I be better using a broker?

I think you need to take what these guys have said with a pinch of salt. Whilst not impossible to realise that sort of money on a .co.uk domain, it would be very rare. If you look at co.uk sales over the last few years, only a few have exceeded 50k. And we're talking domains like it.co.uk and domains tied to lucrative industries like insurance and gambling - stake.co.uk and vaninsurance.co.uk being more recent top sales.

Sting does not have particularly positive commercial connotations. I'm a Brit, and when I think about the word "sting" I think a) getting stung by a wasp and b) a police sting.

Getting a sting is generally not a nice event.

The other issue I've got is that Sting is a famous English musician - so that's what a lot of Brits will also think about.

Realistically, if you were branding a UK business, would you call it sting?

Now, that's not to say that the domain isn't worth some money. It is memorable and could potentially suit some sort of bold start-up or something more artsy. But I would be amazed if you managed to sell it for anywhere near 50k.

I can find two sales for the word "sting" over the last 5 years.

Sting.co - sold for $9,000 and seemingly an end-user sale as it is being used by a real company
Sting.ai - sold for $419

Of note, Stinging.com sold for about $700

So it's a bit of a mixed picture.

https://domainlore.uk will give you a better sense of the going rate for UK domains, on the re-seller market at least. That's where you will have to go if you want immediate liquidity. You can of course hang on for an end-user, but at the prices being suggested above I suspect you'll never find one.

You could probably sell it on this forum for around $500. On domain lore you might get up to about £1000-2000 if you got lucky. If you do go down the end-user route, I'd probably aim for 5 to 7.5k to ensure a sale some time this century.

 

[biggie]

Sting does not have particularly positive commercial connotations. I'm a Brit, and when I think about the word "sting" I think a) getting stung by a wasp and b) a police sting.

Getting a sting is generally not a nice event.

Hi

here's a different perspective of potential:

Float Like a Butterfly.... Sting Like a Bee!
World famous quote from the Greatest of All Time Muhammad Ali

https://www.bloomberg.com/press-rel...-therapeutics-is-anticipated-to-be-worth-over

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/sting/
https://www.sting.net/markets/
https://sting.co/programs/

imo...

 

[Truespin Domains]

Hi

here's a different perspective of potential:

Float Like a Butterfly.... Sting Like a Bee!
World famous quote from the Greatest of All Time Muhammad Ali

https://www.bloomberg.com/press-rel...-therapeutics-is-anticipated-to-be-worth-over

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/sting/
https://www.sting.net/markets/
https://sting.co/programs/

imo...

Yes, I certainly don't think it's a bad domain - it would certainly get my attention if I saw it for sale on the reseller market. As mentioned, I can imagine it attached to a bold startup or disrupter.

Just didn't think the 50-75k valuation was that realistic.

 

[slader23]

Yes, I certainly don't think it's a bad domain - it would certainly get my attention if I saw it for sale on the reseller market. As mentioned, I can imagine it attached to a bold startup or disrupter.

Just didn't think the 50-75k valuation was that realistic.

Depends on the time horizon. If they need money right away of course they'll be able to have a higher chance of selling at a lower valuation but if the OP has enough conviction to hold it for another 3-5 years...they'll reap the rewards as they have both .co.uk and the .uk... effectively owning the namespace for that dictionary word in the United Kingdom.

 

[Neverminday]

Thankyou all, this thread has been massively informative for me and I appreciate all your opinions. I am in no rush to sell so I will put them up for sale together and see what materialises.

 

[Neverminday]

I discovered flip.uk which sells higher priced co.uk and uk domains in their domain marketplace section.

This suggests it may be possible to get more if I am prepared to wait. Do you think this would be a good place to try list my domains?

 

[D Haynes]

I discovered flip.uk which sells higher priced co.uk and uk domains in their domain marketplace section.

This suggests it may be possible to get more if I am prepared to wait. Do you think this would be a good place to try list my domains?

List your domains EVERYWHERE! The more eyes you can get on your names the better. Also make sure you have a landing page set up so all natural traffic can see that its up for sale. Post on any socials you have etc. Personally i see maybe 10k if you hold out for the right buyer but who knows, entirely possible it could make more.

Stingmedia .co.uk
Stingindustries .com
Sting .com
Stingsports .co.uk
Stingaircraft .co.uk
Stingproductions .co.uk
Sitt .uk

Possible interested parties?

Good luck!

 

[tiletalk]

high x,xxx IMO.

xx,xxx very unlikely. .do.uk and .uk domain is practically dead, just the same resellers around. Do get big sales every now and then but plenty of names to go around