What if I found a domain that has been sold is available ?

[mike2100]

Hi there , I was searching randomly and found a domain that has been sold for around 3k back in 2007

and now it's available to register
it's ccTLD , 2 word domain
so should i register it :D ?

 

[Casey L]

Can't tell without knowing the domain, but if it's not that much to register for you then why not

 

[elevator]

Why not, if it is not the one with trademark, you can register it. IMO.
But such is very rear to happen.

 

[doubleU]

I myself have hand reg'd domains which previously were sold and have successfully sold them again, it's rear I come across one but I nearly always think that the original purchase was one of impulse by the buyer only to become ditched from lack of interest.

Check to see if the domain was ever a website and that its not blacklisted or a trademark. Maybe you should register the name but don't delay because the good ones don't last long on the shelf.

 

[Kate]

Many sales are one of a kind and won't repeat.
Maybe there is/was only one 'obvious' end user. So the domain may not be valuable after all.

 

[vivaldi]

Are you sure the sale is legit in the first place?

 

[mike2100]

Are you sure the sale is legit in the first place?

no , how to make sure ?

 

[trp3]

There was a buch of five to six figure sales on flopped extensions (like .mobi) which are now free to register.

No one can't exactly say without knowing the ccTLD/keyword.

 

[mike2100]

There was a buch of five to six figure sales on flopped extensions (like .mobi) which are now free to register.

No one can't exactly say without knowing the ccTLD/keyword.

so what about those sales , do u recommend reg them if u found them ??

 

[trp3]

Hard to say to be honest ..

 

[golan]

I saw some time ago a funny statistic of how many sites and domains sold on Flippa end in drops... Don't remember exact numbers but something like 20-30%. Some people coming to the business without proper knowledge and spending a lot of cash on useless things, only to find out later they are useless, and end dropping them. So maybe that was one of those meaningless $3k buys?

 

[koskov]

Reg it if you think that you can sell it. Again, it depends on the name. It's hard to say without knowing the details

 

[dna]

If you have to ask other peoples advice on this matter, you shouldn't be speculating in domain names.