discuss What portion of your portfolio is the result of aftermarket purchases? (over US$100)

[garptrader]

Understandably all investors want to buy low and sell high so backorders and expiring domain auctions will comprise a considerable portion of domain purchases. Handregs offer a low entry point but may not offer as much upside. Generally speaking investors are not going to offer high-end domains at low prices. However, I am curious how often forum members search Godaddy Auctions for certain keywords and see what domains are available with a certain budget. Or is everyone just regging hundreds of new TLDs and waiting for an end user to pay $xxxx for them?

 

[Joseph Green]

My breakdown:

• 40% from drop-catching (API and backorders)
• 25% from expired auctions (exclusive to registrars)
• 15% from registrants (marketplaces)
• 10% from hand-registrations (available)
• 5% from registrants (email)
• 5% from brokers (newsletters)

 

[Fancy.domains]

Only about 3% of my names are bought for more than a hundred dollars. However, about 75% of them are caught drops. Less than 20% are hand regs and this category is getting smaller every month.

As long I'm able to sell at least ten percent of my portfolio each year, I am ok with my current strategy, but the more I sell, the more I will invest. Occasionally also in XXX and XXXX-figure names.

 

[DNGear]

All Hand Regs.

 

[garptrader]

Handregs have their place but only once you gain some experience in what type of domain a buyer might be willing to pay a premium price for. Thus you won't be handregging hundreds of made-up names no one wants. Backorders of aged expiring domains has been the most significant source of inventory. I have participated in forum and Namejet / Godaddy auctions but generally don't bid over low $XXX for such names. There have been a few occasions where I purchased an aftermarket name I felt was grossly underpriced but I generally don't find many domainers underpricing their domain names.