'What the hell is reseller pricing?'

[biggie]

what the hell is reseller pricing?

 

[Silhouette]

Can you elaborate your thread abit? thanks

 

[geb9696]

From what I have experienced reseller pricing means "I am going to lowball you and complain if you want me to pay market prices for your domains."

 

[Spade]

Reseller pricing is a term used to describe a sales price between Domain Investors. For instance, when you sell to a company that intends to use the domain for their business or a new business, they tend to fetch substancially more, then if you were to sell it to another domainer, who intends to either hold it in hopes of finding an "end user" or who plans to monetize it in some fashion.

=)

 

[krx]

Sounds like another term for 'wholesale' pricing.

 

[Spade]

Sounds like another term for 'wholesale' pricing.

Yah, pretty much spot on.

 

[Devil_Dog]

From what I have experienced reseller pricing means "I am going to lowball you and complain if you want me to pay market prices for your domains."

From what I've seen, reseller pricing means "I am going to buy this name from you for low xxx because that's what the going price for your name is in the resellers market, then I'm going to turn around and spit in your face the next day and put it up for sale on the very same forum for mid xxxx."

 

[Broker]

Another example, I have realestatelicense.tv for sale all over the place described as "reseller price set" at $500 because imho another "domainer" who is a little more patient then myself, can buy it now for that price and "resell" it later for much higher to an enduser or even another domainer.

 

[DomainLobe]

I think Biggie has a point - WE set the prices for domain names.
By buying and selling amongst domainers we set the bar low.
In an ideal world we all market / sell to developers / endusers and the bar would be high.
There will always be wholesale and retail pricing but domainers need to promote the retail aspects of domain name investments.

 

[VURG]

I see reseller pricing as the price that I should get for a domain if I try to sell it today. If I see something below reseller pricing then I should buy it quickly as I should be able to make a profit on it immediately. Reseller prices are usually determined based on the performance of similar names at aftermarket auctions as they reflect current reseller values.

 

[filter]

reseller price == this reseller needs some fast cash and doesn't want / doesn't have the time or bandwidth to deal with the effort & uncertainty trying to negotiate a "fair market" price to a buttoned-down deep-pocketed corporate end-user and their associated marketing, accounting, & (sometimes, potentially) their legal departments.

everyone's got their niche and their comfort zones - some are quick flippers, some have the connections to make sales more easily to certain industries - others have solid working relationships with other domainers based on trust earned over years of good, profitable dealings on both sides of each trade

but all that being said ... reseller prices should not be lowball prices - if anything, they should be as fair as possible on both sides of the deal, given that many of us may be buying one month and trying to sell the next ... which I guess is the point biggie might be trying to get across in his cryptic one-liner ...

(hi biggie) :wave:

 

[-REECE-]

Reseller pricing = a good way to convince a newbie you're giving them a good deal: "You can't go wrong buying at reseller prices!" :hehe:

The above answers are of course correct as well

 

[biggie]

I think Biggie has a point - WE set the prices for domain names.
By buying and selling amongst domainers we set the bar low.
In an ideal world we all market / sell to developers / endusers and the bar would be high.
There will always be wholesale and retail pricing but domainers need to promote the retail aspects of domain name investments.

all i can say is, some are trying to set price ranges/guides for names and those who make offers based on them are being left behind.

if you are selling at those prices you're a sucker....if you're able to buy at those prices...you caught a sucker!

wake up

 

[VirtualT]

if you are selling at those prices you're a sucker....if you're able to buy at those prices...you caught a sucker!

wake up

I don't get the point of this thread, or what are you trying to say.

So everyone shouldn't flip names at forum prices but only sell to end users, is this your point?

 

[krx]

all i can say is, some are trying to set price ranges/guides for names and those who make offers based on them are being left behind.

if you are selling at those prices you're a sucker....if you're able to buy at those prices...you caught a sucker!

wake up

What prices for what domains? An example or two would be instructive.

 

[JoeCanadian]

I've often sold at reseller prices and I don't think I've been taken advantage of. I made a quick profitable flip. The buyer then has to take the time and effort to find the right buyer and potentially pay renewal fees until the right buyer comes along. Wholesalers and retailers - there's room in the market for both to make money.

 

[scandiman]

I've often sold at reseller prices and I don't think I've been taken advantage of. I made a quick profitable flip. The buyer then has to take the time and effort to find the right buyer and potentially pay renewal fees until the right buyer comes along. Wholesalers and retailers - there's room in the market for both to make money.

Agreed. I just bought a "city".mobi for a few hundred bucks. The seller made a very quick flip from reg fee to a few hundred which is a nice profit and I got a name at "reseller" pricing that I added to my dev pile.

 

[cache]

reseller price = market average price among domainers

 

[accent]

On one side it is a question of time - do you want your money in a week or two or are you willing to wait for years for the one buyer who will pay top dollar.

On the other side it is a question of selection. If you want to invest in LLLL.coms, for example, there are many sellers from which to choose, so you can pick the ones with the best value. If you need NHDK .com (example) because those are the initials of your law firm, then you may have to pay whatever the owner of that specific domain wants for it - end-user pricing.

If you do not like the offer - say no. It is not an insult, just business.

 

[floatingworld]

some domainers don't want others to make a bigger success than themselves with a domain they are trying to sell...its a jealousy thing, so they scream 'lowball'..whatever, unless of course the shoe is on the other foot, in which case they are smart and canny investors....