Where in the world do you make this kind of money!!!

[mgt]

Recent Domain Sales

blurtit.com
SOLD for $5,000
habys.com
SOLD for 1,200 EUR
yourscreen.com
SOLD for $11,500
partnerbank.com
SOLD for 4,100 EUR
newsland.net
SOLD for 2,300 EUR
forrent.ws
SOLD for $500
directfraud.com
SOLD for $650
eventsplanner.com
SOLD for $3,000
mortgagelenders.org
SOLD for 500 EUR
mob.co.uk
SOLD for 5,010 £


Some of these make no sense to me! That much for blurtit.com?

 

[lpxxfaintxx]

I couldn't decide if it was blur tit.com, or blurt it.com.... LOL

Also, if you buy a good domain for a large amount of money, take that domain and sell it for even more. There you go, a profit.... (or you can develop it)

 

[mgt]

Sedo!

All of these were on sedo

YourScreen.com $11,000?

I don't get any bids on Sedo, none. So how do these guys do it?

 

[DN Tycoon]

A domain name is only worth what the highest bidder is willing to pay, these names must have been bought out for specific uses (business plans).

 

[gazzip]

YourScreen.com $11,000?

I saw that one on sedo and thought - eeeek !! I bet that would be appraised at reg fee here, someone must have balls of steel.

.

 

[accent]

I don't get any bids on Sedo, none. So how do these guys do it?

I consider my names hot when they get more than one look in a month at Sedo.

The answer is right there - Sedo home page: "Over four million domains for sale"
Once you log in "Several thousand domain names are transferred successfully though Sedo every month." Do the math - less than one tenth of one percent sells per month. It is a lottery, a few people win. I guess Sedo makes most of their money on parking. I have earned over $15 already in parking, Oh Boy!

I have priced most of my "keeper" names at about $9,999, the max they allow without an appraisal, offers not accepted. Here is my thinking:

Mostly I have 4 letter .coms, and a few other generic .coms. I dont own Business .com or anything else that the open market would consider highly valuable. But if I owned MNOP.com (I don't) and the law firm of Martin, Newman, Olsen and Powell was shopping for a domain name they would have one and only one best choice. Mine. And for a law firm $10,000 is not a lot of money.

It is long odds, for sure, but think who buys names - speculators who have lots and lots of choices, and end users looking for the exact right name. Otherwise they would reg whatever they could get. If you happen to have the exact right name they will pay for it.

I hope.
The names I own are ones I believe will increase in value over time so that they could be sold to speculators in 5-10 years for a nice profit. If I hit on one or more of my $10,000 bets, well that is pure gravy.