Why Do Domains Drop?

[sashas]

I've been getting names off Snap for the past two weeks only.

I've frankly been very amazed at the quality of the names being dropped.

Sure, there are the names like aaaqqq.com that will drop always, but I've been wondering why quality names like Sports.info (currently at Snap..8000k right now) drop. Surely a domainer wouldn't forget to renew a name like Sports.info (it would be the pride of my portfolio...a 100k name).

So I've been wondering...why do names drop?

Some answers are obvious: The owner forgot to renew them; The website using them shut down; They were owned by a non domainer who doesn't understand the value of the name etc. etc. blah blah.

But still...thats not enough reason for names like Sports.info dropping.

Why do you suppose high quality names drop?

 

[italiandragon]

I've been getting names off Snap for the past two weeks only.

I've frankly been very amazed at the quality of the names being dropped.

Sure, there are the names like aaaqqq.com that will drop always, but I've been wondering why quality names like Sports.info (currently at Snap..8000k right now) drop. Surely a domainer wouldn't forget to renew a name like Sports.info (it would be the pride of my portfolio...a 100k name).

So I've been wondering...why do names drop?

Some answers are obvious: The owner forgot to renew them; The website using them shut down; They were owned by a non domainer who doesn't understand the value of the name etc. etc. blah blah.

But still...thats not enough reason for names like Sports.info dropping.

Why do you suppose high quality names drop?

who will renew your names when/if you go to heaven?

Last year Jasmine.com dropped.....I think it was Snapnames who sold it for $300,000

 

[sashas]

LOL
but seriously...not all these great names have dead owners...
Is it because too many names are owned by people who don't know the value of their names?

 

[italiandragon]

LOL
but seriously...not all these great names have dead owners...
Is it because too many names are owned by people who don't know the value of their names?

that one is another one of the many reasons

 

[Smiler]

I checked "sports.info" using estibots and this domain doesn't seem to have a backlink. Not even 1. How much do you think this domain will sell if you try to sell it at Sedo?

 

[htmlindex]

I checked "sports.info" using estibots and this domain doesn't seem to have a backlink. Not even 1. How much do you think this domain will sell if you try to sell it at Sedo?

More than I can afford :td:

 

[futurex]

I checked "sports.info" using estibots and this domain doesn't seem to have a backlink. Not even 1. How much do you think this domain will sell if you try to sell it at Sedo?

I think this is a fantastic domain.and it sold atleast few $xxxxx

 

[bricio]

who will renew your names when/if you go to heaven?

Last year Jasmine.com dropped.....I think it was Snapnames who sold it for $300,000

:imho: this is very serious issue
have u thought if this happen to u? i have (and i dont have an illness and im 31 years old)

it is not fine to think or talk about this but is very important as we have hundred names, others have thousand of them and u have many accounts in many registrars where r ur names and u have sites and u have this and u have that... it is an investment but we know that domaining isnt stock market where, if u die, ur wifeand kids will be the owner of everything u had

and WHO else has ur accounts info but you?
and HOW MUCH would ur family lost besides YOU?

:imho: thinking about this is take care of that ones u love
and im doing this!!!

sorry for the incovinience (some can think it is) but this is a very necessary topic

 

[RogueWriter]

:imho: this is very serious issue
have u thought if this happen to u? i have (and i dont have an illness and im 31 years old)

it is not fine to think or talk about this but is very important as we have hundred names, others have thousand of them and u have many accounts in many registrars where r ur names and u have sites and u have this and u have that... it is an investment but we know that domaining isnt stock market where, if u die, ur wifeand kids will be the owner of everything u had

and WHO else has ur accounts info but you?
and HOW MUCH would ur family lost besides YOU?

:imho: thinking about this is take care of that ones u love
and im doing this!!!

sorry for the incovinience (some can think it is) but this is a very necessary topic

I have a "just in case" envelope in my filing cabinet. It details how to maintain all three of my online interests, 1) domaining 2) retail store 3) affiliate marketing.

My family will have the choice of selling off, but maximizing the sale amount, maintaining the businesses indefinately, or handing off the business to one of my kids for them to grow into.

I've spent years growing this business, I'll not see it just disappear to a snapnames regular for sixty bucks apiece.

 

[sashas]

I think this is a fantastic domain.and it sold atleast few $xxxxx

Sports.info is a 100,000 domain any day.
.info is only increasing in value, and Sports is as good a keyword as you can get. 700,000 OVT is no joke, and the .info goes with the keyword.

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

This is an excellent topic, and one we should all think on. I think I will do what Rogue does and detail everything about my business and websites, and how to maintain them-then store those documents away to be found with my other important paperwork after my passing. Also, what about a will? What if someone dies with some valuable names, but willed them to someone else? How would the registrars handle that? This whole field is SO NEW that these questions don't have a definitive answer, yet.

 

[sashas]

I agree. How do registrars handle a deceased owner?
Transfering requires access to the owner's account, and what if the person who inherits the names doesn't know the password/username for the account?

Some people here own names that are more valuable than homes and other properties.

There was that case some time ago about the domain Raven.com whose owner died and the domain was stolen from his wife, and consequently sold for $3500 on Sedo. This was a 100k+ domain, and the thief got away with it.

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

I agree. How do registrars handle a deceased owner?
Transfering requires access to the owner's account, and what if the person who inherits the names doesn't know the password/username for the account?

Some people here own names that are more valuable than homes and other properties.

There was that case some time ago about the domain Raven.com whose owner died and the domain was stolen from his wife, and consequently sold for $3500 on Sedo. This was a 100k+ domain, and the thief got away with it.

I will include user names and passwords in the documents too, then. Good observation sashas.

 

[sashas]

I think we all should make a will.
Trouble is that our portfolios are forever changing with new purchases/sales etc. Keeping the will specific (as in, xxx name goes to abc person vs. all names go to abc person) will be hard.

Btw, I just checked out your website, DomainMayhem.com...looks really slick.
Congrats on that

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

Thanks sashas, your comments are very appreciated. I started it just to have something up, and love the way that it looks, but unfortunately it's all flash, so will not be SEO friendly. I am going to replace it with another site that is mostly html with a flash buttons and a banner in about a month.

 

[bricio]

I will include user names and passwords in the documents too, then. Good observation sashas.

im finishing mine just today; it was a coincidence this thread...

i included every detail (this means my accounts info as user names and passwords, how to creat a new account for the other person that will be in charge of the process and how to manage it) that can help who will deal w that if something happen

im sure many people here have done that but i think the major part didnt and when they realize they r taking an unecessary risk they will do this

 

[dnk]

Domains drop because buying a domain is easy, developing a useful site that makes money is not. If you don't make money from your domains, it is better to let them drop.

 

[sashas]

Domains drop because buying a domain is easy, developing a useful site that makes money is not. If you don't make money from your domains, it is better to let them drop.

Bad domains drop everyday because they can't be sold.

But good domains dropping is something serious. Today India.info dropped. Thats a killer 30k name right there. Why would a name like that drop?

 

[dnk]

You may have the best domain in the world, but if it does not make money, your funds are blocked. The number of domains that are sold is miniscule compared to the number of domains that are registered and parked. Transactions are very time consuming.

 

[cache]

A few times, I almost forgot to renew the names, I have many names scattered
everywhere.

This is all about probability, it is like some junk LLL domains, you would think no one
would be interested in them, but it happened someone would be, it is all about
probability, there are so many good names, some will drop