Your experiences selling domains on Ebay...

[IIIIIIIIII]

Whats been your experiences? Are there good potential end-users there or just jerk-offs looking for a golden find?

I just got notified of a watcher on one of my listings that has a buy it now of 10k...should i be excited? or is this most likely some guy who is curious to see if ill get it...

any thoughts and experiences would be great!

 

[Broker]

My biggest sale came from ebay, and the transaction/transfer time is way faster then sedo :lol:

 

[End User King]

My biggest sale was $800 on Ebay.
Listing fees on bummy names suck though.
And believe me in 05 when I started domaining
I had some bummy names.

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

hmm, yeah im at $46 bucks, far from a groundbreaking sale.


Should I be excited about this "watcher"???

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

now i got 3 watchers and $61.00 in bids!!!


Anyone else have a good sale on ebay?

 

[randomo]

I find it very hard to make money at eBay on decent (but not great) domains - most bids stay low, and the listing fees eat up your revenues.

 

[gou]

I sometimes see LLL & NNN domains selling for below the min. wholesale price.

 

[onewordonly]

Ebay occasionally offer cheap listing fees like 0.20c but they only happen a few times a year and you only find out a day before. If I was selling a domain worth something then I would use Ebay as well as all the others.

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

WOw..what were the 100k Sales??

Mine is at $71.00!!!

www.loseinchesquickly.com

 

[Giode]

eBay can give you the right exposure to sell premium domains. In my case, I had a domain listed there that got up to 39k, but failed to hit the reserve of 40k, ironically! Two days after the auction closed I sold it for 45k to one of the auction watchers. Now why he didn't bid 45k in the auction, I do not know. It worked better this way since I didn't have to pay Ebay a percentage.

The imperative word is exposure. I know of some fairly well financed domain investors that do a lot of their buying on eBay.

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

hmmm thanks for the imput everyone.

I got my domain up to $76.00 with NO RESERVE.

Check it out if you want

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130144078672&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=003

 

[AdoptableDomains]

I haven't sold domains on ebay in years. The fees will eat you alive. However, if your name is worth and likely to bring several thousand or more, it may be worth it. For $100 names you'll lose all profit in listing fees since it may take several listings to get a sale.

When I last used ebay, I did find more success listing in areas other than the domains category. For example, list antiquesomething.com in the antiques classification as well or instead of the domains category. It's more likely to be seen by and end user than a domain reseller and bring closer to retail than reseller price.

 

[hawkeye]

I know one thing, since that Business 2.0 or whatever article came out, there are a lot more sellers of stupid names, with misleading descriptions, being listed on ebay. And all the great deals you could pick up there, sure dried up!!

 

[rome2ng]

argg..

hate it. bad experience with ebay.. and those %#$@.

EDITED BY STAFF.
Please watch your language.

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

im up to 81 bucks now! thought it woul be much higher, but oh well..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130144078672&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=003

 

[larryharlow]

I had a 2 dollar sale But its the only name I've ever tried 2 sell at ebay.

Anyways, you have to realize there are hundreds of garbage names being auctioned everyday.

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

I had a 2 dollar sale But its the only name I've ever tried 2 sell at ebay.

Anyways, you have to realize there are hundreds of garbage names being auctioned everyday.

And you have to go through all the bad ones to find the good. Very time consuming, though I did see a few being auctioned that were fairly decent.

 

[Ronald Regging]

I've sold a few domains on Ebay in the past. Some good sales, some not so good. I will say that a good trick for selling on Ebay is the following.

Create an email list of all possible end-users that may be interested in your domain. List the domain for sale on Ebay, than write a very professional letter outlining all of the benefits of owning the domain, etc.. Target this to your audience. Be sure to include a link to the auction and stress the fact that this is a 7 day auction (or whatever) and that time is limited. Also stress the competition for this domain, meaning all of the parties who may be interested (generally speaking). Dont make it sound cheesy though.

You may just find a few end-users who are interested in the domain. Competition + limited time = call to action.

 

[VURG]

eBay is time consuming to find good names and it can be risky to trust the sellers on eBay as some of them suprise you with unexpected fees, selling 2 days before renewal date, etc...

eBay attracts bargain hunters. You can attract some high paying loyal customers to your auctions but usually don't.

Some people do well there but most people don't.

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

Im up to $94 with 7 hours to go!!!

Go bid!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130144078672&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=003