So back in May of 2016 I purchased a 29 domain lot of BrandBucket listed names. Cost $1,500.
I really wanted 1 name, Inteleca.com, I liked some of the other 5 letter names and some I really didn’t love, so I thought I would lower the acquisition cost of the portfolio purchase and liquidate some at Namepros. My cost working out to $51.71 a name.
In the interest of transparency here is the list, the number at the end is the BrandBucket list price.
Name.com:
codekite.com – name.com – oct 2016 – $1595
pinqo.com – name.com – oct 2016 – $2895
vovana.com – name.cm – oct 2016 – $2295
retrolo.com – name.com – oct 2016 – $1895
crowdfundio.com – name.com – march 2017 – $2395
klizz.com – name.com – march 2017 – $1095
sketchspace.com – name.com – feb 2017 – $1695
pinchat.com – name.com – feb 2017 – $1595
bamga.com accepted not published
nelaro.com – godaddy – may 2016/17 – $2295
zullos.com – godaddy – may 2017 – $2195
dozox.com – dynadot – sept 2016 – $2295
mibby.com – dynadot – march 2017 – $1895
boomus.com – dynadot – march 2017 – $3195
phiona.com – godaddy – feb 2017 – $5395
kotoza.com – dynadot – feb 2017 – $1995
icozo.com – dynadot – feb 2017 – $1495
gibeo.com – godaddy – feb 2017 – $1395
refsy.com – dynadot – jan 2017 – $1795
rewardies.com – dynadot – jan 2017 – $2095
shopsumo.com – dynadot – jan 2017 – $2695
sprixy.com – dynadot – jan 2017 – $1995
zypsy.com – dynadot – jan 2017 – $1295
organicist.com – dynadot – jan 2017 – $1995
clothi.com – dynadot – feb 2017 – $1195
scrello.com – dynadot – jan 2017 – $2695
votix.com – uniregistry – feb 2017 – $3500
noidy.com – uniregistry – march 2017 – $1895
inteleca.com – uniregistry – march 2017 – $4980
So 1 name I looked to move right away was Phiona.com, it was the highest list price as priced by BrandBucket.
The auction had interest and closed at $130.
The winner L2 posted that the domain sold today for full price. I congratulated him, and wondered why I didn’t see the value, but at the time I just didn’t love that name.
On the bright side the name I wanted, that I knew would sell Inteleca.com did sell for listed price – 10% discount. I moved a bunch of other names on the list that I didn’t like.
I still hold Mibby.com which I thought was number 2 or 3 on the list. Icozo.com was one I forgot about but with the whole ICO craze I get some lowball offers.
Never know in domaining, especially with brandables.
The wonderful world of “lottery” Brandables will always offer up some surprises!
so it sold for $5300?
Yes
Both good names – Inteleca + Phiona
I admire the humility, too many times I read blog posts with people bragging like they do no wrong or their special. I had to stop reading dsad and morganlintion my wife got tired of me throwing up on the keyboard.
I don’t get 5300 USD for Phiona.com.
ty for posting Raymond
For invented brandables, the game is much tougher (as compare to keyword based names). There are number of factors that play a role in their sales
1) Likeability – you just do not know how many buyers will like the name. It is very subjective. If a name is very much liked by one person, it may not even deserve a second look by many others. Additionally, buyer is not able to make a decision if they are presented 10/20 names, they would probably like to view couple of hundred names before making a decision.
2) Alternatives – what other choices are there for buyer. By their nature, there are many many combinations, and even small substitutions can generate plethora of names. It is quite possible that buyer may get the idea of the of the word and then himself can play around with some substitutions.
Additionally, potential buyers are somewhat afraid of ‘similar sounding’ names that could potentially lead to trademark issues. One just cannot do enough research and be confident enough.
At the end of day, sellers do take the risk, may be they have other domains where gains outweigh the risk. As always, ‘balanced’ portfolio is the way to go.