When you look at a lot of names that sell to an end user and resell the second time at an expired auction. You see just how perfect the timing can be to find that end user and otherwise what it would go for at wholesale.
Certain factors like age and trends come into play. It’s something newer investors have to take account. Sometimes I see someone saying that an outdated technology still has major value because they saw a sale in 2009 when the tech was relevant.
Certain names have better burn down value than others, where they still go for 4 figures vs just $100.
Here is a look at some recent sales
CustomTables.com sold for $8,500 on Afternic in 2013 and brought in just $1,076 on NameJet.
VRexpo.com $4,595 at Sedo in 2015 and just $1,475 at NameJet in 2020.
StrategicPR.com $2,800 in 2010 at Sedo and just $626 at NameJet.
Business-Academy.com found an end user on Sedo in 2011 at $1,225 selling for $1 went for $350 in expiry auction at NameJet.
Windowscapes.com sold for $3,560 in 2015 when BuyDomains found an end user. It went for just $177 at GoDaddy auctions.
Swalk.com sold for $6,000 in 2011 at Sedo just $985 at NameJet.
ArtCampus.com sold for $5,335 back in 2011 and went for just $750 at DropCatch.
TOYPHOTOGRAPHY.COM sold for $2,888 by BuyDomains in 2016 and closed at $521 at GoDaddy auctions Saturday.
RENOVATIONMORTGAGE.COM sold for $2,275 in 2015 and closed for $100 at NameJet.
Frimec.com sold for $2,000 on Sedo in 2011 and just $101 at DropCatch on Saturday.
You would think VRexpo would have increased in value. 🤔
The years and years of big domain investors acquiring mountains of pyrite when mining for gold has tightened the purse-strings at the expired auctions and shifted the dollars over to super premiums rather than this kind of low-lying fruit that is hard to sell.