By: RH Appraisals are one of the most popular places on a domain forum. Now some are really just looking to advertise their name and don't really care what anyone else thinks, while others do want to know what others think of the name. They want to get opinions a lot of the time on a niche they know and expect the same. Many times that's not going to happen. If you know the industry chances are … [Read more...]
Go Daddy Auction Spotlight 6/21/12
By: RH Go Daddy Auction Spotlight 6/21/12 WGX.com is a public auction not an expired auction. XJD.com sold for over $6000 on Go Daddy Auctions a few days ago. PuzzleDice.com is not a bad little game domain. There is an app called puzzle dice. epuf.com for the four letter.com enthusiasts is at $156 with 22 bids. puzzledice.com $105 $10 12 2H 7M 11062012.info $110 $12 17 2H … [Read more...]
BathroomIdeas.com leads the Afternic Weekly Sales Chart
By: RH Afternic weekly sales report Total sales : $ 1,037,139 Top sale was bathroomideas.com $29,400. RCtv.com was a nice sale at $15,000 the LLtv market in com/net/org is one that I have spent a lot of time following, buying and selling domains in that niche. It looks like it may be RCtv.com is under privacy, there is a Venezuelan site on RCtv.net. Funny the .com regged in 2000 and the .net regged … [Read more...]
Be careful what you put in the Paypal subject line
By: RH Be Careful what you say on Paypal When buying domains and paying by Paypal, many people include the name of the domain in the subject line. It lets the seller easily see which payment is for which name. You have to be careful what you put in the subject line, a name that may be illegal or in the case of a Namepros member, the name of a country the US has an embargo against. Since 1962 the United … [Read more...]
Getting the CC Tld to go along with the .com
By: RH Getting the Country Code to bolster the .com I had a potential buyer interested in a domain that was related to the city of Toronto. Let me say upfront that the name was not a premium domain. The buyer said, "Comment: I'm interested in this domain if under $100 to purchase from you." Now like I said this name was not a premium name but I thought it was worth more than $100. I sent him … [Read more...]
Registered in 1991 Channel.com sells for $125,000
By: RH Channel.com sells on Sedo for $125,000. This one is an oldie registered back in 1991. It looks like for years the name was owned by Channel Communications. It then looks like Channel Communications was 302 redirecting the name to MusicandFilm.co.uk. Congrats to the buyer and the seller. … [Read more...]
Top closing results from Go Daddy Auctions 3/13/12 led by MobileSquare.com
By: RH MobileSquare.com leads the way at Go Daddy Auctions for 3/13/12. MobileSquare.com closed at $2479. 13 bidders made 107 bids for the 13 year old domain. Go Daddy estimates 1368 monthly hits. Go Daddy values the domain at $108. sailwakatobi-belitong2011.com $505 $12 15 Closed on 03/13/2012 lahat.com $1,014 $12 48 Closed on … [Read more...]
Sol.com leads the way at Sedo weekly sales report
By: RH Sol.com was the top sale for the week at 98,000 Euros Online-Casinos.de was the top ccTLD sale at 65,000 Euros Surgeon.org was the top other gTLD at $19,000 1,061 domains were sold for the week. Domain name Price .COMs sol.com € 98,000 slotcity.com $56,000 msv.com € … [Read more...]
Keeping track of where you list names or it could cost you money
By: RH There are now so many places to list domains for sale. Sedo and Afternic lead the pack with places like Go Daddy and their premium listings option gaining in popularity. You also have places like CAX.com or Bido.com as smaller alternative places to list your names. A lot of domainers have their own sales site along with listing names on forums like DNF or Namepros. It makes sense to list as many … [Read more...]
“If I wanted to work, I would not be doing this”
That was a quote someone gave me last week. They called and said they were frustrated with domaining. I asked what they were doing ? He said that he regged names at Godaddy and listed them at Sedo. I stated that you got to do a lot more than that in this profession. That was when he said if he wanted to work, he would not be doing this. I spent an hour discussing a lot of things, but … [Read more...]
