[edited by: Webwork at 12:34 pm (utc) on Oct. 10, 2006]
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cheers - greg
bipolarpenguin
[edited by: Webwork at 12:39 pm (utc) on Oct. 10, 2006]
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If the domain has proven traffic then you will find your best market in the same places. Then it's just a matter of reading and learning about what is a fair price.
Ultimately, a good property sells itself. You can spend days listing a domain for sale at different websites. If the domain or website has "gravity" then people will gravitate to it.
If you are waiting for the 1 in a million buyer the wait will be similar to waiting to win the lotter.
Active domain selling marketplaces, no fee attached:
DNForum
DomainState
NamePros
Everywhere you go you will find bargainhunters, which means the vast majority of domains will not sell and those that do really need an edge, such as built in traffic as a result of the industry keyword nature of the domain name.
If you are not treading on other people's trademarks then the simplest and most effective trick you can employ to help buyers connect with you is to place a line in the domain's WhoIs record indicating that the domain is for sale.
[edited by: Webwork at 2:08 pm (utc) on Oct. 10, 2006]
I have this choice, I can go to several fora where i can offer my domains/websites for sale. Most of these are fora with low visitor rates, these websites will give me a lot of questions and comments from there visitors without results in the form of a sale for a decent prize.
I can also go to bigger domain sellers like sedo, but there i am being crowded in websites on sale, and to be frank i really don't see much results from there.
Therefore i am curious about your own experience with the selling of domainnames.
What is the best place to sell domains? Were do you get results without having to wait for years or give it away for an apple and an egg.
There are some very good threads in the Library about valuing domain names, how to find buyers, domain appraisal scams and shortcommings, etc.
...If you are not treading on other people's trademarks then the simplest and most effective trick you can employ to help buyers connect with you is to place a line in the domain's WhoIs record indicating that the domain is for sale.
Right, that can work very well and serious sellers should consider doing so. However, there may be firms out there who you are not aware of as being a potential trademark issue (possibly a domain name variation or similar trademark). Therefore, a major issue is by announcing it's for sale either in Whois or on a webpage it may be used as evidence to show bad faith in potential Wipo proceedings.
[edited by: trader at 4:18 pm (utc) on Oct. 11, 2006]
A number of the bigger players have been doing this for years, often right in the DNS: "Buy-This-".
I still see many players doing this, as I also still see many "domains for sale" websites, domains being listed for sale of forums, etc.
Sooner of later, if resale is your game, you have to put it out there or you get to sit on lots of inventory. Still, caveat domainor if you are treading on trademarks and aren't up to the task of defending a challenge, specious or otherwise.
If you are sitting on a large inventory then what's the risk of a loss to a single challenge versus drawing in people to make inquiries on the other 499 domains that you hold for resale?
Ultimately, an accurate WhoIs - with or without explicit solicitations - appears to be the most direct path to purchase inquiries. I don't advertise my domains for sale since they aren't for sale. Despite that I receive a regular influx of inquiries simply by virtue of public access to the WhoIs.
