I have a couple of domains that I feel might be worth something to the right person, but I don't even know where to begin on how to set a price, what terms to set, and where to advertise them (other than the obvious of putting a "for sale" notice on the parked page itself)
Would love some help on ideas for pricing and the best way to market them?
If someone really wants to buy your domain name then they will usually get your contact details from the whois record and will send you an email directly.
There are lots of sites around where you can post your domain name for sale but the best way is just to wait for an email to arrive from a prospective buyer. If you look too keen to sell then that won't achieve the best price.
At the end of the day any domain name is "worth" what someone will pay for it.
At the end of the day any domain name is "worth" what someone will pay for it.
Ah, true words of wisdom. ;)
1. Is it a commercial domain?
2. Does it promote brand? Can it be trademarked?
3. Character length of domain?
4. TLD (.com, .net, etc.)
A search for domain valuations will bring up some good research info to get you started.
- .com is best for international use but .net is becoming more popular too.
- The country TLD eg. .co.uk and .fr are also very desirable but of course are limiting if you want to portray an international image.
Forget the appraisal services. They're useless. Totally. I often tell people who quote me a price based upon an appraisal that they should "offer the domain to the appraiser at half that price - they should snap it up it's such a bargan." Too many people neither get the humor nor the insight in that statement. Sad. Lots of people still holding onto domain lottery tickets long after the carnival left town.
List them at DomainState or DNForum. That should stir up reseller action. Resellers look to buy cheap but it can give you some idea.
If you think you've crafted something unique then the only game in town is a sit-and-wait game. The "unique domain name" world is littered with the corpses of silly uniqueness.
If you want to sticky me the domains I might take a look. If they are junk I'll say so. Fearless?
I've bought and sold domains >$10,000. so I have some idea of the market. I went of a recent shopping spree in the dot org realm. I already own (rent) a few......thousand...dot com domains
Which is fine with me since I sense the second coming of domain fever....
I've now come to the conclusion, based on examining other attempted sales, that the domains I have are worth somewhere in the range of $30-$300. Not quiting my day job by any means but they might pan out to a week or two's worth of pay for a few hours of effort.
Thanks again!
ps. did y'all see newzealand.com sell for a cool half million back in April?
But as they charge a minimum of $100 upon sale it's only worthwhile for higher value names ($1000+).
I closed an old website recently and put the domain on their domain parking, they put text advertising on it and pay you whilst promoting it for sale.
I've been very surprised by the amount of money it's making while it's for sale ($20-60 per thousand visitors), and I've received several multi-thousand dollar offers in the past ten days (they have an offer/counteroffer system built in). No sale yet (I'm in no rush to sell below my target price) but it seems likely it'll lead to a sale eventually.
Other lower traffic domains I've listed there make a little money if they have some type-in traffic but have atracted no bids yet, so it really is only worthwhile for the very best names.
