Lots of buyers?

[Deleted member 111831]

This month I have gotten more unsolicited WHOIS offers than I have ever gotten before, by a long shot. I get a new one it seems like every day. And the sales are closing for nice x,xxx sums on names I picked up for low xxx or less. About to close on my sixth sale of the month.

Are others getting lots of legit offers this month or am I just getting lucky?

Again I'm not actively shopping these names, people are just contacting me out of the blue.

 

[hugegrowth]

Not noticing anything different this month, if anything a little quieter. You must be investing in the right names. I see there are still lots of good sales happening from Sunday's DNJournal sales report though.

 

[Onward]

Getting more inquiries this month...a lot of domainer fishing and flakey end users...but none the less...better than than the last few months.

 

[bgmv]

this has been my worst month all year, i guess my compulsive buying habit doesnt do me any good

 

[Gerry]

Congrats.

I have had a couple of offers, nothing solid. But I am in negotiations on an high xxx sale that was a hand reg - and with a hyphen! Imagine that.

 

[Stian]

Domaining is coming back!

 

[Deleted member 111831]

Ok guess I am just having a run of good luck.

 

[csitenet]

Unfortunately in this industry there is too much choice, forecasts are bleak for any domains other than a generic (short/2 word long tail) .com/.net/cctld, friends ask me if domaining is a viable business, even though i consult a few major corporations in the matter, i'd still say don't quit your day job if youre just getting into it. Having recently been invited to one of the domain event, i realised how anti social some domainers are, spending so much time on front of the pc in hope of acquiring a domain name just isn't healthy nor an efficient way to make money.

 

[Deleted member 111831]

spending so much time on front of the pc in hope of acquiring a domain name

frank schilling named this as one of the key things you need to be successful. how else are you supposed to find domains?

 

[csitenet]

frank schilling named this as one of the key things you need to be successful. how else are you supposed to find domains?

I spend 1 hour a day on behalf of 1 major gambling client and 3 retail corporate and still get time to have a browse for personal reasons too. Anyone in this day and age hoping to acquire a traffic domain name via or even on some auctions handreg is better off spending the money on a roulette wheel. I have seen far too many people capable of working full time jobs and earning £30k+ a year fall into the trap of domaining, it should be a part time hobby/business till youre making at least what you make on a full time job as a part time domainer.

 

[Deleted member 111831]

it should be a part time hobby/business till youre making at least what you make on a full time job as a part time domainer.

Completely agree. Same with any one-man-shop web business.

 

[BostonDomainer]

My hand regges have actually been outperforming my more top tier names in sales and offers. My 3D domains have been doing very well, just sold 3DVantage.com for $695 last week it was a $8 hand reg and another 3D name and 1 "3-D" for x,xxx. My GTV handregges from a few months back are getting low xxx offers.

So overall I'm satisfied. I would rather sell these names then tier 1s anyway. I'm not getting the x,xxx or xx,xxx offers that some of my names command but it seems the low-mid tier names are holding strong this month. I find the price range $225-$1250 to work very well for me for names I didn't invest much in.

 

[Gerry]

Since responding I have had three offers/inquires on 3 diferent names.

Two from Bodis and 1 via Whois.

Now let's see if they result in sales.

 

[katherine]

Domaining is coming back!

Didn't notice it had gone

 

[Stian]

Didn't notice it had gone

Then you haven't been domaining a lot lately!

..

 

[newvista]

I too have had a good month, best for many months, all fixed price sales via Sedo in the $500 - $1,000 range.

 

[Biggie]

This month I have gotten more unsolicited WHOIS offers than I have ever gotten before, by a long shot. I get a new one it seems like every day. And the sales are closing for nice x,xxx sums on names I picked up for low xxx or less. About to close on my sixth sale of the month.

Are others getting lots of legit offers this month or am I just getting lucky?

Again I'm not actively shopping these names, people are just contacting me out of the blue.

i've received several offers this month a couple via email and others at sedo



even got a $$$ offer for a .mobi domain!

last month wasn't bad either


matter of fact, this year has been pretty decent