"open" domains selling really well!

BostonDomainer · Jun 15, 2011

Past few months I've been selling "open" domains like hot cakes! Just sold a 14 letter one for mid x,xxx. It was top quality though (it's a business site now). I also just turned down low xx,xxx on one. Funny thing is... those names were a gamble a few years ago and I paid at premium for them but I decided to stay patient and discipline and it's paying off.

Just wanted to share this with fellow domainers

to spread a little inspiration.

RustyK · Jun 15, 2011

I've noticed the good ones are taken .com and .net - do you think .org has any chance being sold for $xxx or more?. I have a few under my wings. And if its not a secret where does these 'open' domains gets sold more often?. By the way, congrats on your sale.

wussadotcom · Jun 15, 2011

Sorry for being a bit blur here but can you give some example for "open" domains. The one that I can really see valuable is Open Source.

BostonDomainer · Jun 15, 2011

wussadotcom said:
Sorry for being a bit blur here but can you give some example for "open" domains. The one that I can really see valuable is Open Source.

Thanks Rusty. I actually prefer .org over .nets I've gotten more action there.

@wussadotcom the latest name I sold was OpenConnection dot com I can pm you the name I turned down the offer on.

james2002 · Jun 15, 2011

BostonDomainer said:
Thanks Rusty. I actually prefer .org over .nets I've gotten more action there.

@wussadotcom the latest name I sold was OpenConnection dot com I can pm you the name I turned down the offer on.

Is it also possible to share with me? Interested to know the domain you turned down xx,xxx range.

thanks

BostonDomainer · Jun 15, 2011

^james2002 I sent you the pm

RustyK · Jun 15, 2011

pm me too please. plus I've sent you some .org but never heard back anyways ....

wussadotcom · Jun 15, 2011

BostonDomainer said:
Thanks Rusty. I actually prefer .org over .nets I've gotten more action there.

@wussadotcom the latest name I sold was OpenConnection dot com I can pm you the name I turned down the offer on.

Hi,
thanks, I would love to know the domain name. What are your thought on the opposites then? Such as
"CloseConnection" "PrivateConnection" etc

james2002 · Jun 16, 2011

BostonDomainer said:
^james2002 I sent you the pm

Thanks. I hope you get a better deal.

wussadotcom · Jun 16, 2011

james2002 said:
Thanks. I hope you get a better deal.

Same here, very decent name for sure, just among the fews generics I can relate to open. When you rejected the offer what range were you expecting? mid $xx,xxx?

BostonDomainer · Jun 16, 2011

wussadotcom said:
Same here, very decent name for sure, just among the fews generics I can relate to open. When you rejected the offer what range were you expecting? mid $xx,xxx?

Yes, my expectations are mid xx,xxx range.

Gerry · Jun 16, 2011

I would love to see the name you are referring to.

Most of all, I would love to see these "hot cake" sales on DNjournal.

BostonDomainer · Jun 16, 2011

@Doc Com The sales were private. Majority was by a single venture company buying out cloud and open domains. They request privacy. They have pretty much cornered the market now on both and I mean the top tier of each category. I registered hundreds of Open domains a few years back after seeing the success of that domainer who bought thousands of keyword+360.coms

best,

james

p.s I pmed you the name

BostonDomainer · Oct 11, 2011

Just sold another "open" domain for x,xxx (buyer requested privacy) but I can pm what the name was upon request. This is my 4th Open domain sale in the past 2 months. The gentleman said he saw the name via Godaddy's Premium listings but I removed the name from there so he contacted me via my business site (but that went to spam, not good) then he just emailed me directly. Almost lost this one.

Anthony Ng · Oct 13, 2011

Perhaps I shouldn't have sold openaccess.net for just $1,000 back in 2002. But then the person who backed out from buying it for $120 just a few days before that (here on DNForum, forgot who) is probably still banging his head against the wall. LOL!

RustyK · Oct 15, 2011

BostonDomainer said:
Just sold another "open" domain for x,xxx (buyer requested privacy) but I can pm what the name was upon request. This is my 4th Open domain sale in the past 2 months. The gentleman said he saw the name via Godaddy's Premium listings but I removed the name from there so he contacted me via my business site (but that went to spam, not good) then he just emailed me directly. Almost lost this one.

I have a few .org and a .net that you probably seen already but I'm wondering what gives in this "open" niche.