Where is the best place to sell domains?

[domaingeezer]

Apart from here of course, where is the best place to sell domains and why?

Should I put into auction or just general sale? Are there advantages to either?

I've looked at Sedo, Godaddy, Snapnames, Pool, Flippa.com and Websitebroker.com and just cannot choose

Can I advertise for sale on all of them?

Are there any I should avoid at all cost and why?

If you can answer any of the above questions I would much appreciate it

Thanks in advance

 

[Biggie]

do an advanced search for these terms here on the forum "best place to sell"


http://www.dnforum.com/search.php?searchid=5259867

 

[Deleted member 111831]

Best place to sell is to end users

Oh and you forgot Afternic in your possible places to sell (though I don't know how good or bad they are versus the others).

I'm not a big seller but for the domains I want to sell that are parked I put the for sale banner on them (Fabulous provides this, don't know if other parking companies do also). This has gotten me lots of offers and one good sale.

I would say Forums should be the last place you would look to sell as its nearly all resellers and you aren't going to maximize the price you get - however if you want a quick sale and/or need the money, this is definitely the place to come.

 

[domaingeezer]

Best place to sell is to end users

Oh and you forgot Afternic in your possible places to sell (though I don't know how good or bad they are versus the others).

I'm not a big seller but for the domains I want to sell that are parked I put the for sale banner on them (Fabulous provides this, don't know if other parking companies do also). This has gotten me lots of offers and one good sale.

I would say Forums should be the last place you would look to sell as its nearly all resellers and you aren't going to maximize the price you get - however if you want a quick sale and/or need the money, this is definitely the place to come.

Thanks

 

[cbk]

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[David G]

If you are not selling at wholesale prices to other domainers I don't think the sale venue makes a difference for end-user sales since the end-user will find find the domain no matter were it is listed, parked or advertised, or by using Whois.

If selling wholesale then the most important issue is the traffic the venue gets. In other words if Sedo gets more traffic vs say Afternic then Sedo would be #1 for domainer sales.

 

[domaingeezer]

If you are not selling at wholesale prices to other domainers I don't think the sale venue makes a difference for end-user sales since the end-user will find find the domain no matter were it is listed, parked or advertised, or by using Whois.

If selling wholesale then the most important issue is the traffic the venue gets. In other words if Sedo gets more traffic vs say Afternic then Sedo would be #1 for domainer sales.

So which one gets the most traffic?

 

[Deleted member 111831]

So which one gets the most traffic?

That was answered before, GoDaddy (tdnam), however I disagree that the largest number of eyeballs translates into the best sales price. Quality of eyeballs is far more important and I don't think the big spenders are trolling through the tens and tens of thousands of names available on GoDaddy at any given time.

Best place to sell I think would be on NameJet, can't believe the prices these names go for. Far above reseller values on the average. Wish they allowed people to insert their domains for auction there, mixed in with the dropped names. That would beat all other venues hands down, especially given how quick the sale would be completed and you'd get your money.

 

[Anthony Ng]

If you are not selling at wholesale prices to other domainers I don't think the sale venue makes a difference for end-user sales since the end-user will find find the domain no matter were it is listed, parked or advertised, or by using Whois.

I think the venues (where you showcase your domains) do make a difference. Domain sales (actually any sale, from online to in-store), particularly to end-users depends not only on price or negotiation but also CHANCE. If a domain marketplace could garner more attention of the common man, your chance of selling a domain could increase significantly. To this end, I find Sedo is doing quite well, esp. to European and Asian end-users.

 

[thevirtual]

The best place to sell domains is ALL venues.

No one venue is any good for selling domains, though you will have the best chance by listing on them all.

 

[katherine]

I think the venue is not what makes a domain name sell.
If you have quality domains, end users will find you.
Junk domains are hard to sell, whatever the exposure you can get.

 

[urlurl]

can you list on more than one?

what are the commissions like at each site?

 

[domaingeezer]

The best place to sell domains is ALL venues.

No one venue is any good for selling domains, though you will have the best chance by listing on them all.

so it is ok to list on all?