Thanks. Real good points by all.
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Originally Posted by Forkbeard
My current experience is that there isn't much market for undeveloped domains that don't get multiple-hundreds of type-in traffic, not right now. There has been in the past (people want the combo of brandability plus an easier SEO job) and I think there will be in the future, but right now it doesn't matter how cheap you price them, they aren't moving.
I personally would rather hold a domain like asscanings.com (to throw a dartboard at my portfolio at random) than sell it for $25 or $100 It got like 150 page views last month, about half type-ins and the rest from search. My stats aren't granular enough to tell me if it paid for itself, but I'm maintaining my portfolio without outside cash so far. There's enough value in the traffic that I just don't feel any incentive to sell for peanuts. And nobody's buying at higher prices.
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Very nice post. Appreciate it. [the two paragraphs above rang a bell]
Yeah at this time it is prob not smart to sell even if you do need the money. You'll def get taken. I'm probably going to go with the "hang on to them and maybe the market will chg again" theory. Because indeed you can't get a fair price at this time on the lesser quality domains that are still too good to let expire.
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Originally Posted by u-Bob
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Thx U-Bob. Nice read.
As Rick S said: "a good domain will outlive us all." The key seems to be determining what is truly a good domain and then pricing it as you see it so you don't get ripped during this down time and then waiting out the buyers until the cycle changes.
Couple points that stuck out:
[Start Rick S]
Rick S: "I have asked one question now for a decade. Can anyone name me an investment that was available to all and went up faster than domain names in value other than a lottery ticket??
Gold?? Took thousands of years to get to $1000 an ounce. Diamonds? Real Estate?
Like anything else, domains are a market. Markets go up and markets go down. But the foundation for premium dotcom domain names is more solid than any other single investment on planet earth."
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Rick S: "My answer for the last 15 years has been to buy great domain names and that seems to be more solid than anything I have ever been involved with. Just don’t buy garbage. I see investment quality domains laying around for $500, $1000, $2000 and I see domains with little or no value fetch much more."
[End Rick S]
This seems to be the deal for most real buyers. They want domains that are truly good rather than lesser domains that pretty much need developing to be anything. They may have potential but need developing before they really can be sold. The big buyers seem to want truly long range good domains with no speculation or developement needs attached to the sale.
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Originally Posted by woj
that's just how the business works, you make money by scoring big...
registering a domain for $10, and flipping it for $20 will never make you any money...  |
And this sort of goes along with the above. Find out what are truly your good domains and don't give em away. But the "so so decent" undeveloped.. (stuff getting less than 200 typeins/month but still a good domain in the past) Maybe hang on and hope the market improves. At least at $8.00 (Moniker) the price to hold them isnt too bad.
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Originally Posted by onwebcam
... times are rough.
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Amen.
