Thinking of selling a domain - any advice? - GoFuckYourself.com

kane · 12-14-2008, 05:27 PM

Hi,
I was contacted about a domain I have had for a while and asked if I wanted to sell it. I thought about it and we settled on a price then they backed out. I guess it is possible they were never really that interested in the first place and were just fishing for ideas.

Anyway, I am now thinking of selling that domain anyways. I haven't done anything with it in years and have no real plans of doing anything with it. It is actually one of the first domains I bought and was registered in 1999. It gets about 100 uniques a day to some very old sites I still have on it, but nothing major. The domain is www.group-sex.com (note: what is on there is very old so half of it probably doesn't even work anymore). Any thoughts on it? Do people buy hyphenated domains? It could be a good name to brand for the right person.

Any advice on where I might list it or go about selling it or even if you think it has any real value?

Thanks in advance.

PornMD · 12-14-2008, 05:42 PM

Based on name quality and that traffic, IMO you're looking at mid to high 4-figures most likely. Without hyphen that's probably a high 5-figures name at least, just to get an idea of how much hyphens hurt names.

Unfortunately there are a lot of jokers online...sometimes offerers ask you to get an appraisal from a list of companies mentioned on some board post - never do that if you ever get an email like that because it's 100% a scam run by those appraisal companies.

kane · 12-14-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PornMD

Based on name quality and that traffic, IMO you're looking at mid to high 4-figures most likely. Without hyphen that's probably a high 5-figures name at least, just to get an idea of how much hyphens hurt names.

Unfortunately there are a lot of jokers online...sometimes offerers ask you to get an appraisal from a list of companies mentioned on some board post - never do that if you ever get an email like that because it's 100% a scam run by those appraisal companies.

yeah they just contacted me out of the blue and asked if I was willing to sell it. When I asked for an idea of what they wanted to spend they responded and after a couple of emails we agreed on the price then I didn't hear from them for a few days. I contacted them again and they told me they had decided to go with a different name.

So who knows how serious they were.

Thanks for you input though. I appreciate it.

PornMD · 12-14-2008, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kane

yeah they just contacted me out of the blue and asked if I was willing to sell it. When I asked for an idea of what they wanted to spend they responded and after a couple of emails we agreed on the price then I didn't hear from them for a few days. I contacted them again and they told me they had decided to go with a different name.

So who knows how serious they were.

Thanks for you input though. I appreciate it.

That's too bad - I've had that kind of thing happen before, it's tough when you actually get an educated buyer who finds and weighs out many different options. A lot of buyers seem to jump on whatever name they're after, or register some piece of shit domain if they can't buy the one they're after.

kane · 12-15-2008, 02:16 PM

Bump for me. Any advice? Interest?

gooddomains · 12-15-2008, 02:19 PM

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kane · 12-15-2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by gooddomains

put it on sedo

Thanks. I'm checking them out now.

jrzeygirl · 12-15-2008, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by kane

Hi,
I was contacted about a domain I have had for a while and asked if I wanted to sell it. I thought about it and we settled on a price then they backed out. I guess it is possible they were never really that interested in the first place and were just fishing for ideas.

Anyway, I am now thinking of selling that domain anyways. I haven't done anything with it in years and have no real plans of doing anything with it. It is actually one of the first domains I bought and was registered in 1999. It gets about 100 uniques a day to some very old sites I still have on it, but nothing major. The domain is www.group-sex.com (note: what is on there is very old so half of it probably doesn't even work anymore). Any thoughts on it? Do people buy hyphenated domains? It could be a good name to brand for the right person.

Any advice on where I might list it or go about selling it or even if you think it has any real value?

Thanks in advance.

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BillP · 12-15-2008, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jrzeygirl

Hey Kane

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Any questions hit me up!

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jrzeygirl · 12-15-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BillP

How much does Moniker charge for appraising domain names?

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12-14-2008, 05:27 PM	#1
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	Thinking of selling a domain - any advice? Hi, I was contacted about a domain I have had for a while and asked if I wanted to sell it. I thought about it and we settled on a price then they backed out. I guess it is possible they were never really that interested in the first place and were just fishing for ideas. Anyway, I am now thinking of selling that domain anyways. I haven't done anything with it in years and have no real plans of doing anything with it. It is actually one of the first domains I bought and was registered in 1999. It gets about 100 uniques a day to some very old sites I still have on it, but nothing major. The domain is www.group-sex.com (note: what is on there is very old so half of it probably doesn't even work anymore). Any thoughts on it? Do people buy hyphenated domains? It could be a good name to brand for the right person. Any advice on where I might list it or go about selling it or even if you think it has any real value? Thanks in advance.

12-14-2008, 05:42 PM	#2
PornMD Mainstream Businessman Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 9,291	Based on name quality and that traffic, IMO you're looking at mid to high 4-figures most likely. Without hyphen that's probably a high 5-figures name at least, just to get an idea of how much hyphens hurt names. Unfortunately there are a lot of jokers online...sometimes offerers ask you to get an appraisal from a list of companies mentioned on some board post - never do that if you ever get an email like that because it's 100% a scam run by those appraisal companies. __________________ Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

12-15-2008, 02:16 PM	#5
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	Bump for me. Any advice? Interest?

12-15-2008, 02:19 PM	#6
gooddomains Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 10,127	put it on sedo