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24HourForums.com > Supported Forums > 24's Money Business > Has Anyone Here Ever Sold a Domain Name? |
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation 
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I'd be interested in hearing people's experiences. I've been looking into it. Domain names are cheap, and it looks like, while you can't (mostly) sell them for thousands a piece like you could a few years ago, you might be able to do pretty well for yourself. Spending $10 for a new domain and then turning around and selling it for $150 doesn't sound too bad to me.
 "It's been a long December, and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last." -- "A Long December", Counting Crows |
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I'm thinking about it. A few years ago (before REALLY gettin to enjoy retirement) I registered Sacramenu.com for a restaurant menu site for coupons and stuff. I think it's a great name for a Sacramento website but lack the drive to complete the rest of the package and (ugh) ..hire.. people to go out and sell ads. I keep thinking of the potential and then it's time for another nap. 
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Unless you're the guy who just sold iphone.com to Steve Jobs for 7 figures...
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation
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Sweet Pea wrote: Unless you're the guy who just sold iphone.com to Steve Jobs for 7 figures... Is that true?! I can't believe Apple didn't snag that domain way before someone else...
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newbiecollector Pioneer100© Member  You can't fake real
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anyone can register a site name for less than 10 bucks...........but If you dont sell 100's a year............you got a lot of potential web site names
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation
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newbiecollector wrote: anyone can register a site name for less than 10 bucks...........but It seems to me that the toughest thing is picking a decent name. Most of the good ones are already taken. And the ones left seem to be worth in the $75-100 range. That's not a bad profit if you can flip one, but you have to flip a lot of them to make a living at it.
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Sweet Pea Original500© Member
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Brian, it's true. http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/apple-buys-iphone-com-for-seven-figures/ Wish it could have been ME!!! 
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation
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Sweet Pea wrote: Brian, it's true. Well, if he had that domain since '95, I guess he definitely deserves the cash, for the foresight alone!  If it makes you feel any better, I'm sure he paid more than $10 for it in 1995, and he's been paying the domain name registration fee ever since. (No big consolation, I know, but take what you can get.... )
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Sweet Pea Original500© Member
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I have it on good authority that he's paid approx. $30 per year for it.
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation
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I've officially started the selling process. So far, I've sold two domains. One of them I broke even on, and the other I ended up making about $87 on. (I sold a domain I paid $16 (in the initial price, PayPal and Ebay fees) for $103.) Not bad, but a little slow in terms of cash flow.
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I sold mavericktv.com for $295. It cost me $5.99 to file. Maverick
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation
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Maverick wrote: I sold mavericktv.com for $295. It cost me $5.99 to file. That's a great haul! I've only gotten profits of a couple dollars each per sale. It's harder than I thought to sell them. You can come up with a good name, that the appraisal services (at least, the free ones) tell you is worth $50, but you might only get $20 for it, so you end up breaking even, once you factor in Ebay and PayPal.
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Maverick Pioneer100© Member
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Brian, I tried selling several other names that I thought would be real winners, to no avail. It seems to me the .com's are the most popular. A good short name should draw more interest than a long one. Mav
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