If, as a domainer, you want to focus on selling high priced domains, you need to remember why someone would want to buy such a name.
According to SmallBizTrends, there are only three reasons:
Domain Aftermarket & Sales
5 places where to sell domains
At some point you will want to sell your domains. Here are five places where you can do it:
- Forums. Domain forums are probably the most common and popular way to sell domains. Please note that most of the members of forums are people like you: domainers and people looking to resell domains. This is not the right place to find end users in search of a specific domain.
- Brokers. They are specialist in selling domains, like an estate agent is a specialist at selling houses. They will typically keep 20% of the selling price but know a lot more people than you do so can probably find better buyers. Also, as they are paid on commission, they want to get the best price for the domain.
Paris wants a .paris
Paris, the capital city of France, applied for .paris to become a top level domain (TLD) in June, 2008.
The TLD for France is .fr.
The Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, began a campaign on behalf of Paris, on December 9th 2009, to support the .paris TLD request.
ICANN
ICANN is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers which oversees Internet related tasks on behalf of the US Government. The non-profit corporation’s headquarters is based in California, USA. Jon Postel founded ICANN on September 18th, 1998.
On September 29th, 2006, ICANN signed an agreement with United States Department of Commerce (DOC) that allows ICANN to completely manage the Internet system. ICANN is responsible for their decisions and can be punished for their actions.
Domain Auctions
You can purchase domains via various domain auction sites, these websites make it easier to buy and sell domain names.
A drop registrar is a domain name registrar who registers expiring domain names, to sell at auction, as soon as the registration expires. To participate in a drop registrar auction you need to register your interest prior to the beginning of the auction.
A domain auction site allows a customer to purchase a previously registered domain, which suits their needs, from an owner who wishes to sell their domain name. A domain auction site allows sellers to list multiple domains, easily and conveniently, on the one website.
Louis Vuitton Files a WIPO Case For Domain Name
Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), in particular Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly known as Louis Vuitton or LV for short, recently filed a complaint with WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for the domain: go-vuitton.com
LV is a large international French fashion and luxury brand, with well know famous Trade Marks. Louis Vuitton specializes in leather handbags, shoes and accessories.
You want more money ? Develop the domain
Usually domain parking brings only a very low amount of money every month. If you are lucky, this amount may cover the registration fee, but this is not always the case.
You then have a decision to make:
NameDrive Releases NDX 6 Months Sales Figures
Since launching in May 2009, 4526 domains totaling $4.64 million have been sold and successfully transferred using NDX Market’s brokerage and sales platform.
Name Drive reported that 24 different TLDs have been sold on NDX Market. The dominant TLDs were .com and .de domains, making up 40% of the sales between them.
DomainWatch Raises Minimum Bid Prices
Effective as of 1 Dec 2009 DomainWatch.com.au the Australian drop domain service that competes with drop.com.au has advised that the New Minimum Bid is going to …
Have you defined a strategy ?
Each and any domain name can be worth something. Also, over time, the domains will be worth more as the scarcity will increase: there are more and more people online everyday and less and less available domains.
There are probably two main strategies for you to profit from this increase in value:
