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Old 28-01-2012, 06:19:45 PM     #1 (permalink)

 
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wtf going on?

domains I let drop sell on DL for more than other names which are in the AD premium section. These domains which are in the £1000+ premium section only sell for low ££/£££ on domainlore - something is wrong..
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Maybe put them on domainlore before you let them drop .
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Guess it shows just how speculative the industry is at the moment and how difficult it can be to price most domains

One mans junk is another mans treasure - and very much applies to domains
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I've been rethinking the whole thing since I started the other thread about the market sucking...

Take the premium section (£1000+) for example. I think many of the names there (including some I put there in the last 6 months) are in there based on outdated pricing.

It's no longer the case the first names are automatically worth £1000 ('worth' meaning it's a safe bet that you could flip them later in the year for £1000+) and LLL's are clearly no longer automatically worth £500 (but 2 years ago imo that was the case and if one came up for £450 it was an automatic buy).

But there are opportunities like the person who caught/regd and DL'd the name you let drop. I've not been making many sales recently but this week I sold a name I regd after someone let it drop for £450 and one I bought here on AD a month ago for £15 I sold a few days ago for £300. It's a weird world in domains at the moment but the reality that personally I felt comfortable operating with has completely changed. Maybe new opportunities, but it's not really helping me when I'm trying to sell the likes of ewan, seu, qmg, jsg, fsq.... for what I would have considered peanuts 18 months ago.
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Selling domains to domainers is no longer a profitable market.. Were all a bunch of stingy bastards who would kill their grandma for a penny

I recently started contacting endusers more pro-actively and have seen some really good results.

The response you get from endusers seems to be getting better as well.. Where 2 years ago they would think you were trying to scam them or rip them off they nowadays understand the value of a good generic domain but at a fair price.

I think we also have to rethink our pricing strategy, contact an enduser with the right price (almost always lower then you expect to get) and they will happily pay it, offer a domain at a ridiculous price and you will just scare them away.

I hope it makes sense to you guys
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Ok, not that much related to this subject but didn't want to start a new thread for it, good article:

http://www.economist.com/node/215435...seofpessimists
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