Enjoy unlimited access to all forum features for FREE! Optional upgrade available for extra perks.

Deluding Ourselves

Discussion in 'Selling Domain Names' started by Brassneck, Aug 25, 2011.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. Brassneck United Kingdom

    Brassneck Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 2005
    Posts:
    3,092
    Likes Received:
    31
    Having been frustrated recently by lack of interest in my domains, I just checked out the http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/domain-name-offers-invited.html forum.

    Looking at the page as it stands at the moment, apart from 1 exception it consists of sales threads where the original poster has either generated no interest or has bumped the thread themselves.

    It seems like most of us are deluding ourselves by continuing to register / catch mid-range names simply on the off-chance we might sell them on. I already developed nearly 500 of the names into sites, and still earn some reasonable cash through parking. Over the next couple of years I imagine i will be letting go 80 per cent of the rest of my portfolio unless anything changes the market as it now stands.

    Is anybody optimisitc about the future?
     
  2. Domain Forum

    Acorn Domains Elite Member

    Joined:
    1999
    Messages:
    Many
    Likes Received:
    Lots
    IWA Meetup
     
  3. rob

    rob Founding Member

    Joined:
    Jan 2005
    Posts:
    5,966
    Likes Received:
    119
    There is alot of tat in there :(

    It would be interesting to know how many are fresh regs.
     
  4. Ashton Canada

    Ashton Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 2010
    Posts:
    1,566
    Likes Received:
    28
    I am, of my circa 100 domain portfolio I just sold 3 domains which paid for the renewals for the next 4 years at least :D
     
  5. Edwin

    Edwin Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 2005
    Posts:
    9,851
    Likes Received:
    617
    We've had 5 end-user sales, averaging well over £1k each, in the last 7 days. Several potential enquiries on the go as well. Busiest it's been for months...

    On your other point, I'd say without a shadow of a doubt the quality of names being posted for sale here is dropping practically day by day, so it's hardly surprising not much is moving on Acorn at the moment!
     
  6. Brassneck United Kingdom

    Brassneck Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 2005
    Posts:
    3,092
    Likes Received:
    31
    Well that is good news - can you send some of your customers my way too!


    I was looking at the Nominet register growth stats the other day - http://www.nominet.org.uk/intelligence/statistics/registration/ - thinking that there must be a chance that the uk registry was close to its peak or might even be contracting a bit. However surprised that growth looks as stong (stronger?) than ever with 10% annual growth rate. Would be interesting to know where the growth is coming from?

    Stephen.
     
  7. jwm United Kingdom

    jwm Active Member

    Joined:
    Apr 2007
    Posts:
    391
    Likes Received:
    5
    There seem to be a few names that go through the following threads on Acorn

    Last Name registered > Domain Appraisal > Offers Invited
     
    Last edited: Aug 25, 2011
  8. Edwin

    Edwin Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 2005
    Posts:
    9,851
    Likes Received:
    617
    Judging from the intro forum... at least some of that growth is coming from "newbies" :)
     
  9. JMOT

    JMOT Active Member

    Joined:
    Feb 2007
    Posts:
    982
    Likes Received:
    22
    Na... go see what I just posted in the offers invited section :cool:
     
  10. Brassneck United Kingdom

    Brassneck Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 2005
    Posts:
    3,092
    Likes Received:
    31
    Even if 1 per cent of the growth was, that would be 100,000 domain names. And judging by the way some established portfolio holders are slimming down their holdings I would imagine that might be evened out.

    Stephen.
     
  11. websaway United Kingdom

    websaway Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2007
    Posts:
    5,336
    Likes Received:
    156
    The for sale sections on here are becoming more like a recycling centre.

    I have not yet worked out why, but I bet theres a good reason why there is a lack of quality names being touted.
     
  12. Edwin

    Edwin Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 2005
    Posts:
    9,851
    Likes Received:
    617
    One pattern that I've noticed is people starting 4-5 sales threads a day, one per sales forum, day after day after day. The net effect is that they have literally dozens and dozens of sales "open" (and ready to bump) at any one time.

    There really should be much stricter posting limits, per day (across all sales forums) and per week (total posts in any sales forum), and also the "bump" function needs to be put out to pasture, if there's to be any chance of a swing back towards higher-quality listings in the sales forums...
     
  13. Ashton Canada

    Ashton Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 2010
    Posts:
    1,566
    Likes Received:
    28
    You're looking for £60k for a 3 org.uk's - Are you suggesting this isn't deluded?

    To put them in contrast, poker.org.uk sold for £25k, creditcards.org.uk for £20k.
     
  14. JMOT

    JMOT Active Member

    Joined:
    Feb 2007
    Posts:
    982
    Likes Received:
    22
    Na... :rolleyes: cos I'd rather SEO in the cruise sector any day of the week than credit cards and poker :cool:

    The combined foot hold those 3 will give me/someone in the 1 niche is worth £60k all day long.

    Its not delusion, perhaps ideas of grandeur but the reality is it will be me making another £xx,xxx a month off another niche next year if I dont sell them to someone with enough foresight to pony up or make a sensible offer.
     
  15. websaway United Kingdom

    websaway Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2007
    Posts:
    5,336
    Likes Received:
    156
    You can look at what you've outlined as akin to trawler fishing, you pull the fish in and sort the ones you are keeping, the valuable ones, and the rest you put back. The only difference with domains is you can be selective about what you pull in in the first place, and when carpetcompany.co.uk sells for nearly $5000 as it did this week according to dnjournal, no one with experience who looks at quality domains is deluding themselves about potential values.
     
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.