carl77

As a new domainer, like lots of others before me I thought my domains would be flying out in days at 1,000 each. After 4 weeks since starting I realise thats not going to happen LOL

Have listed on Sedo, Afternic and GoDaddy. So far have only sold on GoDaddy.
Am I right in thinking unless you have a gem, domains dont exactly fly out the door ?

Are the listing services I mentioned the bread and butter ? What else can I do to help getting cash flow going ? Have put some up on here for auction

Do people making sales everyday have large portfolios, say 500 names or more ?

Would welcome any suggestions advice

Thanks Carl

Bailey

Carl your clearly starting out with the completely wrong approach to domains. This is no get rich overnight business and nobody is going to start offering advice to someone with so little insight. Thats not out of malice - just recognising a 'lost cause'. If you can't be bothered to learn some basics And I would say 90% of what you need to know is already here on Acorn in the archives. Best of luck

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anthony

Just to add a little focus on that particular question, Edwin (a member here, look him up), who has a portfolio of 6,000 .uk domains, and has many years of experience doing this, confirmed a few days ago that his annual sales tally is between 50-100 domains. This is a guy who knows his particular marketing strategy better than most who use that model. That's an annual churn of 0.8 to 1.6%. Not only that, of the domains sold, he also confirmed that 63% were on his books for at least 5 years.

There is the reality of bulk stocking.

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fraser

Yes, that pretty much sums it up.

Might sound harsh to hear but I don't think people are going to be beating a path to your door to buy those domains.

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Skinner

At the beginning the easiest cash flow is develop the names, start making some ad/aff revenue then sell on multiples of cash flow or as a developed site.

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accelerator

I would say domains don't simply sell themselves, you've got to put the leg work in. Either try ranking the name, e.g. my jet hire and rare wines sites, so the right people see it, or if the name is good enough, try a few speculative e-mails or even better letters.

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carl77

Thanks for that information is very useful as I had allready seen a list of that guys names, but I note there all .co.uk Its really a very low sales rate of 1% and that has answered a lot of my question regarding how fast they sell. Great to get useful information, thanks again Carl

carl77

Thanks ANTHONY, its seems that really deals with my question on how fast they sell really well. Had seen the guys list who has about 6000 names, only selling 1% of such a bulk stocking is really quite amazing to me as a newcomer. Thats great information thanks again
Carl

anthony

It's thanks to Edwin really for being so open, but no problem nevertheless.

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agnesj

I am new to domaining as well. But definitely going for fewer high quality domains and moving away from bulk stocking. Tough to maintain. Looking to buy 3 very high quality domains and resell instead of registering thousands and sinking when I can't sell..lool