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Nosmo King · 07-09-2006, 01:29 PM

Is it worth listing Domains on Ebay?

All the ones I've seen have no bids (high starting price) or 99p.

rob · 07-09-2006, 01:35 PM

Yes, decent names go for decent prices.

gingeman · 07-09-2006, 03:47 PM

Yeah if you have good names then they will sell, but average/poor names require a more 'active' pursuit of a buyer. People who look for names on ebay are only looking for 3 things in my opinion:

short 3 character domains in TLDs
Generics with traffic.

Anything else will be lost amongst the competition unless it is particularly topical.

LeeOwen · 07-09-2006, 04:02 PM

Whenever I've looked it's crap, hardly any decent domain sales and obviously that includes my own, sedo slate ebay something rotten but then they would, they can't rip you off for £70 - you know they don't even call the proposed buyer? makes you wonder what they do so I've just lost £130.

Someone on here said after listing my domains, if I put my domains on ebay they'd probably go for a tenner, well they were in auction on here for a tenner, what's the difference? logic?

aquanuke · 07-09-2006, 04:28 PM

I had a go the last 5p auction day and shifted a few names and then a couple after the auctions closed, came away with about £1500.. so yep its worth doing IMO.

BTW its 5p day again today.. Im not having a go this time as im cutting the grass!

Nosmo King · 07-09-2006, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aquanuke

I had a go the last 5p auction day and shifted a few names and then a couple after the auctions closed, came away with about £1500.. so yep its worth doing IMO.

BTW its 5p day again today.. Im not having a go this time as im cutting the grass!

In your opinion, was £1500 a fair price for what you sold or would you have valued them higher?

aquanuke · 07-09-2006, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nosmo King

In your opinion, was £1500 a fair price for what you sold or would you have valued them higher?

I was happy with that, they where all non traffic names I wanted to shift and only cost me reg fee, Im only interested in hanging on to traffic names.

If I sell a name on ebay and turn a fiver into £50-£250 then thats ok.. end of the day that probs works out at 2 years PPC rev on a name anyway.

FisherMan · 07-09-2006, 05:10 PM

Just a quick warning ...

I was nearly caught out recently when looking to buy a collection of (40) domains on eBay.

The names were not great, but @ 99p + (the lower) Nominet transfer fee, I thought it may be worth a punt.

However, when investigatin the domains, all of them were well past their renewal date. (In fact, most of them were past the 92/99 day drop dates. Don't know why they hadn't dropped).

Be careful !

FisherMan

aquanuke · 07-09-2006, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FisherMan

(In fact, most of them were past the 92/99 day drop dates. Don't know why they hadn't dropped).

Yep Sean how you do that? Is it something to do with the last update, TAG/DNS change.. clever little bugger

DB · 07-09-2006, 07:49 PM

Not telling you *uckers my tricks - but i tell you this much, them names will not drop

07-09-2006, 01:29 PM	#1
Nosmo King Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 70 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	Ebay Is it worth listing Domains on Ebay? All the ones I've seen have no bids (high starting price) or 99p.

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gingeman Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 42 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 1)	Yeah if you have good names then they will sell, but average/poor names require a more 'active' pursuit of a buyer. People who look for names on ebay are only looking for 3 things in my opinion: short 3 character domains in TLDs Generics with traffic. Anything else will be lost amongst the competition unless it is particularly topical. __________________ Domaining Links - The domainer's desktop! 3CharacterDomain - buy or sell 3 character domains!

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aquanuke Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,804 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 10)	I had a go the last 5p auction day and shifted a few names and then a couple after the auctions closed, came away with about £1500.. so yep its worth doing IMO. BTW its 5p day again today.. Im not having a go this time as im cutting the grass! Last edited by aquanuke; 07-09-2006 at 04:31 PM.

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DB Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lancs - Amsterdam Posts: 3,434 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 55)	Not telling you *uckers my tricks - but i tell you this much, them names will not drop __________________ Domain Brand Limited Domain Appraisal Domain Consultant Domain Finance

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07-09-2006, 01:35 PM	#2
rob Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Edinburgh / Brisbane / Wales Posts: 3,180 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 15)	Yes, decent names go for decent prices.

07-09-2006, 04:02 PM	#4
LeeOwen Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dristor, Bucharest, Romania Posts: 3,713 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 14)	Whenever I've looked it's crap, hardly any decent domain sales and obviously that includes my own, sedo slate ebay something rotten but then they would, they can't rip you off for £70 - you know they don't even call the proposed buyer? makes you wonder what they do so I've just lost £130. Someone on here said after listing my domains, if I put my domains on ebay they'd probably go for a tenner, well they were in auction on here for a tenner, what's the difference? logic?

07-09-2006, 05:10 PM	#8
FisherMan Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Worcester (UK) Posts: 59 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 4)	Just a quick warning ... I was nearly caught out recently when looking to buy a collection of (40) domains on eBay. The names were not great, but @ 99p + (the lower) Nominet transfer fee, I thought it may be worth a punt. However, when investigatin the domains, all of them were well past their renewal date. (In fact, most of them were past the 92/99 day drop dates. Don't know why they hadn't dropped). Be careful ! FisherMan

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