Bitcoin+keyword.org

[Federer]

Just Bitcoin*******.org for 3.5 BTC (a little over $20,000). Funds received, domain transferred.

 

[AuthorityDomain]

Wow nice sale on what appears to be the gold rush atm

 

[Federer]

Thanks.
Just sold SmartCoin.co.uk for $850 - the crypto/blockchain space is heating up - and it's just getting started.

 

[ClassicalGuitar]

Nice sale, I also see that Litecoin.co.uk sold for over $2000 recently

Great to see crypto names in the UK extensions selling, not just the .orgs, .coms etc

 

[Names.of.London]

Bitcoin.for.Sale & Bitcoins.for.Sale available - $25 each, click for more info

 

[Federer]

There is currently near-zero demand for these types of names.

 

[Names.of.London]

There is currently near-zero demand for these types of names.

Yep - but working hard to try and change that

If domains had started as natural language phrases like these, nobody would be interested in the geeky computer code style that is now used.

However, we are where we are, and you are right that demand is low - but I still think its a good concept and works especially well for mobile devices as the words are easier to enter & say than domains with unpronounceable names or a number of words blurred into one.

They also work well as a call-to-action for offline marketing - e.g. posters, billboards, leaflets, TV, radio etc - people can easily read them, remember them, tell their friends, message them etc - and they work in any browser. They also give an SEO boost.

We get 1500 to 2000 visitors a day using one of our phrases, mostly mobile - 48% iOS, 41% Android - mostly US (56%) & UK (29%), then AU & CA 3% each - taken from Google Analytics - you can see screenshots of the graphs here.

We just sold Land.for.Sale for $250 (inc $250/yr renewal)

 

[scottmccloud]

$250/yr renewal

That's just one of the reasons why there is hardly any demand for these types of names.

 

[Names.of.London]

That's just one of the reasons why there is hardly any demand for these types of names.

I don't disagree, but the domain Land.for.Sale gets about 100 visitors a week of direct (human) type-in traffic, mostly from mobile users. $5 for 100 targeted visitors means it's worth its price in advertising costs alone.

In FOR.SALE there are only about 10 domains like that. Including HOMES, HOME, HOUSES & HOUSE - those 10 (or so) are the only FOR.SALE ones on a premium price - all the rest are $25/yr and many get some degree of type-in traffic - e.g. trucks.for.sale also gets ~100 visitors per week and is $25 - also business, horses, car, kittens, boats & trailers get between 50 & 75 visitors a week.

$250/yr renewal is our maximum price, so very few cost this much, and if you sign up as an Affiliate you get a minimum 10% rebate on that.

A domainer in Canada just bought a set of cannabis related FOR.SALE domains and has already sold some for about $100 each - it's not big money, but not bad for less than a week's work.

Clearly for a domainer $250/yr represents a high risk, but then so does the same cost of junk COMs - which is what many people end up holding ... but for a business selling land, $250 per year is a justifiable expense. This is why we have the affiliate program - domainers can earn without taking any risk - of course, commission based sales give a lower income, but also a lower risk - such is business.

Until TLDs reach the same kinds of numbers as UK, DE, COM or NET they can't afford to match those sort of prices, its simply not a viable business model. COM & NET have nearly 150M names - so of course the price benefits from the scale. They simply don't need 150 times the number of staff & equipment as a registry with 1M names.

Most ccTLDs are less than 100K names in total and true for many newGTLDs.

That said, there is no excuse for the kind of pricing some newGTLDs have gone in for - like "suits.forsale" -> $6600/yr (new & renew) whereas "suits.for.sale" -> $25/yr guaranteed for the life of the domain.

 

[ian]

Why are you spamming someone elses 'sold' thread, this isn't the place to advertise your own domains and is a bit disrespectful to the OP.

 

[DaveP]

Two word Bitcoin .org for $20,000? How times have changed... I remember when someone sold Bitcoins.co.uk on here for £1000 once.

P.S. Great sale!

 

[boxerdog]

I used to own Bitcoins.co.uk years ago: https://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/bitcoins-co-uk.111748/

i could have taken 800 Bitcoins instead...........ooops

 

[DaveP]

i could have taken 800 Bitcoins instead...........ooops

Shoulda woulda coulda, right? I turned down 2000 bitcoins about 5 years ago.. Roughly $16,000,000 now.. oops indeed.