domain strategy quick sales small profit

[nauticalandy88]

Hi there I Just wondered really what the best strategy for flipping domains very quickly was, wheres the best place to sell for a quick tiny profit? and daily for very little profit to make say £20 - £30 a day anyone have a good solid strategy they could shed some light on, I would rather do this then sell them randomly at bigger prices as to me its luck in my Domain career I have sold like 3 for £70.00 each and one for $800 (wafflechips.com domain broker contacted me) but really am looking for a way to make a steady slow income almost like grinding poker tournaments but no where near as risky, Im willing to put all the time in the world into it, I really want to better myself at selling domains and really enjoy it,

any advice would be deeply absorbed!

All the best

Andy

 

[Edwin]

Your best strategy is to start with higher quality names, even if it means having far fewer in your portfolio. If you're not seeing the sales you'd like, then get more and more choosy about what you register and/or catch. Nice numbers on Google's keyword tool mean nothing in isolation, the domain's also got to be commercial and the best or one of the top domains for its niche.

Also, bear in mind that very few companies are going to be interested in spending £20-30 on a new name, when they can count on costs of £thousands or more for the rebrand that goes with it.

 

[nauticalandy88]

Ok thanks for your time and help! really good tips there, just to check im getting better and on the right track do you think financialaccountancy.co.uk is a good pick up? to email end users etc

many thanks

 

[Sam]

It's best not to ask for appraisals on domains that are not registered

Ok thanks for your time and help! really good tips there, just to check im getting better and on the right track do you think financialaccountancy.co.uk is a good pick up? to email end users etc

many thanks

 

[websaway]

Ok thanks for your time and help! really good tips there, just to check im getting better and on the right track do you think financialaccountancy.co.uk is a good pick up? to email end users etc

many thanks

no with a capital N

 

[Edwin]

Ok thanks for your time and help! really good tips there, just to check im getting better and on the right track do you think financialaccountancy.co.uk is a good pick up? to email end users etc

many thanks

No, it's not worth the registration fee.

As I said, you have to put yourself in the BUYER's shoes and think why on earth would they want to invest thousands of pounds rebranding to a particular domain name. If you can't think of a very compelling reason for them to do so, DO NOT REGISTER THE DOMAIN.

 

[retired_member36]

Hi there I Just wondered really what the best strategy for flipping domains very quickly was, wheres the best place to sell for a quick tiny profit?

Domainer to domainer sales are your best bet if your looking for quick flips, but don't expect to make much from each sale, as they will be buying at lower prices. Also do a lot of reading on the forum before you go registering too many domains, there is loads of helpful advice.

to make say £20 - £30 a day anyone have a good solid strategy they could shed some light on

If your strategy is looking for FTR domains, to flip it will be difficult to make a constant £20-£30 a day as its luck of the draw if you can find something and more importantly if you can find a buyer. Also remember you might make xx amount one day, but re invest in other domains that you cant sell (I think just about all of us will have done this at some point). Something else to consider is you might spend a good number of hours searching for a domain, only to sell it for a little profit, would you time not have been best spent else where?

Why not look for GOOD domains that are expiring and book them in with drop catchers, or like Edwin said buy some better quality domains, there have been some great domains selling on domainlore.co.uk lately.

but really am looking for a way to make a steady slow income

&

Im willing to put all the time in the world into it

You should also consider looking for some domains that you could turn into a site, write some great content and put adsense or other affiliate ads on and earn money from it. With the right site, the right content a steady flow of income is not too difficult to achieve, but it will take time.

 

[nauticalandy88]

thanks everyone for your help and tips

the domain is financialaccountants.co.uk sorry not accountancy, brain like a siv

 

[websaway]

thanks everyone for your help and tips

the domain is financialaccountants.co.uk sorry not accountancy, brain like a siv

That's a bit better.
If you are only looking for say xx profit, try the org.uk owner, he's just renewed.

 

[nauticalandy88]

thanks mate will do! would you say emailing companies is a good way of selling I suppose if you put the time in you get the results?

 

[Brassneck]

thanks mate will do! would you say emailing companies is a good way of selling I suppose if you put the time in you get the results?

This is just my experience with half-decent generic domains.

For every domain, you contact, say, 100 companies.

For 2 out of 5 you will hear absolutely nothing.

For 2 out of the remaining ones you will get some kind of interest / a polite no thank you / a rude response.

For the other 1 you may well get a sale in low to mid XXX.


To get this you will have had to have 5 worthwhile domains of potential interest to end users. Probably have spent several hours researching prospects and then more time sending emails. It's also incredible boring!

Just my experience!

Stephen.

 

[websaway]

thanks mate will do! would you say emailing companies is a good way of selling I suppose if you put the time in you get the results?

It's all about quality and price.

 

[ian]

One bit of advice, if you are going to include a signature with your domain profile, at least make sure it works (hasn't since you posted). Can't sell what no one can see!

 

[cm1975]

This is just my experience with half-decent generic domains.

For every domain, you contact, say, 100 companies.

For 2 out of 5 you will hear absolutely nothing.

For 2 out of the remaining ones you will get some kind of interest / a polite no thank you / a rude response.

For the other 1 you may well get a sale in low to mid XXX.


To get this you will have had to have 5 worthwhile domains of potential interest to end users. Probably have spent several hours researching prospects and then more time sending emails. It's also incredible boring!

Just my experience!

Stephen.

Sounds familiar, especially the rude response! There will also be people expecting to buy it for the reg fee.

 

[Murray]

I think you're crazy Andy

Finding the right domains and a buyer for £30 a day seems like a lot of work.

Especially as sometimes when you do find a buyer they faff about and you have to chase them up + then sometimes it falls through anyway

Also I would imagine quite a few domains you would register you wouldn't be able to sell and that eats into any profit you've made (if you would consider it profit for the time you've put in)

 

[frankp57]

Where is the best place to sell domains then? I've put some of mine on Sedo but that's not worked. You have to join their Premium service to get the best exposure, which means in my case, transferring from my registrant to one of those that Sedo have partnered with (some I'd not heard of).

Is Flippa any good for domain flipping?

There appear to be so many places to sell apart from Flippa and Sedo. It can be a bit of a minefield in terms of choosing the best selling platform, setting the right price etc. I have quite a few sport related domains, some with websites built, some not.

One example of one of the domains I have with no website built on it is a two word very popular sport .org. The .com equivalent is for sale with one agency at £11.5k.

Is there a general rule of thumb that can give an idea on value. Say if a .com is for sale at £11.5k, then could you ascertain that a .org, or a .net, or a .co.uk of the same domain would be valued roughly at say a certain percentage of the .com?

I have also tried the direct contact approach to a company but they did not even reply. The domain I approached them about was a .es extension, which just happened to be the exact name of their business - and they were supposedly on the look out for a new domain!!

It is difficult to know where to find the most appropriate marketplace.

Is trying a domain broker a viable option? If so, which one?

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

 

[Edwin]

You're looking at the wrong part of the picture. You could run a full page ad in all the newspapers and still not sell a poor quality domain name.

Instead of worrying about the sales venue, focus on getting better (MUCH better) domains - and after a while those sales will come. But without decent inventory, you can tattoo the name on your forehead and still not get a flicker of interest.

 

[frankp57]

You're looking at the wrong part of the picture. You could run a full page ad in all the newspapers and still not sell a poor quality domain name.

Instead of worrying about the sales venue, focus on getting better (MUCH better) domains - and after a while those sales will come. But without decent inventory, you can tattoo the name on your forehead and still not get a flicker of interest.

I may well have good quality domains. Take the .com example that's on offer at £11.5k and I have the .org. That to me suggests that the domain is a good quality. As a newbie in all this of course trying to ascertain the best selling venue is important. If I started business as a supplier of say best quality mens designer suits, I wouldn't try to sell them in women only clothes shops would I.

Assuming I wanted to try and sell my good quality .org, what would be the best way to go about it? What would be the best sales approach to take as a newbie?

 

[Systreg]

Valuing a domain on the basis of a .com having a price tag of £11.5k is not a good idea, you see many domains on eBay for example valued at £100,000 or £1 million, people do it all the time on there.

I could go and reg a .com and put a price tag of £11.5k on it, it doesn't mean it's worth that much, but that's the price that's on it.

It would be different if a name had sold for £11.5k, you would at least know that someone thought it was worth that to buy it, and you could try and value/price accordingly.

It would be interesting to know what the .com and your domain is?

 

[ian]

I may well have good quality domains. Take the .com example that's on offer at £11.5k and I have the .org.

Means absolutely nothing if it hasn't actually sold!