onlinecasino.co.uk and horseracing.co.uk

[James]

Just sold (on Sedo):

horseracing.co.uk £100k
onlinecasino.co.uk £100k

 

[rob]

Good to see those two complete

 

[retired_member6]

nice sales.

 

[Edwin]

VERY nice sales! Were they yours?

 

[James]

Hi Edwin, yes... thank you! I'm happy with the prices, they were just about within the range I wanted.

 

[Edwin]

Are you going to be reporting them to DNJournal?

 

[James]

Yes, just emailed Ron to let him know. They were via Sedo so will hit dnjournal no probs.

 

[Edwin]

More great news. Excellent.

 

[bensd]

Very nice sales, congrats James

 

[retired_member9]

Can you give us some insight on how the negotiations went?

 

[charlie]

amazing sales - well done james
did you reg them a long time ago or was that a quick resale?

 

[James]

I bought them both around 5 or 6 years ago... I just never got around to developing them as I had too many other things on the go. I do think I'll miss them a bit, particularly onlinecasino.co.uk. But in the end I'd rather have cash than trophies.

 

[Sound]

Congratulations on the two sales

James do you have any domains that you have developed into successful websites?

 

[retired_member9]

James, you don't want to tell whether it was through hard negotiations to achieve such fantastic prices? Or buyers were so desperate to get these domains?

I believe these are lucky sales and even at the half of the amount offered, would make sense to sell them. Particularly 'onlineca$ino', I believe it is quite weak name.

 

[SF]

woow 200k - james can you give us some selling tips?

well done mate

 

[foz]

Great sales, well done.

 

[James]

Vizzy, I sent out a lot of feelers over the past month with a genuine assumption (not arrogance I hope, but rather happy naivety) that I'd reach these sorts of prices.

Although the escrow was effectively handled by Sedo, and the buyer initially pitched over Sedo, I do know the buyers well, and have sat down with them a few times over the years.

I don't think the prices are at odds with the quality of the domains at all. In fact, in the past I've been offered a similar deal, but couldn't sell due to the circumstances at the time.

@Sound: Yes, I have developed some domains into sites/businesses. I wouldn't really consider myself a "domainer", although others would maybe. I dunno.

@DB: I don't rate myself enough to impart advice. Whilst I believe in luck, the main thing I've noticed over the years is that a genuinely positive attitude seems to give people an edge.

 

[Sound]

would you care to offer one of the domains you have developed?

 

[James]

Hi Sound, sure...

Financialadvice.co.uk - bookmark this one if you like, it has all the current news, quite handy.

 

[retired_member9]

Vizzy, I sent out a lot of feelers over the past month with a genuine assumption (not arrogance I hope, but rather happy naivety) that I'd reach these sorts of prices.

Although the escrow was effectively handled by Sedo, and the buyer initially pitched over Sedo, I do know the buyers well, and have sat down with them a few times over the years.

Thanks for shedding some light
Now I understand that you've used Sedo's service for escrow only and not blind-bidding via their sales platform (that is the reason I find it unrealistically hard to achieve such prices via their auctions).