Comments on: Selling Domain Names to Maintain Cash Flow

By: NoDomainsForSale

NoDomainsForSale — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:37:37 +0000

Standard business practice at old-industry companies is to maintain an ongoing valuation of what a business unit is worth, and what tripwires would trigger a sale. Why should domain investing be any different?

Emotional attachment to a domain name can be accounted for by adding an emotional premium or sentimental surcharge.

For some domains, setting a minimum bid amount (rather than a sale-price amount) is all that is needed.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:06:52 +0000

“It’s feeling like the domain market is really in an upswing.”

That is very funny!

By: Robb

Robb — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:34:08 +0000

Buy and Sell, Sell and Buy. There is no market where people only buy and hold forever, like stocks, real estate, etc. There is a time to buy, and a time to sell. Encouraging that Afternic had their best quarter ever, the way the economy is going. It’s feeling like the domain market is really in an upswing, probably because demand is increasing for good domains, and supply is going down as they’ve been snapped up over the last few years by end users and large portfolio holders.

By: Kelly lieberman

Kelly lieberman — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:25:16 +0000

I haven’t personally felt the effects of the down market – except at the gas station(!!), because I listened to Owen Frager and got into Apple while it was at $120!
I have always been actively open to selling domains for the right price, so I haven’t increased my selling although I am trying SnapNames auction service for the first time next week.
I have 0RateCreditCard.com,HighStakesBet.com, and AppFreebies.com going to auction. The reserves are very low and I wanted to see where the market goes on these. (I also am still standing by my pledge of 15% to the ICA for all of my domain sales)
I also have some domains up for auction at TDNAM. I am trying a few experiments here and there, deciding what is the best service to go with. I have 0RateLoan.com, CardiacCareUnit.com and WhiteHouseCrime.com at auction now with low reserves. I really had some great plans for White House Crime…but I will have to leave that to Steven Colbert…
More than the economy, for me it is part of what is great about domaining, the fun of buying and selling. I have been buying like crazy so I need to sell to buy more. It is an addiction that’s for sure. I have to feed the beast…