Domain is first “big” sale at popular Domaining.com web site.
About a month after launching its domain name marketplace, domain news aggregator Domaining.com has sold ItalianRestaurants.com for $17,000.
The site charges a listing fee and commission for all domain name sales, and the rates were recently reduced. Listing fees start at $5 for domains under $250 and go as high as $25 for domains priced over $2,500. This listing fee ensures sellers price domains appropriately. If a domain sells there is a 10% commission. Domains are priced at a “buy it now” price for the first two days they are on sale and then users can submit offers if the domain has not sold.
Although the structure of listings and who sees them has changed a couple times since the launch of the marketplace, domains are included in an e-mail blast sent to Domaining.com members. Premium members receive the email a day before regular members. The domains are also displayed on the right side of the domaining.com web site.
Examples of recent sales include:
ItalianRestaurants.com $17,000
SilverProduction.com $499
PhotoBloggers.com $975
PhotoDigest.com $350
StepWorkouts.com $250
StudentCarInsurance.com $4,850
LasVegasFever.com $299
Laby.com $2,000
Lefts.com $750
AmethystJewelry.com $1,700
ConsolidateCreditCard.com $1,200
InternetBullying.com $200
ClinicalTalk.com $250
18holes.com $5,000
HomesLoans.com $2,240
Domaining.com has struggled to find a business model that works, but the domain marketplace seems to be a step in the right direction.
Rob Sequin says
Good for Francois, he will find the right model. He is a good businessman and good at marketing.
Jamie says
It’s going to be hard to recover what he paid for the domain. I think domaining.com should of purchased Estibot and it’s tools, services/future tools with the extra $100K spent this year on advertising and development. Just my 2 cents.
Domaining.com needs Services, that’s how it will make money. Registrar, domain management tools, metric tools, auction interface etc.
Francois says
Champagne!
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We would like to focus in domain sales.
We will continue improving the “Featured Domains” service…
Thanks a lot for the post.
Gazzip says
Nice one !
Congrats to the seller and to Francois, with all those eye balls on Domaining.com everyday its sure to do well as a sales platform…in time.
Good luck with it Francois.
Free Reg Names says
Interesting range in pricing.
Between $ 200 to $ 17,000.
I think a couple were good buys.
Congrats to the buyer and seller.
Steve M says
Nice moves, Francois.
Have rarely visited since you instituted the requirement of “membership” in order to click through to the actual articles last year…well; guess you’ll be seeing me around more often now.
ParkingFirm.com says
good one Francois, who purchased it?
Best
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Jay M
ParkingFirm.Com
Randomo says
Just to clarify … the prices listed above were probably the original offer prices. Some may have sold at those levels, but not all did. (One of those sales was mine, and it sold for less than that price.)
Francois says
Which one Randomo?
Because these are not the BIN prices but really the prices the domains have been sold except I forget to update a sold price in our database.
Also for info, 40% of the names were sold at BIN and 60% for the best offer.
ParkingFirms.com says
The whois for ItalianRestaurants.com has not changed (and some others I checked).
Most of the sales companies do not report a sale until it has been completed.
And, DNJournal has a strict rule that ownership had to change for it to be included in the weekly sales report.
I believe Sedo also follows that policy when they list a completed sale on their front page.
Francois, are you going to advertise sold prices even if the whois hasn’t changed?
Graham Stuart says
Good to see Francois has found some direction.
Maybe he should look at buying out someone like VentureNames.com they seem to have everything in place.
Francois says
You make me smile, it was sold yesterday 🙂
For info we charge for domains before transfer them. Yes it’s possible the last sales posted here are still not be fully transfered to the new owners. But I can tell you again all these sales have been done.
Regarding post the sales at DNJournal I still have not taken my decision, we did not do it for PremiumDomains.com
Randomo says
Francois – my sale was StepWorkouts. Check your records, it went for an offer price rather than the originally listed price of $250.
Domain Magnate says
Good sale Francois, good luck with the venture, I knew it would be a success when domaining.com first started with a few blogs in rss.
Michael
Air Filters says
I absolutely love Domaining. It just takes one good deal to make all the efforts worth it. Thanks for sharing these. They are inspiring.
Marketing DIY (@marketingdiy) says
Interesting, and wondering if that sale helps give a guide.for pricing my ItalianRestaurants.tv ?