You’re going to overpay. In this market you’re going to overpay for a single word, quality dot com if its available publicly. You have no choice right now. The only way to get a good price is to be offered a name before it goes public or dig up a name that hasn’t been offered. All auctions, public email offerings, or “out there” names will go for top end price. Everyone has cash. Some have millions to spend. There is more money out there then there is names. I’m not saying that the prices being paid are too high. On the contrary. I think they will still look like great deals down the road. I am merely saying that its a big boy game right now. The money to be made right now is in the hunt. But EVERYONE is hunting down names. By the time I find one and send an email that person has received hundreds. That leaves trying to find the people that leave no clue on how to reach them. The dot .io is a great example. The whois for those is non existent and many of the good names have no lead to the owner. If you could find them, many of them will sell. The dot coms? You’re more lucky to get a good price on good timing than good negotiation.
And the question came up on Twitter yesterday. Who do you think is the most successful current day domain investor. The person that is making the most and hustling the most on a daily basis today. Not the biggest portfolio but buying and selling the most names. Two people came up. Braden Pollock and Andrew Rosener. Andrew is in the public eye so on the surface he is easily the biggest and best. But there are others that do a ton of sales that don’t want any publicity. People like Braden and Adam Strong. Who would your vote be? Mine is easily with Andrew but I’m sure there are some people killing it that I don’t know about.
PS: I am going to be traveling across the country for a few days taking my daughter to college so my response time may be limited and a few lists a little shorter than normal over the weekend.
Here are today’s names. Click through to see the current price
Quote of the Day: “I’m a kind person, I’m kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you’ll remember me for” -Al Capone
“Domain of the Day: DroneCameras.com Hot market. GD gives it a $6500 value
Namejet and Sedo Names at Auction
RefrigerationService.com The kind of name you’ll see on the side of a HVAC company’s truck. 14 bidders and taken in 10 other extensions
PrimeLeads.com Lead gen will never go away. There just more opportunity in them now. No reserve
CustomFences.com Perfect marketing name for someone who does them. Best value on the board IMO
RF.tv Has a chance to meet reserve
SunCreative.com Good solar name
PacificGrill.com No bids. Upgrade name. Wanna bet it goes to a seafood place?
Godaddy Domains That I Like With Multiple Bids
Pupfish.com It’s a real fish. I guess it could be a brand
War.info There are some great .info names up for auction today. .info still has value. Even if its less than it was at its peak a few years ago
Dive.info Another
SanDiego.info All the .info are going to need buildouts but this one is a pretty good geo
VideoLights.com A bit generic but GD and lots of bidders like it
AAAMove.com AAA and A-1 were popular names because they would put you at the front of the phone book. Which was super important back in the day. PBO Phone Book Optimization
Planet-Pets.com The price is so high because you’re buying history. Old website with some historic value
BitColony.com With the price drops its more like a get together. Has a few bids
ezpour.com Upgrade name for a few entities
CashVine.com At $4K because it was an old website. “Uncovering the best coupons & deals from 1000’s of online retailers”
268999.com How much you think a triple 9 is worth? I’ll give you a hint ….a lot
TDCoin.com Another coin name kills it
Classmate.org and Classmates.org Reunion site all the way
Acupuncture.info Love it. Not sure if it works. I just love needles
Safaris.net Safaris can costs thousands of dollars. Would be a great marketing name for those that offer then and a small price to pay vs revenue
CoinCard.org There were times back in the day where people were talking bitcoin backed Credit cards
Godaddy Domains With No Bids
CannaStall.com Nice name for a dispensary/canna store. No bids at $20
GirlSoup.com Can’t believe somebody hasn’t already made this a brand
RockyMountains.net Pretty big geographically area. I think its big and popular enough to give the dot net value. 20 years old
DynamicSports.com One bid. Good rehab or sports product company name
DriverSystems.com No bidders. Pretty good autonomous driving name for $12
WireBee.com Worth looking at just because its two short words
RaceTrack.info What a difference. Doesn’t even have a bid now and a few years ago this could have gone for more than $500 pretty easily
JadeCanyon.com I feel like I already have an all weather jacket of this brand
OTHER Godaddy Domains With Bids
053a.com
053y.com
0555ms.com
065s.com
06pv.com
10DanTeng.com
333cnc.com
411lkn.com
4agel.com
51ttww.com
52ttww.com
901Maids.com
91ttww.com
AllAthleteRecruits.com
AltGuitarBass.com
Amateur-Beach.com
AnonymousMags.com
ArmadilloCoupons.com
AutismGlobalNews.org
AutomaticHomes.com
AutoProtectionHub.com
BestPricePharma.com
BetBang.com
BusinessInnovationFacility.org
BuyAndSellDurhamRealEstate.com
CannabisIreland.net
CoxAutoPartSinc.com
CraftHappiness.com
DiamondsPartyRental.com
DigitalMarketingPlanner.com
dywinck.com
EchoConnect.com
Etzin.com
EveryRate.com
Fcrbo.com
Feiluo66.com
Fence.info
FirestickJailBroken.com
FreeRomBox.com
FreeSeoMarketer.net
GameIB.com
GeeAutomotiveGroup.com
gkbysubhashcharan.com
gmpartseast.com
GotTK.com
HarmonyNailsChapin.com
HaystackNetwork.com
HowToReduceUricAcid.net
Instruction.net
IvangomezGuitar.com
JohnShadeMusic.com
LacklandafbFreedomSaver.com
lblapuzarchitectsandbuilders.com
LFSUPay.com
LiteCoinReport.com
MainRV.com
ManThanExam.com
MarVidaSwim.com
MsFox.com
NNY29.com
Pandoraks.com
PetJourney.com
PGBook.com
PiedraBlanca.org
previum.com
procurandoempregosbr.org
PuppyCityLLC.com
PW373.com
QualityWickerAndRattan.com
QUD68.com
RaisingHealthyDogs.com
RandyFeldmanLaw.com
RealtyNationalMastery.com
RewardForPoll.com
RfidPro.com
SeasonalDeals.com
Simira.com
Siwny.com
sj113.com
smartsolarfl.org
SubmitDirect.net
TanuvasVeMiicro.com
TimisoaraOnline.net
TL49.com
ToGainHair.com
TravelCatalog.net
tsnmfg.com
UNFJ.com
UnitedWayNemo.org
veanositaliankitchen.com
VFPP.com
Virgingorda.com
WhoWeUse.com
WhtaiYuan.com
wjlwd.com
xddtz.com
Xenogames.com
xhydy.com
yasmanybeauty.com
YoungPharoah.net
ZodiacAutomotive.com
Hi Shane, have fun driving with your daughter across the country for school. Did this with my daughter about 12 years ago. Lots of fun!
Jurgen,
Packing now. Should be a lifetime of memories in one trip
Have fun at college! Hope your daughter will enjoy it as well 😉