I probably represent 95% of the people in this industry when I get jealous of some of the amazing sales by other domainers. When I see Michael Berkens selling a name for $30K that I can’t even get a bid for $1000. But there are two key ingredients to the equation. One, a big portfolio. Michael had tens of thousands of names . Two, patience. The only way to get $30K is to say no until you get it. With small portfolio you could be waiting a long time to get offers on your 400 names. But when you are deep you have more opportunity. If you are selling 1% of your portfolio, that’s the difference between 4 names and 100s of names sold. Of course a big portfolio has super high holding costs that require higher sales totals so there is some advantages and disadvantages. While I will never get to 10,000 names, I have been more of a buyer than a seller and have been concentrating on regular income generation that helps to build the portfolio without the need to sell cheap. Hoping the strategy leads towards waiting for the high prices I would like to get. So far I have two great offers that I would have taken a few years ago. I’m saying no thank you now. We’ll know soon whether that it will be a lost sale or great sale. Here are today’s names. Click to see current prices
DiamondOrganics.com The company should probably own this but its getting bid up for all the backlinks and history. 20 years old
CustomEnergy.com I still don’t think people understand how big energy storage and creation is going to be over the next decade
IdealDomain.com The plural would be even better but still a solid name for someone in our industry
PremiumSeed.com No bidders. All plants are grown from seed or cuttings. Why not pretend like you’re the best
HydroTomato.com You probably don’t realize it but a lot of the tomatoes you are getting in the store are grown hydroponically. They are getting better at it every year
eBackorder.com No bidders. Endusers are probably limited but at this price its worth looking at
AtlantaCellular.com Cell phones are coming to Atlanta soon
RazorBlade.org Everyone I know over 17 uses one. Although there was this one guy I know that had a disease where he had no hair on his body. I don’t he spent any money on razors
1800Flowerd.com Only here for the typo. Just a little extra reach away from a visit
ShroomHunter.com Mushroom hunters don’t mess around. I shit you not, they will blindfold you when they drive you to their morel patch.
Shiitake.org Speaking of mushrooms. Here’s a real tasty one
BankingOnBitcoin.com A lot of people are
HeadCrusher.com Good brand and the nickname of The Mountain on Game of Thrones
LeagueMonster.com Have a monster year in your fantasy league with League Monster.com Free slogan.
JustAnotherCoverup.com Conspiracy theorist dream name
CloudScore.com I’ll give it a 6
GMT.us This LLL.us actually has some action. Dot us generally is a the red headed stepchild of the domain world
420RX.com Dr. Weed is in the house
35000.org Its round. Gotta give it that
Here are the best of the LLLL.coms
AYDD.com I love no reserve auctions
VRMM.com Nothing hotter than VR names right now in the auction market. Actually not true, one word keywords are always great
InjuryHelp.com Doctors and lawyers. All willing to help as long as you pay them
Shout.com Fantastic name. Because of the quality I imagine the reserve is going to be pretty high
NetDesk.com Sounds a little 2007ish but still sounds like an online tool
TheBlackHorse.com Not a four figure name at auction but worth more than the present bid IMO
FOR OTHER GREAT NAMES FOR SALE MAKE SURE TO VISIT CAX.COM
CoolDomains.com Nice name for someone in our industry. “These domains are Hot” Free Slogan
FunDeal.com Everyone loves a deal. Making it fun is a bonus
GifDesigner.com Most of the humor on the internet is now Gifs. Make some money off it by helping them be funny thought gifs
Buckingham.org A ton of families share this name. Worth more than the bids for email alone IMO
DirtStopper.com I could use some of this. I come home filthy every night
ItsLong.com Give this one out as an email at the bars. Or porn name
VeganRolls.com you know how I loooooooove vegan stuff
ILikeYourMom.com Careful.
Cleanser.co Has a few bids already. I don’t like it because I don’t like cleaning
YTYT.net Even as a dot net I know there will be quite a few Chinese that will want this pattern
And a few great LLLL.com from the Namejet side
LBED.com Nice LLLL.com or a cool new bed
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There are many domainers who hold huge number of domains than us but still have no ability/vision to see the actual value of the domain what Mike Berkens does and that’s what make him stand out from most of the domainers.
Abdul,
Great point. Knowing value is the most important skill of all. A skill most simply don’t possess.
Berkens no longer has a huge portfolio and still killing it. He’s still selling names for $80K like youcoin.com which is a 2016 purchase. So you can’t say if only I had a big portfolio and/or if only I started in 1995-2000, I’d be Berkens. He’s doing it with neither now. Berkens is one of a kind.
I used to think if I had lucked into domains in the 90’s, I’d be just as successful as Rick Schwartz. But that wouldn’t be true because I would most likely have cashed out for $50K/name instead of holding out for millions like Rick. Those guys are true geniuses.
Note: The “you” doesn’t refer to Shane but anyone not Berkens.
I fully agree with your sentiment, Shane, and your analysis is spot-on, i.e., a massive portfolio enables those ‘home runs’ to happen.
For the rest of us, the best way to monetize the names in our portfolios (I’ve found) is to not sell at all, but, instead, do equity partnerships with emerging players in the relevant space.
Anyone who can enter into a few of those partnerships, leveraging category-defining names (and being sure to pick honest partners) won’t worry about having to sell names.
Just my 2 cents…