Nobody asked me for this, but I’m going to give it to you anyway. Here are my thoughts on when marketplace commissions are deserved.
- Sells through your lander: 5% plus escrow service fees
- Sells on LTO: 15%
- Sells through marketplace discovery: 15%
Anything higher than that is a bad deal, in my opinion.
Even if you have a broker negotiating on behalf of the buyer, it’s barely any work. They’re answering a few emails. The buyer literally came to you. All the broker has to do is relay what the buyer and seller are saying.
Realtors have to show homes, host open houses, coordinate inspections, and handle all kinds of other work, yet they often earn about one-third of the commission that many domain marketplaces charge.
Again, I’m not saying marketplaces aren’t important or that they don’t do a great job. They absolutely do. But I think the cap should be 15%, and they can still make a ton of money while everyone benefits.
If I’m paying 20% or 30%, I had better see a dramatic improvement in sales compared to platforms charging 15%. That’s a lot of extra money, and it’s hard to justify otherwise.
I’ve analyzed my portfolio and flagged the domains that I believe are most likely to be discovered because someone typed the domain directly into their browser to see if it was for sale. In those cases, the quality of the domain is doing the discovery, not the marketplace.
I’m putting those names on my own landers. I use tracking to see whether visitors are coming from corporate IP addresses, which gives me some insight into which companies are looking at a domain. That’s data nobody else gives me.
Actually, nobody gives me much of anything. Country data does nothing for me. Time on page? I don’t care. I want to know which company looked at the domain and how many times they checked it. Of course I want them to make an offer, but simply knowing they’re actively researching the name is a valuable signal and a great trigger for outreach.
Brandables and everything else? Marketplaces are perfect for those
Quote of the Day: “What gets measured gets managed.” -Peter Drucker
Domain of the Day: Tuso.ai BIN at $400
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Dynadot
AgenticAuto.com Went from no bids to top number of bids quickly. Ends today
ForestFox.com Not worth a ton but makes a good brand
uLeaf.com Leaf is an open vessel keyword that extends beyond nature. Or so I’ve found
Cabinet.xyz Store your things
Bestie.xyz Taken in 170 extensions
Super.cards $85 renewal is not ridiculous. Trading cards are at peak
True.coffee $47 renewal here
BrowserGuard.com Browsers have been given too much control of your computer IMO
Agentic.supplies No bidders. Agentic is the future, just not as much and quickly as the maxis think it is
Namejet
CleanVibe.com Everything is done on a vibe now
BigGarden.com Nice gardening brand
AgSystems.com Upgrade for a lot of companies
AKEnergy.com Add it to your LLEnergy names
NewsofTheDay.com Here’s your new news aggregator
Zakio.com I’ll take this 5L
SPC.net Best letters. The only kind of .net you want
SuperStage.com Stage you home or get on stage like a star
WHCO.com WH Company
Serpent.org This one will do well. Great keyword
DataMarketing.com Generic but data is everything
LivingForever.com Not forever but these new drugs make it a lot lot longer
Sedo
Gidi.com $588 BIN
GRND.ai (Grind) $800 BIN
GXU.ai $888 BIN
OneTimeGallery.com Used to be an online art gallery and get almost 12K monthly visits. Reserve under $100
Catched
Intelligence.ec Has value in every single TLD IMO
Escrow.finance The finance makes it defendable
Small.capital. Small checks, big results
CDM.us Any LLL.us you want for $30 right now. A lot of good choices
AiDoc.xyz Xyz is 4th or 5th tier but no bids. At $10 worth a flip
GrowHut.ai Grow it in a Lab. An AI lab
Velocity.es Another fantastic keyword in the .es
Toolbox.us A bunch of nice .us. This has the most bids
BMC.us Another one of the nice LLL.us
Namepros
ZEXM.com High bid is $108
50 Decent 4L.com with a starting bid of $10K
YLTA.com. Next bid $171. BIN at $300 $275
PUAR.com Like the name but highest bids are coming from owner not post in threads
Godaddy Names with Bids
Paym.com Most bids on the board. Payment names will continue to do well as long as people are moving money online
SeaTurtle.com Animals are always good assets but now popular types of animals are hitting 5 figures
Fortem.com An upgrade for dozens of companies operating on alt varieties of the keyword
DreamLashes.com Not huge value but plenty of brow and lash stores around the world
Mixero.com Brandable but going to be a crypto mixer
MedKit.net Everyone needs one in every vehicle, every building.
EveryoneApproved.com Doesn’t sound very exclusive
Edumarket.com Taken in 52 extensions
Cpon.com Coupon
PokerBonus.com Poker affiliate business must still be intact
NYYA.com New York Something Association
Worle.com Wordle typo
GoDaddy Names Value Names (Low or No Bids)
FutureWorkers.com
BlueBeluga.com
KidEye.com
MonsoonBio.com
GoRacer.com
CloudDid.com
BringStyle.com
HomeAndHarmony.com
MaximumEffect.com
BitGauge.com
WeWantChange.com
ClairObscure.com
NatureJoe.com
TwistedLight.com
CovertBank.com
KidConnects.com
CreativeShip.com
ArborAsset.com
BrandLeak.com
The Rest of the Godaddy Names with Bids
09741.com
225444.com
24114.com
34775.com
6800.org
888847.com
Abox.io
AnnapurnaCurryGrill.com
AtOuchOfModern.com
BattCom.com
Berkshire.net
BetYoung.com
BlackSign.com
ByeBet.com
CampusWatch.com
CarInsuranceClaims.com
CashSuper.com
coopersmarquees.com
dasht.com
esportgaming.com
evomar.com
f-group.com
FreeDiscountCards.com
inposition.com
JackGraham.com
KeyPool.com
LuxuryLivingDirect.com
ManyMart.com
MarijuanaReview.com
MesaUrbanGarden.org
MindfulLittleMinds.com
ModernSlaveryMap.org
partbmedicare.com
partcmedicare.com
PharmacyTechs.net
Portal-Cinema.com
pvwo.com
qcfk.com
RaffleBet.com
ReidsvilleInn.com
RestorationWellness.com
sqbe.com
SweetFinPoke.com
TheannexFoodHall.com
TheGreenwoodAmericanBistro.com
VimAll.com
xtremegyms.com
ztaj.com
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Yes, imagine to have to pay Afternic 25-30 percent on a seven-figure name that sells itself if you don’t use their landers. Try comparing this to real estate agents, who often actually do some serious work.
I hope you grabbed gidi.com at that price!