Comments for Dot Com Domain Names http://www.dcdomainnames.com The Art of Buying and Selling Domain Names Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:41:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on One Word Domain Name Auctions by aliasmoniker http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/05/30/one-word-domain-name-auctions/#comment-162 aliasmoniker Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:26:51 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/05/30/one-word-domain-name-auctions/#comment-162 What do you think acmegenesis.com is worth? What do you think acmegenesis.com is worth?

]]> Comment on Can a 2-Letter Dot Com Really Be Worth $495,000 by wiggletooth http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/21/can-a-2-letter-dot-com-really-be-worth-495000/#comment-158 wiggletooth Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:00:12 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/21/can-a-2-letter-dot-com-really-be-worth-495000/#comment-158 Many of the 2 letter dotcom's have gone for $500,000 - 1+ Million so it is not surprising to see more doing the same. Many of the 2 letter dotcom’s have gone for $500,000 - 1+ Million so it is not surprising to see more doing the same.

]]> Comment on Cut Your Domain Name Registration Costs Up to 46% by Craig http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/19/cut-your-domain-name-registration-costs-up-to-46/#comment-97 Craig Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:45:36 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/19/cut-your-domain-name-registration-costs-up-to-46/#comment-97 I sell domain names on eBay for marketing and business development purposes. Keep in mind that anytime you limit yourself to trying to sell a domain name in 7 to 10 days you stand little chance of getting the right buyer at the right time. The way to maximize your domain name values and sales figures is to create some content for the domain, run enough ads on it to pay for the domain name renew and then some, then start promoting the domain name for sale. Once you have some nice traffic coming to it you can also cash park the domain name, running a "this domain is for sale" ad on the site. You'll be surprised how many bids you'll get if you truly have a good domain name and its drawing traffic. I sell domain names on eBay for marketing and business development purposes. Keep in mind that anytime you limit yourself to trying to sell a domain name in 7 to 10 days you stand little chance of getting the right buyer at the right time. The way to maximize your domain name values and sales figures is to create some content for the domain, run enough ads on it to pay for the domain name renew and then some, then start promoting the domain name for sale. Once you have some nice traffic coming to it you can also cash park the domain name, running a “this domain is for sale” ad on the site. You’ll be surprised how many bids you’ll get if you truly have a good domain name and its drawing traffic.

]]> Comment on Cut Your Domain Name Registration Costs Up to 46% by fordy http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/19/cut-your-domain-name-registration-costs-up-to-46/#comment-92 fordy Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:28:52 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/19/cut-your-domain-name-registration-costs-up-to-46/#comment-92 Great piece of advice about selling on ebay. Is that how you make money from most of your domains. I have a great website for finding available domain names (http://www.domainnamesoup.com) and I'm trying to find ways of selling domains. So far I haven't had much luck. Any advice on selling would be appreciated. Great piece of advice about selling on ebay. Is that how you make money from most of your domains. I have a great website for finding available domain names (http://www.domainnamesoup.com) and I’m trying to find ways of selling domains. So far I haven’t had much luck. Any advice on selling would be appreciated.

]]> Comment on Turning an Expired Domain Names List into a Personal Goldmine by Craig http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/10/turning-an-expired-domain-names-list-into-a-personal-goldmine/#comment-72 Craig Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:55:44 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/10/turning-an-expired-domain-names-list-into-a-personal-goldmine/#comment-72 My best luck from "doing nothing" has come from parking my domain names at Namedrive.com, tagging them as being "for sale", and setting the minimum bid price at $100 to keep away tire kickers. But with 4,500 domain names in my inventory, I only get 2 to 3 serious bidders per week. This would equate to roughly 130 domain names sold per year via this method, or about 2.9% of my inventory. This is not bad, considering it pays for over half of my renewals and requires no work, but it is far from being efficient or "optimized." Taking the time to build a Wordpress blog for a domain name and writing a few pages of content will put you in all the major search engines and substanially increase the value, marketability and exposure of your domain. This takes far less time to accomplish than you might imagine. A good example of this would be my domains IY8.com, WorkFromHomeMillionaire.com and FCNY.com. They pull from 12 to 70 visitors per day (depending on the site) after being online for 2 to 3 months and were only getting 0 to 5 visitors per day when I had them parked at NameDrive.com. All 3 have received numeous offers since making them content sites, with offers ranging from $300 to $2,500. I've turned down all offers to date because I'm not ready to sell them yet, at least not at the prices offered. There are many more ways to promote and gain exposure for your domains. I will provide more info in future posts to this blog and in an upcoming book I'm writing. My best luck from “doing nothing” has come from parking my domain names at Namedrive.com, tagging them as being “for sale”, and setting the minimum bid price at $100 to keep away tire kickers. But with 4,500 domain names in my inventory, I only get 2 to 3 serious bidders per week. This would equate to roughly 130 domain names sold per year via this method, or about 2.9% of my inventory. This is not bad, considering it pays for over half of my renewals and requires no work, but it is far from being efficient or “optimized.”

Taking the time to build a Wordpress blog for a domain name and writing a few pages of content will put you in all the major search engines and substanially increase the value, marketability and exposure of your domain. This takes far less time to accomplish than you might imagine. A good example of this would be my domains IY8.com, WorkFromHomeMillionaire.com and FCNY.com. They pull from 12 to 70 visitors per day (depending on the site) after being online for 2 to 3 months and were only getting 0 to 5 visitors per day when I had them parked at NameDrive.com. All 3 have received numeous offers since making them content sites, with offers ranging from $300 to $2,500. I’ve turned down all offers to date because I’m not ready to sell them yet, at least not at the prices offered.

There are many more ways to promote and gain exposure for your domains. I will provide more info in future posts to this blog and in an upcoming book I’m writing.

]]> Comment on Turning an Expired Domain Names List into a Personal Goldmine by DOcean http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/10/turning-an-expired-domain-names-list-into-a-personal-goldmine/#comment-50 DOcean Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:41:24 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/10/turning-an-expired-domain-names-list-into-a-personal-goldmine/#comment-50 Craig- I couldn't agree more. I've found domains I list on Sedo and Afternic even with extremely low prices end up buried amongst millions of other names. I've started to do some promotion on blogs, forums, and by simply reaching out to potential buyers for my generic names. Can you elaborate on the techniques you have used to promote your expiring domain purchases for quick resale? Craig- I couldn’t agree more. I’ve found domains I list on Sedo and Afternic even with extremely low prices end up buried amongst millions of other names. I’ve started to do some promotion on blogs, forums, and by simply reaching out to potential buyers for my generic names.

Can you elaborate on the techniques you have used to promote your expiring domain purchases for quick resale?

]]> Comment on Zoles.com Bids Jump to $1,200 on Sedo by Ebay Private Auctions http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/03/08/zolescom-bids-jump-to-1200-on-sedo/#comment-21 Ebay Private Auctions Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:34:53 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/03/08/zolescom-bids-jump-to-1200-on-sedo/#comment-21 <strong>Ebay Private Auctions...</strong> Extremely interesting post, a slightly bit different opinion than others, but still OK.... Ebay Private Auctions…

Extremely interesting post, a slightly bit different opinion than others, but still OK….

]]> Comment on Pizza.com Auction Sails to $2,505,000 With 4 Days to Go! by WWW.CollisionDomains.com http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/03/29/pizzacom-auction-sails-to-2505000-with-4-days-to-go/#comment-20 WWW.CollisionDomains.com Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:30:08 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/03/29/pizzacom-auction-sails-to-2505000-with-4-days-to-go/#comment-20 Wow, nearly 22 bidders are now in this hottest auction, at present. I thought that the initial bid will be from 1 Million. But i got astonished, the auction is started just from 100 bucks. It shows that this domain is a real Gem, so only it has reached its reserve and still goes on like a sky rocket. but think of the situation that widgets.com of Rick @ ebay didnt met the reserve itself Best Regards Wow, nearly 22 bidders are now in this hottest auction, at present. I thought that the initial bid will be from 1 Million. But i got astonished, the auction is started just from 100 bucks. It shows that this domain is a real Gem, so only it has reached its reserve and still goes on like a sky rocket. but think of the situation that widgets.com of Rick @ ebay didnt met the reserve itself

Best Regards

]]> Comment on Pizza.com Bids Hit $403,500 With 6 Days to Go! by Chris Moran http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/03/27/pizzacom-bids-hit-403500-with-6-days-to-go/#comment-15 Chris Moran Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:35:44 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/03/27/pizzacom-bids-hit-403500-with-6-days-to-go/#comment-15 Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you. Chris Moran Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Chris Moran

]]> Comment on First Ever Blog Featuring Domain Names for Sale by Domain Name Investor http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/02/16/hello-world/#comment-1 Domain Name Investor Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:29:44 +0000 http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/02/16/hello-world/#comment-1 Craig -- You've come up with an outstanding theme for a blog. I wish you the best of luck in your domain name sales. Craig — You’ve come up with an outstanding theme for a blog. I wish you the best of luck in your domain name sales.

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