http://www.dcdomainnames.com The Art of Buying and Selling Domain Names Wed, 14 May 2008 07:12:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As noted in prior posts, I personally own approximately 4,500 domain names.  There's one thing I can say about owning so many domains, and that is its impossible to remember all the good ones you have.  I own many that are catchy, memorable, easy to say, easy to pronounce, one-word ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/05/14/2-word-domain-names-of-value/ Since the beginning of the Internet most webmasters have steered clear of registering domain names with hypens in the name. This centers around the fact that if you hope to capture business via word-of-mouth no one will remember to type in the hyphen when trying to visit your website. That, ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/05/07/the-value-of-hyphenated-domain-names/ Taz.com sold for $40,000 yesterday on Sedo.com. This is one of the higher selling prices we've witnessed in a while for a 3-letter domain. Most have been selling in the $20,000 to $30,000 range lately, but then again it depends on the letters. For a domain with ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/05/07/3-letter-domain-name-sells-for-40000/ Catching the wave of Lance Armstrong's yellow bracelets for cancer, and now numerous other colors like pink for breast cancer, and perhaps even playing on the use of jelly bracelets as "sex bracelets," RubberBracelets.com sold for $4,000 on Sedo yesterday. The new rage with jelly bracelets that is highly ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/05/03/rubberbraceletscom-sells-for-4000/ Recent domain name sales that have garnered some pretty hefty prices included 2 domains sold at RickLatona.com.  They included MeetPeople.com that sold for $100,000 and Plums.com that sold for $26,000.  Of the two, some might would have though that a 5-letter dictionary word domain like Plums.com should have sold for ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/05/02/recent-domain-name-sales/ Two days ago Bucket.com sold on Sedo.com for $30,000. Sure it was just one word, it was a dot com, it only had 6 letters, its easy to say and easy to spell. But $30,000? C'mon folks, what is the buyer thinking? Hopefully, he plans to ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/05/01/bucketcom-attracts-a-bucket-of-cash/ A few weeks ago Pizza.com sold for $2.6 million dollars. Granted, its a popular subject, it was an active domain name getting hits and it is a highly searched term. The success story behind this domain name's selling price sparked an interest in many Pizza domains. I own several Pizza domains, ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/24/what-is-a-domain-name-worth/ Free is free, right?  Well, not necessarily, at least not in the domain name world.  I happened to notice today that the domain name, FreeAdultSex.com, sold on Sedo.com for $3,000.  It only stands to reason that anything related to the oldest profession on earth should be of value, right?  :o)  ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/22/what-is-free-adult-sex-worth/ While visually screening an expired domain names list I found, to my surprise, a one-word dot com, that had expired on March 1, 2008. I checked and to my surprise and astonishment, the domain name had not been taken and was available for registration. So why was this domain name ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/22/one-word-dot-com-discovered-on-expired-domain-names-list/ You bet it can, and it doesn't have to be a great one to fetch those kind of bucks these days. Currently, there are three 2-letter dot com auctions going on at Sedo.com. All have just 2 days and 23 hours left on a 7-day auction. The ... http://www.dcdomainnames.com/2008/04/21/can-a-2-letter-dot-com-really-be-worth-495000/