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ikhalyfah:
@2sexycom

thank you.

beckplanet:
Hence the journey began continuation.....
Hence with a portfolio of 300 names the journey commenced in 2019.


January :
2019 began with 7 sales in January from Afternic

Sold names like

Hempita dot com $299
Herbalbaba dot com $199
BuildLuxe dot com $150
Gildchain dot com $199
Robotionary dot com $150
Fiatluxe Dot com $195
Nutricoins dot com $399 (maybe because of the crypto craze)


Netted around $1800 from sales in this month from afternic and few other sales from namepros auction sales.
January Verdict : January was by far my best month so far in terms of turn over but not profit. Some of the sales maybe inspired by start ups starting the year with fresh ideas or acquiring a name for there upcoming businesses.


February :

Had 3 sales in February 2 at afternic one at Dan

HempCircus dot com $250
Hollandlabs dot com $200

Oscarautosales dot com $125 (@DAN)

February Verdict : I noticed a continuous interest and demand in CBD/Hemp names due to the growing popularity of the cannabis industry but unfortunately i had few names in that space hence my interest increased as I monitored the space.

Net proceed for February : $575


March

Had 4 sales in March at afternic and 2 major sales at namepros through selling 2 BB published names to brandable investors


SwiftRestore dot com $750
Mediaviser dot com $350
Duratoken dot com $250 (BB published name sold at namepros)
Duracurrency dot com $100 (BB published name sold at namepros)

March Verdict :
Pretty a solid month considering a slight rise in price of sales. Started building a squadhelp portfolio in this month.

Net proceed for March : $1450

April

Lol April was a quite month no sales at major marketplaces. Accept a few namepros sales as i already built a strong network of domain investor friends there. So i sold a bulk portfolio of 10 BP(Brandpa) accepted name for $250 mind you this was when Brandpa names was in demand not anymore and another bulk of 10 Brandbucket accepted names for $200

April Verdict :

Really a slow month but i still managed to make a turn over to steady the ship. And liquidated roughly 25 names at namepros for $500 in total.

Net proceed for April : $500

May :

May was blank inside and out as i reduced my activity in Domaining to focus on other issues of life majorly on a program i was working on. Though i manage to have one sale at Dan for a geo name i almost forgot exist in my portfolio.

Net proceed for May : $150

June :

I returned back to business in June. Had a few unlucky offers $1500 and another $750 where buyer disappeared after i agreed to their offer. Well i move on.

Had 2 sales in June at afternic

Digitlytic dot com $ 350
Suitefy dot com $799

Verdict for June

Well a few disappointments but it was all good the sales made up for the loss.

Net proceed for June : $1150




July

3 sales in July.
July hit me with 2 major sales in brandable marketplaces and a sale at afternic


Kanibi dot com $1700 (Brandpa)

SavvyCBD dot com $1799 (Squadhelp)

Advviser dot com $300 (Afternic)


July Verdict
July became the strongest month for me in net profit as i also sold names at namepros too, to domain name investors.

Net proceed for July $4200


August

August was fairly good month too and strong month from afternic at i sold 4 names there and a further 2 names sold at Dan.

Exolytics dot com $350
CbdsupplyUSA dot com $305
HealthViser dot com $795
CBDpura dot com $400
Remedycleaning dot com $50
Gracefinancialservices dot com $350



August Verdict :

In one word "Strong August".

Net proceed for August $2250



September

September was pretty good as August with one major brandable marketplace sale at squadhelp and 2 afternic sales

Apexster dot com $1799 (Squadhelp)
RipeCoin dot com $350 (Afternic)
NeuroArmor dot com $300

September verdict :
September was nice as August

Net proceed for August : $2450


October :

October was fairly quite at afternic though i managed to have a sale there. And a couple of low sales at epik as i was trying out there bargain marketplace

NexaCBD dot com $1400 (Afternic)
ChimpHero dot com $79 (Epik)
CBDtraffic dot com $79 (Epik)
FuturePays dot com $79 (Epik)

October Verdict :
Well October surprised me with surprise sales. But it was all good as a learnt a few things like tasting epik out and then pointing more names there although I've not heard from epik again after then. But a few offers and nothing more.

Net proceed for October : $1670


November :

2 sales in November at afternic

KeepSwift dot com $350
Blockvera dot com $495


November verdict : Fairly good month.

Net proceed for November : $845

December

Ongoing though 2 sales so far at afternic

Drcanna dot Co $295

Kreditwallet dot com $150 (well i don't like typos or mispelt names and was surprised this name sold. With my wealth of knowledge in this niche i will pass on this name if i have the chance to register it today. Creditwallet is definitely a better name)

December Verdict : slow month and not what i expected as resulting to my portfolio growth so far in the last quarter of the year. But generally all good as some couple of sales happened regardless.

Net so far in December : $450


Conclusion :

In conclusion i had in total of 37 major marketplace sale from a portfolio that started the year with 300 names that roughly more than 10% sales through rate and judging from a sales point of view the sale ratio is impressive considering all the sales are mostly from passive sales (inbound) and i had little work to do as to how to sale the names but much work to do as to how and what name to buy/register.

Fact stat : Afternic was the strongest sales venue for me racking up close to 90% of my portfolio sales.

Hence
Total names sold : 37 name
Total Net proceed : $17,335
Net profit after commission deduction : $13,000
Investment amount : Roughly $1000 (Due to netsol promo)
Further Investment was made after sales. To close up for names dropped and renewals plus acquiring new names.

Current portfolio size : 525 names

Squadhelp portfolio currently : 105 names ( 5 of those belongs to squadhelp while the other 100 are owned by me)
Brandpa portfolio size currently : 30 names
Brandbucket portfolio currently : 7 names

Although I'm looking to build a Brandbucket portfolio again but that will be pretty hard considering their length of review time. I currently have names there submitting for review for 4 weeks and counting.
Brandpa has not lived up to the hype although i managed to renew a few names there to give them another year and see what happens.

What i have learnt this year :

Making better decisions while registering or buying names. Instead of registering shopavio dot com or shopically dot com for cheap I'd rather got for shopsy dot com and pay more. In Domaining the more Quailty your names the better. I learnt this the hard way and I'm now gradually making better judgment in what i add to my portfolio and what to evict.

Renewal times gives you a better idea of whether you have good names or not. Don't ask me how it's better you experience it yourself and learn.

I still sucks at pricing names and still have alot to learn in negotiating and closing a deal. Although I'm learning gradually.

Namepros is still a great place to start as a newbie. Nairaland also a vital tool to hear and pick invaluable experience from fellow countrymen.

Lastly with God all things are possible.


I hope you learnt a thing or two from my experience.

2020 will be great for Everyone.

Peace

This is good.... really good. awesome! but you didn't state whether they were inbound or outbound. I believe inbound it was.

Geofavor:
Interesting



You're right.

What I want to know is how your endusers process the transfer straight to your local bank account. For instance, when one of your previous buyers used transferwise (assuming it's the best), how did they go about it?

Just give them your bank, your name, your address, and phone number. Then tell them to choose naira as the currency you would be paid. All these can be found on their dashboard.

Geofavor:
The reason why I'm asking is not domaining related. Just wanna know which is the best way to receive money from someone abroad ( US/Europe/Asia) at the moment, and how the sender processes it.
I thought some of us here might have an experience with that.

It is still same thing. I am guessing you are asking for freelance purpose.

AroFx:
Move weytin
U no say make i do praying and fasting

Ha...after more than 80 messages just that reply and you want me to move on

I just couldn't hold the laugh...

Geofavor:
Please, For those of you who sell directly to end users without the use of an escrow,

How does the end user send your money to your bank account? Wire transfer?transferwise? etc. Which is the best? And please, what are the steps he takes to send it?

Cc 2sexycom, etc.

The way I do mine is that I agree to transfer first and after they have received it, they usually pay me in whatever medium that I suggest...

whether Xoom, Transferwise, Wire Transfer, Western Union... I have used all!

But if you liver no carry this method, stick to marketplaces. It is risky but I have never been scammed though.

Mj18:
Packaging box and Carrier bag for products

How much does it cost for shoe boxes per one if we are ordering more than 500 pcs?

Simpsonrocket:
True bro.
Some sites are like: accept cookies
Me: what about milk to push it down?

lwmkd. no b small thing.

Simpsonrocket:
It's because you've visited it before. Now it's following you everywhere you go. That's retargeting!

I was just about to tell him that lol. Cookies at work.

Viking007:
Leave Kaduna and come to Abuja. You'll get it under 48hrs with your 30k.

wow. Mine is expiring next year lol

Geofavor:
Hi guys,

I did outbound to this guy. After following up, he said he needed more information and cost. I gave him. Then he went mute. This was in March.
After a series of follow-ups, in September, I shot him a mail again. Then he replied saying he will talk to his partners about it and get back to me. But then, he went mute again. I will follow up, he will read my mail and snub me.
Yesterday night, I decided to shoot him the final mail asking him If he had given up on the deal. As usual, he read and snubbed me with swag.

Was surprised he opened the mail again today and sent me the message in the screenshot below.

Should I even take him seriously?

If yes, how should I answer him? and when?

Since March? Jeez, I hope something comes out of it.

cdor777:
Epik now getting the full attention it deserves

/2019/12/09/why-registering-your-domain-names-on-epik-is-the-best-choice/

spam bot

Heyzee5:
Oga 2sexycom, I am sorry sir. I thought u were serious with the comment below.........didn't realise pun was intended.......my apologies.

huh? you didn't understand the my comment. You should have asked.

I meant I was expecting a sale for the guy because we all had assume the offer came from a credible source. I never knew it was a farce.

cdor777:
The first Question you have to ask yourself when sending an outbound message is that, If I receive this same kind of verbose message will I read it, delete it or mark it as spam?

Business owners receive lot of emails on a daily basis both solicited and unsolicited. So, to pass through the Gate keeper barrier and get your Email Message the attention needed, you will have to make your Subject Catchy and Your Body of Message precise.

Example:

Dear John

We own the Domain name VisitFlorida.com and we are reaching out to a number of Tourism Agency in Florida to establish a possible sale of this domain name.

Would you be interested in acquiring this domain name for your business?

Best Regards.

Awesome... the funniest thing is that my first domain sale came through a very lengthy letter. I will just assume I was lucky on that one.

Heyzee5:
Boss nah Oga 2sexycom ooo, he wanted to actually buy from him but, I guess he changed his mind.........nah exactly wetin some end-users dey do us for this business be this.........show interest then afterwards, disappear!!

What do you mean by this? Are you accusing me of making offer on someone's domain?

madridguy:
Some people mumu na 1st grade

ayomide32:
I've cancelled it Dan gave me his email address and phone number he happened to be a Nigerian.
ikhalyfa , fergusen

Oh shiiit. This is wrong, very wrong. I was hoping for a sale.

ayomide32:
guys I just received an offer of $1200 for my domain gamerinfinity.com
what do you guys think it's value is $1800

how did it go bro?

FreshPresh92:
Hello everyone,

Please has anyone tried registering domains with ionos/com.

They offer first year of registration for $1.

Wanna know if its something that can benefit us?

not so good a registrar

They have come again... Buhari had Igbo driver and cook for 27 years

TheGoodJoe:
And it just started. Although she went with her friends I knew and it has not happened much, why not tell me. Then after talking to her about it, she decided to even do more.

I might be paranoid about the whole thing but I never go anywhere without letting her know. It is impossible for me to plan to stay out without giving her the full details,
call her regularly about my movements.

If a woman is giving you problem, it is because you make seems like it is all you have got. You should never be with any Nigerian girl without backup EXCEPT you know she is highly dedicated and focus (which many of them aren't anyway).

A friend called me few weeks back and complained. I looked at the situation and laughed. I told him to dude, box up and be the man.

I didn't see your OP but from what people are saying, it seems you are taking your relationship with the said girl too emotional. I do not know any man that survived any relationship with a Nigerian girl by being emotional. Yyou have to change that bro.

johnoj24:
Why are you causing trouble na

I know that guy from politics section... if I unravel what he does, this thread will go beyond repair as it will turn into a tribal war. But let's leave that out for sake of the good we have accomplished so far.

Crazeworld:
Everyone wants a quick fix that's the reason they jump ship everytime.
Cyril shared his sales and everyone suddenly want to try his method, abandoning the method they've been working on. Ikhalyfah shared his Godaddy auction sales and it's the rave of the moment. Tomorrow someone will share a massive brandable sale on Squad help and we will have another topic

These reports are meant for you to take something from and improve your technique. Dare to be unique!
Thanks @cyrillift for the About Us enlightement on end users website

lol... that is Nigeria and the world for you na. everyone wants things done FAST... if you sell a product that guarantees quick fixes, I swear, you will make boat load of cash... hehe

Intelcorei7:
ewuoso2002 newly joined ? you must have thrown his past antecedents into oblivion.And what do you mean by turning this place into "Toxic Place" ? even you 2sexycom !

Bros, that does not give you the damn right to call anybody old and stupid. If you do not like what someone said, ignore. We are all here to learn. I learn everyone here, including the newbie from just a few months back and I am proud of a lot of these guys who bring in different angles to share their knowledge.

Asking question is the smartest things you can ever do in this life... It was a question I asked on namepros that helped me make that first sale because the question and the answer that followed made me understood the mindmap behind selling domains.

Intelcorei7:
This man has resurfaced again with stupid and unnecessary questions. You are an old member in this domain business of a thing. I remember how you nearly "KILLED" iykepromotions with these your stupid questions then despite tutorials upon tutorials from him. You flooded the thread with irrelevances. You changed your moniker from "JAMMIE" to this present one out of shame which is none of my business.So, you didn't learn/grab anything from all the lectures,including pictorial ones for that matter, by iykepromotions, Chibenze,2sexynet (now 2sexycom )and other members given to you then ? Brother,this domain business get as e be for your own side o. Your comments are not necessarily needed. You can come to the thread and learn from people's contributions and comments as some of us who are old members do. #PEACE

You guys are beginning to turn this place into toxic place. I hope when people begin to leave it will make you feel "GOOD" If you were called stupid and old when you newly joined, what would you have felt?

Whatever you won't like done to you, do not do someone else.

Branduche:
I am surprised u took my statement emotional tho, but did I really say anything? I think you should calm down on your part and flow with the joke

would you like such joke on your own name? I am not reacting to recent happenings but an accumulation of series of talks about the man.


Its not good bro. Not good at all.

ikhalyfah:
Topic for the day..

bros, it is what it is. It is bad and toxic.

This whole thing has been going on for several Months

Tenshades:
Don't mind them...I wonder how OJ's sale is affecting them. The reason why some people wont go forward in life is cos they don't mind their own business. They remain stagnant while peeping through and complaining about another man's progress. You do yahoo, na problem to them...You do Domaining sef, na headache for them...Bunch of hypocrites.

There is one lesson I learned about athletes on race track. If you don't focus on your lane and race but decide to check on the next man coming close. If you are leading that race, you might lose it eventually.

Its why many runners don't turn heads when running.

I have known OJ Samson for so long and if you are talking of someone who refused to go to the route of many internet marketers who organize watery seminars in the name of information marketing, to earn huge fees, that is him. He refused to.
He keeps a low profile and hardly visible.

Go to flippa and you will some of his sold sites (not domains).

In Site Point, he sold a couple of domains too.

It was just my conversion with him. In 2015 or thereabouts that brought him back.

Seeing you guys come on here to talk nonsense about a man you don't know anything about is appalling and it's say a lot about how your minds work as an average Nigerian.

When some Nigerians can't match your level of success they begin to attach all manner of suspicious and conspiracies to your name like rituals, fraud and all whatnot.


Shame!

iCauseTrouble:
Bros. He is a pastor doesn't mean anything. Alot of pastors in EFCC custody.

And you said he is married with kids, have you forgotten that Mompha too is married with 2 kids?

Let the man be. Has he stolen from you?