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SOLD

Name: Mobile//Notary//Irvine [COM]
Price: $299 (offer, excluding fee)
Type: Inbound
Venue: Spaceship
Source: ED
HT: ~2 years and five months

Glory to God!

I didn't plan to renew this domain this year. I did so rather reluctantly after realising I once got a $150 offer in the first year via DAN. That person rejected my counter-offer of $200 and everything went quiet since then.

Another reason I decided to renew it was because it's still registered in three other extensions as it originally was. Otherwise, I don't like registering or holding domains of this kind anymore - three-word geo ending with a city name.

Got an offer of 250 (my minimum) on a 544 BIN - this was 680 at Afternic. I needed money or motivation very bad, so I say make I just add 100 bucks and counter. I would have even accepted the initial offer, but I play by the "rule" of never accepting first offers.

However, after checking that other extensions were still taken, I countered with 399 instead. Buyer came back with an offer of 299 while also covering Spaceship commission.

All thanks to God. More sales for everyone!

bizbro:
Can someone do what you do with startup capital of $600? @U1 @gpexchange @humblemax

I don't know what I do that you're not doing o. Na the other guys you fit ask because they're getting better results. Whatever you think I'm doing, na God o.

It is possible to start with that amount, especially since I believe you're already making sales. So, you have an idea of what could work. You just need to keep learning more and taking calculated risks with what you learn.

A capital of $600 will get someone almost 80 .com domains at Unstoppable, as of now. If you know what you're doing, coupled with God's blessing, you will certainly recoup your capital with profit with that number of domains. Patience may be needed, though.

It is important to have another source of income if starting with that amount in capital. That will help sustain you while working and waiting for a sale. As you make sales, reserve part of the proceeds for new acquisitions (and renewals).

It is more advisable, in my opinion, for anyone with that kind of capital to focus squarely on ExpiredDomains. All my sales so far have been from there (or generated/coined) and, strangely, I find domains from ED easier to price high than those from Clouseouts/Auctions.

@Oshiofe and written007, congratulations on your sales. More wins!

MrSamsung:
So for example, if the total cost is $22, you are only going to pay $21, right?

Yes, this is more like it.

Using renewal or transfer cost as example, if it is 10.88, it becomes 9.88 after applying the code. The code is valid for every single order worth at least $2, according to them.

The promo will end today (7 July), going by provided information.

Oshiofe:
wonderful! you mean you added about 11 domains in your cart and $1 was deducted for the eleven names?

Yeah...if I understand you right. That is, if you added 11 domains to the cart together, only $1 will be deducted from the total amount.

So, I decided to process each order (domain) separately - one by one.

For those who might not know, Dynadot is offering $1 off 11 orders through 7 July with the code DYNA11M. I wanted to share this yesterday when I saw the email but forgot while trying to complete tasks at hand.

I think it should work for all orders - I used it for renewals and transfers.

Note that you may need to process each order separately; that's what I did. It only deducted $1 from the total cost when I added multiple domains to the cart.

Just saw the video on Arise TV. Pretty impressive!

I had to search to find out the name because I felt he's more likely to be from the eastern part of the country. I was right. I respect Igbo people for things like this.

Thought I should leave this here for those who might find it useful.

If you haven't started using AI for aspects of your domaining business, consider doing so. We've heard about how AI is coming for our jobs - it has practically "killed" my previous online gigs. So, we may as well see what we can get out of it.

One of the ways you can adopt AI is for your domain research or selection process. Many of us have limited budget for acquiring new domains while there may be numerous domains calling for our attention. We can use AI to simplify this process.

One approach I started using this year is to ask ChatGPT to rate my shortlisted domains on a scale - for example, on a scale of 5 (could be 10 or any one else you prefer) - based on their resell potential. The tool will provide ratings for the domains and reasons for them. It may also suggest prices.

You then run some (or all) of the same domains through Grok and also add that it should provide valuations for the domains. It may be better to use Grok integration in X because I found it sometimes cite comparable sales reported there. You could ask it to provide both quick-flip and retail price ranges.

Finally, compare both the ChatGPT and Grok responses to determine the domains that probably has the most potential. Please note that you still need to use your own intuition or experience to select some domains that these tools may occasionally rate low.

I hope someone finds this helpful.

2sexycom:
Has anybody here ever tried to build a website on a domain name and flip it via outbound instead of just doing bare domain flipping?

Or do you know anybody who has tried it before and succeeded?

I tried it in 2024 and again last year. It didn't work.

I decided to bring one of the hosted sites from 2025 back this year while attempting the rank-and-rent/sell or pay-per-call model since I still had hosting. But I discovered I needed to still do significant work to meet the requirements for the niche and acceptance for PPC, so I just changed the nameservers back to a marketplace this month.

I didn't even like the domain in focus much because it's a three-word, reverse geo (KW+city) domain. That's part of why I decided to just pull the plug.

I still have plans to try again sha if I have more free time, especially with tools like ChatGPT available to simplify the process.

UrVillagePpl:
This place seem quiet. Make i drop small update for here.

Atom dot Com is currently running a hand-reg brandable domain, that if bought will automatically qualify for a premium listing.

What it means is that when you purchase a domain from atom using the link below, it becomes a premium listing in Atom.

More importantly, do not rush and buy.
Do not go on a buying spree.
Make sure you do some research to ensure you're not gifting atom urgent 2kay.

I'm pretty sure you'll see something that works, coupled with atom premium exposure, sooner than later it will result to a sale. Amen

May God grant us success on every side.
Cheers

(Atomdotcom/hand-reg-deals)

Kindly remove the bracket

Thanks for sharing, even though I will most likely pass.

Never had a single sale on that platform. Finally had to delist the remaining Premiums I had there plus most of my standard listings at the end of March. Five years is a long time to not have sold anything - I even had about two sales on Sedo during that period.

They wouldn't even accept PayPal for payment for the introductory .com registrar offer months ago, so I skipped it altogether. 🤨

SOLD

Name: Happy//Pets//Shop [COM]
Price: $693
Type: Inbound
MP: Afternic
HT: 3 months
Source: ED

I switched the lander to Spaceship last month along with many others and increased the original Afternic price from 599 to cover the higher fee.

This domain was taken in 3 or so other extensions. But I didn't quite like the plural form and I have never managed to sell a domain with the "shop" keyword - even those I consider to have better potential.

I already had plans to renew and increase the price at renewal all the same despite not being bullish about it - especially after I noticed a double-hyphen version will searching for leads two Fridays ago.

I wanted to outbound the name last week, but I got the email address of only one of the strongest leads. Na so I abandoned the mission as I never sell a single of the domains (even better ones) I don outbound since January till today. It sold Friday.

All thanks to God and more, better sales for everyone of us.

Vikkoh:
Congratulations Bossman 🥂.

What inspired you to pick this name?
Checked and to be honest, if this name was offered to me for free I wouldn't accept it.

I'd love to learn from you.

Even though no be me you directed the question to, think "alloy."

SOLD

Name: The//Power//Home [COM]
Price: 1688 BIN
Type: Inbound
MP: Afternic
Source: Brainstormed
HT: 6+ months

Thanks be to God for this!

I got the idea to register this domain along with some others while researching how I could circumvent HugeDomains bots' attention when bidding for expired domains around October. An idea that I saw in one NamePros post led me to further research, since I still had access to UD's $5 .com pricing then and so I could experiment.

This was among 2 or 3 highest-priced domains in the set. I couldn't tell why I was a bit bullish about the name, except maybe I go back to my records. I don't usually price domains I am experimenting with high in the first year.

Good luck and blessed week ahead for everyone.

Congratulations to ANTAX99, written007, James39, and other recent sellers on your recent sales. I'm amazed.

Harllaby:
Here is a general and quick way to HR/ pick ED domain without stress.

0. Any domain or keyword with Google pages full of sponsor ads grab the domain and think later... lol

A. NICHE FILTER (Must pass 3/4)
i. Average job value $1,500+
ii. Ongoing / repeat demand (if it's emergency eg rook leak or plumbing)
iii. Businesses already running ads
iv. Keyword causes visible pain (awkward URLs, poor rankings)

❌ If it fails 2+ → SKIP

B. GEO FILTER
Tier 1 or Tier 2 city
Commercial activity visible
Multiple operators (5+)
Market not price-sensitive

If city feels “quiet” → SKIP
hack: specialist medical and law niche are ONLY for Tier 1 cities else OYO.

C. DOMAIN STRUCTURE CHECK
i. Clean read in one breath
ii. No hyphens / gimmicks
iii. Obvious service + geo OR strong brand geo
iv. Passes “would a business owner use this?” test

If you hesitate reading it → SKIP

If you can’t visualize a buyer → SKIP

I will stop here don't want to go deeper... of course there are always exceptions.

Top tiers 1: Texas (Dallas, Houston, Austin)
Florida (Miami, Tampa, Orlando)
Arizona (Phoenix, Scottsdale)
California (selectively)
Losangeles newyork miami dallas houston sandiego sanfrancisco DFW chicago atlanta phoenix Scottsdale McKinney Westchester

Mid-tier 2.
Austin nashville tampa orlando fortworth denver seattle sanjose sanantonio lasvegas scottsdale irvine orangecounty sanmateo oakland (All construction and handyman agbero)

Tie 3: smaller or less competitive cities
columbus cincinnati cleveland indianapolis milwauke stlouis kansascity minneapolis pittsburgh detroit louisville

Applied knowledge is what distinguish a winner from others.

regards

Thanks for the info, boss.

Personally, I will knock out Dallas or Houston to put Austin in somewhere in the top tier. I will also replace Westchester with Tampa. Experiences differ.

@edoman2016, sorry about the loss. I can't imagine how I'd feel right now if I were to lose such an amount. Morale go just disappear for some time.

This, perhaps, explains why I only limit local fintech apps to conversion or special purposes and Grey is the only one I use. Laidis I don't have up to $10 in my Grey account and I last used the account for a few GoDaddy Closeouts back in February.

If you are so disposed, I'd recommend you consider having or using a Payoneer or Wise account instead as your main account going forward - especially if you don't mind extra fees. I'd especially recommend Wise if Grey was the only account you've been using for receiving your proceeds - they're more cost-friendly than Payoneer.

Jimneighbour:
Long time since I last posted here.... more to come sha

HT: 15 days
Method: Outbound
Result: Sold after second follow-up

Honestly, I probably could have held out for more, but a win is a win. Grateful for the sale.

On to the next one

Congrats on your sale! This is massive.

It's interesting to see you get a sale this big via outbound. I wouldn't send an email if I priced this high to avoid explanations that might not fly. Outbound don do me something.

Wealth355:
Senior man no vex ooo
If I were at Ur levels I'll not be celebrating sales below 1k
at Ur levels you done suppose leave geo domains teytey
You should in dsame level with them abdul basit
The boy way you tutor, I da very sure you no da near his current levels now
Leave your comfort zone bro
**

Na Iyke taught Abdul Basit? I hope no be Abdul Basit Makrani sha.

If outbound dey work for me like Iyke, I go dey do the same thing. I still dey send emails to end users steady laidis but no sales.

There's hardly any week I don't reach out to end users. I am not discouraged by the lack of sales from outbound because I do this more to raise awareness, after which I lock up. Those kinds of so-called low sales that Iyke sometimes reports would have been good for extra motivation if I had them.

Till tomorrow, if I see a geo domain with potential, I go still register am and do outbound.

Vikkoh:
Bossman what was the inspiration behind picking Use///Ember?

I'd say the inspiration was probably gpexchange - who, by the way, was also a major inspiration for hiking some prices towards the end of last year. I had my first sales higher than $1,888 (one-time payment) after that hike.

One of gpexchange's sales reported here was Get///Calico (or something like that). I found out from my readings that companies sometimes turn to alternatives like that if they can't get the main keyword - Calico, in this case. Some companies who even have the main keyword may also want variations of it.

I also found out that "use" and "go" were among words that were sometimes used, apart from "get."

I'd have priced the domain much higher but for the low-value comparable sales in Afternic records and the fact that the .co was forwarded to a coffee business. Plus, the domain was registered the previous year and dropped.

StarchAndBanga:
Big congrats

Out of the 400 .xyz u registered in 21/22 how many are u still holding now?

Thanks.

I renewed about 85 of the 400+ at least once. I only retained the dozen that I renewed last year and dropped the remaining. Even, I think more than half of those renewed were registered from 2023.

AllLovingGod:
Hi UI,

Congrats on your recent sales:

I wanted to ask if you would be interested in acquiring the domain name: OrganizeLabs.com for #5k?
It's currently listed at Atom premium. I wanted to renew it, but I'm currently pressed for cash to do so at the moment hence my reaching out to you chief, (someone who have the means to put it to good use).

It's registrar is dynadot and it's due to expire on the 21 of this month.
It's a great brandable with lots of views on Atom.
If it's ok with you sir, kindly let me know what you think sir.
PS: you can only make payment after receiving and confirming the domain in your account.
Thank you sir.
All the best.

I don't usually like being solicited in this way and do turn down all such solicitations. I have never bought any domain from a fellow domainer and it's not in my plans yet to start doing so.

However, you may send me a PM.

SOLD

Name: Use//Ember [COM]
Price: $399
Sale Venue: Spaceship
Type: Outbound/Inbound
Source: ED
HT: ~10 months

I had this priced for $599 on Afternic, where it was parked ($554 on Spaceship). Comparable sales via Afternic made me price it lower than I intended. Reached out last year to a coffee company that forwarded the .co version to their website but no response.

The buyer came with a $250 offer and back-and-forth counters brought it to the final price, making sure I split the fee with them. It occurred to me to check the number of taken TLDs AFTER the buyer accepted my final counter-offer. I was surprised to find it had gone from 2 to 6!

Later, two Afternic brokers reached out to me separately regarding enquiries because I had removed the BIN price there while the negotiation was ongoing on Spaceship. Found out offers were first made there about eight minutes before I got the Spaceship offer, but I was only informed about four and half hours later.


Name: oxy//gn [XYZ]
Price: $1,888
Sale Venue: Afternic
Type: Inbound
Source: ?
HT: ~4 years (4 renewals)

I can't remember whether I found this on ED or generated it.

I was so bullish about this domain that I priced it for $2,688 in the first year - the highest for any of the more than 400 XYZ domains I registered between 2021 and 2022.

By 2024, I reduced the price first to $1488 then $988. I increased it to $1,250 last year. It was after I decided to renew a dozen of the remaining XYZ domains till 2027 and release the rest that I increased the price to $1,888.

All thanks be to God! More sales for everyone of us.

Sale Completed

Name: Fairway//Deals [COM]
Price: $1,000 (5-month LTO)
Source: ED
Sale Venue: Afternic
Type: Inbound
HT: 10 months

This sold back in December (edit: was actually last day of November). I received the final instalment today.

I was first notified of a $500 offer on 1k BIN last May despite blocking offers on almost all domains priced less than 2488, including this one, as part of an "experiment." Asked broker to push to at least 750, but the lead wouldn't go beyond 700.

If the sale had not come before planned renewal January this year, I had set the price at renewal to 3,888!

All thanks be to God for His blessings. More sales for everyone.

written007:
Agreed, sometimes renewal vs new registrations requires one choice.. Anyways, maybe it's because I also own the ...studio.com version as against the supply that dropped

Given the options, I am more likely to pick the "supply" one. Just saying, not to make you feel bad.

written007:
Sold KingsPowerWashing.com for $750 — two weeks ago.
Then today, MyFirstResume/com sold : BIN for $1,444!
A big thanks to Unstoppable for their promotional 50% transfer offset they ran last year (1-year duration). Without that deal, I wouldn't have renewed Myfirstresume/com — the one that just sold. Before these two sales, I had been in a dry spell for 10 months. The struggle!
God Be Praised.

Congrats on your sales! I'm happy for you.

In fact, that your power washing name dey give me one kind inspiration. I have a somewhat similar name (similar niche) that I have let expire after one renewal. It's like I might still be able to renew it - will check later.

SOLD

Name: Ridgeline//IT [COM]
SP: $1500 (offer)
Venue: Afternic
Type: Outbound/Inbound
Source: ED
HT: About 13 months

All glory to God!

The story

I reached out to a few end-users last year when I priced this for 999. No show. So, I hiked the price to 3k when I reviewed some listing prices upwards towards the end of last year.

I received a message from an Afternic broker about a 1.1k offer last month, stating this was an improvement from an earlier 750 offer. This was just a month and a day after the domain would have expired if I hadn't renewed it.

I asked the broker to try and push to about 1.5k. I probably would have accepted that 1.1k if not that I forgot it wasn't the first offer but the first that I was informed about. I always try to counter first offers ever since I got that tip 2-3 years ago - coupled with personal experiences.

After that, the lead disappeared from my dashboard. I thought the deal fell through. I had to use Grok day(s) later for a second opinion on whether I priced the domain too high and got a confirmation that it was fair pricing, so I planned to continue renewing it.

I was informed five days after the initial contact that the buyer agreed to do a maximum of 1.5k. Thanks be to God!

Good luck to everyone.

jojothaiv:
A lot is totally wrong with some Nigerians, kindly stage another protest for the killings and kidnappings going on right under your nose.

You dey mind them? A bunch of jokers!

When it comes to national issues that affect them directly and locally, they will cower. Some of them will even be abusing those who took the risk to carry out such protests.

Sometimes, I just feel Nigerians (most) deserve the kinds of leaders rulers that they have.

gentlekeny:
Again, the long term goal is not to sell this name. I am only looking at listing it pending when I commence work on developing it. It's a 2-way approach.

Remotejobs/extension that I have developed in July, 2024 averages 73k monthly visits. Affiliate promotions and Adsense aside jobadverts alone fetches me like $300 every month.

Chief, abeg can I contact you regarding this? I have been thinking about this route of developing domains but need a guide.

I had developed some domains in the past using WP but...meh. The attempt then was to sell the domain names (not to monetise) - it didn't work.

So this was a thing. I experienced something similar some times ago - probably around the time of this post or earlier.

Na God dey protect sha.

Greenscientist:
I wasn't able to resolve the issue. I lost the name I wanted to buy then too.

The auction is just so funny, I wonder who does those things. I tried it too but had no option than to flee. Just too expensive.

HaloClinic/king - 5500. How na?

E don tire me self. I just settle for drop reg jeje. Na for there Gpexchange make am too.

I just thought I should update you on this matter.

Next time you encounter the invalid promo code error (if you didn't enter any code) when trying to buy Closeout domains, try to use your Grey card (or any other card that uses a US billing address) for payment and change your IP to the US with a VPN also.

That's what I eventually did and it worked. I wasn't also charged taxes as I used to when using PayPal and my Nigerian address.

BOOKWORMLUX:
Was it an LTO sale?
They've always waited for the 60 days lock for my BIN sales

I think you may be right! Both were LTO sales. I now understand that's probably why the sales were cancelled.

Oshiofe:
Congratulations bro. You mean afternic canceled the transaction due 60 days lock? 😕 so they still do this? hmmm. They did same to me on one of my name, registered on sav back then, luckily I convinced the buyer and he purchase again when the lock was over.

Where did you register the name?

Thanks, bro.

Afternic still cancels sales if the buyer is probably not ready to wait. This was the second of such sales that was cancelled within a period of 2-3 months last year. I have since increased the price of the other domain.

Both domains were registered via Unstoppable.

SOLD

Name: zephys [COM]
SP: $1200 (counter-offer)
Venue: Spaceship
Sale Type: Inbound
Source: ED
HT: 2 and half months

Glory to God! Second Spaceship sale, also with lander pointed to Afternic.

The name originally sold at Afternic for $1488 BIN back in December - 20 days after registration. However, the sale was cancelled due to the 60-day transfer lock.

Last night, I saw an offer of $795 on a BIN of about $1374 - I usually reduce prices at Spaceship. I countered with $1200 and the buyer accepted in matter of minutes. His payment was confirmed this morning.

Of course, I already had plans to increase the price at renewal (or when I just feel like).

More sales for us all in Jesus name.

Greenscientist:
Please, I'm trying to buy a closeout domain and I'm seeing.

" We're sorry, the promo code you entered is invalid"

I didn't enter any promo code.

What could be wrong?

Hello. How were you able to resolve this problem, if you did?
,
I have been experiencing the same issue since last year. I needed to be contacting GoDaddy support on WhatsApp to buy a few names then and they couldn't give another solution to the problem.

I wanted to try ordering a couple this evening and this issue still persisted. I mean I didn't enter any promo code, could not find anyone automatically added, and the price did not reflect any discount! The same thing happened last year. Now, I can't even find their WhatsApp number anywhere.

It's like I will just continue with my dear ED because the auctions still seem expensive for me. My highest-priced domains were all drops, even though I have several Closeouts domains and haven't sold any.

Humblemax:
Glory be to God...🙏🏿
Ed picked
DreamHost $4.99 reg

Sold in November
HT: One day
Inbound
BIN Sale

Just completed 60 days lock.
More sales to each and everyone of us.

Congrats on your sale, chief!

Wow, this is one of those domains that puzzle me as to why they sold for certain prices. I wouldn't have priced this so high if I were in your shoes. There aren't enough indicators for me to be as bullish on the price. Even Grok that I saw Richardomatic recommend on X wasn't bullish - at least, the tool provides reasons (and sometimes, related sales) to validate its estimates.

300wayne:
Dears, abeg make una help me with sales letter or wetin i fit do. i don try different paid gmail account, proton account, tweaked my words , still email lands in spam. Make una hellp me abeg.
Cc
U1

Sorry, I don't think I am in a position to help because I don't get such great results from outbound , compared to some others here. The most I can tell you is to try limiting the number of emails you send per day per account to just about 50 or less.

I have become more passive with sending emails now - mostly two emails per domain partly to create awareness, just like protocol once shared. Those who send more seems to get more sales, but it didn't work for me.