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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.

SOLD

Name: Deep//Lumen [COM]
SP: $3888 (counter-offer)
Venue: Spaceship
Sale Type: Inbound
Source: ED
HT: 2 years and 1+ months (2 renewals)

Glory to God! This is my highest straight sale so far - double my previous highs - and my first sale at Spaceship.

The Story

I had this listed for 888 in the first year and then increased to 2199 at renewal. I initially planned to increase it to $2888 by second renewal - but I later increased that to 5888. Decided to hike the price along with many others in my portfolio, considering the kinds of sale prices that I had been seeing for certain domains. After all, all die na die.

A 1500 offer came in 22 December - exactly a month after the domain would have expired if I hadn't renewed. I had set the minimum offer to $999 or so. I didn't see the Spaceship email until Christmas Day because I stopped all outbound the previous week and the responses (or lack of them) were discouraging anyway. So, I apologised for the late reply and countered with 4.5k. They went quiet.

The buyer came back with a 3k offer on New Year's Day. I decided on another half-hearted counter of 3888. Woke up to emails of the buyer's acceptance and payment yesterday morning. Money was already paid out in just few hours from the time I first saw those emails.

An interesting fact: This domain used Afternic lander and nameservers all the time. I currently use Spaceship landers for domains rejected at Afternic and the only two domains I have registered there.

I started listing at Spaceship in September having read about the potential of its parent company's registration path, even without using their nameservers. I can testify to that now. I had received two low-hundred offers for two other domains not using their landers before this. Also, I just observed yesterday that they also count search views for domains that are not parked with them. Amazing.

I give thanks to God. More sales for us all.

SOLD

Name: Boston//Airport//Car//Service [COM]
SP: $650
Venue: Afternic
Sale Type: Inbound
Source: ED
HT: About 37 and half months (3 renewals)

This is the first sale from the many domains that I have transferred to UD due to discounts. Sold 28th of last month. I might have actually dropped this one at expiration because of the length but I decided to transfer at 50% discount. I held this mainly because of those .net folks.

The length was also what kept me from hiking the price much higher - originally priced $450. I last reached out to end users back in April 2023, indicating I was open to offers. No response.

All glory to God! Happy new year, people.

SOLD

Name: Spine//Specialists [ORG]
SP: $1000
Venue: Afternic
Sale Type: Inbound
Source: ED
HT: One and a half years

I registered this domain along with four other .org domains last year to test an idea - I experiment with ideas (and other extensions) occasionally. I dropped two at renewal time and renewed three, including this one.

The domain was priced for $688 in the first year and I even reached out to some potential end-users but never got any reply (I think).

For me personally, .org has better sales potential than .net. This is now my second sale in this extension over the years, even though I don't think I have registered more than 15 or 20 over that time. I renewed only about five of those and did so this year because I only went back to the extension last year for another experiment.

All praise and thanks to God!

Congrats to all recent sellers. More and bigger sales for everyone of us.

Greenscientist:
Also, whatever price you list your domain, afternic will still add additional price (not renewal) during checkout. Someone once raised it here and it was dismissed.

Perhaps, it is only happening to me and him.

I think I once reported same here several months ago for a sale concluded using a Custom Link (lead import). Afternic wouldn't explain why. Had to make the buyer understand that GoDaddy was to blame.

But the experience made me feel somehow. How do I agree a price with someone and Afternic goes ahead to display a higher "one-time" payment, excluding the renewal fee? That could make me look like a liar!

Oh, well, GoDaddy is still a necessary evil some of us will just have to live with - at least, for now.

edoman2016:
Hold Time: 69 days
Hand reg at $4.96
Sales: Inbound

Congrats on your sale, man!

I saw this on X like over a week ago. I didn't even know say na our pesin for here, although I suspected say na Naija pesin from the name.

Congrats to all other recent sellers. We move.

Sales reports

Name: McGuire//Services [COM]
Price: $500 (LTO)
Source: ED
Type: Outbound/Inbound
Sale Venue: Afternic
HT: Roughly 12 months

Name: pama//ai [COM]
Price: $500 (offer)
Source: Generated
Type: Inbound
Sale venue: Afternic
HT: Two months

For the first name, I don't know whether to say I was lucky or the buyer was. It sold on two-month LTO just four days before the day I planned to renew and hike the price to $1500! The buyer paid the second installment just two days after the first. I am not sure if I got a single response when I did outbound back in February.

I was notified of a $499 offer for the second name the last day of October, when I was still waiting for a sale. I later noticed that the buyer had made a $300 offer two days earlier but I was not informed - probably because I had set the minimum offer to $499 but did not enable "Make Offer" on the lander. He came back with $500 on the third day of this month, supposedly saying they can't do more. I just told broker to accept if dem ready to pay within 24 hours max. Make I at least recoup all my spending on AI name registrations.

Thank God! Congrats to all recent sellers. More sales for us all in Jesus name.

Seems one cannot escape all those annoying offer-makers at Afternic.

With almost all my names pointed to Afternic, I decided to turn off offers for the majority this year to check something. But, somehow, some still go ahead to make low-ball offers through brokers and then disappear. Na wa o.

Congrats to all recent sellers. James39, that's still awesome returns on investment; better to come.

It's finally confirmed that Unstoppable Domains is joining Afternic Fast Transfer program!

I was surprised when I was unexpectedly prompted to approve a few listings for Fast Transfer last week. I knew something was in the offing. Nice one.

UD is just like Spaceship SellerHub in their moves. They are proactive. I have always suspected they're the most serious of all those offering $5 .com registrations.

YoobaNesan:
Happy bidding with HugeDomains bot fam. 😂

Omo, I don shift back to my ED mode.

If God brings better sales, I fit try again in the future.

People wey dey do GD Auctions una dey try o. I say make I try am, but every auctions seem to be ending at high prices.

There have been a few that I thought I would win but someone else took interest towards the end - sometimes, in the final seconds. Others ended up in hundreds despite being the only bidder with less than 5-10 minutes to go.

The interesting thing is that names similar to some of these ones can be registered for free on the drop once in a while. It's just that the domain age will be lost. Chai!

bizbro:
It is well. Did this crap in February when I was broke and clueless. Never again. Make person sell Godaddy domain(18k) for 3k, God abeg o. Its better to list the domain for $50 and spam the life of the end users every single day!

If you meant the boldface, you're not nice at all.

Try to put yourself in the shoes of your end users. You see why some (or many) emails will be ending in the spam folder?

Learner47:
Na God ooo,

My str for outbound is actually 50% before Dan collapsed!

I sold a name I registered Yesterday at Dynadot for 2988 12 months LTO. My fastest inbound sale ever.

If not LTO I go drop.

Them done haccck my account I had to start doing plenty resets and changes Yesterday.

Yours too will come by God's grace, amen..na to follow all those steps & keep grinding.

Amen o in Jesus name! 🙏 Congrats on the sale.

And 50% STR for outbound is insane again! Wow.

Learner47:
Hint...just look at GPexchange and Mikemann's sale..shikena.

I made a post before..summarizing domaining. Image below:

Thanks for your time, bro! Appreciate.

I already had the boldface in mind (amongst others), just in case I didn't get a response. 😎

I must say you're getting super-awesome results (STR), though - 241 in five years is insane! And you don't seem to have a large portfolio. Even me wey don dey do this things for much longer fit never sell up to half of that number. Well done!

Learner47:
Last last sha, from my 120 Inbound name, I made 1K sale with another 10K so far. My first 5 figures sale(241 sales so far 5year period). I have about 80 outbound names. One sold just now..I don't see the hype people give Spaceship lander(still buggy) & can't convert like than. Seems Europeans have hacked this domain lander thing..look at Fruits.....co but dey don't yet support Nigeria..

Be dropping more updates has things normalize. Thanks all.

No give up yet oo, sales fit dey for corner. God help us, amen!

Congrats on your sales, bro! Wow, things dey happen for here o.

Abeg, could you tell me the factors you consider before pricing a domain for 5 figures?

I want to believe I have at least one domain that I can slap such a price on (after all, all die na die). But I can't just figure it out yet.

Anyone who has made a 5-figure sale (Gpexchange, protocol, iCauseTrouble etc) can also chip in, please.

I'll leave you to do as your mind directs.

Left to me, I could help such individuals. But I may not stress myself too much to do so.

If you no rate me when I had nothing, you should not bother trying to relate if things turned for the better. People who supported when I had nothing come first!

TWIMC

Brady of Unstoppable Domains disclosed on X that their $5.5 transfer offer will be ending soon. It's unclear whether the price will increase just a little or to the standard price, though.

Kanz95:
1st premium approval @ $38k? Is that real?

I thought the starting point for premium names on Atom is $2199 to $3499 pricing range

My thoughts exactly. I was trying to understand how that was possible.

Atom agents had made me to understand in the past that the maximum price for sellers with less than 50 approved Premium listings was $3499. I wonder what changed. 🤨

@bizbro

Those two times were UTC; that should explain it, I guess.