I have only sold 35 of my 6500 domains.
Porno.com $8,888,888.88
This was the 4th largest recorded cash domain sale ever!
(Purchased for $42,000 in 1997) It is important to note that this domain had career earnings in excess of $15 Million via pay per click earnings and never had adult content)
989.com $818,181.81 (registered for $100 in 1997)
899.com $801,000 (registered for $100 in 1997)
9595.com $180,000 (registered for $100 in 1998)
Teem.com Total $972.000 after Equity payout
Earlier sales….
Men.com $1,320,000 (bought from 3rd party for $15,000 in 1997)
eBet.com $1,350,000 (registered for $100 in 1997)
Property.com/Properties.com $4MM + Equity Stake
(Bought from 3rd party for $750,000 in 2005)
Candy.com $3MM + Royalties + 10% Ownership +++
(Bought via broker for about $100,000 in 2005)
iReport.com to CNN for $750K
Meet.me $450,000
The following were early sales to establish domain value. Registered between 1996 and 1999 for $35-$100 each.
TokyoHotels.com $200k++
ChinaTours.com $200,000
RockStars.com $180,000
FreeSexCams.com $150,000
GayEscorts.com $121,550
PartnerCash.com $110,000
eCruise.com $100,000 & Stock
235.com for $100,000
SydneyHotels.com $100,000
eScore.com $100,000
RoomDividers.com $75,000
273.com $50,000
PunchBowl.com Cash/Stock
236.com to IAC (Undisclosed)
OnlineCasinos.com (undisclosed)
Deke
That’s brilliant, really. Why just have a contact link on parking pages ? It’s better to replace that with this type of graphic so buyers can buy now, not dilly-dally around. This would free up time for domain sellers also.
Do parking companies allow this? I know some are starting to allow banners, links, and such, but would they allow this?
I’d do this in a heartbeat as a test if they allow it.
Jorge Camargo
Hi Rick,
I just give an idea!
Thanks!
Jim Holleran
This was brought up by a friend of mine months back who has been in this business since 1995. I think the time is now for this. It can be a powerful tool.
BullShitwebsites
Nice–right in your face.
How can one miss that?
rjb
I think the point of this post wasn’t as a buy button for the domain, but to sell a product on your domain’s page.”get a product” and sell it on your domain’s webpage – preferably a product to do with your domain’s keywords, and start making sales. Or did I miss the point?
Kevin
I really love the long awaited feature of the Paypal”Buy It Now” button option which DevHub has recently added to their free website builder.
I am starting to add it to my 350 sites I have built on DevHub. You can use it to sell any product or service. I like to use it to let buyers know the site is for sale and even refer potential buyers to the site and tell them that I am going to contact other potentially interested businesses and that the first party to take advantage of the”Buy It Now” option will instantly own the domain, so they should act quickly if they want it!
I have placed it at the top of the home page on designercontest.com and have turned down a $1,000 offer so far. I just received an email today from someone wanting to know if another one of my DevHub sites is for sale. This is the email:
Hi Kevin…
Are you interested at all, in selling the domain obsessedwith.com? I’d
love to use it as a personal blog…
sarah
I am wondering how many more people will want to purchase my domains on DevHub sites once I have added the obvious”Buy It Now” button and they know it’s for sale and that they can buy it instantly for the posted price.
Open your free account at http://www.devhub.com/?r=aBoosH1fDK
Spread Offense Playbook
Amazing how the smallest posts are the most brilliant! I learned the lesson of this brilliant post 17 months ago and have not looked back, 765 playbooks later sold – cha-ching!
SpreadOffense.com
You’re right and everyone else is trying to sell domains like merchandise and it just don’t work that way when you have to transfer the domain name and most people want to use an escrow service, etc..