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)
dan j
my god thats unheard of. do you think domain sales will surge in 2014? I only come to domaining.com for your posts
AbdulBasit Makrani
That’s really nice growth in just short time. Care to share the name?
ivorytrader
i’m thinking of registering xxxyyyyyy.xxx … it’s still not taken and i need the money.
CDOONP
I regged a simple, health-related domain in Jan., similar to HealthPlanSearch,.com and now the name has been chosen as part of Obama’s health plan.
Traffic went from 1 unique a day to 50 a day and enrollment in Obama’s “mandate” starts in October, so this one could go into the hundreds per day.
Not comparable to your domain, but a nice little story for those looking to keep the faith.
DonnyM
It is cool that you’re sharing the numbers. Other domain investors do not do that. And I know what names they own that are very similar to what your talking about.
Not my place to mention the name as if you all have not figured it out start reading and connecting the dots. This is free info that he is giving you just have to follow the trail and rethink everything real hard. But those numbers tell so much.
If I only knew which new extension was going to make it:)
Hey CDOONP- That is my field what do you got?
Steve
The Jun 20th post you link to cites the ‘coded’ xxxyyyyyy.com as your fastest growing domain. I eventually figured out the domain that xxxyyyyyy.com was representing (and, a Whois check confirmed you as the owner).
BUT, then I re-counted the x’s and y’s in the ‘coded’ domain – and suddenly my theory just didn’t add up (…specifically the coded domain was short 1 ‘y’)
Question: should there be 1 more ‘y’ in the coded domain you cite in the earlier article (e.g. xxxYYYYYY.com should in fact be xxxYYYYYYY.com)?
Steve
I stand corrected. I just saw your “My Top 10 Domain Purchases” post which reveals the actual domain.
FYI, I thought the domain was “xxxDomains.com” (also owned by you). Two statements (hints) from your June 20th post that seemed to support my theory:
~~ “I should also say thanks to ICM Registry and .XXX since they are one of the reasons my traffic and earnings have increased 10 fold.”~~ ; AND,
~~ “But of course that is because I am drafting off .xxx as an entire TLD and not the .xxx domain itself” ~~
Even the recent spike in visitor traffic you reported (from 10K to 14K) made sense with “xxxDomains.com” given recent aggressive marketing efforts by ICM Registry (most notably, the month-long “.XXX Domains Mega Sale” that was just held).
Neil
That’s because of the genius who registered them…people does the rest.
Kind regards,
domainsunbound.com