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  • kane
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Aug 2001
    • 20684
    #1

    Thinking of selling a domain - any advice?

    Hi,
    I was contacted about a domain I have had for a while and asked if I wanted to sell it. I thought about it and we settled on a price then they backed out. I guess it is possible they were never really that interested in the first place and were just fishing for ideas.

    Anyway, I am now thinking of selling that domain anyways. I haven't done anything with it in years and have no real plans of doing anything with it. It is actually one of the first domains I bought and was registered in 1999. It gets about 100 uniques a day to some very old sites I still have on it, but nothing major. The domain is www.group-sex.com (note: what is on there is very old so half of it probably doesn't even work anymore). Any thoughts on it? Do people buy hyphenated domains? It could be a good name to brand for the right person.

    Any advice on where I might list it or go about selling it or even if you think it has any real value?

    Thanks in advance.
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    • PornMD
      Mainstream Businessman
      • Jan 2007
      • 9291
      #2
      Based on name quality and that traffic, IMO you're looking at mid to high 4-figures most likely. Without hyphen that's probably a high 5-figures name at least, just to get an idea of how much hyphens hurt names.

      Unfortunately there are a lot of jokers online...sometimes offerers ask you to get an appraisal from a list of companies mentioned on some board post - never do that if you ever get an email like that because it's 100% a scam run by those appraisal companies.
      Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

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        • kane
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Aug 2001
          • 20684
          #3
          Originally posted by PornMD
          Based on name quality and that traffic, IMO you're looking at mid to high 4-figures most likely. Without hyphen that's probably a high 5-figures name at least, just to get an idea of how much hyphens hurt names.

          Unfortunately there are a lot of jokers online...sometimes offerers ask you to get an appraisal from a list of companies mentioned on some board post - never do that if you ever get an email like that because it's 100% a scam run by those appraisal companies.
          yeah they just contacted me out of the blue and asked if I was willing to sell it. When I asked for an idea of what they wanted to spend they responded and after a couple of emails we agreed on the price then I didn't hear from them for a few days. I contacted them again and they told me they had decided to go with a different name.

          So who knows how serious they were.

          Thanks for you input though. I appreciate it.

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            • PornMD
              Mainstream Businessman
              • Jan 2007
              • 9291
              #4
              Originally posted by kane
              yeah they just contacted me out of the blue and asked if I was willing to sell it. When I asked for an idea of what they wanted to spend they responded and after a couple of emails we agreed on the price then I didn't hear from them for a few days. I contacted them again and they told me they had decided to go with a different name.

              So who knows how serious they were.

              Thanks for you input though. I appreciate it.
              That's too bad - I've had that kind of thing happen before, it's tough when you actually get an educated buyer who finds and weighs out many different options. A lot of buyers seem to jump on whatever name they're after, or register some piece of shit domain if they can't buy the one they're after.
              Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

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                • kane
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Aug 2001
                  • 20684
                  #5
                  Bump for me. Any advice? Interest?

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                    • gooddomains
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Jul 2003
                      • 10127
                      #6
                      put it on sedo

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                        • kane
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Aug 2001
                          • 20684
                          #7
                          Originally posted by gooddomains
                          put it on sedo
                          Thanks. I'm checking them out now.

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                            • jrzeygirl
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 819
                              #8
                              Originally posted by kane
                              Hi,
                              I was contacted about a domain I have had for a while and asked if I wanted to sell it. I thought about it and we settled on a price then they backed out. I guess it is possible they were never really that interested in the first place and were just fishing for ideas.

                              Anyway, I am now thinking of selling that domain anyways. I haven't done anything with it in years and have no real plans of doing anything with it. It is actually one of the first domains I bought and was registered in 1999. It gets about 100 uniques a day to some very old sites I still have on it, but nothing major. The domain is www.group-sex.com (note: what is on there is very old so half of it probably doesn't even work anymore). Any thoughts on it? Do people buy hyphenated domains? It could be a good name to brand for the right person.

                              Any advice on where I might list it or go about selling it or even if you think it has any real value?

                              Thanks in advance.

                              Hey Kane

                              Check out Moniker!

                              Any questions hit me up!
                              ~Bari
                              [email protected]
                              Skype: jrzeygirl

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                                • BillP
                                  Registered User
                                  • Apr 2008
                                  • 3
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by jrzeygirl
                                  Hey Kane

                                  Check out Moniker!

                                  Any questions hit me up!
                                  How much does Moniker charge for appraising domain names?
                                  The hardest part is finding programs that actually pay.
                                  http://www.aebn.net/index.cfm?ContactID=719
                                  1-800-628-0241 Ext. 210
                                  704-523-8743 Fax
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                                    • jrzeygirl
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jul 2004
                                      • 819
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by BillP
                                      How much does Moniker charge for appraising domain names?
                                      $24.99/per name - 7-10 day turnaround!
                                      ~Bari
                                      [email protected]
                                      Skype: jrzeygirl

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