At some point every business owner (not just domainers) look to sell or “exit” the business. In this industry it seems many people are building and building portfolios so someday they will “exit” by selling the entire portfolio to a buyer.
Is this really a valid exit strategy?
It certainly sounds great but it’s also the elusive dream […]

100,000 good names.
Not a chance.
When a large portfolio owner announces the sale of 100,000 names it sounds like jumping ship but it’s not like that - in any way, shape or form.
As I said in an earlier post:
“Over 98% of the portfolio just added to Afternic by iReit is JUNK! - Complete and useless domains your blind grandmother […]

Namebio recently posted an article about iReit’s decision to sell a large chunk of their portfolio and Dark Blue Seas deal with Godaddy. One of the interesting quotes was:
“it may suggest that both companies are seeing major drops in revenue and are cleaning house and changing monetization strategies”
I really like Namebio so proper credit is given for reporting on this […]

Most of us who have been in this industry for a while have a story (or two) about the domain(s) that we let get away.
Ours was PrimeRate.com
Like others we were watching this name sit on Afternic with a domain sponsor page for years. $100,000 was the minimum offer. Every now and then I set out […]

I always find it interesting to view how private domain sale transactions often start with the same question…
How much traffic does the name get?
From my experience (and we own some names with very good traffic) this question is one to avoid if you are a seller and your asking price is fairly low (under $50,000)
Some […]