Comments on: Selling Domains in a Bear Market http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/ Popular articles on domaining, website development, seo techniques and domain name investment Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:21:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alan http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Alan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:21:26 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/#comment-371 James, I was hoping for yesterday :-) James,

I was hoping for yesterday :-)

]]> By: James http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/comment-page-1/#comment-370 James Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:25:50 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/#comment-370 Alan - Damn - i thought you were going to give us all some good news. I'm hoping end users flood the market by Jan 2009 ;-) Alan – Damn – i thought you were going to give us all some good news. I’m hoping end users flood the market by Jan 2009 ;-)

]]> By: Alan http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Alan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:17:50 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/#comment-369 schlomotion, I think you’re looking out the wrong window. To answer your first question we (and many domainers you read online) have sold lots of domains to end users for generous prices and developed sites for much more. Your quote “end users want to give you crap for your name” would be disagreed by most professional domain investors. The challenge may be finding end users but they certainly pay more than domainers. Domainers are still buying domains although a bit more selective these days. Think about domains as real estate, a comparison made many times over. In any real estate market if the availability of “empty lots” passes a certain point prices will decline for a while since all the developers who wanted your land now have many choices. This doesn’t mean the developer (domainer in this industry) is not buying, they just have more choices. A domain parked is simply an "empty lot" and when you take the handful of people out of the equation who battled each other to raise the price of a name from $5,000 to $20,000 then we are left with $5,000 as a reasonable value. Nothing wrong with that – these guys spent the money and built their enterprise. Now its time to slow down and build or re-analyze what they have. You would do the same thing I’m sure. Domaining is one job but in order to be successful for the long run every domainer must turn into a developer. With the exception of a few people who own significant premium portfolios that earn millions every year we are all thinking about development. It’s the natural progression of any industry. >> Industry is created, people invest and buy like crazy, people then start to develop. We are simply in stage 3 at the moment. Ultimately, domains will be worth more – just a small correction window for prices that is natural for the progression of this or any industry. You can't blame any domainer for wanting to put together a better business plan. schlomotion,

I think you’re looking out the wrong window. To answer your first question we (and many domainers you read online) have sold lots of domains to end users for generous prices and developed sites for much more. Your quote “end users want to give you crap for your name” would be disagreed by most professional domain investors. The challenge may be finding end users but they certainly pay more than domainers.

Domainers are still buying domains although a bit more selective these days. Think about domains as real estate, a comparison made many times over. In any real estate market if the availability of “empty lots” passes a certain point prices will decline for a while since all the developers who wanted your land now have many choices. This doesn’t mean the developer (domainer in this industry) is not buying, they just have more choices. A domain parked is simply an “empty lot” and when you take the handful of people out of the equation who battled each other to raise the price of a name from $5,000 to $20,000 then we are left with $5,000 as a reasonable value. Nothing wrong with that – these guys spent the money and built their enterprise. Now its time to slow down and build or re-analyze what they have. You would do the same thing I’m sure.

Domaining is one job but in order to be successful for the long run every domainer must turn into a developer. With the exception of a few people who own significant premium portfolios that earn millions every year we are all thinking about development. It’s the natural progression of any industry.

>> Industry is created, people invest and buy like crazy, people then start to develop.

We are simply in stage 3 at the moment.

Ultimately, domains will be worth more – just a small correction window for prices that is natural for the progression of this or any industry.

You can’t blame any domainer for wanting to put together a better business plan.

]]> By: schlomotion http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/comment-page-1/#comment-368 schlomotion Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:44:42 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/#comment-368 First of all how many times have you sold your domain to end users? How many times have you sen end users go to Traffic conferences? Mostly domainers buy my names. End users want to give you crap for your names. Unless you got a premium like porn or stock.com. The domain gurus and bloggers always say "what a great business we have! How we are unique, different then a stock investment." We domainers ruined our business with the "down turn" All of a sudden our unique business became the stock market crisis. One minute were hyping how lucky we are what a great business we have then we are shooting ourselves in the foot by hyping how bad are industry is and we keep scaring off investors and potential domainers. What we should be realizing is YES OUR PPC AND INTERNET SALES HAS SLOWED DOWN. THE ECONOMY IS NOT SHOPPING A LOT NOW. HOWEVER.....DOMAINERS SHOULD STILL BE BUYING DOMAINS AS A FUTURE INVESTMENT OR DEVELOPED SITE. OTHERWISE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET YOU SHOULDN'T BE BUYING DOMAIN NAMES. First of all how many times have you sold your domain to end users? How many times have you sen end users go to Traffic conferences? Mostly domainers buy my names. End users want to give you crap for your names. Unless you got a premium like porn or stock.com. The domain gurus and bloggers always say “what a great business we have! How we are unique, different then a stock investment.” We domainers ruined our business with the “down turn” All of a sudden our unique business became the stock market crisis. One minute were hyping how lucky we are what a great business we have then we are shooting ourselves in the foot by hyping how bad are industry is and we keep scaring off investors and potential domainers. What we should be realizing is YES OUR PPC AND INTERNET SALES HAS SLOWED DOWN. THE ECONOMY IS NOT SHOPPING A LOT NOW. HOWEVER…..DOMAINERS SHOULD STILL BE BUYING DOMAINS AS A FUTURE INVESTMENT OR DEVELOPED SITE. OTHERWISE IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET YOU SHOULDN’T BE BUYING DOMAIN NAMES.

]]> By: Alan http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Alan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:10:14 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/#comment-366 James, We are all waiting for end users to flood the market so I was just being sarcastic. Hopefully its 2010 or sooner :-) Alan James,

We are all waiting for end users to flood the market so I was just being sarcastic. Hopefully its 2010 or sooner :-)

Alan

]]> By: Ken Gettys http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Ken Gettys Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:40:43 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/#comment-363 Great article! I am finding Geo Domain Names for US cities selling the best on eBay. Although Kiss.com is now showing high interest there too. On Sedo, SexieSanta.com and SexeBugger.com are showing a lot more interest than Invest-Earn.com (I guess because of the mortgage crisis)or CNNNyc.com (even though CBS is using CBSNyc.com for their local stations there). Great article! I am finding Geo Domain Names for US cities selling the best on eBay. Although Kiss.com is now showing high interest there too. On Sedo, SexieSanta.com and SexeBugger.com are showing a lot more interest than Invest-Earn.com (I guess because of the mortgage crisis)or CNNNyc.com (even though CBS is using CBSNyc.com for their local stations there).

]]> By: Shlomi http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Shlomi Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:13:56 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/#comment-362 good point, in a bear market we all need to to take more time in analyzing our own domains before we put them on the table and ask someone to buy it. good point, in a bear market we all need to to take more time in analyzing our own domains before we put them on the table and ask someone to buy it.

]]> By: James http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/comment-page-1/#comment-360 James Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:08:23 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/selling-a-domain/selling-domains-in-a-bear-market/#comment-360 Nice post, very much enjoyed the read. Just one question, whats’s happening in 2018? Why are end users going to be flooding the market? Nice post, very much enjoyed the read.
Just one question, whats’s happening in 2018?
Why are end users going to be flooding the market?

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