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Apsylum
10-29-2005, 02:45 PM
Just like the title says... Where are some places where you sell your domains?
mystwoman
10-29-2005, 02:56 PM
namewinner, pool.com, just let it expire, if it's huge maybe do a godaddy ad?
sjaguar13
10-29-2005, 03:00 PM
Namewinner and Pool wouldn't be selling your domain. You let it expire and they register it....you get nothing.
Apsylum
10-29-2005, 03:02 PM
Yeah... I don't want to let them expire, I want to sell them lol
mystwoman
10-29-2005, 03:57 PM
what about Craigslist? I bet you could get a lot of new eyeballs that way. So many people there are looking to build websites and hire people. Find the right client for a music site and bingo the work's all done.
Apsylum
10-29-2005, 04:12 PM
Hmm, never thought of craigslist, I guess I'll check that out.
jon
10-29-2005, 04:14 PM
Here is my shortlist.

DomainForums.com
Dnforum.com
NamePros.com
SitePointForums.com
Sedo.com

...in that order.
Gayble
10-29-2005, 09:43 PM
jon, maybe try adding DP to your list?

http://forums.digitalpoint.com

well, here's my list:
http://www.domainforums.com
http://www.dnforum.com
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums
http://www.afternic.com (The membership is not that expensive)
http://forums.digitalpoint.com

I'd highly recommend them :)
Apsylum
10-29-2005, 09:55 PM
Alright... here's another question, do you guys think it's worth paying to sell your domains? At a site such as... sitepoint? Do you have better luck?
illusion
10-29-2005, 11:02 PM
nope it is not worth it. Because if you don't sell it, what was the point?
Apsylum
10-29-2005, 11:03 PM
*shrug* That's what I wanted to know, sitepoint charges something like 4.95 per listing. I didn't think it'd be worth it.
sjaguar13
10-30-2005, 01:10 AM
It depends. I paid to become a member of DNForum to sell domains. I paid to sell domains on eBay. I wouldn't sell a domain on SitePoint or Go Daddy's domain auction unless I knew it had a chance of selling fairly well. Even then, I would check out the other places first to make a sale.
Apsylum
10-30-2005, 01:12 AM
Is DNForum pretty good for selling?
-JJ-
10-30-2005, 01:29 AM
Domain Forums are great for selling domains. After all the main topic of the Forum is domain names. I have sold some domains via Forums. Also if you want a brokerage service.

-JJ-
Apsylum
10-30-2005, 01:41 AM
Have you sold domains at DNForum though?
sjaguar13
10-30-2005, 01:45 AM
Domain Forums is fairly good, but your posts can easily get pushed to the third or fourth page. They are great if you have traffic domains or a domain that is bringing in revenue. They aren't as good for other domains because they are not end users of the domain, they are also going to sell it. I bought several domains from them and I got them for less than the regisrar fee. If someone is looking for a domain and doesn't care about hits or revenue, everyone one the forum starts sending replies.

What I basically do is:
Domain gets hits/revenue - DNforum.com
No hits/revenue, but brandable - hold on to it
Brandable, but easily developable (or the above held for a long time) - Throw something up and eBay it
The above, but has potential - run the site myself
The above, but not making as much as I want - sell the developed site at various forums (DNForum, NamePros, ect), if no buyers, it goes to eBay

If it gets no hits and is not brandable I ask myself, "why did I buy this?"
-JJ-
10-30-2005, 01:43 AM
Have you sold domains at DNForum though?

Yeah I have before.

-JJ-
Apsylum
10-30-2005, 01:56 AM
Yeah I have before.

-JJ-

And it went well? Better than a free place?
Gayble
10-30-2005, 10:44 AM
*shrug* That's what I wanted to know, sitepoint charges something like 4.95 per listing. I didn't think it'd be worth it.

Nope, it's honestly not worth it, well if you had a high valued domain, then it probably would be worth it, otherwise, it wouldn't, just a waste of money I guess.. with all these fees being introduced to SitePoint, people are starting to leave..