Sell Your Domain Name
Domain names have sold for anything in price from a few hundreds of dollars to a few thousands of dollars. The price you can get depends on how quickly you want to sell, as well as how much interest you can generate in the name.
What’s my domain worth?
Before you get down to the hard work necessary to sell your domain name, you’ll need to place some kind of value on it (even if you are not going to publicize the value you’ve placed on a domain name, it’s important to know what the minimum amount you’d accept for it is.)
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There are essentially two main ways to sell a domain name: you can find a buyer yourself, or you can use a company/organization to find a buyer on your behalf.
If you choose a domain name broker (site or service that assists you in finding a buyer for your domain name) that does not demand exclusivity, you can even combine both types of sales strategy i.e. list your domain name for sale with the broker, and at the same time solicit buyers independently.
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You should keep in mind that how much you can get for it at any given point in time depends on its worth, your negotiation skills, and how deep the buyer's pockets are.
Accepting an offer depends on how much you need the offered money immediately, and whether you are willing to wait for someone to whom the name might be more valuable.
Because millions of desirable domain names are already taken, finding your perfect domain name can be a daunting task. The Who.is domain suggestions tool makes it easy to view available domains that are closely related to your desired domain.
Do you want to maximize your chances of getting found in search engines? One of the most important to factors in ranking well on every major search engine is to have a keyword-rich domain name that targets the main keyword(s) of your site.
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The current domain name resale market is much weaker than it was just a couple of years ago, at the height of the Dot-com bubble.
Back then, if you owned a decent domain name, you could generally sit back and wait for the buyers to come to you. Nowadays, you need to be much more proactive in your approach if you want to successfully sell your domain name(s).
At the same time, never discount the possibility of “walk-in” buyers; in other words, potential buyers coming across your domain name during a search, and inquiring about its availability.
To this end, it’s essential that you keep your Whois record (the record of ownership of your domain name) updated at all times, and free from errors. You just never know who might be trying to contact you!
Note: Selling a domain name at these high prices is like winning the lottery. Don't expect to retire soon on reselling the big one, this is very rare. Five hundred to fifteen thousand dollars is more
realistic if you can sell them at all. They do sell and will probably be worth more as names are taken out of the pool leaving less to choose from. In short, if you are buying for resell, pick
good names and have patience.
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