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No luck selling domains, any suggestions?

by GoHighAffiliate
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I have a domain that is valuable but I can't get any eyeballs on it. Does anyone know a service I can pay somebody to broker the sale and cut them a commission. I'm not looking to get rich, I don't use the domain so I want to sell it. Any suggestions on the best marketplace or best way to make domain sales?

Sorry if I am breaking a rule with this post. I never try and break rules but I seem to have a talent for saying things that aren't allowed on this forum. Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    What you think is valuable may not be what someone else thinks is 'valuable'. The best you can do is offer the domain on a domain selling site. It will sell or it won't. At some point it will need to be renewed and if it hasn't sold, don't renew it.



    Sounds simplistic - but any domain is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. It has to be visible in places where buyers LOOK for domains for sale.
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  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    Who says it's valuable?


    Have you Googled domain brokers?


    Listed on godaddy.com or some such site's auction section?


    Originally Posted by GoHighAffiliate View Post

    I have a domain that is valuable but I can't get any eyeballs on it. Does anyone know a service I can pay somebody to broker the sale and cut them a commission. I'm not looking to get rich, I don't use the domain so I want to sell it. Any suggestions on the best marketplace or best way to make domain sales?

    Sorry if I am breaking a rule with this post. I never try and break rules but I seem to have a talent for saying things that aren't allowed on this forum. Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    What makes a domain "valuable" is traffic and sales. Anything other than that is just ego-driven nonsense. Google and Bing were worthless domain names until they created something on them.

    Still, there are those out there who think that a domain name is super important. Hopefully, you can find one of those people to buy the site. List it on GoDaddy and see what happens.
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  • Profile picture of the author kongjr
    it becomes valuable ones you gain an organic from it. try to put it and sell to godaddy broker
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  • Profile picture of the author RMRC
    You can try putting it on Flippa.com, there's no guarantee it will sell but you'll get lots of eyes on it that way. The more proof you have of the "value" of your website the more bids you'll get.
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  • Profile picture of the author GoHighAffiliate
    I understand the concept. I said it's valuable because I have 100 domains and this one has on of the higher estimated values on all of the free appraisal tools (I know that doesn't mean much, but it means it has some intrinsic value).

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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    it means it has some intrinsic value

    Not really - as stated months ago - those online tools are guesswork, nothing more.


    In the months since you first posted about the domain - have you placed it for sale on domain selling sites? That is how you find out what someone is willing to pay for it.


    How long before the domain registration expires? How many of the 100 domains you registered are earning money for you? Are you continually renewing them as they reach expiration dates?
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  • Profile picture of the author Monetize
    Hundreds of thousands of domains are dropped every
    day, so why would anyone spend money to buy yours
    when they can get a dropped domain or think up their
    own domain name for the cost of registration.

    I recently had a domain appraised by, and up for sale
    at BrandBucket for $25K but it meant nothing unless
    somebody bought it, which they didn't.

    Domain names are a dime a dozen and unless you
    have something truly unique, three or four letters, or
    some other special thing going on, brokers are not
    going to deal with you.

    List your domains at the usual places, as well as the
    domain forums, and don't be attached to them if you
    get an offer. Or develop them into websites and sell
    them that way.
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