HELP with domain names - UK Business Labs

waterless · #1 (**permalink**) 11-07-2012, 11:41 AM

hi all
can anyone out there help me i have about £1.2m worth of domain names to sell.i no the value is not what im going to get (would be nice)ive tryed sedo and all the other big names in selling domains im finding it so hard and to much to take in.is there anybody who nos about selling domain names in plane layman turms (thickos like me)

**Mark** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-07-2012, 11:46 AM

Moved to 'Domains and Domaining' forum. There's a lot of good advice there.

**Adam H** · #3 (**permalink**) 11-07-2012, 12:10 PM

What makes you think they are worth 1.2 million ? Domains are generally worth what someone is willing to pay and if you went though an evaluation service to get a value most of the time it isnt worth the paper its written on.

Feel free to share more information though and ill gladly give you my opinion.

theangrydog · #4 (**permalink**) 12-07-2012, 09:27 AM

Domaining is a tricky business,
Although it makes up 60% of my income it takes up 90% of my time, having a portfolio worth over a million is a hard thing to do, if you send me some of your better names I can give you a realistic valuation

DomainRegistrar · #5 (**permalink**) 12-07-2012, 10:06 AM

We have clients that are selling domains via us, if you have any specific domain types that you are looking for then please let me know and I will send them across, we don't have many clients looking to sell as this isn't what we do but of course is someone is selling and someone wants to buy then will be happy to help.

3 MORE YEARS · #6 (**permalink**) 12-07-2012, 10:21 AM

Are you able to tell us some of these domain names that you think are worth so much money?

Calvin_QuickSite4Me · #7 (**permalink**) 12-07-2012, 06:38 PM

£1.2m.....

Thats immense, have you just been purchasing random combinations of words that i see quite often in auctions?

How much do you need to pay in order to retain the rights to the domains annually?

waterless · #8 (**permalink**) 13-07-2012, 10:25 AM

have not worked that out yet but they get re- reg at diff times of year so £30 there £25 here dos not hit the bank to much/ive been reg domains which i think would be worth something eg have some with iphone in them.its so eaey to buy but so so hard to sell i no only to well im going to £1.2m for them but i still think they are woth a lot.thank you for the feed back.my contact email is sales@surecall.co.uk

**jonathan** · #9 (**permalink**) 13-07-2012, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by waterless

have not worked that out yet but they get re- reg at diff times of year so £30 there £25 here dos not hit the bank to much/ive been reg domains which i think would be worth something eg have some with iphone in them.its so eaey to buy but so so hard to sell i no only to well im going to £1.2m for them but i still think they are woth a lot.thank you for the feed back.my contact email is sales@surecall.co.uk

Sorry to say you should try and get your money back if you can.

The only thing you are sure of with anything trademarked is a "cease and desist" letter from their legal team - who are unlikely to take no for an answer.

They are worth nowt - sorry. No domainer would touch them with a barge pole (even a very long one...)

**jonathan** · #10 (**permalink**) 13-07-2012, 10:37 AM

edit - Sedo,snapnames and all the other listing firms will unlist them as soon as a human sees them also...

theangrydog · #11 (**permalink**) 13-07-2012, 08:38 PM

a lot of new domainers get caught out with trademarked names, especially when they are just starting out, i know i did when i started, the only advice i would give regarded these names are to delete them, as soon as you can. have you any good generic names?

ianbevis · #12 (**permalink**) 16-07-2012, 10:15 AM

Can you put a list of the top ten you have as I am the director of an SEO company and we buy domain names with age.

DomainRegistrar · #13 (**permalink**) 16-07-2012, 02:21 PM

Was that to the member waterless as he does seem reluctant to tell anyone what they are?

waterless · #14 (**permalink**) 21-07-2012, 10:43 AM

cos i dont want evary man and his dog phoneing / emailing / texing me i get to much cr p emails / tex as it is hope you all understand were im comming from

**Mark** · #15 (**permalink**) 21-07-2012, 03:08 PM

Well, to be honest, I can see their point; if I had domain names worth over a £million I would want people phoning/texting/emailing me all hours of the day!

DomainRegistrar · #16 (**permalink**) 23-07-2012, 10:09 AM

I can appreciate that and I suppose that you would have pm'd those who were asking as I presume you would of been asked what they are because there may be a buyer?
Without meaning any offence, you may have paid that for the domains but they are only worth what a buyer will pay.
If they are names relating to a big corporation then they don't need to buy them, if they are trademarked up they can take them and sue if you withhold them knowingly.
This is from a customer of ours experience and wasn't pretty.

waterless · #17 (**permalink**) 23-07-2012, 11:54 AM

your right about the trade marks etc / i did not reg the domains to make fast £.im a bit worryed about putting domain names up on here as i have fallen out with my ex partners (dont get me wrong im not selling without them nowing as they are reg to me anyway)the less greff i get from them two the better.you all no what i mean ex partners

**Mark** · #18 (**permalink**) 24-07-2012, 09:45 AM

Have you tried listing/auctioning them? If they're 'sellable', surely they'll sell?

waterless · #19 (**permalink**) 26-07-2012, 04:22 PM

hi
done sedo / ebay / and some others nothing even with make offer

**jonathan** · #20 (**permalink**) 26-07-2012, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by waterless

hi
done sedo / ebay / and some others nothing even with make offer

Can we see link to your ebay ad please?