Killing the market from within?

[ian]

Just stating a point of view. Surely you don't doubt that some, if not many, *do* need it? Like I stated, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.

It may indeed be the case, but I wouldn't say "probably"

I'm not understanding why being late to the industry is relevant to your preference for flipping domain names quickly to realise a profit sooner than if you held out. Why do you believe it is? Surely if you were acquiring desirable domain names now, and truly didn't need to realise a profit from them immediately, you'd be holding?

I believe, albeit from limited experience, that values will continue to drop, so a 'confirmed' profit sooner is better than a 'maybe' profit later. Everyone has a different approach, but I can't answer Julian's question on the reason for the amount of premium sales recently and whether they are having a damaging affect on values; maybe (without wishing to name names) bluerock should contribute to this thread, as he has a lot of decent domains and is obviously happy to try and sell them to fellow domainers now, rather than wait for end-users.

You *had* in the case of those that are? You sold ads.co.uk for £10k, right or wrong?

I *have* some quality domains and *have* sold some to end users but I'm not at liberty to discuss the in's and out's of the named domain; you know better than to ask

Have a great Christmas and New Year.

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[Skinner]

Are you borrowing Invincibles play book, if I modify that post a little to include the little bold bit, I'd swear it was his

I *have* some quality domains and *have* sold some to end users but I'm not at liberty to discuss the in's and out's of the named domain; you know better than to ask

Have a great Christmas and New Year.

(from iPad - Alpha Mike Foxtrot)

 

[Sam]

I see no value in holding .UK domains long term, so a quick flip is the best way to make money out of them imo.


Dave

Dave so not true but some people like to do this that's fair enough...

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[Murray]

Are you borrowing Invincibles play book, if I modify that post a little to include the little bold bit, I'd swear it was his

Noo

If it was invincible he would of said "my client" it's always the mystery client, never himself

 

[Mgx]

It's amazing how some people always say how sellers are selling to low etc, yet these members never actually put money where there mouth is. It's abit like someone recommending a share investment without actually having bought these shares .

 

[stender]

Didn't the majority of business on here die with a google update? EMD's were the volume if I recall. Most of us buying and catching them to put up low quality 2-3 page sites full of ads which we could still rank on page 1, or affiliate script sights.
I don't catch anymore, I'm not interested in EMD's and have let most of mine expire. Personally I only buy brandables as and when required.

 

[markb]

Didn't the majority of business on here die with a google update? EMD's were the volume if I recall. Most of us buying and catching them to put up low quality 2-3 page sites full of ads which we could still rank on page 1, or affiliate script sights.
I don't catch anymore, I'm not interested in EMD's and have let most of mine expire. Personally I only buy brandables as and when required.

I would say this is mostly true, One word generics and brandables are the main domains that still sell now for ok prices. Many two and three word EMD have dropped in price considerably but still seem to sell, but for nowhere near the amounts they did years ago.

 

[getmein]

Which EMD's actually sold high years ago but wouldn't today? Can anyone name half a dozen that did but now wouldn't? I'm asking because I feel it's time to see some comparable figures.

(from Note 3)

I think a name like cheapcruises wouldn't sell for 50k now and a large part of that is it no longer comes with a massive advantage in naturally ranking for the keywords in the domain name. I also don't think poker org uk would sell for 25k now, because it's also lost it's EMD advantage. So I think in both these cases a large part of the premium the buyer was paying for, was the ability to float these sites higher up the serps, at a lower cost.