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[suzi]

you need items to get the traffic

Isn't that the point of Admin's post?

There seem to be quite a few people here who own big portfolios. If they were all willing / prepared to contribute a few / some / most / all of their names, there could instantly be enough names to generate the critical mass required.

Suzi

 

[ScottJ]

Also a lot of domain owners have a website, perhaps pooling all the traffic to one main website would be more beneficial to everyone, if all domains or minisites had a badge/banner/backlink to one site that somehow controlled quality it could be a winner.

 

[jimmc]

I could throw in about a 1000.

 

[jimmc]

I've thought about launching an auction site, but the take up here for the forum system is quite low. Are people thnking of more an end-user site?

It would "HAVE TO BE" an end-user site. - No question, thats why the auction folder here doesn't work.

It would also have to have a class-a database to make sure it doesn't fall down. This isn't just a matter of people collectively throwing names at it, and it couldnt be run on some mickey-mouse script.

This would be a sizeable project, if you wanted to do it right.

 

[James]

You can chuck economics.co.uk on there Admin if you like, I bought it for £1750 + VAT.

That is an amazing bargain, worth more than 10 times that amount. Well done!

 

[ScottJ]

Thanks James, wait till you hear about the next one going through shortly - it's an even better bargain

 

[DeanRowe]

fury.co.uk seems a bit of a bargain, cool little name.....

betfury.com is for sale, thought you might want to know as it does have a cool sounding name

 

[findit]

Coding Skills

I would be happy to lend my coding skills to the mix

How about a ASP.NET 2.0 / 3.5 front end with a sql server database backend?

 

[landlord]

Just about ready

Just about ready...exclusively exclusive

I charge 30% commission and only accept the best generic names....no parking pages allowed a direct redirection only (no cloaking)

Sedo will always be a seller of many and a master of none

www.selldomainname.co.uk

 

[TinkyWinky]

30% commission ....

Ouch - if you don't mind me saying that seems a bit high when there's quite a few people with some great contacts charging between 5-15%?

Sorry might be reading that wrong... is that a flat % across any domain... ie £200 or £200k?

Cheers
TW

 

[suzi]

Just about ready...exclusively exclusive

I charge 30% commission and only accept the best generic names....no parking pages allowed a direct redirection only (no cloaking)

Sedo will always be a seller of many and a master of none

www.selldomainname.co.uk

Sorry, who am I to know, but your prices look optimistic to the point of being almost ridiculous. If they really are worth anything like those amounts, I can pack up work and go home today. My portfolio must be worth at least high 7 figures, if not 8. Sadly, I suspect I'll still be here tomorrow and next week, next month...

Also, you might want to update your 'about us' and 'contacts' as they currently refer to mortgages and insurance etc.

Good luck. I really hope it works and you sell loads of domains and there are some great domains in there.

Suzi

 

[landlord]

Nearly ready not ready

The site is nearly ready not ready...

Value is only relevant to the person who values it....if you value all your domain names at £10 then thats down to you.

I have only ever sold two domain names...one for £5000 and one for £75000...I have no burning desire to sell as I want to develop as many as possible (if not all) but IF someone wants it more than me then the prices are set at that level I would sell.

If I was desperate to sell then the prices would be very different

The commission is indeed 30% and is relevant to target prices.

Lee

 

[holgate]

Hi

Hi Lee,

Mind if I ask what you sold for £75K?

 

[TinkyWinky]

The commission is indeed 30% and is relevant to target prices.

Hi Lee

Good luck with your venture

The only thing I would say, is that from this and many other forums, you can easily find very well contacted individuals that would sell domains on my (or anyone elses behalf) at 10% or at most 15%.

Therefore, I would have to ask whether you could seriously attract the additional value to the sale to ensure that I am not significantly out of pocket.

So for a 100k domain with one of a few brokers i know at 10% I would 'lose' 10k.

With you I would lose 30k meaning i walked away with 'only' 70k or I would be expecting you to be selling my domain at c. £130k (plus) to ensure I still get my c. £90k.

In this market I would say that 30k increase in value for the domain would be a very very tall order that's all.

Just a thought but coudl you not do 15% buyer and 15% seller fee?

As I said good luck

TW

 

[jimmc]

The commission is indeed 30% and is relevant to target prices.

Lee

This is nuts and I cant understand why someone doesnt say it so I will. Lee no-one in their right mind is going to pay you 30%!!

 

[GreyWing]

Surely if we were to build a platform for an auction system, wouldn't it need to run parked ads on the sites in between on the pages?

So whoever took on this project would need the relevant feeds from people like Google.

That's the only way it would work, if it took on Sedo on every level.

All the best
GW

 

[retired_member3]

I think regardless of fees and charges these sites fail as they don't have the traffic of the likes of sedo and hence no one posts their domain on them. chicken and egg.

 

[jimmc]

NO the fees "DO" matter, tell me (anyone) are you happy about paying sedo 10% for jack?

If its was 5% sedo would be the best site there is - but it isnt and its a German firm - so where is the Brit counter-attack.

I will gladly put in some experience and some cash to make this happen if anyone who actually has skills - not a domain portfolio (cause we all have that) wants to pm me...

On traffic 'hammer' you're bang on; nuff said. Its absolutely what its all about.

But 30% I ask you; - Even someone without a modicum grey matter between their ears has got to say - your having a larfff!!!

I think regardless of fees and charges these sites fail as they don't have the traffic of the likes of sedo and hence no one posts their domain on them. chicken and egg.

 

[retired_member3]

I meant they don't matter as you wont be using the site if theres no traffic on it and you can't sell your domain. If I got round to launching the site it would be free initially.