4 Ways to Liquidate Domain Names

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4 Ways to Liquidate Domain Names
Andrew July 15th, 2008

Here are three ways to get cash for domain names fast â€” and a fourth potential way.

Perhaps you are looking to trim your portfolio. Or maybe you need to raise some cash. Unfortunately, domain names arenâ€™t very liquid assets. But here are three ways to sell your domain names quickly, as well as a potential fourth way to do so in the future.

1. SnapNames - SnapNames isnâ€™t just an expired domain marketplace. You can also list domain names for sale. I tried this out by listing about 30 domains with reserve prices between $59 and $1000. 4 of them sold, including three for $99 that I had hand registered a couple years ago. The other one, a .biz, started at $99 and went to $114. I tried to sell the latter domain on forums several times with no luck, so the added exposure on SnapNames helped. SnapNames takes a 20% cut. Names must be at Moniker or a SnapNames registrar and must have 6 months of registration period left.

2. Forums - thereâ€™s a lot of noise on forums, but you can still liquidate domains if you are willing to cut your prices.

3. Sell to NameMedia - I saw a blog post from NameMedia recently that said it was â€œaggressivelyâ€ buying domains. I told them to look at my Afternic portfolio. Without getting into specifics, the company offered me an average of $21 for the subset of domains it felt worthy. I had paid more for some of the individual domains in the lot than the company offered for the entire package! Iâ€™m not one of those people who thinks my domains are worth millions, and I understand the companyâ€™s model has low inventory turnover, but paying about 1 cent on the dollar of their sales prices doesnâ€™t seem very â€œaggressiveâ€. I wouldnâ€™t waste my time with this option, but I would recommend listing your domains on Afternic with expanded promotion.

4. Domain Name Wire - A number of people have asked me about promoting domains on Domain Name Wire. I donâ€™t want to get into the business of listing domains for sale, but Iâ€™m going to try a new system. In the top menu bar youâ€™ll see a link to â€œDomain Salesâ€œ. Every week Iâ€™ll list a few domains for sale at â€œbuy nowâ€ prices. These domains will also be promoted in the RSS feed. If this works I may consider listing other peoplesâ€™ domains in the future. You can see this weekâ€™s domains here. Bonus: Iâ€™m giving away two expiring domains free this week on the sales page.
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There is another option i have seen the Modern Domainer magazine, although I have not actually tried it, called SubPrimeDomains.com

Apparently they will buy both individual domains and portfolios...

It is probably at least worth checking out. Has anyone else seen or tried this service?

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This is excellent information.

I've always wanted to know where everyone else has found success.
I've learned of two possibilities that I'd never even heard of.
Looking forward to learning of more.

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mozzeratti, Jul 16, 2008 IP

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