I ended up taking this 4k offer on a ,com in the end based on a few things:
- I have lost a bunch of negotiations in the last few months by rejecting and holding for 8-10k (for my quality of names it seems tough to get above 5k)
- they started at 700 and have increased a fair amount to 4k - it’s net and they pay broker fees
- based in research there’s only really one clear end user, and they’re not large / have fairly low value sale values
- the name was bought in the last 12 months for $140
I liquidated c35k in 24 hours from my portfolio (awaiting some more funds to get this up to the 35k). I can’t share all the names as they are other investors but here are the lessons I’m sharing:
⭐️ great names sell quickly. It’s obvious, but one good name can be moved the same day… 10 average names will take time (if at all)
⭐️ there is margin to be had on quick flips, but it’s tight and getting tighter
⭐️ confidence inspiring for me considering who bought some of the names. That tells me I’m okay at buying the right kind of names
⭐️ I have average to good inventory only, so many of my names struggle to sell (for what I paid). Pay more attention on the buy
⭐️ one word sld stand out / most liquid
⭐️ com ai and org work best (.id .gg .co only if very strong)
⭐️ having connections on X is helpful to move names, but broker connections move in bulk
⭐️ Atom is the best place to move and get paid currently due to wholesale market, atom pay and ease of use
I have a ____Health.com name, currently unlisted on afternic (due to changing my names around). GD broker contains me with a $750 offer, which I reject explaining the name is priced higher but serious offers welcome, etc. They responded with the below, citing the domain 'appraised value'. Strange response, considering a few companies operate on this brand in health space, including a good sized US health business operating on the .org...
It is significantly more difficult to replace good names than it was even 2 years ago (for near the same budget). Significantly. Auctions or wholesale connections. In a traditional model this can only mean retail prices you’re charging must increase to flow through to related purchasing power
I know some folks track / are interested, so here’s a few names rejected by @atomHQ today
If anyone has Trump's number, please can you get a message to him explaining that the next phase of intelligence is .id = intelligent Donald. Real success. Gonna boom .id. Asking for a friend...
Please stop sending me your .si domains you registered this week for $13 asking me to buy for 10-100 x
As others much wiser than me said, the common word in all this is Intelligence… Super Quantum Meta Artificial etc etc … the deliverable / benefit / solution / advantage is the intelligence. That’s the long play
Having missed the “gold rush” on .si I hand reg a few that Claude recommended like this:
TheKnowledge.si
TheText.si
Racecourse.si
ThoughtLabs.si
Wintelligence.si
TheIntellect.si
Snoozing and loosing
➡ added AGGT.com today, as it kinda looks like agent. amazing what a domain investor can see :)
for those of you with .si domain, that you've registered on Afternic, check they're showing in search in the GoDaddy search
All this talk of .si, I will be sticking with .id (missed all the good .si already) | 🍣 bought this for one of my daughters as a joke, who's officially the world's biggest sushi fan | sushi.id |







