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Where is the best place to sell domain names?

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Managing Real Estate Broker with LoKation Real Estate

Where is the best place to sell domain names?  I am sure the Activerain community has experts in this field and I have accumulated several domain names over the years. I do not have the first clue how to sell them and would love the input from some of the domain gurus that hang around the AR water cooler.

Most of my domains are related to real estate and I have actually seen other companies that use my domain as their slogan, my thought is just to contact them and see if they are interested in buying the name. But even if they did I do not know the next step, how do you transfer a domain to someone else that wants it?

I know Godaddy has auctions and I have tried this but have had no luck. I am sure most of them are not very valuable and even those that might have some value are not going to be huge, I am not expecting to "win the lottery" with any names, I just thought if someone else was seeking these they should get a chance to buy, or at least be aware they are for sale.

examples: www.FreeAndEasyHomeSearch.com www.DiscoverMetroDenver.com www.Win-WinRealty.com and a few others that probably don't mean anything to anyone but me.

Any ideas out there? Has anyone had any luck with this?

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John Marshall -Fore!

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Jeff Pearl
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Just an idea, but if you have some good domain names, maybe consider building some wordpress sites ( or partner with someone that builds web sites), then advertise them on www.flippa.com. Actually, I think you can sell just the domain names on Flippa. Scroll to bottom of their site and click on the "How to Sell" link. Since it's also an auction site, you never know how much someone might be willing to pay for the right domain name!

Aug 23, 2012 03:13 AM
John Marshall - FORE!
LoKation Real Estate - Cherry Hills Village, CO
Specializing in Golf Course Properties

Jeff, thanks. I checked out Flippa and will look into it furhter. I also found Sedo.com and they want $50 for every domain sale. I am not even sure if I can make $50 on them.

I also contacted Godaddy and they have a buy and sell service for $5.00 annually that you can buy and sell as many as you want and pay them a small percentage on each sale. Apparently this is big business, I was told that there are plenty of full time domain sales experts out there that buy names as they expire and list them for sale, making hundreds of thousands of dollars, who knew?

Aug 24, 2012 12:23 AM
John Marshall - FORE!
LoKation Real Estate - Cherry Hills Village, CO
Specializing in Golf Course Properties

Mike- thanks I will look into that one as well.

Aug 30, 2012 01:45 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

John, I would put out blogs with good key words and tags, and if someone is Googling new domains, you may have some luck.

Sep 02, 2012 11:25 AM