So I recently sold a domain-related domain (UtopiaDomains.com) to what I assume is a domain industry player for $x,xxx through Afternic after investors repeatedly ignored it at $xx, the price it was offered at through my DadDomains.com portfolio liquidation.
The portfolio in question is profitable strictly through end user sales, but I was and still am liquidating because I need a huge capital injection to buy some properties (farmland) nearby that are coming to the market. Thus, it’s a common occurrence for names investors balk at for $xx (even low $xx, depending on how many you buy, since prices go down as you buy more names) to sell to end users for a lot more.
What’s random yet fascinating this time around is that the domain in question pertains to our industry, so in this case domainers *are* the end users… the same domainers who didn’t want it at $xx. Hard to find a case study which illustrates more clearly how random this industry can be.
For the precise reason that it’s a domain industry-related domain, had I compiled a list of least likely domains to fetch end user prices from the roughly 1,000 names that are being sold over at DadDomains.com, this one would have been included in said list.
At the end of the day, we as investors have a love-hate relationship with randomness.
The fact that it makes this business very hard to predict is annoying, to put it mildly, yet occasional surprises like this one make up for it.
Anyway, we’ll see what happens next. Oh and if you’re in the market for investment-grade dot coms that actually sell to end-users consistently, visit DadDomains.com and to sweeten the deal even further, you get a free domain for every one you buy if you send an email at deals@daddomains.com with the list and let me know you’re an AndreiPolgar.com reader.
Again:
- Visit DadDomains.com and make the payment using one of the buttons on the site
- Send an email to deals@daddomains.com with two times more domains than you paid for and mention you’re an AndreiPolgar.com reader
On that note, I hope you guys have your share of (positive!) surprises in 2025 and beyond! 🙂
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