I think most domain investors keep a pretty close eye on all reported domain name sales. NameBio.com, Sedo’s Home Page, DnJournal.com etc.
The one thing that I see a great deal of the time are simply domain names that I wouldn’t even register or think of buying. This many times makes me scratch my head and makes me think… Am I missing something? Am I investing in some wrong area’s? Should I just start buying "Whatever"?
The above is just a very small sample of domains reported sold on Sedo.com’s home page today. Now looking through These domain names, what would I have registered/purchased out of the group…
Euro-Pack.com No, I do not own any Hypenated domain names. I think the lone good thing about them is for SEO.
Incognito.net Maybe, but I would not pay that much for it.
SexBot.com No, this domain doesn’t make a ton of sense to the common person. It did sell for $12K, but I think Traffic played a bigger part to this then the keywords in the domain.
PrivacyService.com Heck Yah! Great domain and I would of paid the $1,655 it sold for. Great domain with Very Clear meaning! I think this was a Steal Really!
Slow.com Yes! Not 100% on how to cash in on the domain at $42K. Computer upgrades or something like that. 4 letter dictionary terms are a no brainer really!
GlobalWallet.com No! Doesn’t make sense to me. Makes me scratch my head more at $6K, but somebody has a plan for it and they thought $6K was a fair price.
SpencerCounty.com Maybe! 13 daily searches for the term but I personally wouldn’t pay much for it. Somebody living in or near Spencer County would be more interested in this domain then me.
Simplify-It.com No! Hypenated domain, never owned one! It’s a common term, but I wouldn’t think it’s a heavily searched term.
Elain.com Yes! It’s a first name and a typo of a first name (e at the end).
Londons.co.uk No! Never owened a .co.uk due to all the paperwork.
Choosable.com Yes! But I really have never had any luck with dictionary term words that end in able.
1888.net Yes! It’s a history year, triple 8’s which is a lucky number in china etc. Anytime you have multipul good things going for a domain name helps me decide to buy or not.
Meagan.com Yes! Great domain being a very common girls first name!
So 5 No’s, 2 maybe’s and 6 yes, which really means I would of most likely missed out on 7 of 13 sales… That’s not a great number for ME. I still will not change what I buy, but I might think outside the box a little more and start buying some more questionable domains that I had second thoughts about before. Domains like SpencerCounty.com are safe buys, but I passed them before. I will still not buy Hypenated domains, but clearly there is some market for them. Dictionary terms are nearly Always safe buys in the .com, .net and .org TLD’s. I will also continue buying two word combo’s that Make Sense. GlobalWallet.com may make sense to some, but not to me. GlobalMarket.com yes, InternationalExchange.com yes, ForeignExchange.com yes..
