After a Sale, Find Similar Domain Names to Sell

After I complete the sale of a domain name to an end user buyer, I try to find similar domain names for sale, in an effort to close additional deals with the buyer. I am especially keen to do this when I’ve had multiple offers and significant interest on a domain name from several end user prospects.

Let’s say I sold CollegeApartments.com to an end user buyer. I would do some research to try and find similar domain names that might be for sale. I would search Google and the soon to be killed off Google Adwords Keyword Tool to find terms that are similar to “college apartments.”

This research would probably lead me to

Hilco Streambank Selling CircuitCity.com & CompUSA.com Domain Names

Hilco Streambank is the company that auctioned Bargain.com for $150,000, ETM.com for $16,659, and they privately sold the package of “My Website” related domain names and phone numbers for around $35,000. The company is now preparing for a much more significant domain name sale, which includes the CircuitCity.com and CompUSA.com domain names.

According to the sale description page:

“Hilco Streambank has been engaged to market for sale the Circuit City ® and CompUSA ® trademarks and associated domain names. This executive summary provides a brief description of the assets available for sale.

Hilco Streambank is currently soliciting offers for these brands and associated intellectual property assets. Please contact us to be granted access to the online data room for further diligence of the assets and to receive sale process details.“

From what I understand, Hilco Streambank originally sold the Circuit City

Tip To Find a Buyer or Seller

I often find that a tech support person or CTO is the registrant contact for domain names owned by mid to large-sized companies. This is done most likely for convenience, as the registrant contact person should have knowledge about domain names, and many companies leave that duty to the “tech guy.”

For the sake of this article, I won’t discuss the potential security issue associated with this, but I will give you a tip about how to get in touch with the decision maker when you want to buy or sell a domain name.

Based on my experience, the “tech guy” who manages the domain name and website doesn’t have

Another End User Email Sample

This is a popular request, so I will share an “end user” sales email that I’ve been sending lately. Keep in mind that I target potential buyers very carefully, and I strongly urge you to do the same. Sending mass emails may annoy people, and it could probably get you in trouble with your hosting company, email provider, or potentially worse, depending on your emails, targeting, and volume.

I would hope you are smart enough to make changes to this email to make it unique. I make changes often, depending on response rate. I recommend that you come up with your own pitch, and again, only send out emails if they are well targeted and the domain name is actually good enough that it doesn’t need to be explained.

There are a few things to notice:

  • My email is succinct. I am not sending out emails regarding second tier or alternative extension domain names. The names I am pitching, in my opinion, don’t need any type of extra sales pitch.
  • I include my business address and let the recipient know that it’s a one time email. I honor that promise by only emailing the recipient once.
  • I do not list the price, as I would prefer to discuss once I have received replies in order to gauge the interest.
  • I have a link to my website so people can learn more about my company. This is a way of showing that I am legitimate, and if they agree to a deal with me, I won’t flake. You might also add your phone number if you wish.
  • I do my absolute best to find out the name of the recipient, so I address it “Hi Jim” or something like that to make it more personal.
  • The subject is the keyword of the domain name, but not the .com. If you are targeting buyers as you should, the subject will be meaningful. If you are using some automated software to pick potential buyers, obviously that won’t work so well.

Here’s the email I’ve been using lately:

Offer Transfer Assistance to End Users

Someone shared some valuable advice, and I want to pass it along to you. When you are sending emails to end user buyers for your domain names, you might consider adding a line in your email offering assistance with the domain name transfer.

There have been countless times that I’ve discussed the sale of a domain name with a potential buyer, and he or she has mentioned the need to speak with their Internet, IT, or SEO guy. Many business owners aren’t tech savvy, but they have the desire to own a great domain name that can help their business, especially because the shelf life for many marketing and advertising initiatives is very short.

One issue for many small business owners is the

Find a Domain Name Buyer Using Tumblr, Blogspot, and WordPress

I always find it interesting when I come across a blog or other website on Tumblr, Blogspot, WordPress, and other platforms and the owner has decided to simply use the platform for its domain name. For instance, it would be like me using ElliotsBlog.Wordpress.com instead of ElliotsBlog.com.

My guess is that most of the blogs that do it either don’t know how to set their website up using their own domain name, they don’t want to spend the time or money setting up their domain name, or they don’t know that they could use their own domain name instead of the more laborious url.

That said, I think you can use these platforms to find a buyer