How To Sell a Domain Name

I am often asked “how do you sell a domain name?” or “can you sell my domain name?” and I want to share some advice on how to sell a domain name. If you own a domain name or a portfolio of domain names and you would like to sell them, there are several ways to sell a domain name. Of course, this list doesn’t include selling a domain name when someone inquires about buying a domain name because all that is required of that is a negotiation.

Listed below are 5 ways to sell a domain name and some advice about each method. I personally recommend using an escrow service (Escrow.com for example) when selling a domain name, even if a domain broker is involved.

Sedo Lowers Revenue Forecast

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On October 23, 2013, Sedo issued a financial news release with information about the first nine months of the year and its forecast for the remainder of the year. The full release can be found and read on the DGAP website.

Posted below are three pieces of information disseminated in the news release that domain investors may wish to note. I recommend checking out the full release for all of the details since it’s more beneficial to read the entire update rather than just the three snippets I’ve called out below.

Sedo Launches Sedo.cn Website

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Sedo.cnThis morning, Sedo announced that the company launched a Chinese website. The new website can be found at Sedo.cn. From what I understand, the domain name aftermarket in China is very strong, so launching a new website on the Sedo.cn domain name seems to be a good move.

With the addition of the Chinese version of Sedo’s website, Sedo now supports transactions and services in seven languages. Its brokers also speak a total of 25 languages, which is helpful on both sides of its transactions.

The press release announcing the news is posted below:

September Great Domains Auction Results

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Sedo’s monthly Great Domains auction ended last week, and the results are posted below. In total, the auction netted $113,157.18 in sales (including sales in non USD currency) with 45 domain names sold. A number of other domain names were close to, but did not meet, the reserve prices.

Listed below are the sales from the latest auction:

Great Domains Auction Ending Today

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Sedo’s monthly Great Domains auction for September is ending early this afternoon. This month, there are 386 domain names up for auction, and of those names, a little over a quarter of them have bids right now.

Interestingly from my point of view is that some of the better deals in this auction aren’t actually .com domain names. Here are some of the domain names that are up for auction that I think have decent reserve price ranges. I do not have any names in this auction:

Dave Evanson Reports 6 Figure Sale of Intranet.com

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Sedo’s Dave Evanson is reporting that Intranet.com was sold via Sedo for $160,000. Based on the Whois change, it appears that the transaction took place last week.

At one point, the domain name had been owned by a Massachusetts company called ACI Worldwide. Screenshots.com shows an ACI payment systems logo as of 2010, but more recently, it appears that the domain name had been parked at Sedo.

The current Whois information is