If you pick the right domain names and win the auction for the right amount, there is still plenty of money to be made from expired/deleted domain names. Adam Maysonet illustrated this by sharing the results of a recent sale he made on Afternic:
And the first on-hold on @afternic just went through.
Hold time was 4.5 months. Bought it for just under $1k. pic.twitter.com/9Ku3keUQxL
— Adam Maysonet (@synozeer) February 25, 2025
Adam bought Spend.CO for just shy of $1,000. Using the Whois History tool at DomainTools, it would appear that Adam won the domain name in a Sav.com drop catch auction. He then listed the domain name for sale for $12,995 on Afternic, and someone bought it.
Assuming a 20% commission that would take about $2,500 from the gross sale price, that’s more than a 10x return on his investment. Not too shabby for a short-term hold.
Notably, Spend.com also recently sold in a drop catch auction. Spend.com sold for $802,500 a little over a month ago.
Expiry and drop catch auctions can be super competitive. Many top tier domain names sell in auction for what seem like retail pricing despite being acquired by domain investors.
