Crab Lungs Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 ..anyone else made any good buys and made some serious money from them? Just wondered if you've any tips for a novice about to bulk purchase some choice selections... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 ..anyone else made any good buys and made some serious money from them? Just wondered if you've any tips for a novice about to bulk purchase some choice selections... I once made £500 on one I purchased for £1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 April, 2010 Author Share Posted 13 April, 2010 I once made £500 on one I purchased for £1. Well, I've just registered one in relation to my forthcoming iPhone application, got the domain valued it came up at around £5000 :-o Not that I'm going to sell it because I need it but I was still a little :-o Irrespective, been mashing domains together this afternoon and I'm ready to buy around 25 further domains with similar potential... Just wondered whether anyone else had any experiences or successes themselves? Some of the domains on sedo.co.uk are nothing special, but are going for fair old whacks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Keith Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 i bought the domain, and all variations, of a competitor about 10 years ago. he got the right arseache when he found out he couldnt register them. this angst was compounded when i charged him £1000 to release them to him. he's never forgiven me:D not sure what the potential is like these days though, i imagine its a fairly tight market? although there was the case a few months ago of one of the ftse companies forgetting to renew their domain, and a very eagle eyed punter snapped it up instantly. cost them £50k to get it back. and some people got the sack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bognor Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 ..anyone else made any good buys and made some serious money from them? Just wondered if you've any tips for a novice about to bulk purchase some choice selections... I would go for afc-pompey.co.uk as there is a local football team that may need it in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Keith Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 I would go for afc-pompey.co.uk as there is a local football team that may need it in the summer. chortle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 I have often considered this, is there a website that lists the expiry dates of domains ?? List domain names for sale currently ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 April, 2010 Author Share Posted 13 April, 2010 I have often considered this, is there a website that lists the expiry dates of domains ?? List domain names for sale currently ? There is, somewhere, and if and when I find it, I'll PM you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 There is, somewhere, and if and when I find it, I'll PM you. What a great community we have here on saints web Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 There is, somewhere, and if and when I find it, I'll PM you. Me too please, i've also thought about this before. Remember when saintsfc.co.uk expired and some religious society picked it up on the sly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 April, 2010 Author Share Posted 13 April, 2010 i bought the domain, and all variations, of a competitor about 10 years ago. he got the right arseache when he found out he couldnt register them. this angst was compounded when i charged him £1000 to release them to him. he's never forgiven me:D not sure what the potential is like these days though, i imagine its a fairly tight market? although there was the case a few months ago of one of the ftse companies forgetting to renew their domain, and a very eagle eyed punter snapped it up instantly. cost them £50k to get it back. and some people got the sack Yes, competition is pretty tight now but after the rather painstaking process of typing and retyping possible 'trend' domains into GoDaddy (there is a facility to search up to 500 domains at a time on there) I've come back with some pretty promising results. I've got 17 listed so far, I've bought one already and I'm just having going through a few more to take me up to 25. I'm then going to list them on sedo.co.uk or snapnames and see what they fetch. Might even park them, assuming I've read correctly that will enable the domain itself when parked offers services related to that domain name (for example, chocolatebottoms.com would link you to sites featuring chocolate and err, bottoms) and it is a small way of getting your investment back in pennies by people clicking them whilst you are auctioning the site. Anyway, I'm pretty new to this so I'm learning so don't take my word for it just yet! There is an interesting little possibility also with .mx names (mexico), and there are still plenty of domains going for what is predicted (on some forums) as a domain reg that is growing in popularity. Anyway, I've given all my secrets away now so happy domain purchasing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 April, 2010 Author Share Posted 13 April, 2010 Me too please, i've also thought about this before. Remember when saintsfc.co.uk expired and some religious society picked it up on the sly! LOL, thats quality! There is a few stories like that on the net... as I said, there is defo a list somewhere out there which lists domains that are about to drop off but I'm still trawling to find it. From what I gather, some people have had a bit of success with it though some have encountered conflicts with the original domain owners, the domain selllers and themselves, partly because the original domain owners and the domain purchaser almost simultaneously purchase/renew it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 i bought the domain, and all variations, of a competitor about 10 years ago. he got the right arseache when he found out he couldnt register them. this angst was compounded when i charged him £1000 to release them to him. he's never forgiven me:D not sure what the potential is like these days though, i imagine its a fairly tight market? although there was the case a few months ago of one of the ftse companies forgetting to renew their domain, and a very eagle eyed punter snapped it up instantly. cost them £50k to get it back. and some people got the sack I doubt it was months ago. Precedent has been set and upheld 100's of times now with relation to domain names purchased and sold. It covers loads, but the 3 main areas; 1) Intentionally registering a domain name to sell on, knowing that someone else will want it for the purpose of financial gain. 2) Registers it for the purpose to leverage an existing trademark or similar trademark, to use for their own purposes 3) "Innocent" registrations where a name domain name can be logical choice , but has many meanings You could own IBM.com, Microsoft.com etc etc and it would only be worth what they would pay, without it going to court...... because as soon as it did they would win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 Agree with that. My second experience of buying a domain with a view to punting it on was to get sued for 'Passing Off'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Porter Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 My Dad sold a URL to Dulux for just under a grand, not sure how much he paid for it but it wouldn't have been much. He also sold a couple of personalised number plates for £600 and £750 which he bought for peanuts years ago when they where first introduced. He's always very lucky with these sorts of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 Yes, competition is pretty tight now but after the rather painstaking process of typing and retyping possible 'trend' domains into GoDaddy (there is a facility to search up to 500 domains at a time on there) I've come back with some pretty promising results. I've got 17 listed so far, I've bought one already and I'm just having going through a few more to take me up to 25. I'm then going to list them on sedo.co.uk or snapnames and see what they fetch. Might even park them, assuming I've read correctly that will enable the domain itself when parked offers services related to that domain name (for example, chocolatebottoms.com would link you to sites featuring chocolate and err, bottoms) and it is a small way of getting your investment back in pennies by people clicking them whilst you are auctioning the site. Anyway, I'm pretty new to this so I'm learning so don't take my word for it just yet! There is an interesting little possibility also with .mx names (mexico), and there are still plenty of domains going for what is predicted (on some forums) as a domain reg that is growing in popularity. Anyway, I've given all my secrets away now so happy domain purchasing Slow down Lungs, you could be throwing your money away no matter how small a price you are paying. The .fr.mx etc etc is the easiest cases for them to win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 April, 2010 Author Share Posted 13 April, 2010 Slow down Lungs, you could be throwing your money away no matter how small a price you are paying. The .fr.mx etc etc is the easiest cases for them to win Oh crap. Really? Lol. Epic public fail. After all that excitement, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 this thread pretty much covers the life of a man, started well with hope and expectation, only to be dashed just when it got interesting and sent back to the drawing board, chin slumped into chest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 Oh crap. Really? Lol. Epic public fail. After all that excitement, too. There is still money to be made, but not like it was in the past. The laws now protect most things related to copyright. Peter storyteller, has a legit claim to; Jackanory.com Ifbull****wasrubber.com itsnotmyfault.com Iamonlyanemployee.com thosepeskykids.com ohsh!tarryjustwonthecup.com southafricaninvestors.com aguidetomiddleeasternbillionaires.com programmesinyourface.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 April, 2010 Author Share Posted 13 April, 2010 this thread pretty much covers the life of a man, started well with hope and expectation, only to be dashed just when it got interesting and sent back to the drawing board, chin slumped into chest Haha, we'll see! I'm determined to find little crevices and cracks of revenue online... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 Haha, we'll see! I'm determined to find little crevices and cracks of revenue online... Buy cheap sh*t in bulk from Hong Kong on eBay and resell it for a quid more. Most people would pay more than take the perceived risk of it turning up from HK. It might take you a few years but you will eventually make a fortune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 Haha, we'll see! I'm determined to find little crevices and cracks of revenue online... Android at Skatesmuff is probably googling "Tax evasion for dummies' at this very moment I guess www.bestestestfansinthewholewideworld.com already has a home in a PO postal code area :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolo Posted 13 April, 2010 Share Posted 13 April, 2010 Buy cheap sh*t in bulk from Hong Kong on eBay and resell it for a quid more. Most people would pay more than take the perceived risk of it turning up from HK. It might take you a few years but you will eventually make a fortune. I'm in HK at the moment... anyone want to set up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al de Man Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 Buy cheap sh*t in bulk from Hong Kong on eBay and resell it for a quid more. Most people would pay more than take the perceived risk of it turning up from HK. It might take you a few years but you will eventually make a fortune. True enough. Only today my boss told me about a bloke who bought 4000 mobile phone batteries from HK for 68p each and flogging them on eBay for £4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 One that I recall are the chap who had a website selling things made from woll, he owned BAA.COM until his early retirement courtesy of the airport owner BAA. Another was someone a while before the year 2000 who registered something along the lines 21stCenturyFox.com I once owned (myfamilyname).com but never used it and let it lapse. A cousin of mine picked it up much to my Dad's annoyance as he has a different surname to my side of the family. To be fair, said cousin is well into the old gaenaeology lark so it was probably better in his hands. Just checked and it's lapsed again, that's his christmas pressie sorted then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now