I bought gpu.graphics soon after the new gTLD availability for around $35. Still looking for buyers but it was probably a bad idea.
Ask HN: What is the most you've paid for a domain name?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the most you've paid for a domain name?
#52Never paid much for domains, but the biggest loss was exgfs.com I registered it in 2005ish before that whole niche in porn took off, some dude offered me $100 3 days later, being young and naive I took it thinking it was a great flip. Year later I watched him sell it for $100,000. I learned my lesson that day.
That hurts! Personally, I have lost a lot of money selling
things quickly, or if I'm not feeling that great. I remember
selling something on craigslist, and while walking through
my carport, the buyer asked me what I wanted for the '63 karmen
ghia. I was tired--I didn't like the dude--and just wanted
to finish the deal. I told him I need to think about it, but
I would take $200. I walked upstairs and said WTF is wrong with me? I had to block the dude from emailing me. As
someone who buys stuff, I've noticed young people sometimes
vastly undervalue their stuff, while a lot of older people overvalue.
Re: Ask HN: What is the most you've paid for a domain name?
#53$5,000 for ipvm.com 3 years ago, we started with ipvideomarket.info which was long and unwiedly and have been happy with what we paid to go to a 4 letter .com domain
Re: Ask HN: What is the most you've paid for a domain name?
#54bsd.io -- registered it for something like $120 at the time. It lapsed during hard times and the registration fees hadn't yet dropped. Now someone is squatting on it.
Re: Ask HN: What is the most you've paid for a domain name?
#55I purchased Texts.com while in high school (~10 years ago) for ~$15k. I had made a fair amount of money flipping domain names on sites like Namepros / DNForum / a few private forums. A mix of "tulip" LLL.com's, and then a few instances of snagging a name in the aftermarket and immediately flipping it to an "end user." My biggest domain-fail was letting Naked-Celebs.com expire. I bought it for something like $300 in 2…
Wait a second.... You had $15,000 to drop on a domain in HIGH SCHOOL!? That's crazy, and incredible. Ha
Back then there was a lot of easy money in domain names if you knew what you were doing. Also benefited from some questionable tactics I would never use now that I know better / have a real reputation to protect. IE typos, bulk-sifting Whois for deals, etc. Nothing crazy blackhat / shady, but stuff I wouldn't go near anymore.
Re: Ask HN: What is the most you've paid for a domain name?
#56I purchased Texts.com while in high school (~10 years ago) for ~$15k. I had made a fair amount of money flipping domain names on sites like Namepros / DNForum / a few private forums. A mix of "tulip" LLL.com's, and then a few instances of snagging a name in the aftermarket and immediately flipping it to an "end user." My biggest domain-fail was letting Naked-Celebs.com expire. I bought it for something like $300 in 2…
How much did you sell Texts.com for, and when did you sell it? Assuming you've sold it.
We make use of it now for my startup. One of the rare circumstances, probably, where the name happened to come before the idea.
Re: Ask HN: What is the most you've paid for a domain name?
#57Can you still make decent coin buying and selling domain names? Are there alerts you can setup for when one becomes available?
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#59There is a domain I really want right now that is being squatted. Any advice HN? I already own the '.net' version so I don't really _need_ the '.com' version but I want it. I doubt it is a high value name and I am considering just sending the the admin listed in the WHOIS an email like "Hey, I will give you $50 for .com, let me know." Is this a good approach or should I try to go thru an 'appraiser' or something like…
Use the To: field of your request to your advantage. Send him an email along with 20 other webmaster@domains asking all of them if their domains are for sale and for how much. You can even throw in a line that you're looking for a quick deal and whoever can respond with a reasonable price, say $50 or so, will get the buy.
Re: Ask HN: What is the most you've paid for a domain name?
#60Reading some of these replies, I have to shake my head at the people who are expecting 100x or 2000x "profit" on domain squatting.
I agree with supply and demand, and letting market forces dictate pricing etc etc.... but domain squatting is one of my biggest pet peeves out there.