The resale value of domains has fallen through the floor, especially .io. I assume because of the huge number of TLDs now available and the familiarity of them by the general populace. I tried selling, then auctioning my domain rb.io for months and finally accepted an offer of $2k. A few years ago a two letter domain like that would have gotten 5 to 10 times as much. I know because I was an early adopter of .io domains and sold karma, clever, flip, xs and maven for $8k to $10k over the years. I was shocked at the disinterest I got in my last one.
How and why we acquired our .com domain
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Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
I got one of my personal domains back for $100 after years of various different squatters asking between $2k and $10k for it. "Literally no one else will ever buy this particular domain from you, take the win" finally worked.
I'd like [my last name].com but a domain squatter has it and wanted over $10,000. I put in a low ball offer and they wouldn't budge. I told them they were crazy. I have an uncommon name that very few people would want so I may try your tactic.
You could try having a relative offer $40 and steadfastly refuse to negotiate any higher than $50. Might make your offer sound a lot better. Or it might backfire because now they think two people want it.
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#43Curious for fellow founders with the .com, how many of you defensively buy the .net, .org names as well? I find it hard to resist getting at least those three if I'm settled on a name/brand.
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I still do not get it. >That’s exactly what we did. We had a brief discussion on broker fees, our domain broker had already proved himself and we liked him. The feeling was mutual, we got a great deal on his broker fees and paid $8,000 all said and done. If you paid 8,000 for the domain and 1,000 or 1,500 for the broker, you paid 9,000 or 9,500, all said and done.
Correct. I've edited it to say that clearly (finally). Sorry about all the confusion here
Ah, I have to say, I still didn't quite understand the price from how the article is written, particularly since I wasn't sure if the squatter sold for their listed price of $8,000 or if they had accepted the $3,500 and that was their "final" price.
I only now understand that it was $8000 + $1000 broker fee based on your replies here.
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#45Based on the URL, and being completely unfamiliar with the author, I assumed this was about advaitruia.com, so I was surprised that anyone would be squatting on such an unusual name in the first place. You might want to put the actual supertokens.com domain name in the title to avoid this confusion. HN is certainly not the only site that highlights the domain name of submitted URLs.
Right - that makes sense. Unfortunately cant edit the title now
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#46Thanks for the detailed process and the cool project. Do you have any plans to support Ping Federate? Since they took over Auth0 from Okta, they have raised prices like hell and a project like this really makes sense.
Yes we are a OAuth 2.0 client (and have SAML integrations too).
So if PingFederate is the provider, you can add "sign in with Ping" on an app that uses SuperTokens
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#47Honestly the key is to be patient. Put it a low-ball offer on a .com you want then wait. They'll reject initially, then they'll contact you again every couple months to see if you're still interested. Keep the low-ball offers going, maybe increasing by very small increments. Eventually you will catch them in a moment where the seller is desperate and then you strike a deal. I got a 6 letters .com domain for $3k down…
I tried looking for myfirstname.com and it is completely inactive and private registration for the last 20 years.
I am not even sure how would I go about placing a bid.
It is an uncommon name not in English dictionary. Possibly my namesake bought it 20 years ago and has done absolutely nothing (not even placed parking on it).
How could I even contact them?
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#48Slightly off-topic, but: Gandi was my registrar of choice, but I read some months ago that they've sold out. Who do people go to these days for registering domain names?
I like Porkbun. They have competitive pricing, a very easy-to-use website, and no dark patterns that I've found.
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#49Slightly off-topic, but: Gandi was my registrar of choice, but I read some months ago that they've sold out. Who do people go to these days for registering domain names?
What's the problem of being sold out for Gandi? Does it really change anything?
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#50lol I saw the domain of the article and was definitely curious why OP wanted advaitruia.com so bad
Haha, that was a straightforward purchase. I dont think i've ever been able to find another advaitruia (advait on its own is an uncommon name)
Actually that's not a bad website name because it's unique. A bit strange for sure, but this is how it rolls.