Two days ago, I asked you guys if you thought new gTLDs are worth saving and have provided three options. Yesterday, I’ve covered option #1, being rescued by ICANN.
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Yesterday, I’ve put three options on the table so as to try a bit of a collective brainstorming experiment. Today, I’d like to analyze the first option in more detail, which is having ICANN bail out the failed extensions.
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After three or so years, it’s blatantly obvious that for a lot of extensions, there just isn’t enough demand. Realistically speaking, registries made a mistake by being too lenient when it comes to choosing terms.
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I’ve read a post on TheDomains about Dominic, a short domain investor who shared his story on NamePros and first of all, I think he deserves our respect for having the courage it takes to share his numbers in an upfront manner.
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Over the years, I’ve seen beginners get scammed time and time again. By people who sell them dreams, by registries which release fake sales (even before the new gTLD craze!), by those who sell picks&shovels despite knowing there’s no gold out there and so on. My first instinct has always been feeling sorry for them and it still is… but with a twist.
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At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I have to ask: how much money did domainers make after the $201,250 Casino.Online sale? The answer is obvious: a big fat $0, because the domain was sold by the registry to an end user, NOT by a domainer.
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I have to admit there are days during which I envy those who have the comfort of 9 to 5 jobs. Even if it’s a fake sense of comfort and the idea of job safety is somewhat of a joke, it must be relieving not to feel any kind of “I wonder how much money I’ll make next month”-type pressure.
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First and foremost, I want to make it clear that this post is written by someone who has been domaining for quite a few years but never had a “blockbuster” sale that tops the charts.

Realistically speaking, most of those who are reading this won’t have a blockbuster sale either but let me ask you: so what?
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Together with James Booth from BQDN.com, DomainingTips is proud to present a list of gems you don’t exactly come across every day!

If you want to buy one of today’s domains and/or have questions, simply send a message to andrei@domainingtips.com.

Payments via Escrow.com with the escrow fee covered by the buyer, unless otherwise negotiated. 

Let’s get right down to business and start with a priced NN.com as well as two LL.coms for which we’re requesting offers:

25.com – $2.7M
IH.com – Offers Wanted
AX.com – Offers Wanted

Next, we have eight two-character dot coms:

E8.com + E8.net – $250k (currently has a $200k offer)
0K.com – $55k
D4.com – $80k
L4.com – $100k
L5.com – $125k
O6.com – $110k
T4.com – $115k
W6.com – $150k

… followed by a selection of LLL.coms:

EFP.com – $35k
CRQ.com – $38k
HPT.com – $42k

… and the following NNNN.coms:

7777.com – $1.4M
0584.com – $16k
3263.com – $35k
1041.com – $43k
6797.com – $52k

… and the following hot VR-related LLL.nets at $2.5k each:

AVR.net
BVR.net
GVR.net
OVR.net
SVR.net
VRD.net
VRR.net
VRV.net

To end the short domain part of our email, we also have X.tv for which offers are requested.

Fortunately, we haven’t forgotten about one word dot com enthusiasts either and I’ll let the domains speak for themselves:

Studio.com – Offers Wanted
Poor.com – Offers Wanted
Lose.com – Offers Wanted
Item.com – Offers Wanted
Duty.com – Offers Wanted

BORE.com – $40k
Foreigner.com – $50k
Reject.com – $60k
Gender.com – $60k
Swish.com – $100k
Radiance.com – $150k
Chirp.com – $150k
Jury.com – $150k
Down.com – $150k
Rub.com – $200k
Track.com – $200k
Chop.com – $250k
Bubble.com – $250k
Cold.com – $250k
Late.com – $250k
Flow.com – $350k
Bath.com – $400k
Crack.com – $400k

That’s it for today guys!

To let me know which domain(s) you’re interested in or ask a question, send a message to andrei@domainingtips.com.

Once a year, I try to remind DomainingTips readers to back up their data. As someone who has a little bit of experience in the hosting industry, let me just say words can’t begin to describe how many problems/headaches can be avoided by simply backing up your data and doing it frequently enough.

My request for you guys is this: back up your data today, right after reading this post if possible.
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