I’m sure some of you remember that back in 2010, I launched a forum, DomainDiscussions.com. It went well initially, a little over 4,000 posts but I ended up abandoning the project due to lack of time.
But earlier today, after a trip down memory lane, I decided that it’s time to do something with it.
I mean look, the domain is great (bought it from RJ while he was still the owner of NamePros.com) and the design is great. It has a little over 4k posts, so a decent foundation. Everything is functional, you even have rotating header as well as sidebar ads, so you can literally copy/paste some ads and bam, the software rotates them for you.
Even more so, I negotiated a deal with Francois from Domaining.com which involves one regular headline on Domaining.com each day. So I basically used to post the best thread of the day on Domaining.com for added exposure. That deal is still valid (I can still post headlines on Domaining.com) but if I end up selling DomainDiscussions.com, the new owner will have to contact Francois and pay him a reasonable set-up fee because it’s the proper thing to do in my opinion.
So if I end up keeping it, I can continue to post one headline/day on Domaining.com.
If I end up selling it, the new owner can post the daily headline after paying Francois a set-up fee.
That brings me right back to my question: what should I do with DomainDiscussions.com?
1) Should I sell it?
2) Should I find a partner and re-launch it?
The thing is, I’m waaaaaaay too busy to manage a forum myself.
Therefore, option #2 would be complicated because the amount of time I’d be able to put on the table would be minimal.
Maybe you guys have some other ideas.
Contact me at admin@domainingtips.com if you would like to buy it or have a partnership idea.
I’m open to all suggestions.
If you are interested in buying it, email me a reasonable offer at admin@domainingtips.com.
I’m very flexible price-wise but do keep in mind that the domain itself is very good (I bought it from RJ, the previous owner of NamePros.com a while back) and that a lot of time/energy has been invested in creating the forum and running it initially.
I don’t expect a fortune but I think a reasonable price would be in the $1,500 area. That doesn’t even come close to covering my initial costs (domain acquisition, forum creation/management, advertising, contests and so on) but if the forum finds a new home in the right hands, I’m willing to let it go for a price in the $1,500 zone.
Anyway, shoot me an email at admin@domainingtips.com and we’ll discuss (no pun intended haha) it further 🙂
September 2nd, 2013 at 1:37 pm
If Elliot does not want to do that, I would suggest you to restart you forum opening a new section strictly reserved to listings of one word domains for sale and/or another section reserved to listings of domains for lease with monthly payment clearly attached to each one (based on a 60 months lease to own plan).
You can see my posts here:
http://www.elliotsblog.com/weekly-domain-brokerage-listings-828
There are only Epik and Flippa on the market… There is room for “thousands” of platforms making selection…