Easily Buy and Sell Domain Names on eBay
If you’ve ever looked at ebay, there’s a wealth of items for sale from around your local area, your country, or even the world. That’s why it makes it easy to buy and sell domain names on eBay.
ebay gives a wider coverage and bigger exposure for selling domain names than any other, single, domain name auction site. While domain name auction sites might seem a nice niche to advertise your domain name for sale, it’s missing out on the Intrigue Value - many’s a sale that’s been made simply by exposing your product to a wide audience, rather than narrowing it down to a niche of people who are actively seeking something.
Quite simply, people go to ebay to buy one item …. and come away having bought something entirely different! And never underestimate the power of beer-fuelled ebay sessions to boost the sales opportunities! I’ve lost count of the number of times friends of mine have woken up on a Sunday to find they bought stuff on ebay they never remembered, and they’ve never gone back on the purchase. I guess the alcohol makes them buy stuff they really DO want, but without the hesitation that stops many of us so often.
For domain names, there are thousands of people who have the idea of buying or selling a domain name at the back of their head, yet they’d not be SO interested that they’d register with and actively watch live auctions waiting to snap one up.
Here’s a sample of domain names currently being promoted through or sold on ebay right now:
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US $100.00 End Date: Monday Mar-15-2010 8:12:54 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $100.00 Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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US $100.00 End Date: Monday Mar-15-2010 8:14:46 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $100.00 Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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US $0.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Monday Mar-15-2010 9:27:09 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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US $0.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Monday Mar-15-2010 9:51:55 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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US $45.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday Mar-15-2010 10:08:06 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday Mar-15-2010 11:02:11 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
What’s good about ebay is they don’t charge any fees for people to join, they make it easy to join - and people start to rely on ebay for everything, so it’s always a good idea to look for things on ebay or to sell things through ebay.
Everybody’s heard of ebay, it’s trusted. They have probably the largest set of members of any site anywhere in the world - and it’s easier to sell things on ebay around the world than through other sites.
There are millions of domain names in the world - and lots of people have found buying and selling domain names, buying domain names and developing the site further, or just holding onto some, has been a very profitable income for them. I personally know somebody who bought one for $8,000 and resold it for $200,000 - and all he did was hold onto it for a year until somebody else wanted it. He saw something in the name that the previous owner didn’t, easily done, and just waited until somebody else wanted it too!
Take It A Step Further
When I make these postings, I kind of assume you might be joining up the dots yourself, but every now and then I spell out for new people why this stuff was so important that I had to point it out ….
Well, if you want to make money working from home, or building your own online business, then one way is to buy and sell domain names. You could use ebay to look through and spot a domain name that’s not having its potential maximised, then you could give it a makeover and put it back up for sale - at a profit!
Or you could buy domain names yourself, create content for them and sell them on ebay. Other posts in this blog will give you all the info and tools you need to do that. Check out the offers at Bluehost - a great 1-click Wordpress installation will have you a website and a free domain name within the next few minutes! Alternatively, GoDaddy is a world leading website host with great features and “unlimited” hosting plans (that means you don’t hit limits when your site starts to get popular!
If you want content, then check out my Private Label Rights section at: PLR.
This blog isn’t always a series of bits and bobs … sometimes I do try to join the dots up for you, it’s just difficult to know how much you know and what you’re after… in the meantime, scroll back up - check out those domain names for sale, see if they spark off any ideas - there’s more if you click through, I just chose to only show 6 because of how much space more would take up!
