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Ali Zandi posts some of his new gtld sales

April 2, 2017 by Raymond Hackney

In a report your new gtld sales thread that was just the usual back and forth between the pro new gtld camp and the anti new gtld camp, Ali Zandi stepped up and reported some of his new gtld sales. He also provided the cost.

Night.Life
($5k in 2015)

City.Life
($4k in 2015)

Design.Agency
($900 in 2015)

Travel.Agency
($9.99k in 2016)

Map.Run
($500 in 2015)

VR.Dating
($2500 in 2016)

VR.Zone
($675 in 2016)

Night.Vision
($1390 in 2016)

Cosmetology.School
Vocational.School

($1000 for the pair)

Had some others too like Internet.Marketing but I can’t find the price – think it was $1k-$2k from what I remember.

City.Life (cost $1,150.17)
Night.Life (cost $1,650.17)
Design.Agency (cost $650.17)
Travel.Agency (cost $3,625.17 – sold then re-bought for $5k before selling at $9.99k)
Map.Run (cost $177.17)
VR.Dating (can’t find, but I think it was $250 or so)
VR.Zone (cost $240.17)
Night.Vision (cost $1240.17)
Cosmetology.School (cost $250.17)
Vocational.School (cost $250.17)

So thanks to Ali for providing his new gtld sales info.

Filed Under: Domain Sales, Namepros, New gTLD's

About Raymond Hackney

Raymond is a writer, domain trader and consultant based in Pennsylvania. Raymond is the founder of 3Character.com and TLDInvestors.com.

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Comments

  1. ʬʬʬ.com says

    April 2, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    Congrats & thanks for sharing!
    I think one of the most important points in successfull domaining is to realize the moment when you should agree with an offer.

  2. Jason Franklin says

    April 2, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    Very cool post, thank you for sharing. I sold Active.network for $600 on 3-15-2016.

    Purchased: $35 a few weeks before.

  3. Julio Maysonet says

    April 2, 2017 at 6:00 pm

    Nice sales.

    Congrats to Ali Zandi!

  4. Snoopy says

    April 2, 2017 at 6:20 pm

    Looking at the acquisition prices it doesn’t sound profitable unless he is just quickly flipping everything he owns.

    • Ali Zandi says

      April 2, 2017 at 7:51 pm

      ~140% ROI = profitable enough. Sold City.Life/Night.Life within days of registering them. ~$2.8k invested -> ~$6k net profit in a couple days on just those two, not profitable? 😉 I flipped almost all of them before renewals.

      • Main Portfolio says

        April 2, 2017 at 8:15 pm

        How did you find the buyer of those .life gtld?

        • Ali Zandi says

          April 2, 2017 at 8:33 pm

          They found me. They emailed me through my Whois info a few days after I reg’d them.

          • Restaurants says

            April 3, 2017 at 2:39 am

            Good sales, we have many great gtld’s like villa.company, honey.company, heaven.life, profit.agency, payments.digital, income.work, vacation.run and the list goes on….we love our .com’s too but also have love for the great keyword combinations for certain gtld’s. There is still much money to be made in this space. Payments.digital in the right hands of a company could be beyond major.

  5. Trent says

    April 3, 2017 at 2:05 am

    What about the $3,xxx loss on 8888.xyz?

    Honestly in most cases on those margins in a portfolio basis you would be under, those margins are way to low, not deducting for operational, and closing costs.

    • Ali Zandi says

      April 3, 2017 at 4:50 pm

      The loss on 8888.xyz was worth the risk. Those margins are just for a few nGTLD domains, and as a business, I’ve been way in the black every year since I started. So I’m not too worried about a few bad/risky buys here and there. I can afford to take risks.

  6. KoolBranding says

    April 3, 2017 at 7:58 am

    Great sales stats Ali congrats.
    The problem with these premium domains is holding them. Even though Ali has a good eye for what to purchase and domains that make sense, still he got lucky when he was contacted within days of the purchase of some of these names and flipped most before renewal. Not everyone is this lucky even if the domain is a killer domain. But his overall strategy is great buy then sell quickly for a decent yet reasonable profit. Don’t hold forever waiting for a million dollar offer which may never come. There is money in everything if it’s done correctly and reasonably.

  7. satyadeep singh says

    April 3, 2017 at 8:24 am

    haw can you do this give some tips.

    • Danny says

      April 3, 2017 at 9:57 am

      As your portfolio grows the chance of users contacting you in days to make 4 figure purchases is very hard to susutain. I would urge newbies to proceed with caution.

      People are asking on tips how you can do this without showing the losers, your numbers are skewed, It is not an honest assessment of overall cost breakdowns, and profits.

    • Ali Zandi says

      April 3, 2017 at 4:50 pm

      Tip? Yes, stick to acquiring premium .com’s until you have the money to take a few calculated risks.

  8. Alessandro says

    April 3, 2017 at 8:57 am

    We live in a world of fake boobs and fake news.

    This may sound a bit cynical/sceptical but would a new gTld registry pay a couple of hundred bucks or just over a thousand bucks to buy a domain name registered on its extension just to create a bit of buzz and cheap hype?

    • Alessandro says

      April 3, 2017 at 9:14 am

      Ali Zandi said “They found me. They emailed me through my Whois info a few days after I reg’d them”.

      Lucky you!

      • Danny says

        April 3, 2017 at 9:58 am

        This happens from time to time, but to subsisting across gtlds it takes registrations in numbers to dollar cost average.

  9. Nick says

    April 3, 2017 at 9:37 am

    Then the buyer of Travel.Agency took a huge loss when it sold for $3000 at NamesCon. 70% Loss. not including all the loss from fees. People crazy

    • Danny says

      April 3, 2017 at 11:03 am

      25 percent commission I believe

      • Danny says

        April 3, 2017 at 11:04 am

        The seller of travel.agency prior to auction had been marketing it at cost, but no takes primarily due to the $500 annual renewal.

      • Nick says

        April 3, 2017 at 12:10 pm

        Wow, so 77.5% Loss. I guess better than the 100% loss after a few years of renewals

  10. Expired Picks says

    April 3, 2017 at 9:55 am

    I don’t know about this. Domain were not sold to end users, they were sold to resellers. Who bought Travel.Agency for 10k them sold it for 3k months later. Just so very odd.

  11. David says

    April 3, 2017 at 12:18 pm

    A key connection with these sales is the fact so many are one word names closely related to the new tld. A big problem is the good ones are already registered, held back, or excessive premium pricing by the registry. I am sure the market for multi-word new tlds is far from good, if it even exists at all.

  12. franka says

    April 3, 2017 at 9:55 pm

    Nobody seems to find an ordinary domainer ,it seems

    bali.flights
    carz.blog
    cannabiz.blog
    sexinthe.city
    veganfriendly.city
    gemini.men
    mendating.men
    lips.pink
    stressfree.tips
    topinvestment.tips
    dubaitravel.tips
    playpoker.tips


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