Anyone Successfully Sold a Domain Name?

browser on 21/09/2025 - 11:59

Registered a domain name last year to test email setups, it's coming up for renew and was just going to let it lapse.

Got an idea to sell it, and if successful the proceed can help to pay for the domain name in use. But it's kind of late, don't think it can be sold quickly, that means have to pay for a year renew at least. It's $36 to renew with GoDaddy or $15 transfer to Crazy Domains. But to list on GoDaddy marketplace such as their auction site or seller platform then the domain name would have to be registered through GoDaddy.

It's a short .com domain name, probably worth something to the right people or business. $100+ would be happy, more the merrier.

Anyone had success selling a domain name?

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Comments

  • tenpercent on 21/09/2025 - 12:54
    +3

    What's the name?

    • Sinnerator on 22/09/2025 - 07:41

      I have a for, it's, and it's, looking for, can be available, located at

  • AustriaBargain on 21/09/2025 - 13:28
    +1

    I've sold a few. If the value is over $1,000 I would recommend using a broker, or just listing it for whatever price and telling the interested buyer to buy if they want it.

    • jaejae69 on 21/09/2025 - 14:14
      +10

      If old mate is hesitating over a $36 renewal then it's probably not worth anywhere near that much.

      • AustriaBargain on 21/09/2025 - 14:30

        Man I pay thousands a year in renewals. It's actually a bit of a drag.

        • Far Cough on 21/09/2025 - 15:29

          Same

          • Brick50 on 21/09/2025 - 15:38

            @Far Cough: What are your domains used for? ecommerce?

            • AustriaBargain on 21/09/2025 - 17:39
              -1

              @Brick50: I use them all, almost all, for affiliate sites so they make money in the meantime before I figure out what to do with them. Sometimes people message me begging to buy one. Other times I see little future in one so list it on a marketplace for a few hundred bucks.

            • Far Cough on 21/09/2025 - 21:07

              @Brick50: email domains now.
              Python scripts
              LLMs
              AI scripts

  • JCrown9 on 21/09/2025 - 13:32

    contact companies who may be in that industry or niche. offer to them first.

    if no interest may not be worth your effort.

    otherwise let it lapse, re register somewhere else for like $1 introductory offer most companies offer on new domains.

    • AustriaBargain on 21/09/2025 - 14:29

      If you let it lapse a squatting company will probably scoop it up automatically and squat the domain for a few years, or even indefinitely.

  • JimmyF on 21/09/2025 - 14:56
    +3

    Anyone Successfully Sold a Domain Name?

    Of course they have :)

    Registered a domain name last year to test email setups, it's coming up for renew and was just going to let it lapse.

    Is it a name anyone is interested in? Generally if a .com name is free, its normally meh for resale as all the scum buy up everything for resale if it is half interesting.

    It's a short .com domain name, probably worth something to the right people or business. $100+ would be happy, more the merrier.

    Let it go, not worth the hassle for those prices. Plus I doubt you'll see it before you have pay the renewal fees.

  • Shame on 21/09/2025 - 15:05

    Yes. I sold "lsand.com" for thousands

  • Far Cough on 21/09/2025 - 15:29

    I’ve sold 11, mainly privately where I allow a transfer out after the payment is made.
    One was through a broker as it was for $7k

  • downhillmtbr on 21/09/2025 - 20:13

    Any brokers that people recommend using? Or where to list them?

  • ForkSnorter on 22/09/2025 - 08:40

    I sold the domain name: "I-will-eat-3-kilos-of-dogsh%t-for-1-million-dollars .com"

    There was great demand for this specific domain name. The top tech companies engaged in a bidding war and I got $1 billion for it.

  • scotty on 22/09/2025 - 10:35

    Somehow I felt domain names aren't as popular as 10 years ago, making selling domain name at a good price tougher these days.

    • There are a lot more top-level domains these days so buyers are flooded with choices
    • Internet is a lot more centralised now around big social media platforms

    Sold a AAAN.net domain (where AAA is a popular 3-level acronym and N is a number) 3 years ago for under US$1k through a broker, and I had that domain previously for almost 15 years. Or maybe I just didn't know what I was doing…

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