XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

As someone who helped build one of the biggest online domain auction sites and worked with two others, I can tell you that your assumption is dangerous. Always stay alert and make sure you’re covering yourself at every point. The many areas you can get “disappointed” are too much to detail here. Plus, I hate giving away info for free. I’m a raging Capitalist!!

Thx for writing!

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Yep. Many top domain consultants and experts have been lamenting this issue for over five years. But which domain company, making millions a year, is going to step up, set aside a budget, and build a website that defines EVERY reason why a business should own their prodserv domains? Will it be Name Media (BuyDomains.com and Afternic)? Sedo? Demand Media? Godaddy (muuuhahahahahah!), Moniker/Snap? Network Solutions (Namejet?

I think your domains are ok its just the fact of a $300 min bid its far to much, if the names are earning enough to pay for them selves then keep em and let them mature. we all have names that we belive are worth $$$ or $$$$ but in reality there just reg fee

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Hi Tony,

That “listing fee” — is that what you’re getting on the Sedo “travel showcase” auction asking for submissions but seemingly charging $9 per domain to do it? IS THIS FOR REAL? I’ve asked them twice, still waiting for an answer. My exec contact is “out of the country” on Kilamanjaro or something totally irrelevant to domainers, but at least it’s for charity…

you say “Is it the economy, or do these domains suck? I can handle the opinions…”

which I interpretated as asking for opinions, which is probably what Fision and the other guy thought too. But you’re questioning who they are and what their domains are if they didn’t say they were good. I was going to give my opinion too…but don’t feel like getting bullied. Chill out dude. Afterall, you asked.

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Hi Carlos,

I swear I didn’t mean to give anyone a “hard time”, even though that was the purpose of “Big Fishion” and those who took the “time” to constructively post that my domains could easily be obtained for OOTB fees using expired or free floating domain searches. However, first, I HATE talking to “shadowy” losers who use “handles”, because in this business, being anonymous only counts once you’ve bought a domain for five figures or more and you don’t want the price to be known.

As far as providing experienced and/or relevant content that my readers can review, I don’t want chickensh*t statements from anonymous pussies who say their negative comments while hiding behind a handle. Period. Identify yourself, be a man/woman/animal… but this “let me say something negative but not back it up with my own experience” wastes my time, and my readers’ time. I identify myself in 99% of my posts, so people can say “man, he’s on top of it, or man he sucks”. They can determine their opinion on knowing what my experience is in the industry. If you don’t ID yourself when you make a public comment, then your comments kind of wither like a romantic date in a hail storm in the park.

I expect if someone is going to take apart each one of the domains I listed, and tell my why they aren’t worth $100-$300, they’ll ID themselves and give me their reasons, not some general claim anyone can make without proof.

Take the domain, “SECUREALARMSERVICE.COM” Not worth $300? really? That domain could easily backbrand ANY home/business security service. Then take “BILLINGCOMPANIES.COM” – 66,000 results on google, with 11 adsense ads. Seems like the keywords of that domain are relevant enough for 11 companies to bid on them on Google. So that domain isn’t worth $300? $100? I deal in midrange domains that sell generic descriptive prodservs to companies and other domainers all the time. My average sale is around $750, and these are easy sales to make. I’m not going to post my monthly sales here. My biggest sales source for domain listings is Sedo, and Snapnames is next, when Jonathan lists them on the homepage. After that, it’s just contacts from where I park the domains, with those parked at WhyPark.com getting the higher ratio of enquiries.

Anyway, I will GLADLY allow you to analyze and discuss the value of each of my domains listed in my article, and here’s how I’ll respond, I promise: “Thanks Carlos, for taking the time to do a thoughtful and constructive analysis of my domains and their value.” I promise I won’t argue with you on your analysis. I might ask you a question or two, but I won’t attack you personally, really. Ask anyone who knows me… I’m a nice guy if you do it my way.

So… here’s your chance, my friend. I will not dog you if you present an honest and experienced evaluation of my domains, not just say things like Big Fishion: “gee whiz, mister, I can buy these domains on the drop list for a reg fee — and my daddy can beat up your daddy.” Give me hard facts, hard opinions, based on comparisons, breakdowns, and points on why the domains don’t work. Then ID yourself. These are comment my readers and even myself can learn from.

I do very well in my domain business, even though I’m not even close to reaching my zenith, but just cruising I “LIVECOMFORTABLE.COM” — lol

Thanks for writing, hope you do a report on my domains.

Thanks for writing and I look forward to your review of my domains!