Flipping domains: It’s a numbers game… Duh!


Flipping domains is a numbers game all the way. I’ve been doing this for a long long time and what I can tell you all is that the more you try, the more successful you will become at it and the more money you will make. It’s all about consistency.

Take for example DogCostumes.net which I sold the other week for $1,200.. Now this domain I shopped around last year just about everywhere you can imagine and I had no takers for it, when I had it priced at only $500. So I decided to develop it later on… Set and forget.

Not much happened with it though as far as getting the traffic and sales I was expecting, so I decided to sell it and move on, because halloween is coming up real soon and I’d figure if it was to fetch a decent price from end-users / domainers… It would be now. Luckily for me, it did just that at almost 15X ROI.

You win some you lose some when flipping domains, especially at places such as BargainDomains.com but overall it’s fun and there is some decent money to be made if you know what you are doing and do so consistently with some good keyword domains.

Remember, it’s a numbers game. Nothing fancy schmancy about domain flipping… It’s really as simple as that. The more domains you list, the better your chances are at scoring a lot more winners at the end of the day. I originally purchased DogCostumes.net for $79 so it was a good flip at $1,200+ don’t you think?

5 comments total

  • Congrats.

    Very healthy profits from $79 investment.

  • It sounds like a decent ROI but how many hours did you spend on marketing and development of that name/website? How much do you value your time on an hourly basis? Don’t worry – my developed sites aren’t generating impressive ROIs at this point and I have never found email marketing to be terribly effective. Regardless, when someone is looking for a domain with your keywords and your pricing is fair, a sale or at least offer can result – had one offer and an end user inquiry last week. Let’s see if we can convert.

  • Yes, I do think!!
    Thanks for sharing that great story.

  • That is how it goes for sure. Nothing in domaining makes sense.

    I got an offer for $200 and countered $500. And he goes $250. $500 was underpriced so much i was like ok $1000. It went back and forth and no sale was reached.

  • Congrats on the flip – you are completely right – it is all a numbers game

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