http://www.Zijiji.com/ en-gb Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:31:43 GMT http://www.Zijiji.com/Blog/We-received-a-cold-call-email-asking-if-a-domain-was-for-sale/ 5e37118c-e907-4811-b8ae-fc30b26b8e22 ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss GMT <p>About 18 months ago, someone was selling a batch of 10 domains for &pound;50 - two of which I though were good, and the others just ordinary. So I bought the domains, with the plan to build some mini-sites using the two good domains, and I hadn't thought what to do with the other 8.</p> <p>Then, a couple of weeks ago I received an email asking <em>thenatural.co.uk</em> (which was one of the 8 ordinary ones) was for sale.</p> <p>A couple of emails of negotiation later, the domain was sold for , the seller made a payment and domain transfered to them.</p> <p>The domain isn't a dictionary word, but obviously matched the person's new business venture or idea (the sites not live yet so I can't see more), but even for that domain selling it at 50+ times what I bought it for (which was the same as the normal .UK domain name renewal), it just goes to show that the lack of good domains means that there is still a market and people willing to pay for half-decent domain names.</p> <p>There wasn't even a holding page on that site, and if there had been, I think that I could have sold it for even more.</p> <p>We have about 40+ other good domains that are ear-marked for being websites in their own right, so the plan is to try and get these mini-sites up and running as soon as possible in order to firstly get some revenue from them, and also potentially sell - as the majority are quite brandable terms.</p> <p>Keep checking here for details of the new sites as and when they launch.</p >