Hello and Assalamo Alaikum,
I always try to keep almost all if not all of my domains renewed for at least 1 year in advance. If someone checks my portfolio, one can see start expiring from beginning of 2018. There are several reasons I would like to share.
As in everyone’s portfolio, most of the domains are of low and medium quality compare to high one’s and so is with my portfolio. I tend to renew all those domains for 1-2 years period in advance which in my opinion fits under low to medium quality. As of today I am proud to have 1,400 domains ALHUMDULLILAH and growing and have a target to reach 1,550 by the end of this year which seems quite achievable.
For high quality domains, I always try to renew them for 5 years and plus. Suppose if you check GRO.com expiration date, you will find it’s 15th August 2026. VIND.com in 2026 and Trattoria.com in 2025.
One of the main reason is such quality of domains don’t sell quickly at the price level I usually sell unless I start flipping which is not what I do since many years.
Another reason why I renew my best names for years in advance so that any buyer seeing the expiration date which is 6-10 years extended from today will make them realize the name isn’t going to drop anytime soon and it’s better to make a serious offer if they are serious enough for that domain name. So anyone thinking the name GRO.com is going to drop and get available for buying cheap can keep dreaming as it won’t be available in that manner.
As Verisign increases the domain price every year, it’s better to renew in advance to stop paying those extra cents which actually converts into $$$ when you have hundreds and thousands of domain names. Because when you have hundreds of domains to renew and you get the news of price increase next month can put you under pressure of gathering additional funds just for renewal which might be sometimes a burden.
For someone who is flipping domains, renewing the domain for additional years doesn’t make sense.
Feel free to give your feedback and would like to add any more reasons to renew domains for longer period.
*EDIT* As Adam mentioned that Verisign will not increase the price for at least next few years so I take my above words back. It’s good news for domain owners especially domainers. Thanks Adam!
Hi Abdul.
Have you sold any domains recently? We like to hear that kind of stuff from you. This kind of information is like most other domain blogs.. non event.
I do also read dotweekly and Sedo weekly sales report.
Cheers!
Always like to share the sales in detail with fellow domainers and I think you missed recent post – https://www.abdulbasit.com/domain-sales/from-1000-offer-to-a-7500-sale-and-another-4500-sale
Thanks!
VeriSign can’t increase prices on .com until the next contract round with ICANN. It’s locked in at $7.85 wholesale for .com domains without payment processing.
Other registries can and are raising prices.
Oh I see. Wasn’t aware of it. Thanks for the update!
It is unlikely ICANN will allow price increases even re-negotiating the contract.
That’s good for us!
Excellent information Abdul Bhai. Thanks
Glad you found it helpful 🙂
Thanks!
I agree 100% that it’s beneficial to renew for multiple years. It’s a clear sign to other investors and brokers working for end users that the domain may have serious development intentions by the current owner (reseller). Longer renewal times could potentially lead to higher starting offers. 😉
That’s right. But higher starting offers could possibly come from serious buyers because even in today’s world we domainers get 2-3 fig offers for 3L .com 😀
Thanks for commenting 🙂
Good point about an extended reg conveying value and your commitment to the domain when viewed by potential buyers. Thanks Abdul!!
Glad you like it Keith and thanks for commenting 🙂
Very useful point to remember. Thank you for sharing
Glad you like it 🙂
Hi Abdul Basit,
Glad to see you as a successful domaine investor. I have a quick question: On average, what percentage of your portfolio are you able to sell each year. Means:
[(number of domains sold in a year ÷ Max Total number of domains owned in that year) X 100 ]
Thanks!
Now that’s a good question which I have answered on different occasions. In 2016, I had around 1,300 domains and sold .5% of portfolio.
In 2017, so far I have sold 1% of portfolio by having around 1,500 domains and hope to turn into 2% next year.
Abdul, renewing domains for longer periods help save a lot of money. What will make you drop a domain name and at a minimum price of what?
Main criteria is to look if a domain receives type-in traffic or not.
Can you clarify your next question in other way?
Abdul, besides type-in traffic, what will really make you to drop a domain name you have in your portfolio?
I don’t put lot of weigh on other factors mainly other than type-in traffic which is the best and important way to gauge any domain whether to renew or drop it.