Hello and Assalamo Alaikum,
It’s been some time I published my last post but that was due to guests at my place and was on little tour of hilly areas in my country. It seems I am back in action now 😉
Looking at the post title, one would definitely wonder that when I got starting offer of $23,000, why did I settle for 1K extra and sold it. Let me unfold the story for you…
The domain in question is 43Things.com which was nothing but a parking revenue generating from around 750,000 backlinks! It’s been making hundred of dollars every month for me and I had plan to sell this domain for at least 20K. I once listed in GoDaddy Auctions but didn’t meet the reserves and someone contacted me privately during that time and offered up to $10,000 which I happily declined.
Last month the buyer (current owner) of 43Things.com contacted and asked if this domain is up for sale and what I am looking for. As always, I asked the buyer to present his offer and it came out healthy one $23,000. I countered with $25,000 because I don’t usually quote high price when I get a decent opening offer and always price out what I actually would ask other buyers.
He countered with $24,000 which I accepted. This guy was really cool to deal with and he did wire the payment at Escrow.com within 24 hours of his first email of inquiry! Within 2 days the entire deal was completed except Escrow.com to verify transaction and release funds.
It was my 7th sale of the year and another 5 figure sale of 2016. Going great in terms of generating cash flow but number of sales are disappointing. Overall, it’s been fantastic year.
Feel free to give your feedback and share your recent sales.
that is a fantastic first offer. Congrats on the sale.
Noor
Many thanks Noor 🙂
AbdulBasit,
Congrats for the sale!
43Things.com was a pretty popular social media site, more specifically an online goal setting community, that’s why it has ton of traffic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43_Things
Take care!
🙂
Thanks Andrea 🙂
You did some quick research and absolutely spot on!
Great Sale Abdul bro.
If you don’t mind answering my question then can you tell us the source from where you bought the domain ?
Thanks bro 🙂
Sorry to say but I don’t “usually” reveal the marketplace name for each of my purchase and buying price as well.
Congrats on the sale AbdulBasit! Another great 5-figure deal. Your deals inspire me greatly. Thank you for the inspiration and keep up the good work! And great luck with Spinach.com!
Many thanks Dashawn!
Always good to know you guys enjoy my sales and that’s one of the main reason for sharing it 🙂
Spinach.com – Don’t think it will meet the reserve… Anyhow, good luck to seller!
Hi,
Are you able to share how you first got this domain?
Sorry to say but I don’t “usually” reveal the marketplace name for each of my purchase and buying price as well.
Well done AbdulBasit! Nice work. Hope the rest of the year goes just as well 🙂
Many thanks John and wish you all the best as well dear 🙂
Hi any update regarding you domain parking revenue?
thanks
Good question!
Actually the revenue is almost same like it was 1 year back with hundreds of domain more added. So it means the revenue isn’t going up but on the declining side so publishing the old stats won’t be much helpful.
Congratulations!
We don’t often hear about these traffic-based domain sales. Sure, they used to show up in sales charts when I covered the expired domain market. But it’s quite different to hear about a negotiated sale / purchase.
Thanks Joseph 🙂
Very true. We don’t often hear about traffic domain sales but surely will be happening behind the door. I see most of the buyers for traffic domain pay ridiculous prices not confirming the number of backlinks and other stats. Also people blindly accept the stats shown at GoDaddy Auctions about traffic/backlinks.
I have always found the best backlink checker site – ahrefs.com/site-explorer
Congrats Bhai..
What amazes me is the first offer. Normally have mostly seen low ballers trying luck.
Maybe domain being on your name, made it
Thanks Aishwin 🙂
Honestly speaking, I thought the buyer is not genuine when I got the first offer but when I did some extensive research about him, I found he is legit and will pay. He actually saw the BIN at GoDaddy which was on the higher side and dealing privately was good for both parties.
Congratulations! Another great sale!
Thanks brother 🙂
Congrats bro..
That’s a nice one..
Thanks Niz!
Yeah, it was a great sale and I am very happy with that 🙂
Congrats from art.top!
Good story after BrightEnergy.com
Thanks Sarah!
You keep tracking yeah 😉
I hope to buy at least 1 .top domain from you one day 😉
Many congrats Abdul for this wonderful sale!
Thanks dear 🙂
Hi
you receive money through escrow in PKR account or you need to open account in USD?
According to State Bank of Pakistan, you will get your funds received in PKR account no matter if the wire is in USD or any other currency. Bank will convert and deposit PKR in your PKR account with their own exchange rate which is always less than normal money changer rates.
thanks Basit
What was the approximate daily traffic of 43things.com
Approx 750 daily.
Abdul, Great story. congratulations for the nice sale , wishing many more such sales 🙂
Many thanks Shiva and wish you all the best as well dear 🙂
Congrats Bro! did good.How much was the monthly revenue?
Thanks Saeed 🙂
Can’t disclose exact amount just to keep something private for new buyer but as mentioned hundred of dollars 🙂
Hi, I’m new here and i have few domains to sell, can you guide me how to sell them?
Thanks
Contact me through email.
Great sale, Abdulbasit.
I am flabbergasted about the traffic on that domain and generating that lot of money just by parking it. Wish I knew how to find such domains..
Thanks for your feedback and glad you like it 🙂
I actually never buy domains solely on traffic basis but this was exceptional when I found the number of backlinks for it. Almost all my domains are getting type-in traffic instead of through any backlinks.
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i still dont know about backlinks thing. How i can get info easily about that?
Bit old post but still worth checking it – https://www.abdulbasit.com/domaining/best-backlinks-checker-website