Domaining for Amateurs: The True Story of Selling a Domain Name: Interesting Reading Archives
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Domain Name Publications or Communities
- Domain Name Journal
- Domain Name News
- Domains Magazine
- Domainers's Magazine: 5th issue as of September 2007
- The Domain Name Forum (DNForum.com): a message board community focused around Domains.
- Domain Names Forum
- Dan's Domain Site: Good introduction to domains
- Name Pros: community of domain investors with appraisal message board, as well as some other interesting topics.
- DomainState: Message board community includes appraisals, buying/selling, and more.
Domain Marketplaces, Brokers and Appraisal Services
- Domain RoundTable
- Moniker
- Sedo.com
- Zetetic: Domain Appraisal Service
Domainer Blogs and Newsletters
- The Conceptualist
- Daily Domainer
- The Domainer's Gazette
- Domain Name News
- Domain Name Wire
- DomainTools Blog (Jay Westerdal)
- dnvw.com
- The Frager Factor
- The Key (Paul Sloan)
- Name Brief
- Names @ Work
- Rick Schwartz
- Seven Mile
- Whizzbang's Blog
Conferences
Radio Programs/Podcasts
- Monte Cahn's Domain Masters online radio show/podcast
Valuation Tools or Resources
- SwiftAppraisal.com
- Leapfish.com
- Domain Appraisal Guide on Digital Point's Appraisal Forum
- AlphaNames' selling advice
Lists of More Resources
Among the many things I wish I'd discovered earlier in the process was Dan Warner's thoughtful 47-page 2006 article entitled "Aftermarket Domains Value Segmentation." Dan is COO of Fabulous.com, one of the leading domain monetization programs. His article is a very deep summary of the domain market, and its inherent difficulties, as well as lots of great suggestions for making the domain market work better!
A few points very relevant to the situation of selling a domain like table.com:
- Aftermarket domains are a niche market, not a mass market. Buyers are rare and need to be targeted with deep narrow spectrum marketing techniques.
- The commission structures in place are not high enough to push the current market beyond reactive sales to proactive market development


