"open" domains selling really well!

[James Jean]

Past few months I've been selling "open" domains like hot cakes! Just sold a 14 letter one for mid x,xxx. It was top quality though (it's a business site now). I also just turned down low xx,xxx on one. Funny thing is... those names were a gamble a few years ago and I paid at premium for them but I decided to stay patient and discipline and it's paying off.

Just wanted to share this with fellow domainers to spread a little inspiration.

[RustyK]

I've noticed the good ones are taken .com and .net - do you think .org has any chance being sold for $xxx or more?. I have a few under my wings. And if its not a secret where does these 'open' domains gets sold more often?. By the way, congrats on your sale.

[wussadotcom]

Sorry for being a bit blur here but can you give some example for "open" domains. The one that I can really see valuable is Open Source.

[James Jean]

Sorry for being a bit blur here but can you give some example for "open" domains. The one that I can really see valuable is Open Source.

Thanks Rusty. I actually prefer .org over .nets I've gotten more action there.

@wussadotcom the latest name I sold was OpenConnection dot com I can pm you the name I turned down the offer on.

[james2002]

Thanks Rusty. I actually prefer .org over .nets I've gotten more action there.

@wussadotcom the latest name I sold was OpenConnection dot com I can pm you the name I turned down the offer on.

Is it also possible to share with me? Interested to know the domain you turned down xx,xxx range.

thanks

[James Jean]

^james2002 I sent you the pm

[RustyK]

pm me too please. plus I've sent you some .org but never heard back anyways ....

[wussadotcom]

Thanks Rusty. I actually prefer .org over .nets I've gotten more action there.

@wussadotcom the latest name I sold was OpenConnection dot com I can pm you the name I turned down the offer on.

Hi,
thanks, I would love to know the domain name. What are your thought on the opposites then? Such as
"CloseConnection" "PrivateConnection" etc

[james2002]

^james2002 I sent you the pm

Thanks. I hope you get a better deal.

[wussadotcom]

Thanks. I hope you get a better deal.

Same here, very decent name for sure, just among the fews generics I can relate to open. When you rejected the offer what range were you expecting? mid $xx,xxx?

[James Jean]

Same here, very decent name for sure, just among the fews generics I can relate to open. When you rejected the offer what range were you expecting? mid $xx,xxx?

Yes, my expectations are mid xx,xxx range.

[Gerry]

I would love to see the name you are referring to.

Most of all, I would love to see these "hot cake" sales on DNjournal.

[James Jean]

@Doc Com The sales were private. Majority was by a single venture company buying out cloud and open domains. They request privacy. They have pretty much cornered the market now on both and I mean the top tier of each category. I registered hundreds of Open domains a few years back after seeing the success of that domainer who bought thousands of keyword+360.coms

best,

james

p.s I pmed you the name

[James Jean]

Just sold another "open" domain for x,xxx (buyer requested privacy) but I can pm what the name was upon request. This is my 4th Open domain sale in the past 2 months. The gentleman said he saw the name via GoDaddy's Premium listings but I removed the name from there so he contacted me via my business site (but that went to spam, not good) then he just emailed me directly. Almost lost this one.

[Anthony Ng]

Perhaps I shouldn't have sold openaccess.net for just $1,000 back in 2002. But then the person who backed out from buying it for $120 just a few days before that (here on DNForum, forgot who) is probably still banging his head against the wall. LOL!

[RustyK]

Just sold another "open" domain for x,xxx (buyer requested privacy) but I can pm what the name was upon request. This is my 4th Open domain sale in the past 2 months. The gentleman said he saw the name via GoDaddy's Premium listings but I removed the name from there so he contacted me via my business site (but that went to spam, not good) then he just emailed me directly. Almost lost this one.

I have a few .org and a .net that you probably seen already but I'm wondering what gives in this "open" niche.