Interesting domain story... Buying a name back that I sold previously.

[A D]

About 5 years ago I sold a domain for 145k and now the domain is up for sale and I am going to buy it back for 15k. They are just trying to cut their losses and I will be glad to buy the name back. I'll post the name after the sale closes.

Just wondering if anyone else has ever bought a name back they have sold.

-=DCG=-

 

[URLtrader]

Adam, assuming that you put the money in Bank and earned just 4% per year , you made $5800 each year or $29,000 in 5 years. You are buying the domain out of interest earned and still keep $145 k plus $14k even after buying back the domain. Now that is just FABULOUS !!! Congrats.

 

[Soofi]

Havent bought any of my previously sold names yet, however, your story is incredible and that's the way to go!
domain name sounds convincingly good since you are buying it back.

 

[Johnn]

Happened many times to me - bought and sod the same LLL.net a couple of times.

 

[Focus]

Yes, bought name for $300, sold for 10k and later bought back for $1500

Another name I sold for $1200 that I hand reg'd and then re-reg'd after it dropped and then resold it for $1500 and bought it back two years later for $100 when it was dropping.

Sometimes I think people just buy stuff because they like to haggle and are bored lol

 

[DomainsInc]

not really. i dropped some domains, someone else bought them, they let the drop. then when i saw they were dropping again i registered them. thats about it.

 

[Bender]

I sold a domain name once, the buyer forgot/didn't know how to renew the domain, I caught the domain again and DONATED it to the buyer.
good times.

 

[bmugford]

Yeah, it happened a couple times, but never in a high price range.

I sold a domain for $850 last year that I got as a Snap direct backorder, recently it dropped and I got it again with a Snap backorder.

Brad

 

[CamMK27]

Adam, assuming that you put the money in Bank and earned just 4% per year , you made $5800 each year or $29,000 in 5 years. You are buying the domain out of interest earned and still keep $145 k plus $14k even after buying back the domain. Now that is just FABULOUS !!! Congrats.

Now thats the way to go Adam. Congrats. Can't wait to find out whats the domain name.

 

[EG.domains]

I picked up two domains from the drop this month that I sold two years ago.


Sameh

 

[Vincent]

Incredible.

 

[grcorp]

Adam, assuming that you put the money in Bank and earned just 4% per year , you made $5800 each year or $29,000 in 5 years. You are buying the domain out of interest earned and still keep $145 k plus $14k even after buying back the domain. Now that is just FABULOUS !!! Congrats.

Good luck earning 4% on a bank deposit.

In any case, buying back the name for pennies on the dollar when you've already made a profit is just opportunity for more profit, assuming demand for the name still exists.

You know what they say... the only thing better than winning is winning again.

 

[wordplay]

Yes. Years ago I sold a domain for 5K. It dropped a year later. I picked it up and offered it to the original buyer
for registration fee. Never heard back from them.

I don't think I ended up reselling the domain (it wasn't very good).

 

[RTM.net]

I'll post the name after the sale closes.

So did the sale go through, or are details still under wraps / NDA ?

Looking forward to the details on how they could possibly have rode out $xxx,xxx in lost investment ... interested in the particulars as much as the name itself. As in... are the current owners the ones you sold it to? If so, did you buy it back through a broker or directly....

Regardless; congrats. That's quite the coup.

Rob

 

[britishbulldog]

I sold many domains for x,xxx and xx,xxx but most of them i would never buy back as they were only worth that to the company involved and not me...

 

[Bob]

Nice short sale

I have done it before, but not to this extent.

-Bob

 

[A D]

Still ongoing, I will post as soon as it closes.

-=DCG=-

 

[BGray]

Sweet deal Adam. I've done something to a much smaller extent with a website.

I've also bought a few domains back but I paid more than I originally sold them for to do that.

 

[IdeaMagic]

Great! You are very Lucky! Any update on the status?

 

[A D]

Great! You are very Lucky! Any update on the status?

The deal fell through, oh well that's life.

-=DCG=-