Comments on: How Much Domainers Earn http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/23/how-much-domainers-earn/ There are those who experiment and those who follow the formula Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:24:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: nikiscevak http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/23/how-much-domainers-earn/#comment-26360 nikiscevak Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:44:40 +0000 http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/23/how-much-domainers-earn/#comment-26360 @Frank: That's correct, I only compared ad revenue yielded from domains. @David: Yep in the case of Dark Blue Sea, from what I can tell, they are keeping their unprofitable domains in the hope someone may buy them through their 'premium domain' registration network. But for the sake of analysis I confined it to just the profitable ones. @Frank: That’s correct, I only compared ad revenue yielded from domains.

@David: Yep in the case of Dark Blue Sea, from what I can tell, they are keeping their unprofitable domains in the hope someone may buy them through their ‘premium domain’ registration network. But for the sake of analysis I confined it to just the profitable ones.

]]> By: David http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/23/how-much-domainers-earn/#comment-26193 David Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:51:59 +0000 http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/23/how-much-domainers-earn/#comment-26193 Dark Blue Sea has over 500,000 domains. According to their September Quartely update: Profitable domain portfolio: number: 153,000 revenue: $7,692,000 (annualised based on Sep qtr) Revenue per domain before renewal cost: $50.27 Revenue after renewal cost: $43.53 Cost of renewal $6.74 Unprofitable domain portfolio: Number: 347,000 (based on a total domain size of 500,000, probably more) Revenue: $348,000 (annualised based on Sep qtr) Revenue per domain before renewal cost: $1.00 Revenue after renewal cost: -$5.74 Total domain portfolio: Number: 500,000 Revenue: $8,040,000 Revenue per domain before renewal cost: $16.08 Revenue after renewal cost: $9.34 Revenue from Sept qtr domain sales: $857,000 which included a single domain sale of greater than $250,000 (bedroomfurniture.com). Dark Blue Sea has over 500,000 domains.

According to their September Quartely update:

Profitable domain portfolio:
number: 153,000
revenue: $7,692,000 (annualised based on Sep qtr)
Revenue per domain before renewal cost: $50.27
Revenue after renewal cost: $43.53
Cost of renewal $6.74

Unprofitable domain portfolio:
Number: 347,000 (based on a total domain size of 500,000, probably more)
Revenue: $348,000 (annualised based on Sep qtr)
Revenue per domain before renewal cost: $1.00
Revenue after renewal cost: -$5.74

Total domain portfolio:
Number: 500,000
Revenue: $8,040,000
Revenue per domain before renewal cost: $16.08
Revenue after renewal cost: $9.34

Revenue from Sept qtr domain sales: $857,000 which included a single domain sale of greater than $250,000 (bedroomfurniture.com).

]]> By: Adam http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/23/how-much-domainers-earn/#comment-26192 Adam Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:37:09 +0000 http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/23/how-much-domainers-earn/#comment-26192 I'm pretty sure that Dark Blue Sea has over 500,000 domain names. I’m pretty sure that Dark Blue Sea has over 500,000 domain names.

]]> By: Frank Michlick (DomainNameNews.com) http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/23/how-much-domainers-earn/#comment-26169 Frank Michlick (DomainNameNews.com) Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:13:05 +0000 http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/23/how-much-domainers-earn/#comment-26169 Just wondering if those numbers are "only" parking revenue or if they include sales of domain names and the like, since those two companies also sell names from their portfolio. /Frank Just wondering if those numbers are “only” parking revenue or if they include sales of domain names and the like, since those two companies also sell names from their portfolio.

/Frank

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