I have just acquired a .com domain that I want to sell. It is location and business type specific, so I was going to contact some businesses who may be interested in purchasing the domain. The domain was purchased for a client who now doesn’t want it as they have changed their business focus. However it is likely to be a popular domain locally. Can anyone suggest a third party service who would manage the transaction?
Thanks, Flippa looks good, but as my domain is very location and industry specific, I believe that I would get a better response and price by contacting businesses direct. However, what I need is a third party to manage the transaction. I don’t know if such a thing exists, in which case I’ll go back and look at Flippa as the listing price is pretty low.
You could place it on Flippa and then contact businesses, I suppose. I’m not much of a fan of cold calling, but I guess if you are game, then good luck!
It sounds like you’re looking for a domain broker. Most brokers will only work with domains worth over $10,000 since they (usually) work on commission. Domain valuation is a tricky, tricky game — you can try listing it on Flippa’s domain appraisal tool (doesn’t commit you to a sale).
My advice would be to list the domain on a site like Flippa (they have a domain portfolio option) so the domain is listed somewhere, then contact local businesses yourself.
Just a bit of terminology pedantry — a TLD is what comes after the dot (for example, .com, .net or .ca). If you were selling a whole TLD, that would be an entirely different matter 
Disclaimer, I worked at Flippa prior to joining SitePoint, and I worked in domain and website sales for several years.
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Thanks folks, I’ve gone for Flippa’s domain appraisal tool, and will probably list it on there as this seems to be the least hassle.
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