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Thanks for your interest in Mids.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(Mids.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 1994)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(16900+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “Mids”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“MIDs” IS TAKEN IN 56+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted 4 letter .com domains consistently sell in the 7 figure range.)
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Thanks for your interest in Lectures.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(Lectures.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 1995)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(2300+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “Lectures”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“Lectures” IS TAKEN IN 65+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted ‘education’ 1 word .com domains consistently sell in the 7 figure range.)
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Thanks for your interest in Yrs.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(Yrs.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 1998)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(20000+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “yrS”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“YrS” IS TAKEN IN 60+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted 3 letter .com domains consistently sell in the 6/7 figure range.)
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After the good feedback we got from our last two 'scarce domain' specials, today's focus is on the final piece of the puzzle: the extremely rare & coveted 2 letter .com. This is a tricky one to analyze (regarding how much they are worth) because they are not traded publicly that often and usually when they are it is in the investing markets at a discount (so the public market data is less useful). With this, the best way to analyze them is to look at the more prolific 3 + 4 letter .com domains to see what the fundamental market value of a 2 letter .com domains is (based on the principal of 26):
- Over all time, the average sale price of 4 letter .com domains is $2.16k (according to NameBio.com), projecting that the average price of a 2 letter .com should be $1.42M
- Over all time, the average sale price of 3 letter .com domains is $52.3k (according to NameBio.com), projecting that the average price of a 2 letter .com should be $1.36M
- In actuality, the average price of a 2 letter .com is only $577.1k (which is partly due to the lack of sales data for the last few years) - if there was more transparency in sale prices for recent 2 letter .com sales, I would expect the real average price to be around the projected $1.35M-$1.45M range.
For more data, here's some more data showing 2L .com sales over the last 5 years:
So the average price over the last 5 years is at the $1M mark (higher because this data is more recent) but it is still below the practical mark for these domains - a better way to access value is to look at the most fundamental piece of any scarce asset's value: Supply vs. Demand. In this, by definition there are only 676 two letter .com domains available for registration while currently 445 of these domains are owned by corporate entities who would be very unlikely to sell. See the list here: https://www.domainholdings.com/recent-sales/2-letter-com-owners/
So this means that there are 676-445=231 domains potentially available in the investor market but a lot of these have developed websites on them so the actual number of these domain owners that would sell would be a much smaller number.
Referencing this, we have 7 two letter .com domains available privately at this time. Doing the math, that represents over 1% of the total supply of 676 two letter .com domains & over 3% of the circulating supply of 231 not corporately owned - if you did the math of how many two letter .com domains are really publicly for sale, I would suspect these 7 to represent 10% or more of the actual market inventory. On top of that, the other 90% that might be 'for sale' are likely priced multiples higher. If interested to see our list, please contact us (although they may be sold by the time you read this).
SUMMARY
Masks.com is a supplier of cloth face masks for schools, businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations. With a single individual running the entire business and zero outside investment or seed capital, the business has generated nearly $1Million USD in revenue in 5 months of its current revenue-generating operation with a profit margin of around 15% historically. All products are dropshipped, and logistics are completely handled by the manufacturer. The business is primed for growth with a recently added revenue stream of printing on masks, and numerous untapped avenues for new verticals and product types.
Simply considering the historical performance, client list, and pending quotes alone, the business is priced to sell at this low multiple to profit. But there is also HUGE opportunity to grow the business/Masks.com brand, expand to new markets, new products, and to build a team and business to take it to the next level. Plus, there is no better "virtual real estate" on which to build your PPE empire than Masks.com
MARKET
The market for masks is booming worldwide and is currently a $7.24 Billion market growing at 153% CAGR (Market Study Report). Of course, the pandemic has introduced masks as a new must-have commodity for every person in the world. Incoming US administration will encourage mask mandates. Businesses are starting to see the value in using masks as promo items for their brand. Schools must have masks to carry on in person learning. Beyond the current pandemic, with poor air quality and increased likelihood of future pandemics, masks will be more prevalent in western countries (as they already are in Asia).
Seller's intro and background: video here. (https://www.loom.com/share/d35543be892e471fa4398a9f08345897)
Business Explainer/ Background: video here. (https://www.loom.com/share/93a499fae90144ce810f9f6b460a1873)
NON MONETARY ASSETS
The Masks.com domain name is held by exclusive, fully transferrable iron-clad perpetual lease via Venture.com It is important that you understand that you will be acquiring the the lease for the Masks.com domain name as part of the sale of the business - you will exclusively have the right to operate your business on the Masks.com domain name as long as you make the monthly payments to Venture.com. Currently $499/month, but in 2021 it will go to $1k/month, in 2022 $2.5k/month, in 2023 $4k/month then 4% increase annually. You can walk away from the lease at any time without any sort of penalty.
Domain Lease Video Here
Other Assets:
Bulk/wholesale (B2B) customer list of over 250 with 11% return customer rates so far (this will grow).
Crowdfund buyer list of over 10,000 - never remarketed to, could do a new round (Generated $290k first round). Crowdfunding campaign explainer Video here
35k+ pages indexed in Google Search Console, over 100k URLS crawled Video Here
2 ecommerce websites (https://wholesale.masks.com and https://www.masks.com) and all related assets Video Here
2000+ licensed excusive fashion mask and gaiter designs, Video Here
Relationship with Hanes: Video here
Relationship with Printer: Video here
Contract with TIPS purchasing cooperative (new, 11/20)
Contact list of every public school superintendent and procurement manager in the USA (20k).
Facebook and Google Ad accounts and campaigns.
Currently over $300k in outstanding quotes with more coming in daily via new RFQ system.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH
Diversification of verticals, product types, and customer types. Masks.com has not yet sold to governments via bids or healthcare systems. We have not yet tried getting products into retail stores. There has been almost zero marketing done for ecommerce retail/fashion masks. No sales team or 3rd party partnerships at all. We are only selling Hanes masks in bulk, but there is no exclusivity and no reason that you couldn't sell other brands wholesale. You could also turn Masks.com into a PPE marketplace and dominate the space.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Masks.com is the hands-down best, most brandable mask-related address on the internet and gets a ton of type in traffic- not to mention over 35,000 pages indexed in Google. Well established partnership with Hanes, giving access to masks below normal wholesale. Well established partnership with printing facility to print logos on masks at fantastic prices- all logistics handled by those partners. Very little overhead. The sky is the limit in terms of what you could build on Masks.com.
Business Info, Masks.com Inc.
Founded in 2020 and operated by a single individual, Masks.com has quickly become a leading supplier of bulk cloth face masks for schools and businesses.
Stage: Revenue Generating ($950k through 5 months), No outside investors, No debt
Entity: Delaware C-Corp, Single Shareholder (Owns 100% Equity)
Industry: Health
Number of employees: 1
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Bradley Markham Founder, CEO: Stanford, Google, 20 years digital marketing and ecommerce experience including several successful exits.
BUSINESS/REVENUE MODEL
Masks.com started selling masks via a crowdfunding campaign where people could purchase masks to be sent to schools. It then moved to B2B sales directly to schools. Now, customers are a diverse range of schools, non-profits, businesses, and government agencies. Bulk mask Orders are placed via our eCommerce system (Shopify) and then routed over to Hanesbrands or the Printers. Business is mostly outsourced including all warehousing, logistics/shipping, printing. Retail masks (our “fashion masks”) are printed on demand with 100% outsourced production and logistics.
Why are you selling this business?
Reason For Sale: Owner/Founder has grown business to a point where it is no longer reasonable to be run by a single individual.
Post sale support
Owner will work with acquirer for up to 2 weeks if desired in order to show processes, etc.
Business has made $150k in profit in the last 3 months (of May 18th 2021)
Thanks for your interest in VirtualLearning.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(VirtualLeaRning.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 2004)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(500+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “VirtualLearning”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“VirtualLearning” IS TAKEN IN 46+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted 2 word .com domains consistently sell in the 6/7 figure range.)
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Thanks for your interest in Qud.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(Qud.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 1999)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(12000+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “Qud”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“Qud” IS TAKEN IN 33+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted 3 letter .com domains consistently sell in the 6/7 figure range.)
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Thanks for your interest in TUJ.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(TUJ.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 1999)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(19000+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “TUJ”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“TUJ” IS TAKEN IN 40+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted 3 letter .com domains consistently sell in the 6/7 figure range.)
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Thanks for your interest in ZPE.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(ZPE.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 1998)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(19000+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “ZPE”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“ZPE” IS TAKEN IN 40+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted 3 letter .com domains consistently sell in the 6/7 figure range.)
Use the button below to contact a domain broker. In your email to the broker, please provide any related information. Note, we do offer leases & provide financing (in partnership with DomainCapital) to accredited individuals.
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Thanks for your interest in SWOT.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(SWot.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 1997)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(1860+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “SWot”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“Swot” IS TAKEN IN 103+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted 4 letter .com domains consistently sell in the 6/7 figure range.)
Use the button below to contact a domain broker. In your email to the broker, please provide any related information. Note, we do offer leases & provide financing (in partnership with DomainCapital) to accredited individuals.
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Thanks for your interest in Avin.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(Avin.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 2000)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(180,000+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “AVin”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“Avin” IS TAKEN IN 80+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted 4 letter .com domains consistently sell in the 6/7 figure range.)
Use the button below to contact a domain broker. In your email to the broker, please provide any related information. Note, we do offer leases & provide financing (in partnership with DomainCapital) to accredited individuals.
*Note we do not respond to inquires we deem as unserious.
Thanks for your interest in MySoul.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(Mysoul.com Was first REGISTERED SINCE 2004)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(3300+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “Mysoul”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“Mysoul” IS TAKEN IN 70+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Keyword two word .com domains consistently sell in the 6/7 figure range.)
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Thanks for your interest in Snob.com - If you are interested in purchasing this domain, please contact us below. Some Value Points for the domain:
1. Very Aged (SEO Benefits)
(Snob.com HAS BEEN REGISTERED SINCE before 1999)
2. Highly Used (Value Appreciation)
(10,500+ OTHER WEBSITES USE THE TERM “Snob”)
3. Extremely Competitive (#1 Brand of its Keyword)
(“Snob” IS TAKEN IN 102+ OTHER EXTENSIONS BESIDES .COM)
4. High Relevant Sales (Biggest Value Indicator)
(Targeted 4 letter .com domains consistently sell in the 6/7 figure range.)
Use the button below to contact a domain broker. In your email to the broker, please provide any related information. Note, we do offer leases & provide financing (in partnership with DomainCapital) to accredited individuals.
*Note we do not respond to inquires we deem as unserious.
Today’s conversation is about 4 letter .com domains (the little brother of the more scarce 3 letter .com). As a preface, I started domain investing many years ago through buying 4 letter .com domains and it proved to be a good entry into the market (it let's you learn scarce domains without risking large amounts of capital). Overall, 4Ls have similar growth rates as rarer domains (like 3 letter .com) while they come to the market at a fraction of the price which makes them ideal assets for the beginner domain investor.
For anyone not extremely well versed in pricing of scarce domains, it is actually surprisingly easy to understand it. You see, scarce letter domains often go off of a multiple of 26 of the value of their lesser or greater form - in this, a 2 letter .com domain is worth 26 times a 3 letter .com domain and a 3 letter .com domain is worth 26 times a 4 letter .com, etc etc. Why 26? Because there are 26 letters in the alphabet and that equates to the comparable scarcity - there are 26*26 LL .com domains, and there are 26*26*26 LLL .com domains, and there are 26*26*26*26 LLLL .com domains. Given this, it makes sense that every time you take away a letter, the price rises 26 times because they are 26 times more rare. Surprisingly, the market is actually very efficient with this as if you analyze the following data from NameBio.com, you will see this idea in practice:
1. Over all time, the average sale price of 4 letter .com domains is $2.16k
2. Over all time, the average sale price of 3 letter .com domains is $52.3k
Although the data is not a perfect factor of 26 (as it would be if 3Ls were at $56.16k or if 4Ls were at 2.01k), that data is almost too perfect (especially considering how many outlier sales there has been on both sides, both extra high and extra low). When you take it to the next step with 2L .com domains, it falls apart slightly (as there is a lot less data for 2Ls than there are for 3Ls/4Ls) as the average 2L .com price is $577.1k while it should be about $1.36M (according to this pricing logic).
To give some perspective on pricing for 4Ls specifically, here's some data showing 4L .com sales over the last 5 years, the last 3 years, and the last 1 year:
From the perspective of the 3L .com data that I showed a couple weeks ago, this data doesn't look that lucrative BUT this would be misleading as just because there are so many 4 letter .com domains, the market has been picky about which are valuable and which are not. In this, there are 450k+ 4 letter .com domains while there are only 17k 3 letter .com domains so they need to judged differently even with the 26x multiple trick at play. In this, to really understand 4 letter .com domains, you need to pick a segment of them and investigate.
Probably the most popular segment of 4 letter .com domains has been CVCV (standing for 'Consonant Vowel Consonant Vowel' format Ie. Roku.com). The reason this format is so valued is that they're a lot of historical precedent for companies choosing brands that are in CVCV format so they are highly demanded. Beyond this, there are only 20*6*20*6=14.4k of these so they are valued as scarce resources almost like 3L .com domains.
Although these haven't exploded in growth over the last 5 years, they still have been proven to be very profitable assets to hold as they are highly demanded in both end user and investor markets (which allow them to get quite the impressive prices). From my perspective, I have seen non-pronounceable 4 letter .com domains drop slightly in value over the last couple years while pronounceable + 'brand-able' 4 letter .com domains have excelled. For a little perspective on CVCV .com domains, here is some past sales history:
If you are a end user looking at this data trying to figure out pricing, you may want to take this data with a grain of salt as although the average price of a 4 letter .com domain is only around $2k-ish, most of the public sales that go into the sales average come from expiring auctions where investors place bids based on whatever domains come to market (they don’t intend to use the domains). The consideration of this is that if an investor is spending $2k on a auction domain they don’t want to use, they must think that it has a ton of investment potential so they are likely looking for a 10x on their investment if not more. Beyond this, the bad 4 letter .com domains sell frequently in the market at around $500/piece while the very best 4 letter .com domains sell intermittently in the $50,000+ range. So if anyone is trying to figure out pricing, it is in your best interest to enlist a expert to help you understand what is a fair price to pay for a given domain (and how to get a deal!).
If any further questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to our team at sales@qeip.com for a free consultation.
Today's focus is on another special class of domains which I hold dear to my heart - of course, we are talking about 3 letter .com domains. To start, let's analyze the latest public LLL .com sales (from NameBio) to understand the current condition of the market:
1. In 2019, there were 76 sales with a average price of $61.6k with the lowest sale being at $10k.
2. In 2020, there were 43 public sales with average price of $69.5k with the lowest sale being at $10k.
3. 2021 has had already 11 public sales with an average price of $147.9k with the lowest sale being at $26.5k.
With a quick glance at these numbers you can easily realize that quantity of 3Ls being traded is slowly declining while demand is through the roof (hence the pricing rise). Whether you have recognized it or not, the scarcity crunch on 3 letter .com domains is upon us and prices are rising fast.
Still not convinced? To give a better perspective, here's some more data showing 3L .com sales over the last 5 years, the last 3 years, and the last 1 year:
Beyond the numbers, I have been following a series of LLL offerings (to better understand current pricing) with the most recent being a Godaddy auction for iaf.com that sold yesterday for $43k. The reason this mediocre 3L sold for that amount is because you just can't find these types of domains in auction anymore (so for the people not on my newsletter, they think it’s the only chance they have). Auctions usually garner the lowest price because serious domain investors don't want their sales public (as they know it makes it so much harder to sell unless the past price was higher than the current one).
Consider just how far the scarcity crunch could go ... think about Bitcoin and how there are about 18,686,200 in circulation and its price is over $55k+. Now think about real estate and how there are 100s of millions of acres available and the price per acre is around $10k-$10M+. Then you can come to domains and see that there are just 17,576 3 letter .com domains available and the average price is only $100k-$150k? Obviously real estate is more important than domains or bitcoin and bitcoin *arguably* has more usage potential (though less current use) than domains but still it's a fair question to pose considering that 3L .com are far more scarce by a factor of 1000x yet their price is only about a factor of 1x of these. Showing the slow rise in domain value combined with the fundamental growth in the internet over the last couple years, it doesn't seem that 3L .com domains are in a bubble the way many other assets are in the US (or will be in one any time soon). It seems that the 3L prices have a ways to go as there are less and less 3Ls available every day.
The question I pose to you is: Are 3 letter .com fundamentally undervalued and is right now when the market is realizing it? You are free to come to your own conclusion.