Eric Lyon posted an interesting poll over at Namepros. Sellers thinking about how their buyers find them basically.
Eric wrote:
Selling a domain often comes down to visibility. Some sellers list on major marketplaces, while others rely on a parked landing page to do the talking.
Setting aside all the loud noise of different landing pages, parking pages, marketplace options, features, themes, conventional marketing, outbound, SEM/SEO, etc., etc… How are potential buyers really finding out whether or not a “specific domain name” is even available for sale?
Your experience matters. Cast your vote and help us all uncover which channel is used the most as a buyers 1st choice to identify if a “specific domain name” is even available for sale or not.
The poll results can be fine-tuned to your sales strategy so you can focus on the channels that truly move the needle.
Over 300 votes and the results: (Poll still running)
1st Visit the domain directly by typing it into their address bar 179 votes 57.4%
2nd Use a convenient “domain search” service e.g. registrar/marketplace 102 votes 32.7%
3rd Check a WHOIS service 15 votes 4.8%
4th (tie) Ask their broker 7 votes 2.2%
4th (tie) Other (Explain in the comments) 7 votes 2.2%
5th Ask an LLM or voice AI assistant 2 votes 0.6%
