Buying and selling domains

Where to buy and sell domains

DNForum: Big and active forum with free membership. Some sections are restricted to paid members. Free to post your domain/s for sale.

SEDO: Another big domain trading location where domains are posted with fixed price or left to auction. Not a forum but a listing service with various add-ons like an escrow facility. Free to post but SEDO take a big cut from the eventual sale.

AfterNIC (owned, like BuyDomains, by NameMedia):  Like Sedo, AfterNIC is an auction listing house with a collection of the same add-on services - like the lucrative domain valuation/appraisal. Most of these big domain destinations do also offer domain parking.

NamePros: Forum with free posting.

(Registration required, of course, but there's no charge)

Digital Point: A webmaster forum with a section for buying and selling domains (and sites). Free to list.

Sitepoint: Same as above but with a charge to list (premium domains and domain name classifieds)

Great Domains: A smaller player but they tend to get some good domains occasionally.

Quik Internet: A small UK company that, from my personal experience, provides great service.
 

Picking up names that have expired/are expiring:

Enom: An 800 pound gorilla in the drop catch business.

Snap Names: A place to pick up those domains that have either expired or which owners forgot to renew.

Club Drop: Same as snapnames. (added: now moved to NameJet)

Pool.com: A big name in drop catch

Read more about finding expired domains.
 

Some other useful drop-catch links

- What is drop catch and how can you catch domains before they drop? Article

- Researching an expired domain before buying: Article

- Leverage your searching with tools

- How to buy expired domains listed in Yahoo/DMOZ

Valuations

Many of the forums offer free peer appraisals if you have a limited number of domains you'd like valued. When presented to a prospective buyer those appraisals won't look as professional as valuations done by SEDO, AfterNIC etc., but experienced buyers tend to ignore all third party valuations anyway.

DIY Valuation? Some articles/links to help: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

For valuations of websites (rather than domains) we recommend that there's no tool better than our own e-business valuation tool.

How to make money with domains

Read our extensive guide to making money from domains.

How to transfer a domain: from .com & .co.uk to .ca & .eu