I've got some nice (read: coherent, catchy) domain names having to do with parallel programming. I've also got absolutely no time to do anything with them, and it's starting to bother me.<p>How does one go about selling a domain name? I'm not looking to retire on the sale of these, but I also think they're worth something to the right company and don't want to just let them lapse only to find out they could have generated some income.<p>The domains are: parallel.io and concurrent.io, in case you're wondering.
Just let them lapse. You've already prevented people who could've done something better with these names from doing so for the past years; why should you profit from them, too?<p>(Yes, I think "domaining" is abusing a common good, and am willing to burn some karma over it.)
I don't think either of those are worth very much. They're cool for sure, but unlikely to get the kind of buyer that would pay a lot.<p>Put a price on the front page of each of them and wait. Someone might give you a few hundred each, but I doubt much more.
You might find <a href="http://flippa.com" rel="nofollow">http://flippa.com</a> useful.
They have domain only sales and seem to be quite active.<p>*I'm not affiliated with Flippa! :)
I've bought and sold quite a few domains and I think you just reached out to your target audience right there.<p>My guess is anyone buying a .io is doing it mostly because nothing else was available, I don't see a huge demand for them. I wouldn't expect much of a price and it probably won't be worth it to make a large effort to find a buyer.
Perhaps offer them to people at HN: whomever proposes the most upvoted idea and makes a $10/50/100 donation to a charity (you could choose or they could).
> . I've also got absolutely no time to do anything with them<p>Nice domains.<p>Send me an email (address in profile) if you're interested in a sort of JV - we'll do all the development and promotion. If you must sell, let me know an asking price.
The domains aren't 'great' domain names in my opinion. However, if you are looking to sell them then you should either sell them at Flippa, Sedo, Cax, MissDomain, Afternic etc. Additionally, you could also find a broker to sell the domain names for you (the usually charge a transaction fee), offer them to BuyDomains or place a "For Sale" sign on the domains and ask people to contact you offering you a price for them.