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another handful of tips:


1. focus on just a small handful of subjects or types of domains to specialize in and get to know that field well...

2. don't be in a hurry to flip...

3. read the DNJournal.com religiously... every page on the entire site... and get to the new weekly sales report every Wednesday.... you'll learn what's selling for what by reading there... it's the most wonderful website for domainers on the entire internet...

4. network with other domainers... we are a great bunch... and most help each other whenever possible... for example... I have some domainer friends that I know are looking for certain "topic" domains that I am not interested in... and if/when I happen upon something in their field - I make sure they KNOW about it... so they can run reg. it for their own portfolio's --- obviously I can't do that for more than a very small handful of my closests buds... and I am already at my max there... but it's nice to have a close inner circle...

5. don't be swayed into buying oddball extensions... unless that's your specialty and you KNOW that market EXTREMELY well... that's the easiest one to lose your shirt in...

6. stay on top of the industry news in the field...

7. I keep a chart of the various Registrar Accounts I have... with my usernames and passwords to each... and rep's name etc... and I log in to those accounts each month at the end of the month - for the following month and take a day... to go through and do the upcoming renewals for the month approaching... I sort via the Registrars EXPIRE date feature... and work down the list... I always go 45 days worth on the renewals... in case I have some due within the first 5 days of the following month and for whatever unseen reason may not get logged in in time at the end of the month to do the process... so I have a 15 day leeway... I generally shoot for the 25th of each month to do the log-ins / Renewals... may sound like a hassel... but with 1000's of domains on dozens of registrars... it's what I have found works well for me...then I don't have to bother keeping other software updated... etc... and I do save a copy monthly of the entire roster of my portfolio on each registrar and a domain count per registrar... so no names mysteriously come up missing... LOL...
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Wishing anyone reading... all the best in their domaining career...
I love what I do... it's so much fun... it's a ton of hard work...
but I wouldn't want to be doing anything other than what I am doing...
I LOVE it...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)

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sounds like candidate for my site: domainersbox.net
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thegenius1

Yes this is a great tip , i usually just take the summers off so i can Vacation in peace and not have to worry about renewing. And if im not on Vay-K i will just develop my stockpile so i don't find myself expanding the portfolio. Its a hard task to do when there are so many bad domains that are regged and we are playing in gold mines.

My Tip would be to look at the International Sector of the Domain Business

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clocker24

Debt can be useful, but use it wisely. Don't pile up credit card debt by hand-regging hundreds of bad domains that get no traffic and have little re-sale potential. Of course this implies that you must study up on just what is a good and bad domain name. So when it is ok to go into debt? When you're buying a proven commodity. Shop around for a domain (ideally a dictionary dot com) with proven traffic and earnings. Try to find a seller who really needs to sell, so that you can offer as low a multiple as possible. Calculate how much it will cost to service your debt, versus how much the domain name will earn you on a monthly basis. If the domain name will be profitable, you have a winner on your hands. And of course you can always re-sell it for a profit in the future, as valuations are always rising.

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clocker24

Right, that's what I meant to say, in 10 times as many words.

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advaita

Thanks for all the tips everyone. I've still got a lot to learn. Nice looking site Clocker I'll be reading it too!

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Adatise

Excellent reading. Thank you for this wonderful free professional lesson. How could anyone ad to your great thread Sharon? Another educational domain blog I enjoyed was at.
http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/30/...hn-of-moniker/

mktgmark

Whenever I make a sale that is $xxx or above, I put part of the proceeds towards renewal fees of names that I know I want to renew, but may not even be close to their renewal dates. This lessens the chance of having one of those heavy renewal months later on down the road.

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tkl601

Great read, Thanks

Mark

Thread Hi-lighted as per an earlier request

Lots of Great Advice in this thread for Newer Domainers as well as The old guard

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chassmp3

Hi all,
Newbie here, I must say that I am guilty of many of the things you all mentioned here, Reece's post was almost like a scolding. Thanks Reece. I did get a little too excited when I first started out, I basically just did research on most commonly used words and basically attacked all sides of the spectrum with domain names I thought would be great. Some of them are, I have not spent a lot of money, but I can already tell that I may have a couple of fluff names. So yes great advice here. I had forgotten what I promised myself I would do first, and that was to read and research as much as possible before jumping in, so this is a good time for me to stop buying and start focusing on specific areas as many of you recommended.
This is a really great forum, I went to a different forum a couple of weeks ago and found out that you had to pay to post, so I lost hope on getting info from places like that so I just jumped in. But again, I have not spent a lot of money at all, and I actually feel pretty positive about most of the names I've registered.
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I'll be here a while so please keep feeding me the info.
Thank you all for your generous input.

Chas.

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Hi Chas,

Glad you joined us!

If you'd like a bit easier of a read and better explanations about what's mentioned in my post here, please visit: http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbi...investing.html .

I highly recommend taking it slow. Domaining will still be around a month or two from now, so jump in when you're sure you've acquired the requisite knowledge to do so successfully

chassmp3

Holdem8,
have you used whypark's services? I visited the site and sure it sounds good, but how reliable is this? they say you set up the site easily and they take care of the rest. Do you know of any sites you can provide that use this service? I'd like to test how searching for them goes. Good info though, like I said it sounds like a great idea. Though for a newbie like myself $99 is not cheap.

Thanks
Chas.

spinoza

be patient. sometimes being ahead of the curve means a few years of renewal fees...

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Resurrecting this thread with another tip!

139) It might be a minor thing, but does the domain look good underlined? Certain characters look better than others when underlined.

e.g. krust.com keeps completely above the line and there is no confusion about spelling of the first letter of the domain. However guppy could be confusing at first glance as 4 of the letters have "tails" that go below the line. g's could look like a's and q's and y's like v's. Not a serious factor, but worth thinking about

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gamenz

I had a best tip from one of the best domainer around when i sold him a name and i never forget this and thanks him a lot.. I asked him "how to pick a name"?

he simply said "go where advertisers are"

Mike

Threaded "Stickied" (Stuck). Please keep the tips coming as they provide an invaluable resource for new domainers and veterans alike.

M.

mkellerman

Keep a list of all domains you own. If you don't know and can't find out easily how many domains you own, you are probably not well organised.

I'd like to second RJ's advice of attending domain conferences: they are well worth the money due to what you can learn and the networking opportunities.

Pommy - The DN Doc

141) 2 NP forums to watch:
*Legal forum: Much wisdom and experience
http://www.namepros.com/legal-issues-and-disputes/

*Available domain names: Users will paste in available names for NP'ers to simply reg for rep/NP$ or just good karma!
http://www.namepros.com/available-domain-names/

[Unnumbered tip and purely in my opinion and experience: Go no where near 1 and bloody 1]

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142) When a deal seems too good to be true, always thread carefully. Good deals do come along once a while, but sometimes they are just traps laid down for greedy domainers.

competentdomains

143. Domain names that begin with certain letters seem statistically, not as a general rule, to yield more success because of more phonetic impression.
My theory is from an linguistic point of view, that this order, relating also to speech development, is maintained as an unconscious preference order even in adulthood.
These letters g, m, b, c(/k) and d (+p) especially. Followed by o, a or u after b, or in the very beginning of a words first syllable.

( Source: http://speechtherapyweb.com/page/3/ )

"Newborn - 3 months: Sounds
Your newborn is very limited in making sounds because the oral structure and vocal cords are not well developed yet. Between 2 and 3 months your baby is much better able to control his sounds because he has better control of his vocal cords and oral muscles. Babies start to laugh during these months and start to make sounds in the back of their mouth like "goo" and "ga". They're beginning to recognize different voices, and also inflection and tone in your voice.

4-6 Months: Vocal Play
Now wih better control of their oral muscles they are making sounds that sound more like speech. Your baby is now experimenting an practicing with putting sounds together and making syllables. Your baby has also discovered other sounds that are not speech sounds such as squealing, yelling, and raspberry sounds.
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6-11 Months: Babbling
Babbling is the repetition of syllables in sequence like "ba-ba-ba". Unfortunately at this age when your baby says "ma-ma" or "da-da" he is really babbling and typically not attaching meaning to these playful sounds. He is practicing his oral motor skills that he will later need for actual speech."


"Goo" / "da-da" .... google .. godaddy . You have to admit.. coincidence?

Among biggest words/names in various fields to compare with, some old: ma, pa, dad, dog, cat, boy, girl, man, / .com, car, canon (biggest camera brand), Kodak (oldest?), kenwood, camera, computer, coca cola, cash, chaplin, money, market, marantz, mac, mcdonalds, donald duck, dollar, dolly parton, presley, pink floyd, pioneer, pepsi, bucks, big mac, burger, blue, bb king, beatles, bush, bill clinton, carter, barack obama, (adams, madison, monroe, mackinley, buchanan, grant, garfield, cleveland, coolidge, kennedy).

Ergo

144) If you register domainsellingthings.com don't think hyphens are so bad. For 3 words domains they are even obligatory. And though domain-selling-things.com will be more convenient to type and remember than without hyphens - register them both. I've been doing with a lot of companies and many of them register word-word.com domain instead of available wordword.com that just emphasizes that end users have another way of thinking than domainers.

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145> Domaining can be addictive, know your limits.
146>be careful what WHOIS service you use. Some are bogas and will
automatically registered for you.

almost there

seven

Per someone who has purchased over 200 names in a little over a year:

1. Search for names at Moniker. I have never had a domain I searched for at Moniker magically be taken the next day or week. Well once, but it was due to a llll.net semi-rush, not Moniker. Other sites I cannot say the same for.

2. Buy from either Namecheap, Godaddy, or Moniker. Godaddy can have spectacular promos. Namecheap gives free whois guard. Moniker is dirt cheap on .nets and offers more extensions. (By the way, privacy protection is free at Godaddy right now with a purchase of 5+ domains).

3. Buy only .coms to start out with. There's usually a reason the other extensions are available. When you have a better feel for the market, then you'll have better standing to decide whether you want to plunge into the lower extensions.

4. If other extensions are taken and the .com isn't, that's a good sign.

5. You need to develop a sense of distinction between a good buy and the alternative. Sometimes good names can be had for a discount, but other times if someone is claiming they have a really great name but are selling it for $70, think to yourself, why would someone sell such a great name that makes $12/month (or whatever the claims) for $70?

6. I don't think GEO specific or industry specific domains should be sold through auctions. Why? Most people don't see their value because they don't know the industry. This greatly increases the chances you'll sell your domain for less than had you negotiated with someone within the industry.

7. If you buy something pay for it ASAP. If you sell something, push it ASAP after payment.
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8. Domains can be a very slippery slope when it comes to cost. If you're hand regging, $8 doesn't sound like very much but it adds up fast, especially when renewals come.

9. Keep a very detailed excel sheet of all your domains, registrar, purchase price, sell price, and whether it's parked or a site.

10. If your domains aren't parked, put a contact email somewhere on the site so someone can contact you if they are interested.

Last thing is I personally pay close attention to the more tenured posters at this site and would recommend that as part of your researching.

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