My wife thinks of my domaining as an hobby

[Fancy.domains]

Hello,

Even though I have told and shown her that about 50% of our household income (after fees and taxes) is generated from my domaining, she still insists that I spend too much time with it and that I should delete more names. I should also work more as a freelancing translator. A job that I actually 'hate', even though the income is ok too.

Our main income have been generated from internet for the last 15 years, so it's not a general anti-internet-digital thing. More that she think that domaining in general will probably fail, make us bankrupt, or something.

Do anyone have a similar, or perhaps a totally opposite, experience?

 

[Fancy.domains]

Thank you for your comments!

My initial post is not dead serious. She is clearly happy for every domain I'm selling. Still she seems to have a little hard to accept that it can be considered as a "real job". She just got a job at a property firm. Otherwise I would have tried to introduce her to the domaining world. Anyway, I will try my best to show her more what it's all about.

 

[xn--v4h.com]

If I have a choice I would delete her instead of the names.
One will bring you profit and happiness the other one only bring you troubles: whining, nagging, complaining...

The choice is clear.

Spoken like someone who's not married

 

[Bonsu]

I'm having my fiancée always complaining to me about my new found love-domaining. But I sat her down to see my $15 sale which she was skeptical about.......

Fast forward to hours later a domainer (can't remember name) posted about his $69000 sale that's still in escrow and when I showed her that.... she sat down with me while I was searching for end users she says 'if WE get that kind of sale or something close to that then our lives would have hit the jackpot. WE can get MARRIED, start up my food processing factory (B.Tech Food Science and Technology), by a car and build a house.... Then invest back into domaining"

She now talks like a domain insurance company..... that $69k is 25.8 million Naira

 

[BrandingModel.com]

I've told my wife its a hobby and she agrees as it doesn't earn more than my annual salary.

When I first started 4 years ago I wasted over $18k (NZD) in hand regs. I told my wife about it and we almost ended in a divorce due to my stupidity. I had to prove within a year I could make that money back or I should give it up. I was fortunate enough to make it back and now with every sale money goes into renewals,mortgage/holiday fund and a side pot for when I see a potential bargain domain for sale.

I've spendtover 40hrs a week for 2 years watching all the domain sherpa and youtube domaining videos, reading, buying & selling and I am now comfortable to spend only couple hours daily on domaining.

I'm a successful National manager for my company and thought how hard could it be applying my experience taking on domaining as it's only buying and selling real-estate online.

I was completely wrong, domaining is the hardest business hobby challenge i've found to master and still continuing to learn and love the challenge of it.

The great news is my wife fully supports me on domaining as I have paid for several overseas holidays, dinner dates, kids outings and we only have 5yrs left until our mortgage is paid off

I now maintain a positive P&L

In daily business its all about the ROI. I now ensure I apply the same ethics in domaining

 

[Marshall]

Marry a girl who's into domaining. You make a sale, she makes a sale,
sale after sale,
one after another.

Now the question is.. are they even out there

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

"Bankruptcy" with portfolio size of xxx domains is hardly to imagine...
So if you like domaining, if it is your profession and passion, if you get profit - then do it!

 

[-EM-]

You should get a stable job and use domaining as a secondary income.

 

[1Darko]

People see a job as "legit" but a job is usually a clock in clock out scenario.

This "hobby" is harder than any job.

Most jobs end at 5pm leaving the office.

Domaining ? You eat sleep sh*t domain repeat even in your sleep you dream of domains to reg
You keep your mobile next to your bed "just in case".

Whois.com open and ready.

Domainers think faster than the average human. When trump tweeted Covfefe

What "normal" 9 to fiver would have thought to register it.

What about domainers who analyse who the candidates will for the next Potus?

Then register PresidentTrump.com or PresidentClinton.com

Before experts ever figure it out?

Then sell the domain for 6 figures? Years later?

Hobby? If this is a hobby? Then to hell with a job!

It's time consuming and you can only do it on the long run if you love it. I'm always saying the cash is only the vehicle. The passion and love is the fuel!

 

[d-e-x]

My wife thinks it's an addiction.

Mine too
Few years ago (ok. maybe few more ) she almost leave me because I use her credit card (without her knowledge) to buy 2 x LLL.coms
Now despite on huge ROI in past few years (4 months ago I have bought new car, Lexus is300h F ) she still thinks - Domaining is addiction and there is no future in this business
But only difference now is - she do not talk to much about that anymore

 

[Smiles76]

If I have a choice I would delete her instead of the names.
One will bring you profit and happiness the other one only bring you troubles: whining, nagging, complaining...

The choice is clear.

Right because owning a bunch of letters is better than having a wife.

 

[deez007]

Alrighty guys.....

Seems this is a common problem here with many of us...

I have a solution

Seeing as we all remember how easy it was for all of us to get caught up in the industry and get hooked... when that first sale happens and ur sitting their thinking HOLLY SH*T I just stumbled on a Gold Mine..I need to by more domains and try do this again and again and again... now off course many of us were not lucky to get our first sale without spending some time and money buying pigeon sh*t domains and also spending lots of time and money learning....NOW, my idea is this... what about if we start a little "Top secret spouse indocrination program" hehehe.

So what happens is, you sit down with ur Mrs and have a chat with her... tell that she should give it a try...maybe help her pick a okayish domain and stuff... then tell her to stick it on a marketplace...maybe Flippa/Sedo or something...then you tell the members of the spouse indocrination program what the domain name is...and everyone goes and places a bid to make it look buys and get her all excited and stuff... then after a few bids one of the guys will BIN. (dont make it too expense...just like $99) - The person who's spouse it is will have to refund the buyer his money of course.. as it was an "indocrination service" not an actual domain purchase...lol then you Mrs will be hooked as well.. trying to buy domains..., or at least she will understand the fasicnation...

Bwhahahah yeah yeah Im a evil little sh*t....

 

[d-e-x]

Alrighty guys.....

Seems this is a common problem here with many of us...

I have a solution

Seeing as we all remember how easy it was for all of us to get caught up in the industry and get hooked... when that first sale happens and ur sitting their thinking HOLLY SH*T I just stumbled on a Gold Mine..I need to by more domains and try do this again and again and again... now off course many of us were not lucky to get our first sale without spending some time and money buying pigeon sh*t domains and also spending lots of time and money learning....NOW, my idea is this... what about if we start a little "Top secret spouse indocrination program" hehehe.

So what happens is, you sit down with ur Mrs and have a chat with her... tell that she should give it a try...maybe help her pick a okayish domain and stuff... then tell her to stick it on a marketplace...maybe Flippa/Sedo or something...then you tell the members of the spouse indocrination program what the domain name is...and everyone goes and places a bid to make it look buys and get her all excited and stuff... then after a few bids one of the guys will BIN. (dont make it too expense...just like $99) - The person who's spouse it is will have to refund the buyer his money of course.. as it was an "indocrination service" not an actual domain purchase...lol then you Mrs will be hooked as well.. trying to buy domains..., or at least she will understand the fasicnation...

Bwhahahah yeah yeah Im a evil little sh*t....

Nice but don't work for me, already tried

 

[Branko Jovanovic]

A hobby that generates half the funds in a familly is not obsolete. Maybe you have a really big portfolio of domains? I'm not siding with your wife, but doing both sides act

 

[infosec3]

My wife also thinks it's a hobby and only remembers it's not when I inform her of a sale.

 

[Fancy.domains]

I can honestly say that she almost killed me when I

You should get a stable job and use domaining as a secondary income.

Domaining IS a stable job for me. Also, I am a Swede living in SE Asia.

 

[Fancy.domains]

A hobby that generates half the funds in a familly is not obsolete. Maybe you have a really big portfolio of domains? I'm not siding with your wife, but doing both sides act

Not that big. But I tend to sell about 20% of my portfolio per year.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Domaining IS a stable job for me.

The same for me, FullTime 8 years already...

 

[Fancy.domains]

The same for me, FullTime 8 years already...

Great to hear this Jurgen!

 

[alcy]

Thank you for your comments!

My initial post is not dead serious. She is clearly happy for every domain I'm selling. Still she seems to have a little hard to accept that it can be considered as a "real job". She just got a job at a property firm. Otherwise I would have tried to introduce her to the domaining world. Anyway, I will try my best to show her more what it's all about.

I hope you noticed, but none of the replies here are dead seroious either.. lol

well.. at least mine weren't ... good fun topic... I'm sure it'll work out...

(just don't eat the polonium soup.)

gl

 

[domainventure]

If you forget your wedding anniversary date but remember the expiration date of your favorite domain, you are way past redemption anyway

 

[Fancy.domains]

If you forget your wedding anniversary date but remember the expiration date of your favorite domain, you are way past redemption anyway

Hahaha, you're right!

 

[ResoluteDomains]

Hello,

Even though I have told and shown her that about 50% of our household income (after fees and taxes) is generated from my domaining, she still insists that I spend too much time with it and that I should delete more names. I should also work more as a freelancing translator. A job that I actually 'hate', even though the income is ok too.

Our main income have been generated from internet for the last 15 years, so it's not a general anti-internet-digital thing. More that she think that domaining in general will probably fail, make us bankrupt, or something.

Do anyone have a similar, or perhaps a totally opposite, experience?

Yep - me too.

 

[-EM-]

I can honestly say that she almost killed me when I


Domaining IS a stable job for me. Also, I am a Swede living in SE Asia.

Well you know it better but I can't consider domaining stable since sales don't depend on the seller but on the domain market which is not stable at all.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

It is not stable regarding another domainers...
But if we are talking about endusers sales - it strictly depends on quality and seller's skills to do negotiations...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

But I agree, average enduser prices are trending down since nTLDs...