How to reduce interest in hand registration?

[mamunurgsm]

Everyday I checked expireddomains.net and if i liked anyone from the list then i register it. Specially 2 english Word combinations (like BONNYFASHION.COM). I know the aftermarket domain is more valuable but it's my addiction, how can i reduce it?

experts also share some info, it will be appreciated and helpful for newbie.

 

[johnn]

Give all the money to your girlfriend or wife.
I can guarantee there is no way to get it back to spend on new registration.

 

[mamunurgsm]

Give all the money to your girlfriend or wife.
I can guarantee there is no way to get it back to spend on new registration.

Ha ha ha, Nice reply Johnn! i just liked your suggestion.

 

[easywebdomains.net]

Give all the money to your girlfriend or wife.
I can guarantee there is no way to get it back to spend on new registration.

@johnn Wowie is it really that bad? I can see you are experienced, but you give no hope at all for new registrations??

I see what you mean in that I guess hand registrations in new industries is speculating. I've speculated in other areas in the past. It never turned out well.

 

[lambo.com]

It's a great open question and I'm gonna go for it.

You have identified an habitual behavior that is maladaptive.

Then one can give one's self all the psychological hard times and convincing on why it is a bad idea.

Once one has strengthened and channeled the disgust reflex at hand regging, you can start to create a metamorphosis

This metamorphosis is where you can fabricate excitement on all the alternatives on how you can spend your time. Make sure your key needs are being met still, that you like from hand regging.

Good luck!

 

[premkumar]

simple, just block expireddomains.net in your browser

 

[biggie]

simple, just block expireddomains.net in your browser

Hi

that's prolly what i'd say too

but then you'd have to do the same for other sites as well.

it all depends on how much "won't-power" you have.
as in, i won't visit this site and/or that site for a few days.

life still goes on, outside...

another member had similar situation here;
https://www.namepros.com/threads/im-the-only-one-its-normal-as-a-beginner.1196663/#post-7833139

Good Luck!

imo...

 

[mamunurgsm]

Hi

that's prolly what i'd say too

but then you'd have to do the same for other sites as well.

it all depends on how much "won't-power" you have.
as in, i won't visit this site and/or that site for a few days.

life still goes on, outside...

another member had similar situation here;
https://www.namepros.com/threads/im-the-only-one-its-normal-as-a-beginner.1196663/#post-7833139

Good Luck!

imo...[/QUOT

Thanks

 

[Pazu]

Some suggestions that come to mind:

1) Give yourself a weekly or monthly budget
2) Set rules for yourself like don't register names unless they are better than the ones I already have or that aren't higher than $2000 on Godaddy appraisals
3) Make a list of potential handregs, then keep them for a week and check back to see which you still think are the very best. Maybe only register the top 5 or 10.
4) Think to yourself, is there a better version of this name? If so, don't register it.

 

[mamunurgsm]

Some suggestions that come to mind:

1) Give yourself a weekly or monthly budget
2) Set rules for yourself like don't register names unless they are better than the ones I already have or that aren't higher than $2000 on Godaddy appraisals
3) Make a list of potential handregs, then keep them for a week and check back to see which you still think are the very best. Maybe only register the top 5 or 10.
4) Think to yourself, is there a better version of this name? If so, don't register it.

Very good advice. I am trying to follow this rules, my dear.

 

[Pazu]

Also some good basic questions to ask yourself...

1) Does it pass the radio test?
2) Does it contain plural in the first word?
3) Is it .com?
4) Are there other extensions of this domain registered? Check Nameworth.com.
5) Does the domain contain the same letter next to each other like Playin(gG)ames.com
6) Does this name have real and obvious meaning?
7) Does this name contain lewd words banned on marketplaces?
8) Does this name have high search traffic / search results?
9) If you had a business, would you want it to have this name?
10) Are companies paying google to advertise this exact match? (Check Google Adwords)
11) Does this name have comparable sales history? (Check namebio.com)

I don't think this will save you time, but it will save you money.

 

[Pazu]

@mamunurgsm I was wondering, what exactly is the problem for you? Do you feel you're spending too much money, or do you feel it is eating up too much of your time, or do you feel it is causing unhealthy behavior patterns? Maybe it's all of the above?

By the way, another thing some domainers do when looking at names, if they do outbound marketing, is try to find a buyer before they buy a name.

 

[WatchDogue]

Well, you might ask yourself two questions:

How much money have I spent on my ( addiction driven ) name registrations;
How much money have I earned on my ( addiction driven ) name registrations?

IF the answer to the first question is greater than the answer to the second question, you might now have the motivation to issue yourself a cease and desist order for your addiction driven domain purchases.

 

[Pazu]

It's highly unlikely people start domaining and achieve profitability right off the bat. Your time as a new domainer is better spent on education than registration. As @WatchDogue said, for these cases, it is likely better to focus more on sales and cost cutting than acquisitions, though for some domainers with a more very long term outlook and expectation of increasing value of your portfolio over time, like myself who invests in future tech domains, it's okay imo to take a loss if you're prepared to take the risk and eat the costs for many years, but only if you have very good reasons to assume that the names will increase dramatically in value.

 

[alcy]

dont reduce yer interest in handregs
increse yer knowledge and experience on which ones to pick
it takes many people months of hard learning ... sometimes years... to even begin to make profits.

domaining is opposite of quick easy money.

expireddomains.net is in the end also a better place for handregs once u gain that experience, than just regging non fresh expiries.

gl

 

[Ostrados]

For me it is the opposite, when I browse expireddomains.net I rarely find something interesting! I sometimes spend 1-2 hours browsing thousands of names to end up with 5-10 names shortlist from which I register only 2-3 that I feel worthy. It feels like searching a big garbage depot for small sliver (not even gold) earrings

In general I feel expired domains are not very valuable and big waste of time except in one situation which is looking for brandables (such as 5L names, madeup names, blends, creative combos..etc), those are often missed by dropcatch bots and you can find real gems, but it takes a long of time and a lot of browsing to find few worthy domains to register.

How to reduce interest in hand registration?

Nothing wrong in hand registration as long as you register good names.

Try this trick for filtering bad names:
1- When you browse droplists do not buy on impulse, just add the names you like to your favorites
2- After you finish browsing go to your shortlist, now browse your shortlist again as if you are seeing it for first time
3- You will notice that many names that you though are awesome before are now less attractive and you will end up registering maybe just 10% from your list.

 

[karmaco]

How to reduce interest in hand registration?

Answer: Wait 365 days and see about those renewals or drops

One of the number one questions should be can I afford to keep this more than a year?

Don’t fall in love with names. Find names based on other solid criteria than just like alone.

Be picky. Don’t overspend while a novice.

You are in the honeymoon stage of domaining. Know there will come stages and times when you will question everything automatically. Like why should I not get this domain I think is cute? That is your money your spending. Make sure its worth your while.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Reduce your interest to 1word domains.

 

[easywebdomains.net]

dont reduce yer interest in handregs
increse yer knowledge and experience on which ones to pick

Thanks for this. Case in point This DN Academy Youtube Video. Note that it was hand registered twice before picked up in auction by someone who knew what he was doing before selling it for $xx,xxx

I am still researching but this is not an isolated incident, so it looks like hand regs are ok in some circumstances.

I read the original question and response as NEW hand registrations, hence my original reaction. I think that's a different matter entirely and falls within the realm of speculation. Even then it seems to me there is some merit if you are anticipating new trends. (Expect a long wait to sell though).

 

[steven55]

Go to the exactly opposite side by 180 degrees.

Become addicted to Selling instead of Buying.
Spend time on understanding what sells and what not.

Be obsessed by Selling.
Change your addiction to Selling..

 

[davidc1]

make a count of :
Time spent finding domains
Margin since the beginning

Have a look to this count before buying...

 

[santis]

you can do that for 1 year,
after 1 year the renewals will come and you will no longer reg new domains if you haven't sold anything...

 

[blogspotter]

I would advise every newbie to hand register domains for a few months if they have a few thousand dollars to waste.
It is the best learning. You will learn how to use expired domains and other tools. And best of all you will quickly learn what are shit name just by looking at all the names you registered in the first 3 months, and when you realized how much mine you have dropped in Junk domains, you will become more careful.


Thousands of domainers have already gone through the deleted domains before they were deleted and the good ones have been backordered.
The only domains you can hand reg are not the two word domains but geo and keyword domains , and a handful of brandables.
One or two might have slipped, but you would have a better ROI by using those time and resources on researching pending delete domains to backorder.

 

[zomainhacks]

Most newbies approach domaining with a gambling mindset. I think the problem is here.
Just (as stated above) think in terms of ROI, risk and volatility. You will start to sruggle to find decent domains to being hand registered.

 

[Jimmysun]

It’s easy, renew them all for 10 years until running out of your money.