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So, I finally crossed the 5000 threshold. Let's share here the portfolio sizes we currently have.

For the poll, I am asking to include only the keeper names, those you are likely to renew, not the heavily discounted names you are holding for a year only. But feel free to mention that portfolio size in the comments too.

As for my portfolio, It seems in past year I have more than doubled the size, buying over 2500 names just from GD auctions/closeouts. Most names are with the GD (see the screenshot) but I also have couple hundred at Epic, Dyna combined.

And I rarely drop names now, with probably under 1% being pruned.

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Quality and quantity both matters but, we prefer quality for now.
 
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Quality and quantity both matters but, we prefer quality for now.

They are not mutually exclusive, you know.

You can build quantity with quality names. Unless by quality you mean luxury level names that end users would have to pay $10k+.
 
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Well, this did not take long... Already crossed 6000 at GD (6172 as of now, to be precise, but around 40 on the way, haven't hit the account yet), plus another 320 with Dyna and Epik, for grand total of around 6500...

I had 5095 with GD on June 6, less than 3 months ago, and had under 200 elsewhere. So around 1200 added since then, which is roughly the rate I need to get to doubling a year goal.

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I have added 70-80 domains and now have around 600-700 domains in total. I am feeling a bit guilty about it.

I saw your domains today and noticed "assurer". I have decided to go for

Health assurer //com
Auto assurer //com
Pet Assurer // com

I sold Petinsurer.com few years ago and it is established site now.

I am interested to know a few of your recent additions if possible.

Good luck with your acquisition.
 
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your site https://rightbrand.com/ is amazing Congratulation! :xf.smile:

They are not mutually exclusive, you know.

You can build quantity with quality names. Unless by quality you mean luxury level names that end users would have to pay $10k+.
My renewal rate is under $8.5, but yes, still adds up to around $45K.

With an average $2K post commission profit per name, I need around 23 names sold to cover that or around 0.45% sell through. My sell through is typically in 1%-2% range. With the launch of https://rightbrand.com and improvements I am making, I expect to improve both the sell through and profit per name.
 
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I have added 70-80 domains and now have around 600-700 domains in total. I am feeling a bit guilty about it.

I saw your domains today and noticed "assurer". I have decided to go for

Health assurer //com
Auto assurer //com
Pet Assurer // com

I sold Petinsurer.com few years ago and it is established site now.

I am interested to know a few of your recent additions if possible.

Good luck with your acquisition.

Thanks, James.

Generally, while Assurer.com is a prem domain and works great across multiple industries, and Assurer might be fine for many companies to add as the second word in their brand, for investment purposes you want to use much higher use words, like "insurer", simply because there are less available hand reg alternatives and those occur to most people first.

So, if you are going creative, stick with the top used words as the modifier for investment purposes. Otherwise, popular actually used word combo is great too.

Examples of some names I bought in last few days:

Shopska (Bulgarian salad)
Linhaca (flaxseed in Portuguese)
BrightTactics
AllHookah
Copperful
PristineBank
CareToPlan
iMuesli
ClimateComforts
MoneyTakers
IslamicREIT
MasteryGym
CartLoans
LisbonMarketing
LichtStore
Pay4Clicks
YoCosmetics
7Cinema
Gayangos
Occulare
Tomello
MyExpatriate
BrandUtilities
PhotographyMoments
ThePostProduction
FinestFoot
LuxHats
ArtisanPerfumery
HelloVest
ChimneyLife
AroundFoods
SliceStar
BroTechnology
JustAnAngel
Pink'sShop
Ruhlu
Bestolli
NaturalAccessory
EzyCut
Genais
Lymey
 
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Thanks, James.

Generally, while Assurer.com is a prem domain and works great across multiple industries, and Assurer might be fine for many companies to add as the second word in their brand, for investment purposes you want to use much higher use words, like "insurer", simply because there are less available hand reg alternatives and those occur to most people first.

So, if you are going creative, stick with the top used words as the modifier for investment purposes. Otherwise, popular actually used word combo is great too.

Examples of some names I bought in last few days:

Shopska (Bulgarian salad)
Linhaca (flaxseed in Portuguese)
BrightTactics
AllHookah
Copperful
PristineBank
CareToPlan
iMuesli
ClimateComforts
MoneyTakers
IslamicREIT
MasteryGym
CartLoans
LisbonMarketing
LichtStore
Pay4Clicks
YoCosmetics
7Cinema
Gayangos
Occulare
Tomello
MyExpatriate
BrandUtilities
PhotographyMoments
ThePostProduction
FinestFoot
LuxHats
ArtisanPerfumery
HelloVest
ChimneyLife
AroundFoods
SliceStar
BroTechnology
JustAnAngel
Pink'sShop
Ruhlu
Bestolli
NaturalAccessory
EzyCut
Genais
Lymey

Thanks. I like your Brandable domains. I am not as creative like you.

Some of my recent acquisitions are:

DynamicTours //com
UkCarFinance //com
UkProxies //com
UkCarLoans //com
BettingExchanger //com
BettingX //co.uk
BettingEx //co.uk
Ukbettingexchange //com
Ukbettingexchange //co.uk
eCryonics //com
iFreezing //com
iColocation //com
LoanApprover //com
Neurodegenerative //com
AcceptMyLoan //com
AutofinanceInc //com
HomeInsuranceCovers //com
FirstSportsbook //com
Webcurrencies //com
iBioprinting //com
360Insurer.com


And a few more.

Any suggestions welcome.
Thanks
 
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Thanks. I like your Brandable domains. I am not as creative like you.

Some of my recent acquisitions are:

DynamicTours //com
UkCarFinance //com
UkProxies //com
UkCarLoans //com
BettingExchanger //com
BettingX //co.uk
BettingEx //co.uk
Ukbettingexchange //com
Ukbettingexchange //co.uk
eCryonics //com
iFreezing //com
iColocation //com
LoanApprover //com
Neurodegenerative //com
AcceptMyLoan //com
AutofinanceInc //com
HomeInsuranceCovers //com
FirstSportsbook //com
Webcurrencies //com
iBioprinting //com
360Insurer.com


And a few more.

Any suggestions welcome.
Thanks

Are this handregs or closeout? 360insurer is great, love it. Webcurrencies make sense too for crypto, fx... iColocation is good name, not sure how big colo is now.
 
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Are this handregs or closeout? 360insurer is great, love it. Webcurrencies make sense too for crypto, fx... iColocation is good name, not sure how big colo is now.

Some are handregged e.g. iBioprinting , eCryonics and some such as dynamictours , ukproxies are from GD auctions.
 
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Some are handregged e.g. iBioprinting , eCryonics and some such as dynamictours , ukproxies are from GD auctions.

you are very creative. the problem with this business is that creativity has to be anchored in the current reality if you want a chance to sell. For two reasons: a) your potential buyer has to be as creative as you to come up with the same idea and have to have deep pockets b) at that level of creativity there are too many choices.

I am very careful with i- and e- in the beginning, as it is used nowadays much less. Before regging iMuesli I actually checked that it is being used that way. Not sure if you checked with your names. While eCryonics certainly has good potential, using i- or e- in front of 2 worders is a stretch, unless something like iMortgageLoan...
 
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you are very creative. the problem with this business is that creativity has to be anchored in the current reality if you want a chance to sell. For two reasons: a) your potential buyer has to be as creative as you to come up with the same idea and have to have deep pockets b) at that level of creativity there are too many choices.

I am very careful with i- and e- in the beginning, as it is used nowadays much less. Before regging iMuesli I actually checked that it is being used that way. Not sure if you checked with your names. While eCryonics certainly has good potential, using i- or e- in front of 2 worders is a stretch, unless something like iMortgageLoan...

I agreed. I don’t usually go for i or e in front of two word domains. I believe Bioprinting is one word and hence I went for it. I also have Bioprintingbot, bioprintingbots, bioprintingrobots, roboticbioprinting etc. I am hopeful about bioprinting industry. Which keywords do you suggest for branding purposes? I will have to learn from you.
 
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Hello,
What about iQafe and iQake?
Are these a "stretch" or rather somewhat meaningfull 5L?
What's your opinion @Recons.Com and @james2002 ?
Would you call them "brandables"?
 
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I agreed. I don’t usually go for i or e in front of two word domains. I believe Bioprinting is one word and hence I went for it. I also have Bioprintingbot, bioprintingbots, bioprintingrobots, roboticbioprinting etc. I am hopeful about bioprinting industry. Which keywords do you suggest for branding purposes? I will have to learn from you.

Future tech is a hit or a miss thing. I only go for it if large and I understand the area. So if you know it well, it is perfectly fine.

Keywords: my thing is I am not keen on keywords, as it is too limiting for me. Instead, I am like an art connoisseur who roams through collections looking for something that catches the eye.
 
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Hello,
What about iQafe and iQake?
Are these a "stretch" or rather somewhat meaningfull 5L?
What's your opinion @Recons.Com and @james2002 ?
Would you call them "brandables"?

My general rule is 1 change to a word. iQafe is 2 modifications to Cafe. 1. i- prefix 2. C->Q. So when explaining your brand to someone, in case of iCafe you say letter i + Cafe. In case of Qafe you say "Cafe spelled with Q".

Now, that said, iqafe and iqake could have IQ angle, then, it would be one change, addition of -ake, e.g., to IQ ("improving IQ is peace of cake with us") to merge IQ and Cake. Visually, it'd work, but how to pronounce it in one flow would be still problematic.

My verdict is: difficult to say for certain. It is short, certainly. But you'd have to have tens of similar names and hold them for years to know for certain if those kind of names sell. Google search also confirms this with around 10k search results only for each.
 
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Thanks a lot, @Recons.Com !

I am new to domaining and I am trying to build a worthy portfolio for the years to come.
I am learning every day. I will keep theese two :)
BTW I have EazyPie too :)
I've strongly appreciated your opinion!

Best Regards
 
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Hello,
What about iQafe and iQake?
Are these a "stretch" or rather somewhat meaningfull 5L?
What's your opinion @Recons.Com and @james2002 ?
Would you call them "brandables"?

I don’t usually go for words which I don’t know and try to avoid domains with “Q” personally. I will not reg those myself.
 
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I don’t usually go for words which I don’t know and try to avoid domains with “Q” personally. I will not reg those myself.

It's interesting that the letter Q is always followed by the letter U.

The only exceptions that I know of are names like Qatar and our airline QANTAS (acronym for its original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services).
 
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Of my 500, I'd say that 10% are keepers, and by that I mean I'd only consider selling for a very good offer.
 
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He is at 58000 now lol

I decided to sell a bunch of domains that I hand registered on SAV auctions to liquidate
He bough almost all. He is buying left and right

Interesting. By definition, though, lots of names don't fit the category of long term hold

Names like sunny/vale/property/management.co are there just because of $1 promo.
 
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@Recons.Com & @james2002. Personally, the type of domains both of you are registering are borderline at best. I've been dropping similar (or worse) domains all year long. Because of lack of sales. My strategy for last year was exactly the same as @Recons.Com. To grow from 2k to 5k domains.I probably am not as diverse in my acquisitions. The only domains I have ever sold have been aged domains. My strategy for this year is to go back to approx $2k domains by dropping 50% of my portfolio in 2020. This is my experience. My portfolio is still not "balanced". My sales outlets are only 2. My sales website (temporarily down due to an update) and thru Afternic. Almost all of my sales come thru Afternic, Most of my sales listings are still Make Offer. 99% of the make offers are below $10 and from other domainers. Also. My growth in 2019 was registering similar domains (although no "i or e" prefixes).

My warning, if anything, would be to be extremely careful with growing your portfolio rapidly. You are likely to buy many domains that won't sell, or won't sell quickly. You'll need sales or savings to renew these risky investments each year until they are bought or dropped. It's a course of action which should really be approached in a slow and methodical progression. IMHO.

For me. The lack of sales because of Covid-19 has been the major reason for my 100% review of my domains to remove domains similar (or worse) than what you are registering.
 
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@Recons.Com & @james2002. Personally, the type of domains both of you are registering are borderline at best. I've been dropping similar (or worse) domains all year long. Because of lack of sales. My strategy for last year was exactly the same as @Recons.Com. To grow from 2k to 5k domains.I probably am not as diverse in my acquisitions. The only domains I have ever sold have been aged domains. My strategy for this year is to go back to approx $2k domains by dropping 50% of my portfolio in 2020. This is my experience. My portfolio is still not "balanced". My sales outlets are only 2. My sales website (temporarily down due to an update) and thru Afternic. Almost all of my sales come thru Afternic, Most of my sales listings are still Make Offer. 99% of the make offers are below $10 and from other domainers. Also. My growth in 2019 was registering similar domains (although no "i or e" prefixes).

My warning, if anything, would be to be extremely careful with growing your portfolio rapidly. You are likely to buy many domains that won't sell, or won't sell quickly. You'll need sales or savings to renew these risky investments each year until they are bought or dropped. It's a course of action which should really be approached in a slow and methodical progression. IMHO.

For me. The lack of sales because of Covid-19 has been the major reason for my 100% review of my domains to remove domains similar (or worse) than what you are registering.

No two names are the same. When you say similar, they might seem similar to you, but not be similar for others.

Why don't you share the examples of similar names? The names I buy are the types that work fine for me.

I don't think there is a considerable risk of "buying many domains that won't sell". Remember, I have been doubling every year. So, I confirm that the strategy works at X, then do the same at 2x, then at 4x etc.

There is no reason for the formula to work at 4x and not at 8x.

Also, your problem might be not the names you choose but your "make offer" strategy. I set BIN for all names.
 
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OK. I agree with you that we have different names with different strategies. I wasn't trying to pick an argument with you. I'm just saying what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for everybody.
 
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I have around 200 domain names. Not many, but some are my gems.
5000 is huge.
 
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How you guys are managing this much big portfolio, I mean how you do pricing for it on different marketplace, or most of you have your own landing page or website to sell directly? I am just curious to know setting up price for each domain on different marketplace is easy or hard, what about the BIN price,
by the way I have only 10-12 domains and all are hand reg, but i think i should stop now, so now I am reading more on namepros now
and thank you members for sharing your knowledge and experiences
 
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