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advice Before you quit, try once more!

Looking back into my journey in the domaining world, I realize that there is so much that I have learned along the way. One of the most important of those things is to NOT GIVE UP!! And that really changed my life in a very positive way. Here is a call to everyone who is starting out now or who...
- Points: 86
- Post #1
- Oct 31, 2017
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
discuss Sold my first domain after the comeback!!

Hello guys.. I came back into domaining to start again with hand registrations...with a total investment of $100. I started with researching and bought 4 domain names. It was a City+Niche domain name. I invested a total of around $32 for 4 domain names(since you get the first domain name...
- Points: 70
- Post #1
- Jul 18, 2017
- Section: Domain Selling and Domain Sales
discuss My mistakes in domaining by blowing over $30,000...

Looking backwards into my domaining journey, I realized that there were mistakes that I made. Here are some of them: 1) I always knew the potential of hand registrations. However, I failed to classify my investments into short term liquidity investments, medium term investments and long term...
- Points: 60
- Post #1
- Oct 5, 2017
- Section: General Domain Discussion
38 names to a single buyer

If you have been into the industry for some time, you may have sold multiple domain names to the same buyer. While that goes on to show that maintaining your end of the bargain and proper communication and network with the buyer is a must, one of the important lessons I learnt was being...
- Points: 49
- Post #1
- Jul 6, 2018
- Section: Domain Selling and Domain Sales
discuss Got greedy, egoistic and lost a deal

I hand registered a domain name recently which was one of the initial few .co domain registration just as an experiment to see if they work for me. I saw that there were some companies on the same domain name in the country code extensions and I was pretty sure that I struck upon a decent name...
- Points: 44
- Post #1
- Apr 8, 2018
- Section: General Domain Discussion
new gTLD Facebook bought the domain Work.Place for $50,000+

The domain name Work.Place was sold and the buyer is Facebook that launched today its enterprise-focused messaging and social networking service to market under the name Workplace. The seller Edward Alfert (@ealfert) has not revealed the sales price but since I had a very small part in the deal...
- Points: 34
- Post #1
- Oct 11, 2016
- Section: Domain Buying and Domain Purchases
services Best domain name generator resources for hand registrations

If you are into hand registrations and need to do your daily research and being creative and opportunist at the same time, there are certain resources that may come handy for you! I personally believe in the potential of hand registrations and mostly inclined to go for these only, because the...
- Points: 33
- Post #1
- Mar 13, 2018
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
discuss CryptoGame.com sells for $85,000. Do we need more proof?

We just saw the sale of CryptoGame.com at $85,000. The sale was published on DNJournal. Having personally known the seller, I know how tough the negotiation was. It would be difficult for a normal person to reach that kind of sale. Why? Because reaching to that level of sale would require you...
- Points: 31
- Post #1
- Mar 15, 2018
- Section: Niche Domain Discussion
discuss When doing outbound, here are some things to follow...

Hello friends.. Based on my previous experiences, the current experience and some articles that I read over the years, here is something that I happened to learn and follow... 1) It is usually better to email a prospective buyer on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday. Why people avoid pitching a...
- Points: 29
- Post #1
- Jul 18, 2017
- Section: General Domain Discussion
discuss Saying this again..lots of money in hand regs!

While everyone has their way to make money in domaining, there is a lot of money to be made in hand registrations and the reason that I am stressing on it is because newbies can get a head start by investing in hand registrations. I have recently made 5 sales out of a total of 18 hand...
- Points: 29
- Post #1
- Nov 9, 2016
- Section: General Domain Discussion
domains Dubai and domain names

Dubai is the business hub of the middle east and is known for its luxury lifestyle, ultramodern architecture and nightlife. Being in the domain industry, you just can't ignore the urls even if they are mentioned on buildings. Here are some of the my observations about domain names used in this...
- Points: 28
- Post #1
- Jun 20, 2016
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
Back after a while.. Starting from scratch...Again!

Back into domaining after about a year's break. I was into domaining for more than 3 years, made a good amount of money and took a break from the business for about a year. I am starting afresh. Having forgot about my portfolio during this time, I realized that I lost some 100 domain names to...
- Points: 26
- Post #1
- Jul 5, 2017
- Section: General Domain Discussion
discuss An ideal outbound email

I was recently taking a course on Product Management and there came a topic in user research where we need inputs from users and send them an email to discuss the possibility of an interview with our user. Here are 3 things that I believe can be applied to domaining too: 1) Be short The entire...
- Points: 24
- Post #1
- Jan 9, 2020
- Section: Domain Selling and Domain Sales
discuss Sold my first domain after the comeback!!

Here are the answers: 1) I did not follow up on this one since I got the reply in the first email itself. However it is to be kept in mind that the email was sent at around 1 pm US time, which may be considered a good time and probable that the buyer can make buying decisions at this time...
- Points: 23
- Post #13
- Jul 18, 2017
- Section: Domain Selling and Domain Sales
discuss Big Indian startup and their brand names

Here is a list of some of the big Indian startup and their brand name: 1) Flipkart.com - (e-commerce: Amazon India competitor) Recently acquired by Walmart at $20 billion valuation. 2) Zomato.com - One of the biggest food review and delivery startup in India, expanding abroad. 3)...
- Points: 22
- Post #1
- Jan 23, 2019
- Section: General Domain Discussion
discuss Don't be lazy! Get your domain exposed! It's BUSINESS not HOBBY!

Hello guys.. I have been scrolling through appraisals for the past few weeks and appraising a number of domain names. A common problem I see there is that many of the domain name investors are not exposing their domain names to proper buyers. Now how do you do that and what is the need? NEED...
- Points: 22
- Post #1
- Mar 20, 2018
- Section: General Domain Discussion
discuss Outbound is important! Yes it is..

Having a large portfolio of great domain names is excellent. However, I believe that reaching out to the right end users is also necessary instead of waiting for them to come to you which may or may not happen. While it is always a plus to let the other party approach, there would be times when...
- Points: 20
- Post #1
- Oct 14, 2016
- Section: General Domain Discussion
discuss What's your outbound story?

Share your outbound experiences here. One of mine goes like this: I emailed a possible buyer about a gaming industry domain name. No response for a week. I followed up. The buyer responded with "I don't need the domain but I hope you sell." The next day, I wake up to an email from him if I...
- Points: 19
- Post #1
- Mar 1, 2019
- Section: Domain Selling and Domain Sales
legal Rick Schwartz loses DomainKing.biz UDRP

Rick Schwartz has lost a UDRP he filed against the owner of DomainKing.biz. Schwartz, who is known as the “Domain King” in domainer circles, filed the UDRP against a registrar operating as DomainKing in India, Nigeria, South Africa, Philippines and Kenya. Hannu Internet Corp claims to have...
- Points: 19
- Post #1
- Jun 17, 2016
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
discuss How would start off again with $100 today?

Anybody who has made it in the industry or is somewhere where they wanted to be, I have this small question. If it were today to start off again in domaining from scratch and a $100 and all the info that you have today, how would you start off? As for me, I'd go ahead, do thorough research...
- Points: 17
- Post #1
- Mar 30, 2018
- Section: General Domain Discussion