One of the most interesting thing about domaining is, you makeup a domain name in your mind and you believe it will sell for more than listed price or reg price and you hold on to it like a baby.
3 gains here -
1. You practice creative thinking
2. You believe yourself
3. You are ready to loose, is part of your plan. But you still play it. That's fun.
Slowly you start to belive in good names only because you become commercially creative in the process.
1)
I know you didn't necessarily mean "creative" in the "odd or bizzare" sense, but as this is a newcomers help thread I want to point out what "creative" does not mean:
"Creative thinking" still requires the domain name to be desirable to someone for some reason. From what I have seen the majority of bad buys from newcomers are because they got creative and made up some wacky/weird/awful domain name that no-one wants. Sure it was massively creative etc, but that alone does not make it sell-able.
Hand regs, creative domains, hac.ks, all have potential to sell, even if they're not
fantastic, but they always must be desirable to some niche or industry. Otherwise, quite simply, who will buy it? Someone who thinks it's creative? No, it has to have use to someone for them to buy it.
Also, creative domains can often be SEO and marketing nightmare, failing radio test and people not knowing what to type or search for to find you. So be careful with creativity, just stick to tried and tested domains at first and then you'll know what sort of "odd" or "creative" domains will sell.
2)
Yes, believe in yourself, but equally do not have
false hope or be blind to seeing your domain sucks
3)
I think you meant "accept it
if you lose", but as you stated "be ready to lose
it's part of your plan" I want to point out:
No, losing is not part of the plan, as then you are giving up from the start! Instead, accept a loss if you made a mistake, and most certainly learn from that mistake to not make it again. Move on from the loss, absolutely, but do not plan nor set out to lose from the start. The key from the start is positive and sensible thinking towards buying a good domain that people will want