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Full-time Domainer or just a Hobby/Part-time?

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Are you domaining full-time or part-time?

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Bram C.

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I was reading an interesting NP thread earlier today that has a poll on how much profit domainers are making on average /month ( https://www.namepros.com/threads/how-much-do-you-earn-from-domaining-per-month.958903/ ) . There are already some interesting results such as "Around 52% of all domainers who voted make less than $100 a month." and " Around 10% of all domainers who voted make more than $5K /month".

I figured it would be a nice idea to also have a poll on how many domainers are doing this full-time compared to doing it as a hobby/part-time to have a better understanding of the previous poll and to be able to compare the results.
 
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I'm just starting few months before, and I'm a full time, No returns till now, But I like it very much to be here and doing domaining and I think I'll make it in the near future. I hope I can soon after I get my first domain sale, I can join DNAcademy with Michel Cyger and Skype Group, I like very much his DomainSherpa resources of aricles and videos, It's amazing one.
 
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For now just part time! Hoping to grow more into it
 
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"Full-time" - but doing this part-time.

Once you have a system/model in place, there is no need to work full-time hours.
 
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Hobby for me.

Where I live, to live in dignity, you need at least 2500 euro ($3k) per month.

Quite impossible to make that money in a month, every single month, with domaining.
 
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"Full-time" - but doing this part-time.

Once you have a system/model in place, there is no need to work full-time hours.
I'm all for systems ;) still fine-tuning mine though
 
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Hobby for me.

Where I live, to live in dignity, you need at least 2500 euro ($3k) per month.

Quite impossible to make that money in a month, every single month, with domaining.

I may not have the most experience with this but I want to believe it IS possible with the right system in place.
 
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Sleepy eyed - part time domainer :wideyed:
 
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Part time only, cannot invest more in new domains, because of casteism, sexual exploitation, corruption, nepotism in the indian internet sector
 
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Full time for 9 years now... The market has changed a lot since I started out and it keeps changing.
 
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What is your system for being a successful domainer?

"Full-time" - but doing this part-time.

Once you have a system/model in place, there is no need to work full-time hours.
 
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This seem to be running about 3 to 1 in favor of Part Time, which sounds about right.
Any more input?

Peace,
Kenny
 
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Ain't full time until i can make a living from it.
But i do work full time hours on it.
 
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Into domaining solely for fun reasons. I like and explore all technicalities around it, made myself a script to monitor domains and parse whois data and manage all domains at different registrars with a single script. Also did a lot of analysis on drop processes of all major tlds, though it's impossible to compete against professional dropcatching services with direct registry access.
 
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is there such a thing as part of my part time life? If so that describes me quite well ......

Good thing to come out of this after nearly 12 months is I bought a name which will be turned into a full time business next year so the money I have lost this year has not only been very manageable it has been offset with a very lucrative business plan/idea.

This industry really helps me learn about so many different sectors and trends and has thrown up other areas of business that I will be pursuing over the next few years that I would not of considered so it has been well worth the ride so far

Bring on 2019!!! :xf.smile:
 
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2003 ran a web hosting company along with a few other websites. Got an offer for 1k on a $8 domain sold it and that sale made me go full throttle in acquisition mode as I'm like $992 profit for no work sign me up. So back then I would say full time work which included web hosting, various websites, domaining etc... so a diversified income stream with full time work. Full time work was due to excitement of let's try this, let's try that etc... excitement I suppose of being something new, some winners and some losers.

Over the last 15 years some sites still exist, some I've gotten rid of and some new ones have appeared. So same strategy as back then today=diversification just work load has shifted from full time work into part time work as over 15 years ya waste $/learn/adjust a few things. I've never done outbound and I don't sell any domains under 4-5 figures so not much work has really ever been involved on the domain end. All my domains are on sales pages and in the process of working on my websites I just respond to domain offers at the end of the day. I shoot my price/negotiate and if it sells it sells if not the recurring revenue stream I've created over 15 years really makes me not care as I don't really need the money and holding costs are only $8 year so I've held for the 1k, 6.5k, 7.5k, 16k etc... sales off of $8 purchases. Domain value is determined by the quality of the domain and having the "right" buyer on the line. Patience is needed for maximum return value. Not needing the income helps with that. I've rarely parked domains even when it paid better as my focus was always sales first and I've always had enough of my own developed websites where I'd rather link my own websites from my sales pages than sell that traffic off to google. I like to keep things in house or full circle continuing to increase the recurring revenue each year.

Diversification is key to online strategy, investments etc... One sector could drop cold and it wouldn't even phase me as other sectors continue on. Domaining should be a piece of the internet pie not the whole pie.
 
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Have been buying/selling domain names "full-time" for the past 11 years; but only spend a few hours/day investing and/or replying to offers >> it's a part-time "passive" business model that reaps (more than) a full-time wage.
 
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2003 ran a web hosting company along with a few other websites. Got an offer for 1k on a $8 domain sold it and that sale made me go full throttle in acquisition mode as I'm like $992 profit for no work sign me up. So back then I would say full time work which included web hosting, various websites, domaining etc... so a diversified income stream with full time work. Full time work was due to excitement of let's try this, let's try that etc... excitement I suppose of being something new, some winners and some losers.

Over the last 15 years some sites still exist, some I've gotten rid of and some new ones have appeared. So same strategy as back then today=diversification just work load has shifted from full time work into part time work as over 15 years ya waste $/learn/adjust a few things. I've never done outbound and I don't sell any domains under 4-5 figures so not much work has really ever been involved on the domain end. All my domains are on sales pages and in the process of working on my websites I just respond to domain offers at the end of the day. I shoot my price/negotiate and if it sells it sells if not the recurring revenue stream I've created over 15 years really makes me not care as I don't really need the money and holding costs are only $8 year so I've held for the 1k, 6.5k, 7.5k, 16k etc... sales off of $8 purchases. Domain value is determined by the quality of the domain and having the "right" buyer on the line. Patience is needed for maximum return value. Not needing the income helps with that. I've rarely parked domains even when it paid better as my focus was always sales first and I've always had enough of my own developed websites where I'd rather link my own websites from my sales pages than sell that traffic off to google. I like to keep things in house or full circle continuing to increase the recurring revenue each year.

Diversification is key to online strategy, investments etc... One sector could drop cold and it wouldn't even phase me as other sectors continue on. Domaining should be a piece of the internet pie not the whole pie.
Thanks for the detailed post, SD.
Your insight will be very helpful to new and not so new domainers alike.

Peace,
Kenny
 
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How can one be a full-time domainer?
It's not that much work, it's a termoprary work and than just waiting for sales.
It has to be something on the side
 
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