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Many domaining newbies seems to believe that domaining is, more or less, only about luck. If they don’t sell a single name in a year, they’ll think it’s simply because of bad luck.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Being a domainer is similar to being an art dealer. This is why:

- The most successful art dealers are selling oil paintings by Picasso, Rembrandt and van Gogh, as they have invested in at premium art auctions. They don’t care much about their aunt’s watercolor paintings.

- The most successful domainers are selling great one-word and short numeric .com names that they have invested in at premium domain auctions. They don’t care much about hand registered random names.

- A good art dealer, who can not afford a Picasso, will sit tirelessly and search the world for good or even great art, which might result in a decent or good profit.

- A good domainer, who can not afford great one-word .com names, will sit tirelessly and search the world for good or even great domains, which might result in a decent or good profit.

Domaining is an art. Don’t be a lazy or bad artist.
 
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All of my names are hand regs. lol have a few names I want to buy when I have enough money.
 
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yeah... its not so cheap to invest in a picasso though lol
 
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Artists are known to be not so good at business, but great at their craft. Domainers are often no different.....hmmm
 
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Artists are known to be not so good at business, but great at their craft. Domainers are often no different.....hmmm

I were referring to art dealers and gallerists, not artists. ;)

Ps. Vincent van Gogh sold 1 (one) painting during his lifetime.
 
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For the life of me I can’t comprehend how some paintings sell for 100 or 250 million dollars, I guess that's how the general public thinks about domain names that are priced too high.

In my opinion there are two types of domainers, those who aggressively look for end users and then those who are passive about domain sales and don't feel comfortable making cold calls. Although the aggressive domainers will have more sales to show for their effort, but sometimes the passive domainers make the larger sales since their passive and less eager attitude can give them the upper hand in the negotiations.

By the way if they had domaining 400 years ago a lot of the famous painters would have been registering domain names instead of painting. :)

IMO
 
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Just one difference:
The bad art dealer doesn't have to pay renewals each year.
 
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Domaining is an art. Don’t be a lazy or bad artist.
Let me be a bad artist does it do something with my domaining.

Do I start losing all of the sales, do you think being a "lazy bad artist" will cause my domaining?

There is still "Gold" out there in hand reg but we have to wait till the end-user see it.

The most successful domainers are selling great one-word and short numeric .com names that they have invested in at premium domain auctions. They don’t care much about hand registered random names.

A person who bought 123.com for $3 million 6 years back from aftermarket and then he sold that name for $3.5 million after 6 years is a "successful domainer"?

OR

A person who registered Cannabinoid.pro for $1 & sold it for $2700 within 8 months should be called " bad domainer" because he hand reg that domain?

You above post not make sense of me, I have advice for newbie as someone thought me in my early domaining.

Don't invest a penny in aftermarket names unless you learn what sell or not sell.

Play with hand reg a year & half but don't over-invest. The golden rule is learn quickly from your mistake, always have a backup plan, just don't leave your jobs as its a golden alternative to recover from every penny lost in domaining.

I have many more to tell but I am "lazy bad domainer" so let me stop here. But you can PM always
 
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Except if you actually deal in art and getting more for one of your paintings than the domain art dot com.
 
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Art dealing is a great metaphor and one I use too. So yes, acquiring a Picasso can be compared to acquiring a fine one word dotcom.

There is also another significant art dealer activity. They identify talented young living artists who seem to have a promising future, promote them and become their dealer or agent. Invest in their future.

This future focus can also be compared to another side of domaining. It’s like acquiring new categories in traditional extensions (like blockchain or robotics) or new gTLDs (like vacation.rentals which sold for $500,300).

Another metaphor I like is antique dealing. As with art dealing (and domaining) you need to put in the the hours to be successful. So an antique dealer might visit dozens of garage sales, and buy a $5,000 figurine for only $50 because he or she has done their research. Nobody else noticed its value.

This can be compared to a domain investor working the drops or the auctions - you similarly find a jewel amongst the junk that few others can see. But it takes years to become a good valuation expert.

Anticipating the future is vital. Many exact match domains these days are being sold at a loss. Paintings, antiques and domains can all go in or out of style to a limited extent.
 
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in domaining everything is based on luck......
no luck , no sales....

 
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what a load of crap......if you think this you are in the wrong game
ok.. tell me what do you think about these domain names
hit-n-run.com
laohe5.com
movie8k.me
certified-toolbar.com
 
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not good names.....this is the wrong place to list - use the appraisal section in future.

Read through the forum, especially the beginners section before registering anymore ......

It’s actually sold names, but a few crappy sold names shows nothing. I’ve sold bad names myself. But many many many more decent or good names.
 
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not good names.....this is the wrong place to list - use the appraisal section in future.

Read through the forum, especially the beginners section before registering anymore ......
these all names are sold in $300-$4000
 
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And look @ Namebio previous 100 domain sales
 
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in domaining everything is based on luck......
no luck , no sales....

So you are saying that people making a (real) living from just domaining are (mostly) lucky? I find this funny.
 
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Learn the game and rest depends on how you play it.Luck is part of the game but not greater than game itself.
 
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So you are saying that people making a (real) living from just domaining are (mostly) lucky? I find this funny.
70 % Luck
30% Research , analysis , etc..
out of 100
 
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