poll How many domain names do you own?

Magicpig2 said:

Just over 500, 95% hand registered.

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And I must add some of the top tech names

4 in fact I think they are very low quality that's why I did not sell none yet.. Well just started on domaining in January so it's not so bad isn't it?

over 350

603 as of yesterday. I hover around 500 between sales, drops, acquisitions.

2100+

AbdulBasit.com said:

Little over 1350.
Sell around 1% p/year and plan to increase that up to 3%.

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So my previous response is now more than 2 years old. So currently I'm having 3,300 domains and sell ratio is 2-2.5% and getting close towards 3% which I think will achieve by the end of 2020.

Recons.Com said:

Down to 1400+ from around 3500 a year ago.

Let most of LLLL.orgs go after the price increase of around 50% from GD... It was numbers game that made sense till then...

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I'll update mine too. I pruned even more first to maybe around 1200 and then ramped up within last year and half to about 3700 domains currently. I haven't really checked the sales against the ramp up to have exact sell through, but I'd estimate at 1.5%-2%. With the launch of my marketplace, I expect 2-3%. As for quantity, I plan to get to 10K within 2 years and then add 5K-10K names every year.

Recons.Com said:

I'll update mine too. I pruned even more first to maybe around 1200 and then ramped up within last year and half to about 3700 domains currently. I haven't really checked the sales against the ramp up to have exact sell through, but I'd estimate at 1.5%-2%. With the launch of my marketplace, I expect 2-3%. As for quantity, I plan to get to 10K within 2 years and then add 5K-10K names every year.

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Are you adding any money into domain investing from other businesses as well or solely from domain income?

AbdulBasit.com said:

Are you adding any money into domain investing from other businesses as well or solely from domain income?

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Reinvesting part of domain income. How about you?

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Recons.Com said:

Reinvesting part of domain income. How about you?

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So most part of money invested into domains is from different businesses income which makes sense since you're targeting to add domains quite aggressively in coming time.

At my end, it's 100% domain income invested back into domains so I cannot be buying at the same pace like yours.

AbdulBasit.com said:

So most part of money invested into domains is from different businesses income which makes sense since you're targeting to add domains quite aggressively in coming time.

At my end, it's 100% domain income invested back into domains so I cannot be buying at the same pace like yours.

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I was probably not clear. I am reinvesting earnings from domains, not other sources.

But probably you select names more expensive to acquire? I currently buy either llll.com for xxx to xxxx or brandable names for very low xx$. With the latter category, adding 1000 names costs around $20k.

Adding 100 llll.com costs as much as adding 1500-2000 brandable names.

Recons.Com said:

I was probably not clear. I am reinvesting earnings from domains, not other sources.

But probably you select names more expensive to acquire? I currently buy either llll.com for xxx to xxxx or brandable names for very low xx$. With the latter category, adding 1000 names costs around $20k.

Adding 100 llll.com costs as much as adding 1500-2000 brandable names.

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For good, descent names picked at low xx$, what's the efficient sales price?
Efficient: if one wishes to sell and acquire more.
1500, 2000, or 5000?

@Recons.Com from your experience

Windoms said:

For good, descent names picked at low xx$, what's the efficient sales price?
Efficient: if one wishes to sell and acquire more.
1500, 2000, or 5000?

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Each name is different. But normally I price them at 1800 to 5000, most at 2500.

Recons.Com said:

I was probably not clear. I am reinvesting earnings from domains, not other sources.

But probably you select names more expensive to acquire? I currently buy either llll.com for xxx to xxxx or brandable names for very low xx$. With the latter category, adding 1000 names costs around $20k.

Adding 100 llll.com costs as much as adding 1500-2000 brandable names.

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Wow! That's really impressive to see you're investing all money into domains from domain income only considering the results you've achieved so far

Earlier I used to buy lot of expensive domains but now I'm focusing more on average domains in 3 figures and mostly 2 word brandable domains so I can sell them for low-mid 4 figures which is the sweet spot for endusers to buy the domain.

AbdulBasit.com said:

Wow! That's really impressive to see you're investing all money into domains from domain income only considering the results you've achieved so far

Earlier I used to buy lot of expensive domains but some time I'm focusing more on average domains in 3 figures and mostly 2 word brandable domains so I can sell them for low-mid 4 figures which is the sweet spot for endusers to buy the domain.

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Thank you! I'd say about 50% of my domain income goes towards renewals and new acquisitions. I rarely buy brandables for $xxx, as I don't want to get into bidding wars with HD and others for the names that still won't sell above low to mid xxxx. $20 to $2500 even with a bit lower sell through is better than $200 to 5000.

Yes, it takes time to look through the lists to buy 5-20 names a day. But it also takes time to be in auctions and you have to be there stuck at certain hours.

The only auctions I still regularly participate is for LLLLs and added over 100 during the past year. Few brandables I bought for xxx lately are LaCherie, Briefa, Raily (sold) etc. Those would be the ones I can see an own use for pretty much.

Examples of the names I buy at closeouts are LetsGoRentals, ClayExpressions, Turanos, BJCustom, LifeRugs, ScienceBuy, InfluxFinancial, Keramio, Draska, TimelessHotel, Restaurantex, AutoRepairCare, Riville, Brackner, VestPartners, Fabna, SongMarketing, Trisla, H2OFactory, WeaponVault, QualityTreasures, Frangelli, Viazu, Lovesque, ModelReels, RightAthletics, Techtian, Steys, Nutscoop, BackyardHouse, RepairPages, Portahut, PalmaBella, Sharoco, WestPortraits, VermontHills, DyeWork, USAQuantum, SecretLog, LeftRightGaming, StraightRecords, Costean, PointPsychology, ForteMart, GloriousCraft, InstaTray, CareerAward, BallTutor, CaspianTrade, BrilliantWines, LifeProspects... These are just part of what I bought in last 2 weeks...

Recons.Com said:

Thank you! I'd say about 50% of my domain income goes towards renewals and new acquisitions. I rarely buy brandables for $xxx, as I don't want to get into bidding wars with HD and others for the names that still won't sell above low to mid xxxx. $20 to $2500 even with a bit lower sell through is better than $200 to 5000.

Yes, it takes time to look through the lists to buy 5-20 names a day. But it also takes time to be in auctions and you have to be there stuck at certain hours.

The only auctions I still regularly participate is for LLLLs and added over 100 during the past year. Few brandables I bought for xxx lately are LaCherie, Briefa, Raily (sold) etc. Those would be the ones I can see an own use for pretty much.

Examples of the names I buy at closeouts are LetsGoRentals, ClayExpressions, Turanos, BJCustom, LifeRugs, ScienceBuy, InfluxFinancial, Keramio, Draska, TimelessHotel, Restaurantex, AutoRepairCare, Riville, Brackner, VestPartners, Fabna, SongMarketing, Trisla, H2OFactory, WeaponVault, QualityTreasures, Frangelli, Viazu, Lovesque, ModelReels, RightAthletics, Techtian, Steys, Nutscoop, BackyardHouse, RepairPages, Portahut, PalmaBella, Sharoco, WestPortraits, VermontHills, DyeWork, USAQuantum, SecretLog, LeftRightGaming, StraightRecords, Costean, PointPsychology, ForteMart, GloriousCraft, InstaTray, CareerAward, BallTutor, CaspianTrade, BrilliantWines, LifeProspects... These are just part of what I bought in last 2 weeks...

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Very interesting to see how much % you invest back into buying and renewing domains. Also it looks like you focus these days (if not from long time) more on closeouts which is making your inventory going up pretty quickly.

Thank you for sharing the type of domains you've recently acquired. Some nice domains there

By the way, do you do outbound at all?