opinion What is the worst recommendation you hear in the world of Domain Name Investing?

kartikahuja · Jul 23, 2021

The one people shared in my initial days was - just get anything that looks good on GoDaddy / EstiBot Appraisal. It will definitely sell.

Later, I realised many things that were responsible for an Appraisal such as past data, keywords, what is the value in the end-users mind. I also had an experience where Appraisal showed the value less than $100 was sold for more than $1500 to the end-user.

What was that one worst recommendation you have heard people sharing?

redemo · Jul 23, 2021

jhm said:
In theory, its possible. If you're experienced, with your own market

However, the most money is fetched with a ".com". If you aren't experienced ...stick to what's best. Don't give yourself a headache

What is the first indicator to google or a customer of a website's relevance to a geographic region? Domain name extension. Which is why co.uk is the best extension to register for a U.K. business imo. Which is why I take scant notice of .com other than for brand protection.

bmugford · Jul 24, 2021

redemo said:
Can you become a successful domainer without ever registering a .com iyo?

Anything is possible, just not likely.

The more money in something, and the larger pool of buyers = the higher odds of making sales.

Can (1) person make consistent sales with an extension like .XYZ? It seems like it.
That is more of an exception to the rule.

I sell net/org/us and other extensions, but .COM is where the real money and demand is.

It is rare people have success in other extensions without starting with .COM.

Brad

dncafe · Jul 24, 2021

Selling here on NamePros. This site is a bunch of domainers looking for wholesale prices. The real money is selling direct to the end user.

To me, this site is for entertainment purposes only.

TCK · Jul 24, 2021

dncafe said:
Selling here on NamePros. This site is a bunch of domainers looking for wholesale prices. The real money is selling direct to the end user.

To me, this site is for entertainment purposes only.

NP is a vehicle for domainers to interact. It is only as good as the members who participate and how they do so. It is a challenge to moderate such a large forum. So I sympathize. It is not perfect but I think the mods are doing a good job. Any domainer anywhere is going to look for wholesale price. Why would you expect anything else? You are stating the obvious fact, real money is to sell to the end user.

Pierre Barnard · Jul 24, 2021

redemo said:
Can you become a successful domainer without ever registering a .com iyo?

Of course you can.

huwenbin · Jul 24, 2021

.com is King

marijuanadomain · Jul 24, 2021

Don't listen to someone who called themselves to be a domain expert/Pro or a domain Investor.

karamakate · Jul 24, 2021

“Focus on one niche!”

Robin A. · Jul 25, 2021

You're too late to make money in this market. You should have started buying domains in the 90s.

redemo · Jul 25, 2021

TCK said:
You are stating the obvious fact, real money is to sell to the end user.

comRaid · Jul 26, 2021

marijuanadomain said:
Don't listen to someone who called themselves to be a domain expert/Pro or a domain Investor.

Are you making this statement or are you considering this statement as "the worst recommendation" ?

frank-germany · Jul 27, 2021

dncafe said:
Selling here on NamePros. This site is a bunch of domainers looking for wholesale prices. The real money is selling direct to the end user.

To me, this site is for entertainment purposes only.

the times of entertainment have passed...

to the OP

great question.
thank you

twiki · Jul 27, 2021

All good .COMs are taken.

Also, COM is dying and will be dead in a few years.

Get something else.

redemo · Jul 27, 2021

twiki said:
All good .COMs are taken.

Are you sure about that? There seems to be quite a lot of reported hand registered sales on this forum.

twiki said:
Also, COM is dying and will be dead in a few years.

Eventually yes but why 2 years? Or are you being figurative meaning within 10 years? If so - agree.

twiki said:
Get something else.

Agree. Local c.c.T.L.D. makes sense and therefore cents.

redemo · Jul 27, 2021

Robin A. said:
You're too late to make money in this market. You should have started buying domains in the 90s.

There's a part of each and every day that I fantasize about having being an early 9teez .com adopter and registering 50 single English word .com names and therefore being ridiculously rich beyond common sense.

frank-germany · Jul 27, 2021

guys :
those are examples of really bad advice

and not advice

redemo · Jul 28, 2021

frank-germany said:
guys :
those are examples of really bad advice

and not advice

Not quite mate. Good advice and bad advice is still essentially advice.

NameFu · Jul 29, 2021

VadimK Iberica said:
I agree, that dude is completely stoned. He claims that if you hand register the domain - it's not an investment, yet, if you drop this same domain year later and someone picks it up - then yes, then that guy is investing, indeed... And if you don't drop it, hold on to it and sell - well, you were just lucky. A logic more perverted than the 72 genders claim...

Speaking generally I found any advice against hand registering pretty bad. Nowadays my hand regs are about 25% of total, but when I started, it was 100% for a few good months. Still hold many of them and even the ones that I dropped taught me a lot. These were extremely valuable lessons that I learned scrolling through thousands and thousands names, writing, thinking, analyzing...

He said it merely to get attention and it worked... Pathetic click bait gimmicky nonsense.

NameFu · Jul 29, 2021

"Never price your domains"

"Hand Regging is not domain investing"

"If a domain isn't getting whois lookups its probably trash"

"If a domain is getting bids it must have valuable"

"Outbound is spam"

"Your domain is only worth what someone is wiling to pay for it"

"Never hand register"

"Only domain in fields you have experience in"

"You should always report your sales if there is no NDA"

"If you aren't willing to tell which domain you sold you must be lying"

NameFu · Jul 29, 2021

Lazy, tired keyword worship:

"I think the most valuable domains in _____ are:

1. ______P*rn.com
2. ______P*rno.com
3. ______S*x.com
4. ______Casino.com
5. ______Poker.com
6. ______Slots.com"

Jason Baudendistel · Jul 29, 2021

I basically use this site to chat about domains and keep learning. I've sold a domain here and bought one but this isn't the best place to move inventory.

Reyginus · Jul 31, 2021

Domaining is 95% Prayers and Grace.

johnn · Jul 31, 2021

Listen to your wife for advice.

VadimK · Jul 31, 2021

johnn said:
Listen to your wife for advice.

You mean, to your wife, right?

Alop · Jul 31, 2021

kartikahuja said:
What was that one worst recommendation you have heard people sharing?

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