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    information Rookie Mistake: Reading Expiry Lists at Breakfast

    Each day, there are domain names in these lists that are made up of terms or words that, to put mildly, are inappropriate for kids to read. Some of these domain names make me think, “who the heck would ever even think about registering that domain name!?” Some of the domain names I see crack me...
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    information Rookie Mistake: Reading Expiry Lists at Breakfast

    Each day, there are domain names in these lists that are made up of terms or words that, to put mildly, are inappropriate for kids to read. Some of these domain names make me think, “who the heck would ever even think about registering that domain name!?” Some of the domain names I see crack me...
  3. Bob Hawkes

    advice Domain Name Investment: Dos and Don’ts

    In response to a NamePros Blog article a few week’s ago, Arslan Nawaz asked that I write an article on Domain Investing Dos and Don’ts. The following is an amalgamation of my own ideas along with views expressed by many other people over a number of years. Near the end is a list of articles...
  4. Bob Hawkes

    advice Domain Name Investment: Dos and Don’ts

    In response to a NamePros Blog article a few week’s ago, Arslan Nawaz asked that I write an article on Domain Investing Dos and Don’ts. The following is an amalgamation of my own ideas along with views expressed by many other people over a number of years. Near the end is a list of articles...
  5. Bob Hawkes

    advice Six Years of Domain Name Mistakes

    NamePros is full of tales of mistakes made and mistakes to avoid. Personally, I have made my share of mistakes. This post is about the mistakes I made during the last six years. While I won’t cite specific cases, the article is also informed by mistakes that I have read on NamePros. More Than...
  6. Bob Hawkes

    advice Six Years of Domain Name Mistakes

    NamePros is full of tales of mistakes made and mistakes to avoid. Personally, I have made my share of mistakes. This post is about the mistakes I made during the last six years. While I won’t cite specific cases, the article is also informed by mistakes that I have read on NamePros. More Than...
  7. Bob Hawkes

    reviews Review and Interview: Accidental Domain Investor by Elie Eweka

    There are various domain name books. Some concentrate on branding and company naming, others on the nuts and bolts of domaining as a career. Some books are mainly hype, unrealistically portraying the selling of domain names. This week, the book Accidental Domain Investor was published by...
  8. Bob Hawkes

    reviews Review and Interview: Accidental Domain Investor by Elie Eweka

    There are various domain name books. Some concentrate on branding and company naming, others on the nuts and bolts of domaining as a career. Some books are mainly hype, unrealistically portraying the selling of domain names. This week, the book Accidental Domain Investor was published by...
  9. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Regrets? Here Are A Few

    One of the more popular songs of all time is My Way. The English lyrics, adapted by Paul Anka from the French original, into a version specifically for Frank Sinatra, include “Regrets I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to mention.” That got me to thinking about regrets and domain name...
  10. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Regrets? Here Are A Few

    One of the more popular songs of all time is My Way. The English lyrics, adapted by Paul Anka from the French original, into a version specifically for Frank Sinatra, include “Regrets I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to mention.” That got me to thinking about regrets and domain name...
  11. Bob Hawkes

    tips Avoiding Costly Mistakes As A Domain Investor

    It is easy to make mistakes in domain name transactions. Sometimes these mistakes can cost us money or opportunities. Fortunately, habits that require only a bit of extra time can save us from most of these mistakes. In this article, I am not talking about investing in the wrong domain names...
  12. Bob Hawkes

    tips Avoiding Costly Mistakes As A Domain Investor

    It is easy to make mistakes in domain name transactions. Sometimes these mistakes can cost us money or opportunities. Fortunately, habits that require only a bit of extra time can save us from most of these mistakes. In this article, I am not talking about investing in the wrong domain names...
  13. Zarkoza

    Don't Make The Same Mistake I Made as a Beginner!

    I'm a beginner still, and when I first discovered the wonderful world of Domaining, I became super interested, not really because I was expecting to make hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, but simply because it is a way to make any money at all. When you first start out, you hear...
  14. Zarkoza

    Don't Make The Same Mistake I Made as a Beginner!

    I'm a beginner still, and when I first discovered the wonderful world of Domaining, I became super interested, not really because I was expecting to make hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, but simply because it is a way to make any money at all. When you first start out, you hear...
  15. WhoaDomain.com

    showcase Showcase the Dumbest Domains ever Registered!

    We've all been there. We see a "trend" and like actual real estate investors we see "new land" on a "planet" that's "sold out" already. This is just a bit of fun. Like getting "roasted" or "roasting" someone. So please if your domain is mentioned here don't take it personal. but of course you...
  16. WhoaDomain.com

    showcase Showcase the Dumbest Domains ever Registered!

    We've all been there. We see a "trend" and like actual real estate investors we see "new land" on a "planet" that's "sold out" already. This is just a bit of fun. Like getting "roasted" or "roasting" someone. So please if your domain is mentioned here don't take it personal. but of course you...
  17. boker

    Mistaken emails and what to do with them

    Probably everybody is receiving a good amount of emails by mistake, emails that were meant to somebody with a similar name, emails meant to someone who owned that domain before you, emails meant to another tld. I'm receiving a good few tens of emails a day, some spam, some bills, some account...
  18. boker

    Mistaken emails and what to do with them

    Probably everybody is receiving a good amount of emails by mistake, emails that were meant to somebody with a similar name, emails meant to someone who owned that domain before you, emails meant to another tld. I'm receiving a good few tens of emails a day, some spam, some bills, some account...
  19. James Iles

    information Top Topics: Would You Donate a Domain?; I Sold My First Five-Figure Name!...

    Our Top Topics this week are book-ended by two contrasting stories of recent domain transactions. We start with a domainer offering to donate a domain name to a startup and we finish with a report of a five-figure domain sale from a $1.99 domain registration. Elsewhere, an investor lists their...
  20. James Iles

    information Top Topics: Would You Donate a Domain?; I Sold My First Five-Figure Name!...

    Our Top Topics this week are book-ended by two contrasting stories of recent domain transactions. We start with a domainer offering to donate a domain name to a startup and we finish with a report of a five-figure domain sale from a $1.99 domain registration. Elsewhere, an investor lists their...
  21. James Iles

    information Top Topics: My Mistakes in Domaining Revealed; Are VI.com and Challenge.com for Sale Again?...

    In 2016, we published an interview with ViSalus CEO Ryan Blair who told us why he purchased Challenge.com and VI.com for a combined total of $825,000. Now, however, it looks as though those two domain names may have been put up for sale. Domain Assets managing partner John Mauriello posted a...
  22. James Iles

    information Top Topics: My Mistakes in Domaining Revealed; Are VI.com and Challenge.com for Sale Again?...

    In 2016, we published an interview with ViSalus CEO Ryan Blair who told us why he purchased Challenge.com and VI.com for a combined total of $825,000. Now, however, it looks as though those two domain names may have been put up for sale. Domain Assets managing partner John Mauriello posted a...
  23. Arpit131

    discuss My mistakes in domaining by blowing over $30,000...

    Looking backwards into my domaining journey, I realized that there were mistakes that I made. Here are some of them: 1) I always knew the potential of hand registrations. However, I failed to classify my investments into short term liquidity investments, medium term investments and long term...
  24. Arpit131

    discuss My mistakes in domaining by blowing over $30,000...

    Looking backwards into my domaining journey, I realized that there were mistakes that I made. Here are some of them: 1) I always knew the potential of hand registrations. However, I failed to classify my investments into short term liquidity investments, medium term investments and long term...
  25. News

    advice A fundamental mistake in domain name investing

    This is a fundamental mistake in domain name investing and even experienced domainers do this mistake even without realizing it.Owning domain names is the easiest thing in the world. If you have $10,000 then you can register 1,100 .com domains today. (or thousands of nearly free New gTLDs!) How...
  26. News

    advice A fundamental mistake in domain name investing

    This is a fundamental mistake in domain name investing and even experienced domainers do this mistake even without realizing it.Owning domain names is the easiest thing in the world. If you have $10,000 then you can register 1,100 .com domains today. (or thousands of nearly free New gTLDs!) How...
  27. News

    information Forget traffic leakage from domains. Email leakage is the most dangerous!

    Domain name investors often talk about the traffic leakage that occurs when you use a domain name other than .com (or the dominant domain in your country).Like most domain investors, I’ve been keenly aware of missent email for a long time. I have received lots of emails over the years meant for...
  28. News

    information Forget traffic leakage from domains. Email leakage is the most dangerous!

    Domain name investors often talk about the traffic leakage that occurs when you use a domain name other than .com (or the dominant domain in your country).Like most domain investors, I’ve been keenly aware of missent email for a long time. I have received lots of emails over the years meant for...
  29. News

    advice The Seven Deadly Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Domain Name from Someone Else

    For over two decades I’ve had the privilege of helping hundreds of business professionals acquire domain names that are of strategic importance to them. As part of the client onboarding process at my domain buyer brokerage company Name Ninja, we always ask the client if they’ve made any previous...
  30. News

    advice The Seven Deadly Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Domain Name from Someone Else

    For over two decades I’ve had the privilege of helping hundreds of business professionals acquire domain names that are of strategic importance to them. As part of the client onboarding process at my domain buyer brokerage company Name Ninja, we always ask the client if they’ve made any previous...
  31. News

    guide Top 10 Law Domain Name Mistakes (Part I)

    As Marketing Partner of Ungaretti & Harris in the mid-1990s, I remember the early meetings in 1995 when we were trying to figure out what domain to use for our first website. We felt that “Ungaretti” was too hard to remember and spell, so we considered using the firm’s initials, i.e...
  32. News

    guide Top 10 Law Domain Name Mistakes (Part I)

    As Marketing Partner of Ungaretti & Harris in the mid-1990s, I remember the early meetings in 1995 when we were trying to figure out what domain to use for our first website. We felt that “Ungaretti” was too hard to remember and spell, so we considered using the firm’s initials, i.e...
  33. WhoaDomain.com

    discuss Showcase Domains you Reg. Let expire. And NO ONE reg after? LOL

    This is basically a thread about your "mistake domains". you know the ones you regged when you FIRST started domaining. We've all been there. It's fun to have a laugh at your own mistakes. Roast yourself! If you can't take it then you are in the WRONG Business! This business is NOT for the Meek...
  34. WhoaDomain.com

    discuss Showcase Domains you Reg. Let expire. And NO ONE reg after? LOL

    This is basically a thread about your "mistake domains". you know the ones you regged when you FIRST started domaining. We've all been there. It's fun to have a laugh at your own mistakes. Roast yourself! If you can't take it then you are in the WRONG Business! This business is NOT for the Meek...
  35. News

    advice Domaining Beginners -> Survival of the Fittest

    Out of every 10 beginners who are reading this post right now, my best guess is that 5 of them won’t be around next year and 9 of them won’t be around two years from now.If you were to ask me how many out of not 10 but 1,000 beginners will ultimately turn domaining into a full-time career, I’d...
  36. News

    advice Domaining Beginners -> Survival of the Fittest

    Out of every 10 beginners who are reading this post right now, my best guess is that 5 of them won’t be around next year and 9 of them won’t be around two years from now.If you were to ask me how many out of not 10 but 1,000 beginners will ultimately turn domaining into a full-time career, I’d...
  37. News

    advice 10 domain investing mistakes to avoid in 2017

    Domain investors eager to achieve better sales and experience a better, financially sound new year might consider not repeating the same mistakes in 2017.Relying on liquid domains to achieve cash flow – These domains have been resold ad nauseam among domain investors. Save them for the real...
  38. News

    advice 10 domain investing mistakes to avoid in 2017

    Domain investors eager to achieve better sales and experience a better, financially sound new year might consider not repeating the same mistakes in 2017.Relying on liquid domains to achieve cash flow – These domains have been resold ad nauseam among domain investors. Save them for the real...
  39. James Iles

    information Top Topics: Your Biggest Mistakes In Domaining?; Selling My First Domain on 4.CN...

    In this week's Top Topics, we are looking at what the domain community can do to become more credible in the eyes of end users, we see what the biggest mistakes of investors are, and a domainer analyses HugeDomains.com's recent purchases at GoDaddy. Here's this week's Top Topics. What Can The...
  40. James Iles

    information Top Topics: Your Biggest Mistakes In Domaining?; Selling My First Domain on 4.CN...

    In this week's Top Topics, we are looking at what the domain community can do to become more credible in the eyes of end users, we see what the biggest mistakes of investors are, and a domainer analyses HugeDomains.com's recent purchases at GoDaddy. Here's this week's Top Topics. What Can The...
  41. James Iles

    information Top Topics: I've Dropped 75% of My Domains; The Latest BrandBucket Statistics...

    This week, we have a number of interesting discussions around mistakes in domaining and advice for new investors. If you are looking to learn about domain investing and hoping to avoid some rookie mistakes, you need look no further than NamePros. There are a number of excellent beginner...
  42. James Iles

    information Top Topics: I've Dropped 75% of My Domains; The Latest BrandBucket Statistics...

    This week, we have a number of interesting discussions around mistakes in domaining and advice for new investors. If you are looking to learn about domain investing and hoping to avoid some rookie mistakes, you need look no further than NamePros. There are a number of excellent beginner...
  43. News

    advice 5 things startup founders should keep in mind before buying a domain name

    One big mistake I see too many startup founders make is to think they’ll be able to get a big juicy one-word .COM for $10,000. Rate.com sold for $725,000 about a month ago – if you want a big one-word .COM expect to pay in the $250,000 – $750,000 range. Sending $10,000 or $15,000 offers to these...
  44. News

    advice 5 things startup founders should keep in mind before buying a domain name

    One big mistake I see too many startup founders make is to think they’ll be able to get a big juicy one-word .COM for $10,000. Rate.com sold for $725,000 about a month ago – if you want a big one-word .COM expect to pay in the $250,000 – $750,000 range. Sending $10,000 or $15,000 offers to these...
  45. News

    domains Dot Com Disasters: Avoid Domain Name Gaffes With These Best Practices

    Businesses and people have been making domain name mistakes ever since the Internet was created.Aside from the embarrassment that can come from making domain mistakes, they can also be expensive. Automotive company, Nissan, spent years and millions of dollars to try to seize Nissan.com from its...
  46. News

    domains Dot Com Disasters: Avoid Domain Name Gaffes With These Best Practices

    Businesses and people have been making domain name mistakes ever since the Internet was created.Aside from the embarrassment that can come from making domain mistakes, they can also be expensive. Automotive company, Nissan, spent years and millions of dollars to try to seize Nissan.com from its...
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