16 Tips For Beginners - Domaining Since 2007, Here's What I Learnt in 7 Years

[sOliver]

Hi guys,

I haven't been very active in this forum lately, but I hope to post some tips I learnt over the years.

I currently run the site webmaster.net and I managed to sell quite a few names the past 7 years. Here are 16 tips I consider essential for beginners:

• 1 Dont Buy Names Starting With "The"
• 2 Dont Register Names Ending In "24"
• 3 Avoid INFO Domains and other extensions when starting out
• 4 Avoid dictionary names like the plague (e.g. wrenches.info?)
• 5 Avoid cybersquatting, (e.g. facebook.company)
• 6 Always check uspto.gov and avoid registering trademarked names!
• 7 Avoid hyphens like the plague!
• 8 Stop listing exact searches as a selling point
• 9 Stay up to date on industry news: dnjournal.com / namepros.com
• 10 Analyze sales patterns / Build a portfolio with names that sell
• 11 Pick up negotiating skills by playing virtual markets
• 12 Start web development (start with a topic you already know LOTS about)
• 13 Buy domains for own development purposes
• 14 Re-invest money from sales
• 15 Invest Into Premium Names
• 16 Connect with professional domainers

If you are interested in my full story, you can find the detailed version of all 16 tips here:

https://www.webmaster.net/16-domain...-i-got-a-100000-roi-on-my-domain-investments/

I see quite a few common mistakes happen over and over again and this could really be avoided

Any feedback is welcome. Without Namepros I wouldn't be where I am today, so I am very grateful for this forum and hope that some beginners out there will appreciate my tips

Cheers,
Oliver

PS: I don't consider myself a domainer per se. I am a webmaster and developer in the first place and dealing with domains just comes with the territory so to speak.

 

[Sukhvir Singh]

What a thread!! We almost learn each and every major thing that we should take care when we enter into the domaining!!

 

[GravityEleven]

• 1 Dont Buy Names Starting With "The"
• 2 Dont Register Names Ending In "24"

I understand why you are listing these two as it is definitely tricky finding domain names where both of these do not diminish the value, but just some advice from my side after having sold some "The" and "24" domains so far already:
-> "The" makes sense for store/shop domains ( TheDivingStore, TheFlowerShop to name some examples)
-> "24" makes sense for businesses where an all around the clock availability is key -> Nursing, Health/Medical/Web/etc..care, Customer support..

All in all i do agree with your listed tips though, especially 14 & 15 -> always look to improve your portfolio (always climb up the stairs, never down)