opinion A Hard Road Ahead For New Domain Investors

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Many newcomers to the domain industry join in, convinced that there’s money to be made in every direction, with very little research and effort.

The truth is, many domainer newbies don’t want to listen, and lack in focus and patience. There are now more than 1,000 new gTLDs and thus one thousand plus times the namespace it once existed only in .com. Excitement about domain investing is often unconstrained, and lacking research.

The complexity of any market and industry, is defined by the quality of the professionals that form them. The domain industry is an amalgam of many distinct professions and is – unfortunately – unregulated.

Anyone can become a “domainer” and can attempt to make money by buying, selling, monetizing or building out domains. Anyone can also claim they can train others how to succeed in domain investing, often without a track record other than questionable credentials...

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