poll Are you spending less or more on acquisitions?

[Bob Hawkes]

I am trying to get a handle on whether various factors have influenced the acquisition practices of domain investors. If you have been in domain investing for more than a year, please vote.

Note that I am asking about the total amount of your acquisition spend, not the price per name, or the number of domain names being bought.

Feel free to comment in the discussion on how your acquisitions are changing, for example same total dollars but fewer, better domain names.

Thank you in advance.

-Bob

 

[VadimK]

Good question, Bob.

I put it this way: last year, when in doubt whether or not to take a name - I rather was taken it, this year when in doubt - rather not.

Overall, my answer to the poll is - ''about the same'' - I bought less names, but got into the ''.ai'' area, which, as we all know, is more expensive.

 

[DrJacoby]

Since a couple of months I'm spending less. Not because I can't find good names but because the auction prices are now above what I can pay if I want to make a profit (and have a margin of safety).

This is unfortunate, because my sales are terrific so I have money to spend.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I hope we will get a lot more people weigh in on this, please.

Personally, I struggled with whether to answer the same (which in end I selected) or less. I put most available funds into renewals in August, so in that month and since then I have definitely cut back on acquisitions. But if I take a wider window, probably not much different than last year.

-Bob

 

[enterscope]

My price per acquisition has gone up in the last two years but I rarely buy now unless it increases the overall quality of names in my portfolio. I'd say spending total has dropped overall though.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Down to the final 45 names. Sell 1 a year I will have inventory till 2068 then I will retire. My vote was not buying anymore
Thanks Bob!