dgmweb
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(mods, if this needs moved to another forum, cool...I thought this would be appropriate here)
Just some random thoughts after an offline conversation with someone this week when they asked me about my "new" domaining activities. They had no idea people bought and sold domains, and I was kind of surprised as they were a fellow web developer.
While it's "new" in the sense that I'm really pushing it hard this year and getting more serious about it as a side business, it's NOT new to me - I registered my first domain 21 years ago (which I still have) and a few others which I sold. I didn't reg the first ones with the intention of getting into domaining, it just sort of evolved. I reg'd or bought, then sold, domains on and off in the years that followed. Every few years I'd develop then sell a site and all rights to the name. Over time, it all paid for a nice studio and a few guitars, and that was pretty darn awesome.
Last summer I decided to step it up a notch and start going full-throttle at developing the 100+ domains I currently hold. As I explained to my co-worker, I'm not in this for a quick buck or get rich quick. It's more than a hobby for me, not quite a business (yet). I have definite projects in mind when I hand-reg a name, or when I buy one I look for a name I can attach to or create a project from. I'm now at just under 200 domains and 90% are intended as a website, brand/product line, or community. Half of those I am not intending to sell.
Even as long as I've been in this, I still have so much to learn. I'm kind of blown away I hadn't been on NP before this year. Many of the tools you all use are new to me as I was only casually part of domaining for many years.
Bottom line, I am looking at this long-term, as investments and projects. I'm interested to hear how long you guys have been in this, and what keeps you going?
Cheers!
Just some random thoughts after an offline conversation with someone this week when they asked me about my "new" domaining activities. They had no idea people bought and sold domains, and I was kind of surprised as they were a fellow web developer.
While it's "new" in the sense that I'm really pushing it hard this year and getting more serious about it as a side business, it's NOT new to me - I registered my first domain 21 years ago (which I still have) and a few others which I sold. I didn't reg the first ones with the intention of getting into domaining, it just sort of evolved. I reg'd or bought, then sold, domains on and off in the years that followed. Every few years I'd develop then sell a site and all rights to the name. Over time, it all paid for a nice studio and a few guitars, and that was pretty darn awesome.
Last summer I decided to step it up a notch and start going full-throttle at developing the 100+ domains I currently hold. As I explained to my co-worker, I'm not in this for a quick buck or get rich quick. It's more than a hobby for me, not quite a business (yet). I have definite projects in mind when I hand-reg a name, or when I buy one I look for a name I can attach to or create a project from. I'm now at just under 200 domains and 90% are intended as a website, brand/product line, or community. Half of those I am not intending to sell.
Even as long as I've been in this, I still have so much to learn. I'm kind of blown away I hadn't been on NP before this year. Many of the tools you all use are new to me as I was only casually part of domaining for many years.
Bottom line, I am looking at this long-term, as investments and projects. I'm interested to hear how long you guys have been in this, and what keeps you going?
Cheers!