question How can we shorten the learning curve?

[abstractdomainer]

Domaining is pretty vast. When you look at the number of levers involved, there are a lot of them. Right from the domain name purchases to registrars to escrow and so on. Here are some of the levers that come up:

1) Where and what to read before I can buy? How much time before my first purchase?
2) What do I buy? How much to start with?
3) Where do I buy it from - registrars?
4) Appraisal of what I buy?
5) Where do I sell it?
6) Inbound/Outbound?
7) Should I make a portfolio?
8) How to negotiate?
9) Got a sale. Paypal/Escrow?
10) What to do with the earnings?

Can we somehow answer these questions/work out a way to help shorten the learning curve for the new domainers coming into the industry?

Share your ideas, suggestions or answer to any of the questions below.

 

[biggie]

Hi

in this biz, all evidence shows that:

a shorten curve, means longer losing streak

imo….

 

[lock]

There is a another that is a curve ball as everything you learn this year is almost obsolete the next year. I have had domains over 20 years and really you pick up more knowledge all the time. Even if you think you've mastered things you run into someone that puts you back to perspective when you actually need to ask a question.

 

[karmaco]

I am not seeing any less inquiries or any less sales. Blanket statements about less this or that does not apply to everyone.

As far as I can see so far this is no different than any other year. There are times of high activity and times of less activity in domain sales. There are months that tend to garner more sales every year and those that are notoriously slow.

There is no crash course or cheat sheet or Cliff Notes on domaining. You learn by doing and by gathering as much info as you can which changes year to year based on rising and falling trends.

It depends on each individual whether they fail or succeed in this and not any general outside circumstance. How much do you want it, how hard are you willing to work and how much can you learn and constantly continue to learn.

The only thing that may be different this year is people may drop more names than usual.An experienced, disciplined domainer prepares for the lean times by renewing their best domains in advance.