I got enough, what is this secret???

[boebi]

Ok, now it's enough. Various people I know are making hundreds of $$ a month, by doing almost nothing, and if I ask they keep saying 'its a secret, I don't want everyone doing this, it would lower my income'.

Now what is this big secret?
How are you all earning so much while I got troubles getting a simple domain!
Are you all using a GREAT affiliate system or what is going on here??

Can anyone tell me something? Or just give me tips of good affiliates? Or something like that?

 

[Ja$on]

1. register good domains
2. register domains with traffic
3. sell domains

If you haven't sold anything then chances are the domains you registered weren't good to begin with.

 

[boebi]

They ain't doing domains, thats no secret

 

[deleted984054565403]

I've noticed that unless you're taking the development route, it costs $1 to make $2 in this industry. Find some money to start with and buy a developed site or a domain with traffic and see what happens. Unless you're buying a developed site or generating the traffic yourself through the development of a unique website, it's not going to come from thin air. :imho:

 

[boebi]

do you know any good affiliate programs?

 

[-NC-]

do you know any good affiliate programs?

for what kinds of product?

I've heard good things about the amazon affiliate program:
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/

I've been building up a list of poker affiliate programs here:
http://www.onlinepokeraffiliate.info/

Then of course there are the massive programs which have hundreds of advertisers e.g. cj.com, tradedoubler.com, linkshare.com

 

[bobdigital]

1. register good domains
2. register domains with traffic
3. sell domains

you forgot:
2.5 park domains

 

[Ja$on]

tis true. Might as well park them while you wait to sell em.

 

[boebi]

still, parking and selling domains without putting effor in it doesnt earn you $300/mo
It's a affiliate... I'm searching for a good one

 

[Porte]

You need to setup a plan. Investment cost involved, and return comes later.
You will find that making money can be through something like this:

Only presentation.

A. I buy a domain name which costs approx. $8, a hand registration but still a name that people might look for, a name which can contain some healthy content for the industry.

B. I develop the domain, and turn it into something. Anything that can be useful. A script, web directory, game script. In this part, you can do it for free, or pay. But in worse case, for free.

C. Host the domain so that it just becomes visible to the world. Let us put $10 for this.

D. Promote the site now once it's done in NamePros..for some days, and use the usual techniques of promotion. that needs another post

E. Sell the website for 50+ USD.. less or more it's up to you, the technique you use to sell, and the site itself.

Now..the conclusion would be that the return (let us say 50) is more than investment cost which is $10+$8..= $18..at least double your investment.

That's a nice return, now repeat... and expand
What I noticed that this can be easy and does not require any scary capital.
and Namepros already is a huge, huge market for transactions, buying and selling.

But if you want to get in the buying-selling of domain names, you need capital. You need it to buy premium names, develop them, or resell them and make profit.

I hope that helped you out.

 

[Ronald Regging]

I often feel the same way you do. I get some very nice sales, but they're far and few between. The rest of the time I'm usually just sitting around waiting, scratching my head... I know there has to be something proactive I can be doing, but I just don't know what.

Even when I had a developed site that was doing very well, my earnings from it just seemed completely off. That was more an issue of the type of site it was, definitely not good paying keywords... But it was rather frustrating to invest so much time and money into it, just to have it barely break even.

I've spent well over a year doing this stuff and countless countless hours of time invested... And while I have made some nice sales (the income definitely helps since I am poor), I find it nearly impossible to find that bridge to the next level.

Maybe I just need to become more serious, or maybe I just need to take a leap of faith and see where it lands me. But I think a lot of times you really need to stop trying to figure out what other people are doing to be successful, and really examine what you need to do to be successful.

 

[Source]

You need to setup a plan. Investment cost involved, and return comes later.
You will find that making money can be through something like this:

Only presentation.

A. I buy a domain name which costs approx. $8, a hand registration but still a name that people might look for, a name which can contain some healthy content for the industry.

B. I develop the domain, and turn it into something. Anything that can be useful. A script, web directory, game script. In this part, you can do it for free, or pay. But in worse case, for free.

C. Host the domain so that it just becomes visible to the world. Let us put $10 for this.

D. Promote the site now once it's done in NamePros..for some days, and use the usual techniques of promotion. that needs another post

E. Sell the website for 50+ USD.. less or more it's up to you, the technique you use to sell, and the site itself.

Now..the conclusion would be that the return (let us say 50) is more than investment cost which is $10+$8..= $18..at least double your investment.

That's a nice return, now repeat... and expand
What I noticed that this can be easy and does not require any scary capital.
and Namepros already is a huge, huge market for transactions, buying and selling.

But if you want to get in the buying-selling of domain names, you need capital. You need it to buy premium names, develop them, or resell them and make profit.

I hope that helped you out.

Shhhh! You're giving away all the secrets. (lol)

 

[Mike]

While certain people may find this thread amusing, i'm actually on the OPs side. I've been playing the "domain game" for quite some years now, have developed sites, parked domains and domains for sale and have YET to get a decent sale or acceptable parking revenue. My highest sale ranks at $250 for a PR4 blog, which - needless to say - is beyond disappointing.
I understand the OPs frustration, especially as a non-developer you're either depending on someone to show you the ins-and-outs or you have to have luck on your side to pick up or hand reg a great domain that can be resold.
There are certain individuals, that have no problem hanging their success stories out on the board, presenting how much they just made on a sale. Funny thing about this is that quite some of these domainers have just been small fish not too long ago. They are trustworthy and their numbers are most likely not made up.
My conclusion, they are helping each other. Sorta brings me to "Meet the Parents" situation, if you're not inside the circle of trust, you're outside. Naturally, the ones on the outside are left to either looking in or trying to figure it out on their own, because collaboration seems to be a scarcity even on NP.

Now..the conclusion would be that the return (let us say 50) is more than investment cost which is $10+$8..= $18..at least double your investment.

While you're correct on the basic assumptions, you're forgetting a few rules of ROI calc. There's human labor, eventually transfer fees, paypal or auction fees, if the total value of additional income exceeds a certain level, you are required to declare the amount to your Government authority concerned with taxation, etc.
Considering all the factors that have to be placed into the calculation, you quickly enter the area where you have to know exactly what you're doing to turn a profit.
This pertains especially when it's about developing. A decent developer costs considerable cash, same goes for designers, SEO experts, etc. and then you still don't have any assurance that your site is going to generate enough money to be at least self supportive.
On the flipside, the positive side of things, being on NamePros is the first step of going in the right direction. Although, it seems to be difficult to enter that circle of trust where someone shares "secrets" with you (because you could attack their potential, cherished revenue), at the very least you're retaining the chance to "bump" into someone that is willing to share.

IB

PS: Before anyone feels compelled to ask; Yeah, i'm a bit disappointed in the community of late.