discuss Is it possible to be a profitable domainer with a very small portfolio?

[Truespin Domains]

I’ve dabbled around with domains for about a decade, on and off. I treat it as a hobby and, like many here, have a professional life outside of the domain industry. As such, I can be very relaxed about my frequency of sales and even my profit margins – I simply treat it as a modest, second income.

As a result, my “portfolio” of domains is tiny by most domainer’s standards. I rarely have more than 15 domains, peaking at about 20 from time to time. At the moment I think I have 9.

However, the domains I do have tend to be of a relatively high quality (previous sale history, aged, common, positive one worders or 4L brandables, limited to only the most popular extensions).

But is this a viable model if domaining was any more than a hobby? If I wanted to derive a more meaningful income from domains, is the only option a large portfolio with a wider array of names, working on the seemingly standard basis of only selling a tiny percentage every year (reg and veg )? Or do some of you make a living from domains with a very tight portfolio focused on promoting and selling a few domains at a time?

 

[Elroy Perker]

I’ve dabbled around with domains for about a decade, on and off. I treat it as a hobby and, like many here, have a professional life outside of the domain industry. As such, I can be very relaxed about my frequency of sales and even my profit margins – I simply treat it as a modest, second income.

As a result, my “portfolio” of domains is tiny by most domainer’s standards. I rarely have more than 15 domains, peaking at about 20 from time to time. At the moment I think I have 9.

However, the domains I do have tend to be of a relatively high quality (previous sale history, aged, common, positive one worders or 4L brandables, limited to only the most popular extensions).

But is this a viable model if domaining was any more than a hobby? If I wanted to derive a more meaningful income from domains, is the only option a large portfolio with a wider array of names, working on the seemingly standard basis of only selling a tiny percentage every year (reg and veg )? Or do some of you make a living from domains with a very tight portfolio focused on promoting and selling a few domains at a time?

Domaining is not like a number game. Although, the more domains you have, the more probability of sell. But if you have a smaller portfolio with quality domains, you can sell those out quickly. Also, as you spend less yearly renewals with a smaller portfolio, the profit will be higher as well.

 

[manpreet]

I’ve dabbled around with domains for about a decade, on and off. I treat it as a hobby and, like many here, have a professional life outside of the domain industry. As such, I can be very relaxed about my frequency of sales and even my profit margins – I simply treat it as a modest, second income.

As a result, my “portfolio” of domains is tiny by most domainer’s standards. I rarely have more than 15 domains, peaking at about 20 from time to time. At the moment I think I have 9.

However, the domains I do have tend to be of a relatively high quality (previous sale history, aged, common, positive one worders or 4L brandables, limited to only the most popular extensions).

But is this a viable model if domaining was any more than a hobby? If I wanted to derive a more meaningful income from domains, is the only option a large portfolio with a wider array of names, working on the seemingly standard basis of only selling a tiny percentage every year (reg and veg )? Or do some of you make a living from domains with a very tight portfolio focused on promoting and selling a few domains at a time?

You may have 20 domains Only in your portfolio and still be profitable, YES.

Think about it - Even the $20 million buyer of domain name, seeks Only One Domain name that suits his/her purpose. The Right Buyer at the Right Time is what you got to wait for.

Hope this helps

 

[DoNotTrackMyIP]

PS to above - had a couple of really good domains stolen out of my Netsol account in the early 2000's But, that's another story. Yep they were finding their way to China even back then, never did get them back. Netsol didn't give a damn.

Silly me paid their $70 fees thinking they would be more secure. It does cross my mind from time-to-time to expose the domains , but I'm not so sure.

Thanks for sharing, made me realize the monopoly power the earlier registrars had back then. Now I'm used to 7-8 per handreg that once cost ten times 20 years ago.

 

[Al Marri]

Simple : If you have 1 of high quality domain name it can have value as Diamond , Gold , Silver.

What kind of value you have in your portfolio 1,2,3 ?

1. Diamond Per (1 KG) = +$13,000,000
2. Gold Per (1 KG) = $48,988
2. Silver Per (1 KG) = $577

Happy New Year

 

[Matt Morgan]

"Is it possible to be a profitable domainer with a very small portfolio?"

Nice post,

define profitable?

your definition of the word profitable will be different to another persons definition of profitable.