Is it really profitable having a large portfolio ?

[lknights1987]

If you own over 2000 hand-reg English dictionary 2-—to 3-word domain names, are you always in profit at the end of the financial year?
If yes Is it enough to cover the cost of living or do you have another job alongside domain investing?

 

[HotKey]

It was a gr8 learning curve for me.

At the end of first year, with about 500$ investment, I was in profit and since then growing gradually in portfolio and profits.

So, my advice is, sell whatever you have and do not hold onto your domains thinking they are million-dollar domains.

Succinct and really proper investments can justify long holds for the right buyer. It's up each domainer to realize the difference between jaded expectations at a disappointing sale or none at all vs true outcomes for lasting DNs that may even need a decade to percolate.

 

[UmerK]

It is doable if you know what you are doing.

PS not really sure if you mean pure hand reg or drop reg, either way new registrations cost 9-12$ depending on what you use.

I would rather place a discount BO at 13-15$ range - the cost would more or less be same with better quality names.

It is also important to even out your purchases and spread them across different months so that you can renew them when its due. I added 500+ names quickly few years back and dropped most because I had 150+ names to renew in a month (lack of funds + distraction via crypto)

These days, I am adding names but with clear objective and knowing what type of domain names I want and within spending limits.

Would recommend to pick outbound skills for regular income - this is what pays bills for me and also funds the portfolio expansion I am doing right now.

 

[Kass]

It is best to earn money from a domain by using it for its main purpose. It is better to have a dozen cool domains and develop a couple of them so that they bring in income.
If a person is creative and has a talent for finding cool domains for resale, then it's better to slow down this process or stop it altogether, ceasing to be a domainer at all. Fussing around harms creative people the most.

 

[DmytroK.]

"Another opinion": It's not very profitable Renewing LARGE portfolio....

 

[Kyle Tully]

"Another opinion": It's not very profitable Renewing LARGE portfolio....

People always worried about the renewals but forget about the sales.

 

[biggie]

100 names is a tough spot where statistically you might not sell any even if they’re good.

Why? I thought decent 100 names in .COM are supposed to have atleast 1% or 2% STR?

Hi


i have around 100 or so names. majority are long holds
most are .com, some nets and some org and one or two off brands
had one sale last year that was several times amount needed to renew the list, plus some $ left over.

so far this year, sold 4 domains
two com, one net and one org.
also passed on two .com offers in 4 figure range.

all names are parked with ppc adds, some of which still earn ppc $
however, i did drop a couple of domains that were no longer earning any revenue

having a sustainable and/or profitable portfolio, is about managing your holdings.
the less overhead you carry, the more dollars in your pocket.

imo...

 

[Kyle Tully]

the less overhead you carry, the more dollars in your pocket.

You can only save up to 100% but you can grow infinitely.

I’d rather a portfolio of 1000 names with a $9k holding cost than a portfolio of 100 similar names with 0 holding costs.

 

[Fryo4life]

Hi


i have around 100 or so names. majority are long holds
most are .com, some nets and some org and one or two off brands
had one sale last year that was several times amount needed to renew the list, plus some $ left over.

so far this year, sold 4 domains
two com, one net and one org.
also passed on two .com offers in 4 figure range.

all names are parked with ppc adds, some of which still earn ppc $
however, i did drop a couple of domains that were no longer earning any revenue

having a sustainable and/or profitable portfolio, is about managing your holdings.
the less overhead you carry, the more dollars in your pocket.

imo...

Did you mean you sold 4 domains from a portfolio of 100 names this year? Wow!

what is the average selling price of those names you sold if you wouldn't mind?

 

[biggie]

You can only save up to 100% but you can grow infinitely.

I’d rather a portfolio of 1000 names with a $9k holding cost than a portfolio of 100 similar names with 0 holding costs.

Hi

if i can get some ctr clicks above 100% on a domain, then certainly more than 100% could be saved.

still, years ago, i had a couple thousand domains and majority were acquired strictly for ppc
then str was so high, it wasn't even considered as a sales/portfolio ratio.

we, meaning other domainers at the time, could reg a name with ovt in the morning and sell it same day.
this went on for a few years, but as ppc started to shrink, so did the list.

that said, i've already had, what you'd rather have now, in comparison.
and when i had it, it was less expensive to hold, in comparison, as it is today,
and, it was more profitable then, while holding with the earnings from ppc, than it would generate today.

just saying....

imo...

Did you mean you sold 4 domains from a portfolio of 100 names this year? Wow!

what is the average selling price of those names you sold if you wouldn't mind?

Hi

yes / avg. 4 figures

they were all short names, so nothing amazing
3L net/3L org/ and 4L coms

it's easier to sell domains that others are looking to buy.

imo....