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?

 

[phaethon]

I'm at 0.8% now with 500 names and low mid xxxx range sales. Hope to reach 1.2-1.5% this quarter.
I think around 1% is safe for most portfolios priced up to 5k, irrelevant of size, as long as some reasonable quality is there as well.

 

[Cannuck]

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?

IMO, no, not always. In some circumstances, yes, but for how long?

Renewal fee will cut into your profit at the end of the year. If you're fortunate to be ahead of a trend and have good names, you'll likely make a decent profit. Having a large portfolio and frequent sales helps one to determine which domains are worth renewing. I dropped 90% of my hand reg'd domains after one year with rollover profit to renew the remainder for several years.

 

[Altetra]

I own more than 2K hand reg domains, but I have a reason, if you don't, then the best path is to "go grow potatoes" in a kind manner of saying, so if I was not knowing what to do without having a reason on my back, then I would be wasting my time and money.
Why, because in almost 5 years of domain investing I sold only 4 domains totaling 2500K USD but I spent more than 60K on hand regs, so in conclusion without a reason you feed the daddy Registrars, there is no profit only loses, the domains I sold are not related to my reason of domaining, that is why I tell you this.
But if you learn domaining and focus on quality over quantity you can make a profit, you would have to detect the domains which will sell for sure but not reg the ones which will be dropped for sure.
edit 1: specify domaining period.
edit 2: rephrased words to make logic.

 

[lknights1987]

I own more than 2K hand reg domains, but I have a reason, if you don't, then the best path is to "go grow potatoes" in a kind manner of saying, so if I was not knowing what to do without having a reason on my back, then I would be wasting my time and money.
Why, because in almost 5 years of domain investing I sold only 4 domains totaling 2500K USD but I spent more than 60K on hand regs, so in conclusion without a reason you feed the daddy Registrars, there is no profit only loses, the domains I sold are not related to my reason of domaining, that is why I tell you this.
But if you learn domaining and focus on quality over quantity you can make a profit, you would have to detect the domains which will sell for sure but not reg the ones which will be dropped for sure.
edit 1: specify domaining period.
edit 2: rephrased words to make logic.

60k on hand regs and only sold a few domains. How does that make you feel ? How you gonna recover that money if you’re making such a loss ?

 

[Recons.Com]

I own more than 2K hand reg domains, but I have a reason, if you don't, then the best path is to "go grow potatoes" in a kind manner of saying, so if I was not knowing what to do without having a reason on my back, then I would be wasting my time and money.
Why, because in almost 5 years of domain investing I sold only 4 domains totaling 2500K USD but I spent more than 60K on hand regs, so in conclusion without a reason you feed the daddy Registrars, there is no profit only loses, the domains I sold are not related to my reason of domaining, that is why I tell you this.
But if you learn domaining and focus on quality over quantity you can make a profit, you would have to detect the domains which will sell for sure but not reg the ones which will be dropped for sure.
edit 1: specify domaining period.
edit 2: rephrased words to make logic.

Oh, man. Normally, people of faith are good at monetizing it, but in your case it is leading you to huge loss. Almost $60k lost, not counting the lost opportunity cost, plus you are on the hook for another $22k/year.

I looked at your inventory and I have no clue why you keep most of those names. On top of that, the word logos don't correspond to domains at all and are just gibberish.

You desperately need a wake up call and here is one:


WAKE UP!!!!

 

[DrJacoby]

Why, because in almost 5 years of domain investing I sold only 4 domains totaling 2500K USD but I spent more than 60K on hand regs

Wow, 2.5 million USD in sales is impressive!

 

[MKA]

It's quality over quantity. Some domains are so unlikely to ever sell that they're liabilities. While others get constant offers by interested parties.

Let me put it like this, I'd rather just own something like key.com than get ten thousand free hand registrations.

 

[biggie]

enough to cover the cost of living

Hi

how much does it cost to live....where you live?
is that cost the same, as where 50% of other domainers live?

how many people in your household
what is monthly food, gas, electric, heat, insurance, mortgage/rent, etc cost?

imo...

 

[lknights1987]

Because I know a world wide secret truth, the guys who mock me will be the losers soon, the domains on my website is only to wash their eyes! edit: this is the reason I got in domaining.
The secret related domains are not listed anywhere!
They think they are the smart asses of NP's and kiss each other in the *** here, I have revealed their fake domaining tactics.
I have brands which will kill Google, Tesla, Microsoft, Godaddy and all the top established brands, let them mock me further.
This guys from US, CA, UK think in their countries lives the smartest humans on earth but soon they will eat their own poop out of shame!

That's brilliant. Can you share just 1 brand that you own which is better than Google. Looking forward to seeing this

 

[King]

Yes, if they are good combos, taken in other TLDs, etc.

No, if you are making up random words like uperpurplenurples.com

 

[zeff]

Hi,

I heard once in a domainers podcast that a portfolio of 500 domains is a minimum for profit.
I also heard that for 1,000 or for 2,000.
My experience is that it’s not profitable with 500 names (at least for the 500 names I owned).
It’s probably due to my poor quality as domainer… But I also know that many many domain investors are loosing money, whatever the size of their portfolio is.

 

[Kyle Tully]

Hi,

I heard once in a domainers podcast that a portfolio of 500 domains is a minimum for profit.
I also heard that for 1,000 or for 2,000.
My experience is that it’s not profitable with 500 names (at least for the 500 names I owned).
It’s probably due to my poor quality as domainer… But I also know that many many domain investors are loosing money, whatever the size of their portfolio is.

There is no such thing as a minimum number of names for profit. You could buy one good name and sell it the next day. Or you could buy 2000 bad names and not sell any in a year.

But if you are buying inventory quality names and pricing them appropriately odds are you will sell at least 1/300 in a year and be around break even.

Depending on how fast you acquire those names and when you sell you may or may not be in profit from year one.

I don’t have exact data in front of me but I was profitable within my first 200 names (3 sales in the first year or two getting to that point) and have been ever since scaling up to 1300.

 

[AEProgram]

It's 100% profitable for registrars. The bigger the portfolio the better for them.

If you want a better answer, post a link to your portfolio. Most portfolios I see are worthless. The most profitable thing the owner can do is remove their credit card from the registrar, never renew and move on in life.

 

[gericsb]

Hard to answer...I have a small Portfolio of 160 names now (was almost 200 names atone point) but I trimmed a little.

I sell 1-2 names per year on Average.

I priced my names such that my lowest priced domain covers my renewal fees.

That way if I get 'only' my 1 sale for the year and it is my lowest priced domain that sells, I break even.

I don't want to scale up at this point, but if/when some higher priced names sell I may invest a bit into higher-end names.

 

[DediRock]

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?

Many successful domain investors often have other income sources or jobs while they grow their portfolios and refine their strategies.

It’s essential to conduct thorough research and be prepared for fluctuations in the domain market.

 

[Eagle Domains]

I’ve bought the vast majority of my names over the past 3-4 years and 2/3 of my sales are hand reg.

Isnt every Domain a hand reg at some point of time even dropregs .

 

[phaethon]

Isnt every Domain a hand reg at some point of time even dropregs .

Indeed, but the best hand regs are the first to hand reg, unless it's a trend.

 

[Eagle Domains]

Indeed, but the best hand regs are the first to hand reg, unless it's a trend. Your comment is pointless..

Your Right , the best ones are indeed first to get Handreg

 

[johnn]

100 good names or 10,000 crap names. Your choice.

 

[Kyle Tully]

Isnt every Domain a hand reg at some point of time even dropregs .

I generally just distinguish between HR, close out, back order, and auction. A drop reg is a hand reg and most hand regs are probably dropped before at some point.