domain Please appraise SpecificLearningDisability.com

[Want2learn]

It is a special education exceptionality. It is probably the largest exceptionality. You have probably hear of Autism, which technically has been removed as an exceptionality . . . The fastest growing exceptionality, I believe is OtherHealthImpairment which if you don't mind appraising OtherHealthImpairment.com that would be awesome. SLD and OHI were already taken

 

[Kate]

I can only approve what @Dave and @Casey L. said.
This domain is too long to be appealing, and I doubt there are end users willing to pay a lot of any money for it.

It's okay to have a few hobby domains, but if you want to make sales you must buy domains that have real end users. They should have an obvious commercial purpose.

By the way, I have decreased the size of the portfolio steadily over time. The aim is to have fewer domains but improve on quality (and save on renewal fees that eat your profits). And never fall in love with your domains. It is a costly, one-sided relationship.

 

[Want2learn]

10 year of experience in domaining.

Listen, I mean this sincerely. I can take whatever criticism you give. There is absolutely no problem with that. When I ask for an opinion and feedback and you tell me negative ten dollars every time, well it is not helpful. When I ask you what you are basing your opinion on, the fact that you have 10 years experience is great! It is awesome. That experience, when shared with your feedback, is super helpful. I mean that sincerely. Simply telling me it is based on 10 years experience does not help.You can look at all of my previous posts or none of them! I can say when I ask for feedback and the feedback I get is constructive regardless of what it is, I try and use it positively. I will often dialogue with the person because I want to learn!

If you tell me negative 10 every single time and based on 10 years experience, the means I will have to make some bad domain purchases, which I have, and essentially go through a cycle of do I renew or let expire, which I will! And then when I reach 10 years experience I will also then have knowledge and experience because I learned the hard way. As an aside regardless of what you think of my domains, I can say that there has been learning and pogress. I owe that learning and progress to people on the forum that share their experiences with me, but they do so in a constructive manner.

So please do all of us a favor, continue to opine in my requests. Seriously, I do not want you to stop opining. I simply would like feedback to go with it. Otherwise I am not learning like I could be!

Best regards

 

[Dave]

You remind me a lot of myself when I started out, with all the pigeon s*** I picked up. I admire your passion so I think that is why I keep writing these posts in the hope they will help you.

Please pay attention to the advice I have given you in previous threads. Here is what you need to do for a while, STOP registering. Please stop and really think about the domains you are picking up.

Why is it you keep adding on to your hundreds of existing domains? That business model of hoarding hundreds if not thousands of domains takes an awful lot of experience and know how to do right. I personally know people in that game, they have tens of thousands of domains, and you know what, they make profit. But they have been doing this for a very long time. You are doing it all wrong, with poor choices.

It appears you have spent $xxxx on registrations alone. Now, stop and think for a moment, you could've picked up a few really nice .com's on the aftermarket or through private acquisition using that money. That is why you need to stop, read and learn more, build up an investment pot again and let any crap you have expire. Once you have enough to invest again please feel free to ask for my opinion before you buy any domains.

You DO NOT need a really big portfolio to make money in this game, if that is your aim. Quality > quantity.

Just a reminder of what I have said in previous posts:

I personally think it is silly of you to say "I'll take luck". Domaining shouldn't be a gamble. Do you know why? Because gamblers will always lose in the end. A good domainer needs to have a healthy balance in their portfolio and only a small percentage of that should ever be speculative names whereby your liquid domains can cover the costs of the others.

When registering or buying a domain name DO NOT think "maybe one person or company somewhere in the world will want this", because that is a very risky way to consider investing in domains. You want to look at a domain name and think "there really could be a LOT of people interested in buying this one day", because only demand provides value.

Please pay attention so you save yourself money.

 

[Domainscoop.com]

Listen, I mean this sincerely. I can take whatever criticism you give. There is absolutely no problem with that. When I ask for an opinion and feedback and you tell me negative ten dollars every time, well it is not helpful. When I ask you what you are basing your opinion on, the fact that you have 10 years experience is great! It is awesome. That experience, when shared with your feedback, is super helpful. I mean that sincerely. Simply telling me it is based on 10 years experience does not help.You can look at all of my previous posts or none of them! I can say when I ask for feedback and the feedback I get is constructive regardless of what it is, I try and use it positively. I will often dialogue with the person because I want to learn!

If you tell me negative 10 every single time and based on 10 years experience, the means I will have to make some bad domain purchases, which I have, and essentially go through a cycle of do I renew or let expire, which I will! And then when I reach 10 years experience I will also then have knowledge and experience because I learned the hard way. As an aside regardless of what you think of my domains, I can say that there has been learning and pogress. I owe that learning and progress to people on the forum that share their experiences with me, but they do so in a constructive manner.

So please do all of us a favor, continue to opine in my requests. Seriously, I do not want you to stop opining. I simply would like feedback to go with it. Otherwise I am not learning like I could be!

Best regards

I am Done with appraising your threads. You are One funny Guy. LOL. All the best.

 

[cooljub]

Hi @Want2learn Are you still registering? I thought you were going to put the brakes on for a while
You have hundreds of names - it must be costing you a small fortune! Why not list potential names in a text file on your desktop? Then you can look at them for a while and think about which are really good and which are mediocre. I reckon if you have to explain why you think a name is good then it probably isn't.

 

[frank-germany]

always think of who is your customer
will they spend "what ?"
if they really want it

how much can they afford?

are there better options for them
cheaper ?

its not worth to have a domain
when the answer is below $1000 USD

 

[Casey L]

Some general domaining advice which every competent domainer has realized at one point (many haven't) -

You've registered a hundred of domains at $10 a pop, that's $1000. Flipping hand regs, even for the best of us, is very dependent on luck and chance. Given that they were free to reg, they are likely not worth $xxxx. So even if you priced them for only $50, you'd have to sell 20 of them to break even. Not a great chance in that happening.

Now think about the caliber name you could get for that$1000. If you skower long enough, you can find some killer names available in the $250-$500 range, ones with real, liquid value. I've only been at this for a couple years, but it my experience it's easier to sell a $xxx name for $xxxx than it is to sell a hand reg for $xxx. Of course you're putting more risk in per name, but it's better to spend that whole $1000 on a few great names than into random hand regs.

When I was in your shoes, I stopped regging names until I sold everything I had, even if it meant one big auction on namepros of the worst domains with a little parking revenue. It's worth the step back short term for the long term steps forward

 

[DNWon]

It is a costly, one-sided relationship.

DomainMarriage.com
Available for $8.47

No! Not you, @Want2learn, step away from the "Buy Now" button!

 

[Kate]

What?.. You're saying my domains don't love me?

They do they do And Bob Parsons loves us Now your credit card please.

 

[Ategy]

For me buying a domain at $100, and selling it later for $300 is perfectly fine by me.

The problem with your math here is that theory says decent portfolios sell at a 2% rate .. so say you have 100x domains you bought at $100 .. you'd only make about $600 per year ... with at least $850 renewal fees. So you're losing $20 per year. Plus that's just to break even on the year .. then add to that the fact you never see any part of the original $10,000 investment. So after year 1 you're at -$10,250. Year 2 -$10,500. etc etc

Now obviously those are just averages .. but I think you know what I mean.


Also ... I think the problem here is that you're asking general domainers for advice on a domain where the only possible value lies in the technical terms of a specific industry niche. The fact none of us understood the term goes to show that this domain could only possibly sell to a very small refined set of end users. Not the end of the world if it's a good niche that pays and is actively looking for domains. However in this case my guess is that your knowledge of the niche might be blinding you to it's potential (or more specifically it's lack of potential). Obviously since I don't know the niche I could very well be wrong .. I'm just guestimating based on your explanations.

Don't feel too bad ... I've definitely done this myself .. and still do to a certain degree (as I'm sure most of us have). It's easier to imagine a cool end-use or usefully informative site on domains related to niches we personally know and understand ourselves.


I think sometimes a good imagination while sometimes being a huge advantage in domaining ... can also be a dangerous hindrance .. as we too easily see cool end uses for various domain names and thereby artificially inflate their values .. which ends up making us more likely to buy them at too high a price .. or even to buy domains that really don't have enough value to have been worth buying at any price.


Again though .. you could always get lucky .. it only takes one person to buy a domain .. but if you're looking at domaining in the long term you need to take a step back to look at the big picture and law of averages. I'm at that point as well .. it's hard to say no sometimes when you're growing your portfolio ... lol

 

[Joe N]

I am Done with appraising your threads. You are One funny Guy. LOL. All the best.

Lol. Looks like someone else needs practice at taking constructive criticism.

OP makes a good point. Criticism without explanation is a tool of the bully, and it offers nothing but negativity. Back up your opinions with information.

 

[Joe N]

@Want2learn - I agree with most of the others on here. I see what you were thinking with the purchase, but this isn't the kind of name that's going to sell easily, or for much money.

When purchasing exact match terms from the deleted lists, you'll give yourself the best chance to make a sale if you buy domains that match products or services. The term should match what people would intuitively type into a search engine if they were looking for that product/service.

And make sure your domain matches the thing people are actually paying money for, not the problem that's being solved (there are exceptions, but generally this is a good rule). As an example: buy "SleepingPills.com" but not "ChronicInsomnia.com"

I've been experimenting more with this myself lately, so feel free to PM me if you want to discuss. Patience is key, as is being extremely selective, and being able to find a decent sized pool of potential buyers (with the right contact info if you're doing outbound sales).

You don't need to sell domains for thousands to make money, but you do need to get a consistently good ROI on domains that do sell to end users in order to keep your head above water and eventually make money.

 

[Ategy]

It's ReallyTooLong.com! lol

Seriously though .. it's rather long .. plus I'd think that if someone were creating a site about a "specific" disability, they would want that specific one named or referred to in some way in the URL.

That being said .. I don't know the field at all .. so if it is a specific term that actually represents something (not just a group of things) then it could have a bit of value .. but then I'd go back to my first comment in that's it's seriously long.

I'm thinking little to no value .. but you've proven us wrong with your sales so far .. so who knows ... lol .. i'll just wish you good luck with them!

 

[Want2learn]

Hi @Want2learn Are you still registering? I thought you were going to put the brakes on for a while
You have hundreds of names - it must be costing you a small fortune! Why not list potential names in a text file on your desktop? Then you can look at them for a while and think about which are really good and which are mediocre. I reckon if you have to explain why you think a name is good then it probably isn't.

I have sloooooowed waaaaaay down!! So I've tapped the brakes hard, but didn't slam them

For people familiar with special education they would not have required my explanation.

I do have a spreadsheet with my domains on them!! And believe me, I am trying to sell them. I am going to be a domaining mad man this summer working on organization and outreach. Not buying

 

[biggie]

taking viable keyword combo's and adding vague, non-descriptive terms as prefixes, is not a method for constructing a domain with appeal.

imo...

 

[biggie]

specific learning disability is incomplete, if and when that specific disability is not mentioned.

imo....

 

[biggie]

in general, you can say one has a "learning disability", without being specific, about the nature of it.

however, if you don't mention which learning disability they have, then how do we know it's autism?

since autism is a "specific" disability that may prevent learning, then in the context of conversation or documentation, that specific disability must be stated, to communicate effectively, why the individual is not learning or progressing.

imo...

 

[Lox]

@Want2learn Thanks for thinking about this issue! Couldn't ask for better name, please sell at a reasonable price. Trainer will appreciate having your domain name!

Thank you!

 

[biggie]

@biggie I am kind of LOL internally because what I think you will say next is this . . .

I get what you mean now when you say Specific Learning Disability is a category . . . it would be better in dot org

better in plural

ie: specificlearningdisabilities

 

[frank-germany]

I will add that I don't have a need to only deal with domains worth XXXX.

sorry if I was unexact

thats not for me or you

if its not worth $1000 USD
it can not compensate your total cost

 

[cooljub]

never fall in love with your domains. It is a costly, one-sided relationship

What?.. You're saying my domains don't love me?

 

[Want2learn]

Lol, no worries . . . no temptation!!

 

[Recons.Com]

There are domains for sale and there are some for yourself, either because you like it or you want to develop in future.

SLD here is EXACT match for category domain. It probably isn't a popular category. But I imagine their could be doctors/educators etc with their own private practice that would like to have this domain. Google search for specialists in the field and offer the name to them.

Also, it would be easy to develop too. Put a blog on it and post information on the subject on it.

 

[Recons.Com]

I will go out on a limb here . . . You may not like this domain for yourself or think it will go for a lot of money, but this is my best hand reg you have seen so far.

When you say to develop it is there a particular reason to consider that? I know what a blog is, and I could most certainly blog about this topic! Would this be a case where blogging about something else would be a bad move? Since it is an exact category match do you think when it sales it will sell for more if it has at least a blog on it?

Thank you for your feedback!

I agree that this is a good reg, especially compared to many others.

I have investandfinance.com and don't care what others think about it ) That is my area of expertise ))

You can sell it as a domain, you don't have to have a blog.

If you put blog on it and write few articles, you might bring in search traffic from professionals and others. You can have link somewhere on the site saying that it is for sale. You can also put adsense on it to monetize traffic.

It will also keep you busy from trying to register more domains (kidding)...