Should I quit domaining?

[katerleonid]

I need your advice.

A friend reached out and said something that really made me think:

Should I move my domains to somewhere else… or just get rid of them? They don’t actually sell.

And honestly, that question hit me harder than I expected.

Because I think every domainer - beginner or veteran - has faced this moment.

You buy domains. You believe in them. You refresh marketplaces hoping for offers. You tell yourself, “one of them will sell soon.”

But days turn into months. Renewals keep coming. And your passion slowly turns into frustration.

You start thinking...
Maybe I should’ve never gotten into domaining in the first place.

And that’s when I remembered my own story.

In 2021, I got into daily stock trading.
At first, I made money. Everyone wasm, remember the 2021 GME madness?

But when the wave broke, I started losing. Still, I kept going. Because I didn’t want to quit.

Until one day, I saw my wife’s face - tired, frustrated - watching me lose money every day while calling it a business.

That’s when I learned something most people avoid talking about.
And that brings me back to my friend’s question:

When’s the right moment to quit domaining?
Or should you keep going… hoping for that one domain that changes everything?

 

[alop]

I wish, but my friend is real, not AI.

 

[katerleonid]

@biggie I do believe the idea of quitting or not is universal, regardless of my friend’s situation. But again, I actually received some real advice here. I shared it with my friend and even asked him to write here. Now it’s his choice.

 

[alcy]

@biggie I do believe the idea of quitting or not is universal, regardless of my friend’s situation. But again, I actually received some real advice here. I shared it with my friend and even asked him to write here. Now it’s his choice.

100xrp he wont write

 

[AMRO1001]

look for a mentor to review all your purchases and sales and analyze what went wrong. For example, I’ve had a few consulting calls with AbdulBasit.com that were helpful. When I buy an expensive domain, I also request an appraisal from Accurate Appraisals (Mike Mann) to gauge how strong the purchase was. And now you have tools like ChatGPT and Gemini that can act as mentors but (not that good yet but they help) .


Lastly, you can work on your spiritual and inner beliefs to cultivate a luckier mindset.

 

[zomainhacks]

If a portfolio big enough doesn't give enough sales to cover at least renewals and a slim profit I would drop 90% of it without much thinking. There's no point in waiting, unless we are talking about a stellar quality portfolio priced at the highest possible retail value (single words coms etc).

Being able to evaluate the investments and rapidly changing course according to data is a crucial skill for every domainer.

 

[phaethon]

Asking for a friend usually means asking for myself

 

[katerleonid]

As I mentioned on Twitter (or X), I already have 3 domains. So I’m not asking for myself. Haha.

 

[cuanta]

Maybe he should first go small, before go big. it's the same with the stock market and with everything. but he should ask himself if this is what he really want.

 

[scithe]

Could you make more money working a minimum wage job? How many hours have you spent acquiring, listings and repricing domains? How much money did you lose by not working a job?

I give myself some leeway by applying part of my researching time as "Education." But after a certain point, have I learned this isn't the industry for me?

 

[URL Stream]

Asking for a friend usually means asking for myself

In fact, I once came across a Q&A symposium on marital harmony — aptly titled “Asking for a Friend.”

 

[NoDomains]

I need your advice.

A friend reached out and said something that really made me think:

Should I move my domains to somewhere else… or just get rid of them? They don’t actually sell.

And honestly, that question hit me harder than I expected.

Because I think every domainer - beginner or veteran - has faced this moment.

You buy domains. You believe in them. You refresh marketplaces hoping for offers. You tell yourself, “one of them will sell soon.”

But days turn into months. Renewals keep coming. And your passion slowly turns into frustration.

You start thinking...
Maybe I should’ve never gotten into domaining in the first place.

And that’s when I remembered my own story.

In 2021, I got into daily stock trading.
At first, I made money. Everyone wasm, remember the 2021 GME madness?

But when the wave broke, I started losing. Still, I kept going. Because I didn’t want to quit.

Until one day, I saw my wife’s face - tired, frustrated - watching me lose money every day while calling it a business.

That’s when I learned something most people avoid talking about.
And that brings me back to my friend’s question:

When’s the right moment to quit domaining?
Or should you keep going… hoping for that one domain that changes everything?

 

[katerleonid]

@scithe - When I was selling books, I realized I’d make more money with a regular job. So that’s a valid point.

 

[NoDomains]

I need your advice.

A friend reached out and said something that really made me think:

Should I move my domains to somewhere else… or just get rid of them? They don’t actually sell.

And honestly, that question hit me harder than I expected.

Because I think every domainer - beginner or veteran - has faced this moment.

You buy domains. You believe in them. You refresh marketplaces hoping for offers. You tell yourself, “one of them will sell soon.”

But days turn into months. Renewals keep coming. And your passion slowly turns into frustration.

You start thinking...
Maybe I should’ve never gotten into domaining in the first place.

And that’s when I remembered my own story.

In 2021, I got into daily stock trading.
At first, I made money. Everyone wasm, remember the 2021 GME madness?

But when the wave broke, I started losing. Still, I kept going. Because I didn’t want to quit.

Until one day, I saw my wife’s face - tired, frustrated - watching me lose money every day while calling it a business.

That’s when I learned something most people avoid talking about.
And that brings me back to my friend’s question:

When’s the right moment to quit domaining?
Or should you keep going… hoping for that one domain that changes everything?

I hear you. Every domainer hits that wall at some point. It is not always about quitting though, it is about adapting. Go through your names, drop the junk, and focus on what still has potential.

I use Acquir.ing to park my best domains, showcase my portfolio, and pull all my domain marketplace links into one place to allow buyers to choose where they wanna transact. Acquiring also allows me to tell the story behind domains, analyse whats getting interest, post social media style updates, accept followers, shortlists, and even chat with buyers directly. Makes the whole thing feel a lot less random.

 

[likemike]

I think it really has to do with the quality of your domain names and how much activity they get. There are all sorts of ways to track or research your names. As they say, Do Your Homework.

 

[scote]

Sunk Cost Effects.

 

[jberryhill]

Do you know how people are always hyping persistence, drive and "winners never quit!"

The people telling you "winners never quit" are the people whose winning depends on you not quitting.

 

[Eric Lyon]

Do you know how people are always hyping persistence, drive and "winners never quit!"

The people telling you "winners never quit" are the people whose winning depends on you not quitting.

Or it might just be...

You have to play to win, if you don't play, you can't win / E.g. Winners never quit and Quitters never win (Like the Lottery, Black jack, Bingo, Super Mario Bros, and Board game night on taco Tuesday)

 

[jberryhill]

I like the ones where "We talked to 10 successful entrepreneurs, and here's what they all did...."

You never see the article, "We talked to 10 broke homeless people to find out what they all did" because I'll bet it's a lot of the same stuff.

"I had a dream, and I never stopped following it. When things got tough, I thought about quitting. But, instead, I kept going. Everyone told me 'let it go, it will never work', but I didn't listen to them. I sold my car, mortgaged my house, went broke, borrowed more, my wife and kids left me, and now I live in a cardboard box."

 

[Eric Lyon]

I like the ones where "We talked to 10 successful entrepreneurs, and here's what they all did...."

You never see the article, "We talked to 10 broke homeless people to find out what they all did" because I'll bet it's a lot of the same stuff.

"I had a dream, and I never stopped following it. When things got tough, I thought about quitting. But, instead, I kept going. Everyone told me 'let it go, it will never work', but I didn't listen to them. I sold my car, mortgaged my house, went broke, borrowed more, my wife and kids left me, and now I live in a cardboard box."

Always a flip side to every coin people don't like to talk about, because it doesn't generate enough interest, likes, sales, or subscribes

 

[Zilla]

lose money every day while calling it a business.

well...I believe domaining is most cheap hobby...$10 can play a whole year...

btw..I like what u said...(as I quoted). good luck