advice Some things new domainers should consider

[JudgeMind]

Before hand registering any domain names you should ask yourself these questions:

1. Would I name my business or product this

2. Am I confident enough in the quality of this name to pay the renewal fee or to purchase a transfer to another registrar

3. Are there similar domains that have sold

4. If I spend an extra $10-$20 could I get a better name than this one

5. Are there any registered trademarks that registering this domain name would infringe upon.

follow this model when starting out and you will be ahead of the game.

cheers

JM

p.s - feel free to add to this list. Make your own list and follow it strictly. Once you discover the strategy that works best for you fine tune it and you will be successful

 

[xynames]

Most hand regs (registered today, not twenty years ago) end up not selling for anything.

 

[Reddstagg]

As I understand it, the sell thru rate is around the 1% mark so it doesn't matter whether you have invested 200, 2,000, 20,000, 200,000 or 2,000,000 bucks, it is perceived that you will sell 1% of your portfolio.

The ideal situation would be to know your limitations, i.e. budget, time or experience and to only invest what you can afford to lose. Also, maximize your own strengths for your own situation.

If you're not so good at thinking up names to hand register, then buy some domains whereby you can draw on your own skillset, which might be outbound sales communications, research or indeed marketing.

You will be the best person to judge your local markets and this would probably be a good place to start, but you would need to be quick. It would probably be quite easy to get the name and contact details (including website and e-mail address) of companies in your local area who may not know so much about websites, branding or even the new gtlds.

Put in the time and effort and you will learn a considerable amount on a short space of time.

 

[Ntmt]

Here is my list I consider worth hand regging. Will be appreciated for feedback of experienced domainers. I do not need exact appraisal. I posted this list to prove that not-bad (in my opinion) names may be handregged nowadays. But I am open for criticism.

Spoiler: my recent handregs

adminvr(.)com
airportdisplay(.)com
bitwisefund(.)com
datanesting(.)com
datatrophy(.)com
datauniv(.)com
digiplaying(.)com
e-glossary(.)com
engagingsite(.)com
i-practice(.)com
i-yield(.)com
lockedhouse(.)com
masspaying(.)com
momentpoker(.)com
moneytransferal(.)com
monitorfund(.)com
panatrader(.)com
payingbits(.)com
playingsite(.)com
shooterplay(.)com

 

[Ariff BD]

I am less than one year & i never had something except hand reged. most are .com.

I sold many but none more than 60 usd . sold domains are all in com like hempsyringe, casinovascotia,damnfuckinghot,chinaisthefuture,rayslt,cbdyahoo,customizedsmartphone,pukila, spacbdoil.

Now i have some but will not sell for so small amount. like unsmartness,voicetrick, xermany(com & de) ,be8ing, ,tracyaccidentattorney,tropicalcanada,co-defi,subsidizedinsurance.

But the domain i hand reged but will hold upto 5 or 10 years renewal are defi.es,menaairlines,taxiairlines


in com.

Now still i am only interested in hand reg ... may be i dont have money enough to buy good things.

 

[frank-germany]

Have you run them through the appraisal tools at either Godaddy or estibot?

expect these appraisals as worthless

a godaddy appraised name below $2K USD
is most likely unsellable