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Howdy Yall!
My name is Clint ... and I'm from Cape Town, South Africa (Google it, the home of natural wonders and the cradle of mankind, it's a great place to live).
I am a total novice at domaining. Stumbled across Fippa.com less than a year ago, immediately got ahead of myself and splurged on what I thought (at the time) was brilliant dot-coms, but soon learnt what is probably the most basic rules of the game: (1) stay away from lengthy, non-english & made-up words, and (2) do not infringe on another's trademark. The lesson cost me a few thousand rand ($1 = R15) because I wanted to secure the dot-com along with 5 sub-premium tld's as well as additional variations of the original dot-com and their sub-premium tld's. I still feel like kicking myself thinking about it, maybe because it's still too fresh of an experience.
My hast-in-desperation caused me to step back for a while in hopes of learning and researching the industry at a very slow pace (kinda like part-time) but it's hard refraining in lieu of the quantity and value of sales being concluded each day. So, after recently reading an article on Zandibot.com (the 8 week flipping challenge) I was introduced to NP and am yet to list my first domain.
I still have so many lessons to learn as I constantly find myself buying more and more domains that I believe is valuable (all while researching and learning from the industry). So I've decided to embark on a journey of erasing my blunders and starting from scratch, hoping to let-go of my almost 100 domains acquired thus far. My new plan is to invest strictly in quality demand-based domains ie. one and two word dot-org and dot-com domains. I Plan to list my domains soon, ignoring my personal opinion on what I believe their values to be.
I'd like to look back at my NP intro within the next year, with a few premium one-word dot-com domains in my pocket and several successful sales under my belt. I know it's possible because people are doing it every single day, in both big and small amounts.
I am also hoping to test your (more experienced domainers) knowledge and lend from your experiences during my continued stages of growth - I now consider myself an official full-time student.
And in the long-term, I hope to build mutually beneficial relationships stemming from this awesome platform.
Please expect a lot of questions and requested opinions in months to come, I'm really looking forward to communicating more.
Regards
Clint.
My name is Clint ... and I'm from Cape Town, South Africa (Google it, the home of natural wonders and the cradle of mankind, it's a great place to live).
I am a total novice at domaining. Stumbled across Fippa.com less than a year ago, immediately got ahead of myself and splurged on what I thought (at the time) was brilliant dot-coms, but soon learnt what is probably the most basic rules of the game: (1) stay away from lengthy, non-english & made-up words, and (2) do not infringe on another's trademark. The lesson cost me a few thousand rand ($1 = R15) because I wanted to secure the dot-com along with 5 sub-premium tld's as well as additional variations of the original dot-com and their sub-premium tld's. I still feel like kicking myself thinking about it, maybe because it's still too fresh of an experience.
My hast-in-desperation caused me to step back for a while in hopes of learning and researching the industry at a very slow pace (kinda like part-time) but it's hard refraining in lieu of the quantity and value of sales being concluded each day. So, after recently reading an article on Zandibot.com (the 8 week flipping challenge) I was introduced to NP and am yet to list my first domain.
I still have so many lessons to learn as I constantly find myself buying more and more domains that I believe is valuable (all while researching and learning from the industry). So I've decided to embark on a journey of erasing my blunders and starting from scratch, hoping to let-go of my almost 100 domains acquired thus far. My new plan is to invest strictly in quality demand-based domains ie. one and two word dot-org and dot-com domains. I Plan to list my domains soon, ignoring my personal opinion on what I believe their values to be.
I'd like to look back at my NP intro within the next year, with a few premium one-word dot-com domains in my pocket and several successful sales under my belt. I know it's possible because people are doing it every single day, in both big and small amounts.
I am also hoping to test your (more experienced domainers) knowledge and lend from your experiences during my continued stages of growth - I now consider myself an official full-time student.
And in the long-term, I hope to build mutually beneficial relationships stemming from this awesome platform.
Please expect a lot of questions and requested opinions in months to come, I'm really looking forward to communicating more.
Regards
Clint.
