@PriyankaS thank you both for starting the thread and for an insightful personal list of things to start it off. I think your #3 is something a lot of us have struggled with, and would welcome additional comments from you, or anyone else, on arguments BIN vs Make Offfer.
So what did I learn in 2019. Lots of things! Almost everyday I learn something useful from someone!
Here are a few that stuck with me:
- I not so much learned what is best, but am beginning to see how challenging it is to answer the simple question. What is an effective lander?
- I learned that different people have very different success, it seems at different marketplaces. I mean it seems two people can have the same names at 3 marketplaces, and one person has almost all of their sales at one, and someone else another. I know whichever DNS is pointed at will see more of them, but it seems more than just that one factor.
- I am not sure it started in 2019, but I came to clearly see how important probabilistic thinking is, in my opinion. What is the probability of this type and quality of name selling?
- I learned to use NameBio better, to use Dofo, somewhat to use DomainIQ, and to continue to use things like the various stats places, comparison places, trend tools, etc.
- I learned some about the various ways to measure web traffic, and how they can be manipulated.
- Through reading some outside of NPs, as well as NPs, I think I understand branding a little better (but not yet well).
- I think partly from looking at another year of sales on NameBio I came to learn even more that various kinds of names sell, I am not talking extensions so much as the type of name.
- I learned that some people are much better at negotiation, and that makes a huge difference in sales prices.
- I learned how to use the BB code thing for formatting on NamePros
- I was really impressed with the reflections and success of some of the new people. I definitely learned from them.
- Through both newcomers, and some experienced people, I saw that social media can be important. I definitely plan to get domain LinkedIn active and continue Twitter active in 2020.
- I hope I learned the value of listening to what people say, rather than jump on why I disagree with them. I also keep working on always listening to what is said, irrespective of who it is who said it.
- I learned that the job of a forum moderator must be the most difficult, thankless job there is. We don't say it often enough. But Thank You if you are reading this. May 2020 see less heat in some threads!
- I learned that NamePros has an incredible number of kind, helpful people. No wait, I think I knew that the year before and the year before too!
Have a prosperous 2020 everyone!
Bob
...But my 13 sales covered the expense + Profit. I was hit but fortunately it was not a collateral damage...Lean/improve/quality is my next mission.
