discuss What is wrong about handreg

[AboGamil]

hello everyone
why people here don't like handreg domains
especially buyers what is wrong about handreg names

 

[Way3]

People generally here dislike buying recently hand regged domains.

My reasoning is, it's much to with that they were bought for reg fee, and then domainers hate having to pay a premium.

It's also aggravates them, because they feel like they missed out hand regging it themselves, reninforcing why they dont want to pay that premium.

Of course at the right price, that shouldn't get in the way and recently hand regged or not,
a good domain is a good domain.

Gets to the core existential question of your domaining journey. Are you buying domains just to resell to other domain investors - or - are you a domain investor.

 

[AboGamil]

Gets to the core existential question of your domaining journey. Are you buying domains just to resell to other domain investors - or - are you a domain investor.

good point
for me first time iwas buy to sell to other domain investors to be domain investor you must have some budget to start journey

 

[Way3]

good point
for me first time iwas buy to sell to other domain investors to be domain investor you must have some budget to start journey

Either budget or tenacity coupled with patience and time. Easier said than done, but it's really a waiting game (even for the best domain names).

 

[OhYeah]

I find this problem often too. A buyer who was interested in a domain says "You just registered it today, so actually we're going to pass". Is that smart? I don't think so. I can find a ton of very bad , but aged domain names & I can find couple great, but available to register names. Does that change anything? Basically only thing it can change is SEO value. Of course a hand-reg usually will have less SEO value than some 20 year old name. I find it strange, but yeah, potential buyers often backout when they find out it's a hand-reg. Logic? SEO value. Only logic I can find in that. Maybe also envy that they know how much you'll earn and they're pissed about it.

 

[AboGamil]

I find this problem often too. A buyer who was interested in a domain says "You just registered it today, so actually we're going to pass". Is that smart? I don't think so. I can find a ton of very bad domain, but aged domain names & I can find couple great, but available to register names. Does that change anything? Basically only thing it can change is SEO value. Of course a hand-reg usually will have less SEO value than some 20 year old name. I find it strange, but yeah, potential buyers often backout when they find out it's a hand-reg. Logic? SEO value. Only logic I can find in that. Maybe also envy that they know how much you'll earn and they're pissed about it.

ifull agree with you

 

[trap3]

Gets to the core existential question of your domaining journey. Are you buying domains just to resell to other domain investors - or - are you a domain investor.

 

[blogspotter]

I love hand registering (original not re-registering from the deleted lot) and it gives immense creative satisfaction. More than 35% of my portfolio are hand registered. You can check my website same as user name and find many there.

Those who say all words are taken are the same people who believe and compare the domain industry with the real estate industry. However, unlike limited land, the world of words is ever-expanding and every year hundreds and thousands of new words are including in dictionary in all languages.

The fact is domain sector is like universe ever-expanding and a growing galaxy full of stars some are known but maximum are still unknown and untapped due to our limited knowledge, ability and lifetime.

After achieving my portfolio size, I stopped hand registering not because I don't like them or do not have a new idea but simply because I do not want to give birth to a new name if I am not able to protect or nurture them. So sometimes it's a blackhole where it sucks your creative energy and you won't realise whether you are at zero or infinity. Also in search of unknown gain (sale and profit) creating unsustainable and confirm liability in the form of annual renew fee is not a good idea.

In fact, if we really have good domains and if we knew its real worth, we may not be able to sale 100 good domains to end user in our lifetime. Thank you!

What was the last Hand reg domain you sold for X,XXX so far?

 

[GreatBrand.in]

What was the last Hand reg domain you sold for X,XXX so far?

I entered into this sector 6 months ago when someone from the Netherland approached me and brought my hand reg (dot in an underrated ccTLD) at middle X, XXX. That domain I created (hand registration original as I was not knowing expiring domain, aftermarket or anything like that at that time) brought for my own use so when he offered me a hefty amount which gave me exponential profit within a year of hand reg, I sold the domain to him. He was extremely happy. Also, note, he found my address through Whois as I have not registered my domain at any marketplace/s in fact at that time I was not knowing about these marketplaces or existence of such vibrant domain industry.

At that time my knowledge about domaining was only limited to GoDaddy where I registered my few domains for personal use. I was not knowing what is registrar and marketplace etc. These Dyna, Dan, NameCheap, Sedo all were alien words me. Before selling in May 2020, I also checked all valuation tools and they were showing lower xxx.

Later on, I realised I sold my handwritten dot in the domain at less than 10 times of its real value which means the worth of my written (.in) domain was xx, xxx. It also means that the valuation tools (i used all popular) were min 20-30 times wrong. How I can say this because exactly after one week time in Sedo auction similar to my domain (dot in) was sold at US$50,000.

The very first lesson I learnt is never ever trust any valuation tool or software.

Please feel free to visit my website (same as user id) to get the glimpse of our team's creativity. Thank you!

 

[enterscope]

In 2020 Hand registering domains is mostly an unprofitable business model. You will register 50 bad domains for every 1 that is decent, and you could have spent that $500 on a GREAT domain.

 

[King]

They just say that so they can reg them

 

[Federer]

There are opportunities if you have eagle-eyes, patience and determination.

I personally sell 5-figures worth of brandcentric hand-registered domain names each and every month.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

Nothing wrong with handregs.

But if domainers think there is and would rather buy aftermarket more money for me.

Did you know I sold InvestReit.com (Handreg)for $55k?

CoinMena.com (Handreg) $25K?

PaladineDrone.com (Handreg) $8,000

Imagine what I will sell these Handreg below for?

5GVoice.com
Free5G.com
InvestBullion.com
Iotanium.com
IotMMS.com
RCSApp.com
5GStock.com
EtfBit.com
ExperienceTheDrive.com
PrimoryeKrai.com


All handregs.


My bread and butter domains? Handregging exact match addresses for big real estate developments.

 

[blogspotter]

Nothing wrong with handregs.

But if domainers think there is and would rather buy aftermarket more money for me.

Did you know I sold InvestReit.com (Handreg)for $55k?

CoinMena.com (Handreg) $25K?

PaladineDrone.com (Handreg) $8,000

Imagine what I will sell these Handreg below for?

5GVoice.com
Free5G.com
InvestBullion.com
Iotanium.com
IotMMS.com
RCSApp.com
5GStock.com
EtfBit.com
ExperienceTheDrive.com
PrimoryeKrai.com


All handregs.


My bread and butter domains? Handregging exact match addresses for big real estate developments.

How much do you typically sell real estate dev EMD and do you have to outbound.
This is interesting
What were the last couple you sold if you can share (no NDA)

 

[Ostrados]

There is a problem in hand reg definition, most domainers that report hand reg are actually referring to dropped domains found in dropped lists, these are actually not new domains but aged domains that just dropped. No problem at all in hand registering dropped domains because these domain do actually sell if you can find good ones.

True hand reg is comming up with new names without using any drop lists, this is called sometimes names speculation. The problem with this method is that there was no demand on these names in the past (and that is why they are available) and so you need to hold for long time (ex: 2-5 years) before there is any demand.

 

[FolioTeam]

There is a problem in hand reg definition, most domainers that report hand reg are actually referring to dropped domains found in dropped lists, these are actually not new domains but aged domains that just dropped. No problem at all in hand registering dropped domains because these domain do actually sell if you can find good ones.

True hand reg is comming up with new names without using any drop lists, this is called sometimes names speculation. The problem with this method is that there was no demand on these names in the past (and that is why they are available) and so you need to hold for long time (ex: 2-5 years) before there is any demand.

Considering how long domain registrations have been going on, it's becoming harder to find "True Handregs".

Some names people think they coined themselves without going through the droplist, will shock them if they decide to investigate the history of those names.

 

[DuDD]

Every man has his hobbyhorse

 

[lock]

There is a problem in hand reg definition, most domainers that report hand reg are actually referring to dropped domains found in dropped lists, these are actually not new domains but aged domains that just dropped. No problem at all in hand registering dropped domains because these domain do actually sell if you can find good ones.

True hand reg is comming up with new names without using any drop lists, this is called sometimes names speculation. The problem with this method is that there was no demand on these names in the past (and that is why they are available) and so you need to hold for long time (ex: 2-5 years) before there is any demand.

I don't really think there is confusion you might get a few drops posted but if those drops sit in pool for a year and registered another time they are hand registered. People are probably well aware they are posting drops when they post in reg of day thread.

 

[AboGamil]

Gets to the core existential question of your domaining journey. Are you buying domains just to resell to other domain investors - or - are you a domain investor.

There are some people here who do this, they buy domains and sell them to investors here along with their top domains in the market

 

[Cooldevil007]

I hand reg most of my domain names and if you follow technology closely you will see that some terms did not exist ten, or even five years ago. Some tech innovations are emerging as you are reading this! If you do your research well and triple check the spelling, you can uncover gems. I did, continue doing so, and it has paid well... A savvy buyer puts his or her ego aside and makes a respectable offer for a domain name that defines an emerging category, no matter when the name was registered.

How do you Find Upcoming Technology and Trends that are future?
Can you please share Resources and Websites which helps to see upcoming trends and technology

 

[Broth Investing]

Nothing wrong with hand regs but please keep in mind the pool of of good or great names is much smaller when newer. You need a clear why when purchasing.