What is your annual budget for Domaining?

[atinc]

What is your annual budget for Domaining?

Annual budget consists of renewals, new registrations and aftermarket purchases.

Please participate the poll to review the results.

 

[Hemanttilotia]

Mine $10K-20K a year.
Present portfolio of 190 domains has a substantial investment in it as I don't do hand registers & mostly buy from Godaddy expired auctions.
Need to pay big there

 

[Fancy.domains]

It used to be about $15000 for me in 2014, but this year it's down to about $5000. Mostly because I try stay away from most names with high renewals.

I have also stayed away from auctions this year, but will probably engage in that again in 2018. And increase my spendings to about 10K a year.

 

[atinc]

Why do you want to know? These are personal questions and no one will tell you the truth.

Everyone will tell you they have a BIG budget but in turn they only buy in the $1 auction.
It's like how many times do I make love a year!!!

First of all this is not a personal question, we don`t see who votes for what.

Secondly, I think our community is consist of mostly honest and smart people and if they want to see the real data, which I assume they do, than they would vote honestly.

If you go and vote, you would see you are mistaken.

You are right about some of the folks who likes to do that but I think they are really minority here.

 

[biggie]

hey you..... what's in your wallet?

Why do you want to know?

imo....

 

[Lance Cameron]

The great thread we have here, This poll should give an interesting perspective breakdown.

$8.99 ... $26.97 max

My budget is in this range as a beginner, you coul have roughly 3 domains out of this depending on the extension.
My budget is $25 - 70$

 

[GeorgeQuang]

11k and still increasing .......

 

[johnn]

Why do you want to know? These are personal questions and no one will tell you the truth.

Everyone will tell you they have a BIG budget but in turn they only buy in the $1 auction.
It's like asking how many times do I make love a year!!!

 

[Hemanttilotia]

I hope he is well and alive

 

[Kuffy]

I don't understand this word "budget". In England, budge means move, and that is what seems to happen to my annual expenditure.

 

[PoliticalVII]

Can those with an annual budget of $50,000 please pm me.

 

[Fancy.domains]

What ? USA citizen must pay tax before using Domains @@
Only in USA or other Western countries ?

It totally depends on where in the world you live.

Rumors tell me that Cayman Islands is a popular place for domainers

 

[ksusha64]

If you making money in domaining then buy as much as you can. If you can not liquidate then be conservative Do not bite more than you can chew.

 

[wakguano]

$8.99 ... $26.97 max

 

[atinc]

$8.99 ... $26.97 max

Holding on only one domain?

 

[wakguano]

Holding on only one domain?

many actually ... i just dont wanna say it ... coz my balance sheet is out of balance

 

[dnk]

It depends on domain sales, advertising revenues, this year, prices are less, so less money will be spent. In India the government falsely claims that well connected frauds who do not spend any money on domain names are domain investors to pay them a monthly indian government salary at the expense of the real domain investor who is getting nothing.

 

[Fuadiansyah]

Mine $10K-20K a year.
Present portfolio of 190 domains has a substantial investment in it as I don't do hand registers & mostly buy from Godaddy expired auctions.
Need to pay big there

Sorry for this off-topic question.
If you won an expired GD auction at the price of. let say, $500, what is the actual money that you paid to GoDaddy which is including taxes, etc?

I saw an estimated taxes of 20% from the price as the component of the cost that we should paid too. So, based on my calculation, for $500 name won at auction, we have to pay about $615, which include renewal fee ($14.99) and the 20% taxes (20%*$500=$100). Am I correct?

 

[Hemanttilotia]

Sorry for this off-topic question.
If you won an expired GD auction at the price of. let say, $500, what is the actual money that you paid to GoDaddy which is including taxes, etc?

I saw an estimated taxes of 20% from the price as the component of the cost that we should paid too. So, based on my calculation, for $500 name won at auction, we have to pay about $615, which include renewal fee ($14.99) and the 20% taxes (20%*$500=$100). Am I correct?

Yes

 

[Paul]

Why do you want to know? These are personal questions and no one will tell you the truth.

Everyone will tell you they have a BIG budget but in turn they only buy in the $1 auction.
It's like asking how many times do I make love a year!!!

Really? I was thinking the other way around: I'm embarrassed to say how high my costs are. It means my profit margin is less impressive.

My costs are high because I like to give each of my servers a .ninja hostname. It's not an addiction, I swear.

 

[atinc]

I think it might be nice to mention how many domains you have in your portfolio in the comment section.

I go first!

Less than 200 domains

 

[atinc]

hey you..... what's in your wallet?



imo....

Lol, this is funny.

imo...

Did you vote Biggie?

 

[atinc]

Mine $10K-20K a year.
Present portfolio of 190 domains has a substantial investment in it as I don't do hand registers & mostly buy from Godaddy expired auctions.
Need to pay big there

Do you remember the most you payed on Godaddy expired auctions? Just curious, I didn`t bought any domain from expired auctions before.

 

[Hemanttilotia]

Do you remember the most you payed on Godaddy expired auctions? Just curious, I didn`t bought any domain from expired auctions before.

Yes, around $1700 for a 4L .com
2-3 more in that range.
Many in high xxx range. Got to beat hugeDomains
I hope I haven't over paid !!

 

[atinc]

Yes, around $1700 for a 4L .com
2-3 more in that range.
Many in high xxx range. Got to beat hugeDomains
I hope I haven't over paid !!

I think

If the pre-owner is still alive you might over paid for that 4L.com

If he is dead you probably have a nice pronounceable 4L there