discuss When did you start domaining?

[Arpit131]

Which year did you start domaining?

 

[abdou01]

May 2015

 

[J.R.]

June 2015. Registered a portfolio of nearly 500 DNs. As of this morning, I've culled my portfolio to 65 1-2 word dot-Com domain names. I think was the worst year to start as a newbie, the new gTLD hype and propaganda was everywhere. Quality over quantity...

 

[ResoluteDomains]

Which year did you start domaining?

Bought my first domain name in 1997 but didnt realize the investment potential until many years later.

 

[briguy]

1999, I made a lot of beginners mistake with that one!
Used a number instead of a word (thought it was cool!), registered it in (dot)info (was told because it was a "informational" site, use (dot)info.
(dot)com = commercial)...if I would have bought the (dot)com,...
Still have the old girl, don't want to retire her because of sentimental feelings (another mistake, putting a emotional attachment to a name..but the "old" girl earned her keep, lots of mortgage payments made cause of her,

, the universe has a strange way of delivering dreams after ones been put through a ringer.

I like that expression..my adaptation!

 

[Maestro88]

April 2014- if only I'd known about it earlier...

M88

 

[imadoer]

Jan 2015

 

[DotKing]

I'm dealing with domains and websites since 1996 - started domaining in 2017 , when I sold one of my hand regs from 2002. I was just aware of domain auctions but honestly didn't know about "domaining" in this form (aftermarket, trading, community etc).

 

[Cdomains]

1892 --- very early adopter

 

[Armageddon]

November 2010

 

[DomainChat.net]

(First registration: 2005) - Here's when and how I got started: https://www.namepros.com/blog/how-i-broke-free-from-the-chains-and-got-my-start.848899/

As an added note to the last paragraph in that 2015 article, the wife and I are now full-time in a 30ft Winnebago brave (Thanks to the domain industry). It didn't quite happen the way we envisioned it to and it was actually a bit tragic, but then, the universe has a strange way of delivering dreams after ones been put through a ringer.

2005 too here, selling some each year but not getting seriously about selling domains since 2016, too bad
because have another revenue streaming & lost 4 years time just to get a girl

damn, i should simulating my life that year for the next 10 years, choose that making money & decline that making lost money

 

[private123]

September.2017

 

[poweredbyme]

I bought my first website in 2005 or 2006. It came with a registered domain.
I am against to hand register

 

[Lakshan]

Wow. Many peoples started after 2016

 

[elevator]

Started around 2010; then there was no known place to study domaining but based on google and around websites I regged so many pigeon shIts as it is called . I began to learn domaining through namepros.com and domainsherpa recently when I stumbled on them and after that have opened my eyes by so many blogs written by so domaining gurus.

 

[YudiTayba]

Started a month ago

 

[Soofi]

2000-2005 (Better late than never) for me

 

[AYORich]

Started recently anyway