discuss Who is the BEST domainer at NamePros?

[dnsgeni]

To much of the advice on this forum is coming from people like me, who don't know shit.
So creating a directory of users who have found success would be helpful for does who desire to do the same.

So In terms of achieved sales and current domain estate ownership, who do you consider to be one of the most successful domainer at NamePros?

 

[Domain boy]

Exactly, these are the people I am looking for ^^ Yet its not always about the "showing off", more about the willingness to share. This is a competitive industry after all.

these people want to work quietly. They have no benefit in sharing their success and they do not have the overwhelming need to flaunt to prove their worth.

then, I just wanted to say that there is no such thing as the best domainer. Everyone does their best with the capital they have at their disposal

 

[NickB]

After using Namepros as a learning platform for a while you should work out who is worth reading, following etc etc

Lot's of historical threads on here with the same people posting common sense responses , providing information, answering questions and general good manners to see who is who and who is just a douche......

Some report their sales, some don't so it's not a metric I go by when deciding on who to pay attention to - you can do your own research to back up claims, details etc etc

 

[Domain boy]

in my opinion the best domainer is the one who doesn't want to flaunt, the one who doesn't talk much and gives advice to anyone professing himself an expert, but one who knows his stuff well and does business silently.
he makes the facts speak, not the words.
many of them, as they are unwilling\not interested to show off, we have little to no idea of their great business skills

 

[lock]

There is no benefit into prying into others business other than making note of current inventory in order to create future business. Bit like getting picked up and asked occupation before name. Anyone can mismanage at any point as there is more to it than buying good names.

 

[Future Sensors]

This thread quickly went off hill and my clickbate title is mostly who to blame (my bad). I asked for people to list users with the most successful porfolios / porfolio sales, yet everyone decided to answer the quastion of "what makes a good domainer"
and
"who is the best namepros contributer".

This info is already available for everyone who wants to view it here:
https://www.namepros.com/members/?key=highest_reaction_score
https://www.namepros.com/members/?key=most_points

Since many also decided to answer my question by asking the question "WHY do you want to know this"
Well, To view their portfolios, see their comments/posts. Basically everything they have been comforable with sharing. Alot of the value they share will be limited, because it is valuable. That's why its hard to find, but this is not a reason not to seek it. Just thought we could do it together... guess not.

The best domainers are those who realize that there is no shortcut to such insight. You will unfortunately have to read this forum cover to cover to get a bit of an idea of the players, big and small. Everyone has a different measure of success. Also try to appreciate those who report small sales every now and then. I wish you a lot of reading pleasure.

 

[bmugford]

This thread quickly went off hill and my clickbate title is mostly who to blame (my bad). I asked for people to list users with the most successful porfolios / porfolio sales, yet everyone decided to answer the quastion of "what makes a good domainer"
and
"who is the best namepros contributer".

Well, the problem is you asked a highly subjective question.

Define what "best" means.

Brad

 

[Tatiana_B]

DnGear, mobilespecialists, JurgenWolf
For my opinion Bob Hawkes is Greatest Copywriter-Domainer, analyst ever!

 

[cooljub]

To much of the advice on this forum is coming from people like me, who don't know shit.

If you don't know sh*t, how do you know they don't?

 

[jhm]

@DNGear, another easy pick

 

[jiy k]

There are many Excellent Domainers here on NP. I don't know what is their portfolio size(though some of them mention link in their profile) or how many they have sold unless they have reported here, still to judge a domainer's success by it, is bit difficult. At least for me, as I am no expert. Still learning the ropes.
But I find many Domainers Excellent, Interesting, Very knowledgeable, Detail Oriented, To The Point..... Many of them are already here commenting in this thread.
Even when some domainer makes blunt, caustic, tangential remark, still there is something to learn from it.
One of the Best Detail Oriented Domainer, with Insightful Blogs is @Bob Hawkes.

 

[william]

Best would be subjective.
Most profitable would be quite easy to determine (if we knew everyone's financials, spoiler alert: we don't).

Many people, including yourself, have mentioned domainers with large portfolios. Are they the most successful? See the above. But FYI, with enough money, you could buy 500,000 domains today. You would hold the most domains, are you suddenly the best?

Additionally, many of the large portfolios, and people with the biggest sales, had the foresight to start early. They had the ultimate advantage of being able to hand-register one word names or at least to buy them cheap. Does that make them the best? Maybe. At this point, the people who own large portfolios have teams, bots, and connections. So they still have the advantage, even today. But all is fair, so does that make them the best?

Then, there are people who don't have the largest portfolios, but struck gold by taking risks on new TLDs that came out at the time. Like .io or .xyz. Are they the best?

 

[biggie]

there is no such thing as the best domainer. Everyone does their best with the capital they have at their disposal

Hi

totally agree


and it applies to best portfolio as well.


one can't judge by who posts the most info about domains as a blogger, because that doesn't tell you what they earn from domaining... it only provides info about aspects of domaining.

but when it comes to best domainer and also a blogger, who is also a member of NP, then folks like @GeorgeK, would be my choice as best domainer in both classes!

you can't know by who post the most sales because there are those who don't post...who may achieve more.
there is one member here who makes 5 figures or more per month in ppc, but rarely speaks of sales -
but how many know who he is?

any member you pick, may have different strategy, model and also longer tenure/experience in the game.

there is no level playing field and everyone does not start at the same line, at the same time.

unless you're a reader, then you won't know nothing, to measure against anything.

imo....

 

[enterscope]

My votes go to:

Best Portfolio: Brent Oxley @create.com

 

[jhm]

Success is measured in many ways. An easy pick for me is @bmugford, or the much loved @Bob Hawkes. Knowledgeable, engaging and likeable, like many others. I pick those traits, above all

 

[jhm]

Yes agree, but this tread is for financial (so dont write Siddharta), and actual results is overall the most accurate measurement. Top namepros value contributors would be a different thread (and a good one).

You could just Google all-time great domain sales / domain investors, the sales they've been apart of etc, you'll find a fair list. The members I've mentioned are equally respected in their own right

 

[tonyk2000]

The best domainer? At least the one who is profitable. The was a NP poll some time ago and surprisingly high %% of participants indicated that they actually lost $$$ so far. Also, since we are speaking about a forum, one would guess that the best domainers in this context are not those who are using the forum exclusively to report their own sales or purchases, but those who also contribute in other ways. The last but not the least, best or most successful domainers frequently do not need or want to report their sales or purchases at all

 

[MediaCode]

Exactly, these are the people I am looking for ^^ Yet its not always about the "showing off", more about the willingness to share. This is a competitive industry after all.

Some of us share quite a bit, yearly:

https://domainnamewire.com/2022/09/12/real-domain-investor-results-in-2022-dnw-podcast-404/

 

[Sammy Jakes]

I give it to Mr. @Bob Hawkes. I have learnt so much from his articles

 

[dnsgeni]

Found this:

• Frank Schilling, over 250,000 domain names (if not even more): http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2007/december.htm
• Mike Mann , over 100,000 domain names: http://www.thedomains.com/2010/07/1...mike-mann-lists-for-sale-at-domainmarket-com/
• Kevin Ham, over 300,000 domain names: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/100050989/index.htm
• BuyDomains, over 670,000 domain names: http://www.buydomains.com/info/premium-domains-faq.jsp
• DomCollect, over 200,000 domain names: http://www.DNF/member-domcollect.html
• Oversee, over 800,000 domain names: http://www.chefpatrick.com/interview-with-jeff-kupietzky-ceo-of-oversee-net/
• MostWantedDomains, over 50,000 domain names: http://www.mostwanteddomains.com/advertising/

 

[tonyk2000]

Imo, no domainer, best or not the best under whatever methodology, cannot know everything... The forum itself has a lot of useful info though - cumulative knowledge (sort of). In particular, any new member looking for info should visit and read Warning and Alerts section among others: https://www.namepros.com/forums/warnings-and-alerts.90/ . There are a lot of things to read, including alerts of 2018/2019. Unfortunately, we are not in paradise, and many antiheroes are still "in business".

 

[Recons.Com]

The best domain investor is the owner(s) of HugeDomains.

No one comes even close. They single-handedly own over 35% of all names listed for sale at Afternic. And they are probably bigger than the next 5-10 whales combined.

 

[noneisnone]

don't know many people on here but from the people i know @bmugford is the best

 

[vincew]

Rick Schwartz, he led the way

 

[dnsgeni]

Success is measured in many ways.

Yes agree, but this tread is for financial (so dont write Siddharta), and actual results is overall the most accurate measurement. Top namepros value contributors would be a different thread (and a good one).