poll Your domain portfolio size (Folio sizes babble)

[alcy]

bros..
so I'm down to 500 names on dot.. thought this.fun round number deserved little chat on folio sizes.

I remember when started 10yr back my max reached like 3k names. 99percent wasted zero value junk. then I had to spend yrs learning craft and getting back to zero from a few grands into negative.. lol

but hey. I'm sure happened to many. the sucky part is if u start ..lost money then quit cause your discouraged and so u quit with minus 5 or 10k

that sucks.

anyway.. let's have nice chat on folio sizes.. u can vote .. renewals add up...sales going down.. folio sizes suddenly matter.


enjoy

 

[HotKey]

Same as you started 10 years ago building folio, reached around 400 domains. Every year since average 5 sales 10-15k total. Every year I cut, maybe a few buys. Now have ~180 DN. Still 5 sales this year. I don't play hard enough but am satisfied.

Soon I feel though will have to rejuvenate, stock is drying up and not much more to cut. But a bit of a different world now in terms of investing particularly for my taste. Not adverse in considering adjustments in style.

 

[King]

Back when I regged various extensions and lost tons of money, I didn't even keep track. Learned my lessons, stepped back for a bit, dropped 99% non .com and held around 100-200 domains for a couple of years. I was more active this year and doubled that to around 400.

 

[alcy]

man I remember when I started I was so clueless I actually thought best names were those that made most actual English sense like... I recall ragging shit thatlooked like a few word English sentence.

alcy u dumb fock.

 

[enterscope]

Around 300, most I had was 600.

300 is a good number to manage. I think the most I'll have moving forward is 500 because I'm upping quality as I acquire more.

 

[phaethon]

2.5 years in domaining, about 1000 domains have been registered, I'm at 578 now, but cleaning my portfolio, keeping only names I would name my own company with. I have also started using ATOM's premium listings for names that are on the brandable side.
I had a target to reach 1000 names, but I don't think this is achievable anymore, unless I purchase portfolios..

 

[Krum]

you guys have portfolios :?

 

[alcy]

you guys have portfolios :?

yes
one per testicle

 

[Hts_10]

have around 145 domains right now, but a lot of shite stuff like xyz, store, shop and names that I thought were too good. Goshh.
Anyway, plan to do a complete cleaning this year and only keeping the good stuff.

hopefully 2025 will be better, still learning and I think improving little by little.

 

[NameGroove]

Back when I regged various extensions and lost tons of money, I didn't even keep track. Learned my lessons, stepped back for a bit, dropped 99% non .com and held around 100-200 domains for a couple of years. I was more active this year and doubled that to around 400.

That's impressive then that after such non .com losses you jumped into another alt TLD. You must really believe in it after your experience.

 

[King]

That's impressive then that after such non .com losses you jumped into another alt TLD. You must really believe in it after your experience.

Yes, I see the potential. It stands out to me from all the other TLDs I have purchased. I feel almost called to it.

The loses were mainly because I would reg names only because they were dictionary words, but I didn't think about the end user or do research on TLD count, matching company names, etc. Had lots of .net .org .xyz .us .co & towards the end of that timeframe some .app, these names were uncommon words, too long, or complicated. I would bulk run lists of words and get the ones that were at reg fee. Though I had a couple of decent .xyz back then, I never sold one at retail, but they were snagged backed up, sold, and developed, so there's that.

 

[biggie]

Hi,

currently, have about 117 domain names.
majority > .com, some LLL org, some LLL net, a few LLL xyz, and four .us

sold 4 domains in 2024, a 5N.com, a LLL.org, a LLL.net and one 4L.com
that str was a little high, so i might not sell any names this year, to bring it down.

imo...

 

[hn]

A couple of years back, had over 250 domains. But with zero sales last year, and very low sales prior to that, slowly dropped many domains. Now its around 150 domains. The problem has been there are zero inquiries for domains these days. Earlier, each month used to get a couple of inquiries resulting in a domain or two sold each year. My domains are listed on major marketplaces like afternic, sedo and atom, so really surprising to see that no sales even though domain type in traffic right now for my domains is close to a thousand a day!

 

[Zilla]

I guess 50 around at this moment...no much growth in last 2 years...quite stable..

 

[biggie]

even though domain type in traffic right now for my domains is close to a thousand a day!

HI

if that's true, then you should have them parked with PPC ads.

imo...

 

[Andreas B.]

got ~500.

other question:
is it advantageous make your portfolio public, or not?

I think most likely not, and I don't see many pro domainers show off their portfolios.

most likely, it makes most sense if you are in the re-selling biz (selling to investors)...

 

[NameGroove]

got ~500.

other question:
is it advantageous make your portfolio public, or not?

I think most likely not, and I don't see many pro domainers show off their portfolios.

most likely, it makes most sense if you are in the re-selling biz (selling to investors)...

You need to search harder. Many large sellers show/market their whole a large part of their portfolio

https://www.hugedomains.com/
https://www.domainmarket.com/
https://top.domains/

 

[Andreas B.]

You need to search harder. Many large sellers show/market their whole a large part of their portfolio

https://www.hugedomains.com/
https://www.domainmarket.com/
https://top.domains/

Sure, some commercially ambitious domainers do that.

And mostly, there are top .com domains then listed there.


But would you say many (most) do that?!


Surely, if I own top .com domains (which I renew), I wouldn't have zero problems to showcase them.

But if I own non-top .com domains (semi-good domains that are tech / timing / trend sensitive),
of which some I am not really sure whether to renew or not...

does it then make any sense to showcase them all?


As a reseller I am ready to go down with the price; all I want is to get rid off them for an acceptable sum.
As a top domainer (with top com's & deep enough pockets) I wait, until the right buyer shows up.

But as the one in the middle of it?


It's some sort of chess we are playing ...

 

[NameGroove]

Sure, some commercially ambitious domainers do that.

And mostly, there are top .com domains then listed there.


But would you say many (most) do that?!


Surely, if I own top .com domains (which I renew), I wouldn't have zero problems to showcase them.

But if I own non-top .com domains (semi-good domains that are tech / timing / trend sensitive),
of which some I am not really sure whether to renew or not...

does it then make any sense to showcase them all?


As a reseller I am ready to go down with the price; all I want is to get rid off them for an acceptable sum.
As a top domainer (with top com's & deep enough pockets) I wait, until the right buyer shows up.

But as the one in the middle of it?


It's some sort of chess we are playing ...

You are selling something. Yet you are arguing against promoting what you are selling?
Doesn't seem a smart strategy imo

 

[Inframan]

I guess 50 around at this moment...no much growth in last 2 years...quite stable..

I'm aiming to be in that space of holding around 40 - 60 domains. I'm currently just under 100 domains. All my downsizing came from dropping domains.

 

[VivifyDomains]

Sure, some commercially ambitious domainers do that.

And mostly, there are top .com domains then listed there.


But would you say many (most) do that?!


Surely, if I own top .com domains (which I renew), I wouldn't have zero problems to showcase them.

But if I own non-top .com domains (semi-good domains that are tech / timing / trend sensitive),
of which some I am not really sure whether to renew or not...

does it then make any sense to showcase them all?


As a reseller I am ready to go down with the price; all I want is to get rid off them for an acceptable sum.
As a top domainer (with top com's & deep enough pockets) I wait, until the right buyer shows up.

But as the one in the middle of it?


It's some sort of chess we are playing ...

The buyers aren't the problem, it's other investors. If you're a successful investor you probably don't want to let other investors reverse engineer your secret sauce. If you're a newer investor then I think there's no down side as no one will bother anyway most likely

 

[Andreas B.]

You are selling something. Yet you are arguing against promoting what you are selling?
Doesn't seem a smart strategy imo

When you share your portfolio, you open everything:

What keywords you have been after, in what ratio (compared), what TLDs, what prefix/suffix 'es, your buying power, and much more...

Would you want others to know that, in the context that you yourself are not sure, how many domains you will renew, and how many not...?

In a perfect world you own X number of domains, and you renew them all because you are 100% confident that they are the best choice.

But we are nowhere perfect, and I think many domainers are also experimenting with niches,
buying a bunch of domains (some 100s of domains), and watch what happens for a year,
then decide whether it is worth it to renew the rest, keep track of that niche, etc.


So, short: You give your competitors new ideas, new keywords, new techniques,
and maybe even some of your domains, ... later on.


We are buddies on a forum, but of course we are competitors in the domaining world of registrars & auction sites : )

The buyers aren't the problem, it's other investors. If you're a successful investor you probably don't want to let other investors reverse engineer your secret sauce. If you're a newer investor then I think there's no down side as no one will bother anyway most likely

Damn right!

Is it advantageous, to give insight into your niches, keywords etc. or not, is the question...


And this is why it makes sense to share top .com domains -
because you won't drop them, they are not just a niche (or maybe, they are top notch in their niche), and no one will be able to get them / be able to copy that level of quality
(without sacrificing a lot of money (by investing into a similar name), but that will only push the price / demand for your top domain).


That is why I would indeed share a list of top 1-word .com domains, if I had some

Or if I'd be a reseller, who is not aiming at a max. price, but at getting money in // mid-quality domains out.

 

[biggie]

You are selling something. Yet you are arguing against promoting what you are selling?

Hi

cognitive dissonance

many domainers who've been in the game for a few years, will...sooner or later, have their portfolio listed on their own sales site, in addition to listing entire portfolio on various marketplaces.

check the signatures of members and you might see a few.


imo...