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

 

[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...

 

[Andreas B.]

This domainer for example does not share his domain portfolio.

And he has a HUGE portfolio (I read 30 thsd domains somewhere?)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1880604415507435978

(sometimes shares names on X, but only occasionally)

 

[dnk]

This year, I have reduced the number of domains I have to a great extent, since I cannot afford to pay renewal fees.

 

[dnk]

repeat message deleted.

 

[DomainRecap]

I wanted my domain portfolio to convey sheer size, and size means stability, luxury, and above all, strength.

 

[biggie]

If you're a successful investor you probably don't want to let other investors reverse engineer your secret sauce.

Hi

there is no secret about what's in the sauce.
but you can't just toss the ingredients in a pan all willy nilly and expect the batter to rise.

imo...

 

[Domen]

Started with 100 domains, 90 % .com

 

[PhongSGC]

around 25 for serveral yrs, just regged some in last month, but till under 100 for now

 

[Nh2025]

I have 7 domains. I got into domaining around 5 years ago and made around $4-5k in a year with around 40 domains. I then gave up because it seemed like too much work for too little reward.

I just started again this year but only plan to buy a few domains. This is more of a backround side hustle that I can do now and then. Not taking it too seriously.

I don't know how others have 100s of domains because I rarely see any good ones for sale at reasonable prices.

I only have .com domains.

 

[DrJacoby]

I don't know how others have 100s of domains because I rarely see any good ones for sale at reasonable prices.

Instead of giving up after a year you keep building the portfolio, that's how. After a few years you have hundreds of domains.

 

[Nh2025]

Instead of giving up after a year you keep building the portfolio, that's how. After a few years you have hundreds of domains.

It's rare that I see any domains worth buying though. I've looked through maybe 1,000 on this sub and most seem worthless to me. It's true I could have more if I hadn't given up, but at what cost? I would have had to give up other, more lucrative, opportunities. That's why I'm focusing on just a few this time around. I have spare time here and there but can't commit regular time for it.

 

[DrJacoby]

It's true I could have more if I hadn't given up, but at what cost?

One hour per day, and reinvesting the profits. That's the "cost". Plenty of time for other opportunities.

 

[Nh2025]

One hour per day, and reinvesting the profits. That's the "cost". Plenty of time for other opportunities.

That may work for some but it doesn't work for me. Why would I spend an hour a day doing this when I can make far more spending that hour doing something else? Also, I reinvested the profits in more lucrative things. I'm not great at domaining, so it will have to stay a minor thing in my life.

Finally, I just can't find many good domains at reasonable prices.

 

[BroadDomain]

Under 100

 

[Joe drake]

• 
  Under 100
• 100 to 300
• 300 to 500
• 500 to 1000
• 1000 to 5000
• 5000 to 10k
• Over 10k This poll is crazy so 1001 domains puts you in the same category as 5000 why not ask for the actual number

 

[Nh2025]

Over 10k This poll is crazy so 1001 domains puts you in the same category as 5000 why not ask for the actual number

So, why didn't you give your actual number?

 

[Joe drake]

4

So, why didn't you give your actual number?

4800

 

[Nh2025]

4800

Very nice. Do you make a good income with a portfolio that big? Where do you usually buy the domains?