Today is my birthday, and I’m not saying it for birthday wishes, there is no need to send those. I use this day to reflect.
I left the nursery going on four years ago, and it was the best thing I ever did. I’m not saying that because the nursery was a bad thing, but because I stopped working 80 hours a week at a time when I still had my brain, my health, and just enough money to be able to continue with my current lifestyle for the rest of my life. It’s been emotionally all over the board.
I’ve missed the purpose of working at the nursery. I miss the plants. I lost my family. They always thought they could do better without me and moved on since I left. They don’t talk to me and have even asked me not to come around. I get it; I was a big presence.
But I concentrate on the positive. I look forward to every day. Every day is an opportunity. I get excited because I could sell a domain any day, a sale that could be the same as a month’s or even a year’s salary. I get to live and work anywhere and see amazing places. I’ve been able to make as much as, or more than, when I was drawing a salary at the nursery. I promised my wife that I would not take from the family’s retirement savings and would continue to add to them, and I’ve been able to do that. I am proud of myself. I made the hardest decision I’ve ever made in my life, and the result was a new level of happiness and freedom. My life is tied to the decisions of only three people: my wife, my daughter, and myself.
I also realized my family at the nursery always cared more about the nursery than me. Since I left, they have barely talked to me, which is okay. I have a great friend group, and they are my family. I’ve traveled the world with them for over two decades and created my best memories. It doesn’t matter who gives you the best memories. Blood or chosen.
Do I hate getting old? 100%. It sucks. I have made the most of the years, but damn, are they going fast. I hate looking in the mirror. I want to stay in my 40s forever. I do everything I can to keep my health so I can keep climbing mountains and traveling the world. I want to run and climb for another 20 years, and the only way to overcome the guaranteed decline of a few percent a year is to start with a base that is exceptional. So far, so good.
I did lose 25 pounds this year, and I feel amazing. I should have done it years ago. I confused “strong” with having big muscles. I decided to go for a different look; I used to want larger muscles, and now I just want to be strong and lean.
So, here’s to another year. Another year of life-changing sales and bill-paying sales. Good friends, good memories, and good health. And remember, if you wait until the stars align to make the hard decisions, you’ll only have a little sun left to play in.
Quote of the Day: “Change is a lonely business. And yet, the only way to go is forward.” — Jared Leto
Domain of the Day: PharmaLink.com Site for the best Peptides
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Dynadot
ToolsX.com The old X at the end to save money now gets bid up at auction. Not expensive yet at $26
Artful.org Taken in 128 extensions
BrowserGuard.com Browsers have been given too much control of your computer IMO
Agentic.supplies No bidders. Agentic is the future, just not as much and quickly as the maxis think it is
PawParadise.com Boarding, daycare, or dog grooming
AgenticAuto.com Bots researching and helping you buy your car
OptiAgent.com Visual AI
Sol.group Solar group. $44 renewal
Virtual.education Good pairing of TLD and SLD
Brain.group Sounds smart $44 renewal
Acres.xyz Land
Namejet
SPC.net Best letters. The only kind of .net you want
InfoTrading.com Legal insider trading. Trading social info
WikiPay.com Not sure what this would be but cool brand
SuperStage.com Stage you home or get on stage like a star
Forgiveness.org Guaranteed this is the same owner. He/she must be nice
WHCO.com WH Company
Serpent.org This one will do well. Great keyword
DataMarketing.com Generic but data is everything
LivingForever.com Not forever but these new drugs make it a lot lot longer
Sedo
OneTimeGallery.com Used to be an online art gallery and get almost 12K monthly visits. Reserve under $100
Konutkirala.com Approaching $7K. I wondered why all the bids. Means “Rent a house/apartment” in Turkish
PornHurb.com 2500 visits. Wonder why
Cheap.co Met reserve
Catched
Small.capital. Small checks, big results
CDM.us Any LLL.us you want for $30 right now. A lot of good choices
AiDoc.xyz Xyz is 4th or 5th tier but no bids. At $10 worth a flip
GrowHut.ai Grow it in a Lab. An AI lab
Velocity.es Another fantastic keyword in the .es
EMI.us These sell if you get them cheap enough
Nucleus.us Best keyword in .US I’ve seen in a while
Toolbox.us A bunch of nice .us. This has the most bids
BMC.us Another one of the nice LLL.us
Ozone.es Fine keyword
Namepros
50 Decent 4L.com with a starting bid of $10K
YLTA.com. Next bid $171. BIN at $300
RName.com Taking 4 figure offers
Godaddy Names with Bids
TechCloud.com Most bids on the Godaddy board
9465.com The Chinese market is still alive but prices are way down
CatGuide.com Nerd funnel
Pedaler.com Save a lot of money over Pedal.com
GiftOfGod.com Religious people will like this. Especially the monetizers
Entresol.com also known as a mezzanine
ACOMS.com All the results are for an aconym
Protogenic.com A lot of different means which gives it more value
YogaCamp.com Yoga people never pay up for a name
AllWrappedUp.com Solid name for an auto wrap company name
LocalLawnCare.com A version of LawnCareNearMe.com
ForceShield.com Exudes safety and security
SolarCollective.com A lot of towns have this
Endol.com In use by a medicine and a wellness center
TheFairview.com Sounds like a high end hotel or rehab center
GoDaddy Names Value Names (Low or No Bids)
MacRack.com
FastHeal.com
IndustrialWay.com
CrashMine.com
PhotoCrib.com
PointRanch.com
ElfSea.com
Mudla.com
WiseFreight.com
TheSkinCoach.com
SteelGuide.com
Assets.guru
FreeSpend.com
MedLender.com
MindDomain.com
PeopleGps.com
AirCleansing.com
ProjectTurf.com
CareBean.com
WeeklyTrips.com
The Rest of the Godaddy Names with Bids
14896.com
48053.com
57490.com
85451.com
93149.com
AdAlyaJournal.com
alteredimagesbdc.org
BlockChainTeam.com
ChowderHouse.com
ConnectingWorlds.com
cvparade.com
dlrpmagic.com
drrestoration.com
dufm.com
esapay.com
ForHaircare.com
GetPlayback.com
hgbank.com
hnedu.com
hu365.com
InternationalSafetyCenter.org
li888.com
luethaicafe.com
madebyvadim.com
MedHosting.com
MetaRave.com
migpay.com
noticiariobarahona.com
oxmb.com
purleeinc.com
sahodayaschools.org
sanysidrochamber.org
SaturnClinic.com
SilentAutosModels.com
TabbyDates.com
TeamBlockChain.comthaiscience.info
TourBikes.com
TripleTime.com
UsOnly.com
VenusZine.com
vorakl.com
WhitespaceAtWork.com
whvw.com
ybqo.com
YouthFinance.com
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Happy Birthday, Shane!
Some very wise words. It really is true how good health becomes so incredibly important when you age. That has also made me think about when it is time to decrease my domain portfolio. But it is just so hard to do. Especially when there are always great new names in lists like yours and you love this business…
Happy Birthday Shane!
Your list is one of the very few sites I check every single day.Like many other domainers, I have been sitting on many valuable domains for years that just haven’t sold yet. I recently read your comment: “I get excited because I could sell a domain any day, a sale that could be the same as a month’s or even a year’s salary.”
This made me wonder: besides listing on platfo rms like Afternic, Atom, and Sedo, what specific strategies do you use to actively drive and control your sales?Thanks for the daily inspiration