I was looking at my domains from 10 years ago. I had officially been in the domain business for almost a year. I started with money I made selling a blog to Lionsgate Films and Break Media. I say I have never put a money from my “regular” money into domain investing but officially you could say that I started with $5K. Of the money I made on the blog sale I set aside $5K for domains. The rest I put into Apple Stock ($25K in 2008 worked out well) , bought a nice car, a nice Tri bike, and invested in a startup (which I ended up with an 8X return) . As for domains, I concentrated on short names because that is what I was in to at the time (I read Reece Berg’s blog every day). The turning point would be later when I would starting buying and selling 4N.coms. I found an excel sheet cleaning out my computer that had all my domains that I had in Feb of 2009 and it was a trip down memory lane. I will post the sheet Wed (on other computer at work) but I will give you a few takeaways from my domain investing 10 years ago
- I bought a lot of LLLL.com for $8 and the rest for $60 so while I didn’t lose any money , none of them made me rich
- I still have a lot of those names so they are all $80 more expensive making them even less valuable
- The names I sold paid for all of the names and their renewals so my first year wasn’t so bad
- I overpaid for 5L brandables. You’ll see the names but I paid $700 for Koosy dot com 10 years ago. Wouldn’t have to pay too much more now
- I had very little chance of selling any of the names for big money because they were all LLLL.com and brandables. No generics or keywords
- I completely skipped the parking names. I was buying brandables when everyone else was keyword and trying to make parking.
- I don’t think I sold one name the first year. But I never added any more money besides that $5K.
- I started blogging to try make more money to buy names because I didn’t want to put in money but I was addicted to buying names
- I didn’t make enough money in 2009 blogging to pay for my Internet, let alone domain names
- the game changed for me in 2009 when I started buying NNNN.coms. With those sales I was able to buy better names and make enough to do this part time for full time money
See how shitty that story is without domain names and prices. I am going to post this exact same thing and add the list of names. You’ll see how much better talking about domain names with real names and prices is compared to leaving out the only stuff readers want to know.
One last thing. Roll Tide Roll and too bad for the Bears. They deserve a better kicker.
Here are today’s names. Click through to see the current price and to fund this daily list
Quote of the Day: “Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder”
Domain of the Day: TokenTrading.com Still billions of dollars being spent on token trading. 5 years old
Namejet, Sedo, and other Names Up for Auction
ELPAC.com The acronym for an English Language test for the state of California. Operates on the dot org. Met reserve
Infection.org 14 years old. 38 bids. Medical term for something we’ve all had
SEGL.com South Eastern Great Lakes, School for Ethic and Global Leadership. South Eastern Golf League
BigJohns.com Upgrade name for several companies
EMTI.com Met reserve so its going to change hands. And it looks like its going to the Caymans
FoodAway.com Upgrade name for many. The most obvious being the takeout company FoodAway but operates on the domain FoodAwway.com
6883.com There is Hailan account again sitting right at the front of the 75,000 -$100,000 reserve. At first I was thinking that bidding is getting close and then I realized it was Hailan propping up the price
Shelbyville.com Many places named this but the reserve is a little high for me. Maybe you’ll like it
SocialMedia.net The center of the net on a dot net. Media Options wanted it more than the front of the reserve marking Hailan account
GameMachines.com Could be a site selling them or a brand that makes them
Pimienta.com Look at Hailan here.
Godaddy Domains With Multiple Bids
AZCleaning.com Pretty sure they have cleaning companies in Arizona
EcoRight.com Its all about eco and organic
Weddit.com Going to remind people of Reddit. I thinking weddings as well
Honos.com The Roman God the represented Honor. At $1700 at press time
Xanders.com Xander is a first and last name so it will be a brand
ShopSpy.com 20 years old and 28 bids
EYLC.com Under $200 at press time which is a good price. I think under $250 would be nice. My opinion only. Don’t buy anything based on my opinion or you will end up broke and will have to take a job at NamePros for $8 an hour writing “bump” after every domain name post
IslamUp.com Buying history and backlinks
650888.com The three 8s gets you the highest price on the board
Godaddy Domains With One or No Bids
CannySeeds.com Cannabis seeds. Grow your own
Yurii.com No bids on this 5L.com
MyClass.org Sounds like a place to arrange reunions or a contact board for classmates
420Source.com Get weed or weed news here
ILikeToParty.com Would have loved for a girl to give me this email back in the day. Now I assume she is a prostitute since I’m old
SpatialIntelligence.com Nobody in the grocery store has this
Thuggs.com The two Gs makes it seem even more thuggish
ArtPopUp.com I agree Pop Up Art is better but artist like to mix things up
Rimya.com Probably not the best brand to build a company around but its memorable
Electru.com you know I like energy name. Definitely that
SpringGreens.com Good name for a vegetable supplier
CrimeSmart.com Not a lot of value but the security industry may like it
The Rest of the Names With Bids
2-i.com
9exs.com
AAAMusic.com
All-Streaming-Media.com
AltaStudio.com
AngelusFoundation.com
AtlHotYoga.com
Babyrific.com
BitBuyer.com
BlockMobile.com
CampaignHeadquarters.com
CannaSpeak.com
ColoradoCampingKoa.com
ConnectedWatch.com
CoverMyClass.com
DecisionDesk.com
DivasRunForBling.com
EastnorwichInn.com
EsmePatterson.com
FilmmakersFans.com
FJMedia.com
GreatShakesCorfu.com
HealthGuide365.com
HeartWebsite.org
InPicture.com
IranWomen.org
JYSchem.com
Macaufa.com
MicroPublisher.com
Muslim-Academy.com
Naruchigo.com
NHSQ.com
PackhouseMeats.com
PharmacyOnline4Better.com
PhotosByehab.com
PlatinumSupport.com
PresidiaCreative.com
RadioBlack.com
RecruitmentCard.com
SexPost.com
sh22222.com
Sewear.com
SixVip.com
SouthCoastTourism.org
StyleVibes.com
sunbeltrv.com
Teckademics.com
TronApp.com
WhosHungry.com
WiggleHighFive.com
XXMark.com
ZJIK.com
Is this essentially a subtweet of that DNGeek post the other day?
Huh? You mean Keith’s article the other day. Sorry. I didn’t realize there was an embargo on articles about names we bought in the past. I’ll make sure to cancel the follow up article. Again, sorry about that
Yes his article, but that’s not what I meant. When I read this line “See how shitty that story is without domain names and prices” I thought you were poking fun at his article because he didn’t have names or prices either.
Definitely don’t cancel the follow up article. To the presses!
This is why I should never respond so snarky. Totally a misunderstanding. I can honestly say I in no way even thought of Keith’s article. I thought his was fantastic because he gave great info. How he sold it and where. That is as valuable if not more valuable than the prices themselves. People want to know where domains sell and he gave answers. My info is not nearly as valuable. Just showing where I was in domain investing 10 years ago.
My final comments were more to articles that say about selling a name and give zero details. No names, no price, not even where. Might as well say they drove to the grocery store. Just as interesting
Which four numbers you were invested ?