I realized something the other day. I have not had a day in 14 years where I didn’t make some amount of money from a side gig on the Internet. Not one single day. In 2005 I started a website and by 2006 I had at least one site doing well enough that I had daily income of some form or another. Then parking, affiliate programs, and adsense came around and it became pretty easy from that point on. Sure there were days where it was a few dollars but there was always something.
They say that a wealthy person always has at least two forms of income. I’ve always felt that if you do it right, one will work, but its nice to have backup or extra coming in. It’s what we all dream of right? When I built my site WallStreeFighter back in the day, I used to watch the traffic and revenue like a trading account. I would literally just keep it live in the corner of my computer screen. There were times it was the top article at Reddit or Digg and I could watch hundreds of thousands of people visit it over that day and the next. I learned what it means to have the “lets do it again” syndrome. When something you do goes viral and you get so many likes or visits it become a rush and you want it to happen again. So you try and repeat it but it was a special moment that can’t be repeated. What you learn is to build on those moments. You learn what people are looking for and how to present in a way that is more popular. But it’s impossible to match or understand why one thing is popular vs one that isn’t.
Those viral posts, those visitors, that income was so new to me and so exciting. In hind site, for years it wasn’t that much money. But that money paid for my Internet, and then my phone, and then my computer, and eventually a car. And I was just as excited when I made enough one month to pay for my Internet as I was buying a car with side money I had earned. I remember it like it was yesterday. After all those years, I still don’t take for granted what goes on here. You all take your time each day to stop by, read a little quip, and then quickly peruse a list to see if there are any names you like. And you’re nice enough to click through and buy one if you like it. You don’t have to but you do. I have been told by so many people that anyone can do a list. And its true. Anyone can build a website. Anyone can do every single thing I do. But for 14 years I’ve done something. That’s the key. Consistency. Consistency will wear out your opponents. Will wear out your competitors. It’s the Rocky way of doing it. You’re better than me but I’m going to keep doing it until everyone else retires or gives up. 🙂 . What I write here every day isn’t always good stuff. But its always here. You have a better chance of my post being here than you do of your car starting each day. And I say that going in to NamesCon which has been the reason I’ve missed the only posts I’ve missed on this site. But now we have Travis, Josh, and Mike so I’m sure we’ll be fine this week.
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Domain of the Day:
Namejet, Sedo, Snap, and other Names Up for Auction
DataSecuritySolution.com CPC of $23 Met reserve at $35
MsHush.com Used to be an adult site if you’re looking for those. Took me 37 minutes to get out of the wormhole the research took me on
JuiceBooster.com fruit juice or recharge your battery juice
CryptoKart.com Take the K discount
DS.al Not sure what the going rate for a two letter dot al name is. Met reserve
JTG.com The three letter dot coms are starting to show up again at auction
PMMM.com For all you triple repeating collectors. Met reserve
Cenox.com Expiring 5L dot com with just a few bids
ToyCatalog.com What every kid loves to look through to pick Christmas trees. Even Amazon still sends a hard copy out
TheBag.org There are a few comps that say this is worth a grand or two
ProtectAName.com Good name for selling trademarks
TribalChicken.com more uses than you think. Sounds like a fashion brand to me
Soush.com A babies name or your cool new brand
Godaddy Domains With Bids
ToolChest.com Met reserve at $355. Remember the sale of this domain goes to a great cause. A percent to the ICA and the rest to me. Can’t think of two better causes 🙂
MixBit.com Top price and top number of bids on the Godaddy board. But its for the history and backlinks
Citiscope.org same here but its already up to 5 figures
WinATrip.com Top straight domain on the list. Meaning domain only. Trip can be taken by straight or gay. 24 years old
eMortgageRates.com 20 years of being one of the best CPC keywords
PureBrands.com Great name for someone in our industry or the marketing industry
CannabisBrandMarketing.com I know a guy in this industry. Hi Todd
DailyContest.com Daily means they come back
GreenerGrounds.com Organic lawn and facilities maintenance
RepairMyPhone.com Great marketing name for a company that does exactly this
MoldGone.com You don’t mess around with mold. If you say you have mold, Insurance company will pay for it to be removed immediately
BrainDump.com I feel like I’ve a few of these
Flytek.com Upgrade name for a few companies
E9h.com not my think but LNL have held value over the years. Down a little but there was more window of opportunity that under water
EZShopping.com 24 years old and getting a good price
EZShopper.com Not as good but you might as well get the saucer to go with the cup
KingRich.com Of course its a rappers name. Also a business operating on the hyphen. There’s your market
BuzzCall.com Remember a buzz call is just as bad as a drunk booty call
Tonjo.com My kind of 5L.com
Godaddy Names With One of No Bids
The Rest of the Godaddy Names With Bids
20194.com
25228.com
65056.com
AgriculturalLink.com
AireTech.com
AustriaHotelStay.com
AZHotels.com
Bovees.com
BTCGate.com
BuddhaFest.com
ChicagoMusicMagazine.com
ChurchesUnitingInchRist.org
Comitatodirittiumani.net
ConsciousPeriod.com
DaddyPlace.com
DirectoryAutomotive.com
Ecoute.com
Elding.com
EnermaxRU.com
FastCabs.com
FatMos.com
FierceWifi.com
FindForex.com
FineMineralsGems.com
Flat12.me
GoDownloadSongs.com
GoodClient.com
GrabItPack.com
HalalBank.com
hg9518.com
HigueraHardwoods.com
Instores.com
IrelandAccommodation.com
js72.com
LawrieOnGold.com
Libertas.org
LbrisCrowe.com
LittlePeanutMag.com
live-like-a-german.com
Maista.com
MichaelNetzer.com
Microd.org
MyTeddyBear.com
MyVive.com
OkHospice.org
Opiya.com
OutCreate.com
OvercomingAnxiety.com
PCFast.com
PeteAndEdBooks.com
PlentyOfHealth.com
PolerStuff.com
pp81.com
Rentaled.com
ResonateIndianapolis.com
Rock3Gun.com
RockAndRollZen.com
SendGiftBaskets.com
SnookerGame.com
srpska-mreza.com
StarCareerAcademy.com
TechYeah.com
ThienThaihotel.com
tokofuruuchi.net
UrbanEra.com
UrbanRetreats.com
Viarbox.com
wagnerforgov.com
WaterTankRefurbishment.com
WebFormDesigner.com
WeddingPhotographyLondon.net
WesternWild.org
WoodArtists.com
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