I’m going to start early and write a few of my goals for 2019. I’ll keep the obvious ones away like “Make more money in domain investing”
- I write every day but I am bad about pictures. I am going to try and document my journey a little more visual this year. I’ll try and be more active on instagram and put more pictures here. Domain investing is not a visual occupation but I can improve on zero. (not today though, its still 2018)
- Continue to push Domain Sherpa panel reviews to switch it up. Drew is ready, just need to get the ducks in a row.
- Have talked about it for months but finally DSAD will be producing a show. Travis, Josh, and I and a guest or a combination. Some times just me and a guest. Should be fun. Could suck. Won’t know until we do it. I have a video and sound editor so while the content could suck the production should be good
- Get more organized. I have to thank Travis for pretty much reminding me about everything I need to do. “You really should” at the beginning of so many statements has kept me in check of I things I need to stay on top of. I am down to about 400 names so there should be no reason why I can’t keep all my domains managed properly. As for the site. He has done an amazing job of keeping it fast, safe, and clean.
- Be more charitable. I’m still selfish. I need to give more time and money to areas I feel need help. I have always helped local families because I could see first hand how my gifts helped them. I have trouble giving money to things I can’t see in person what is being done. I need to either get over that or go to where its being done and then give.
- Move my nursery over to solar. Solar farm should be going in on our property in 2019. Zero reason not to with plenty of space and plenty of sun.
- Greatly reduced sports gambling. I’ve never done much table games or slot type of gambling but I have always been addicted to sports gambling. I haven’t done it in months and I’ve realized that it was taking too much of my time and my money. My income has gotten to the point that winning $500 doesn’t move my needle but losing it pisses me off. So there’s essentially nothing to gain. I’ll put a little on a few games at NamesCon or special events but if I feel like gambling I’ll just buy something of that value instead
- Increase my gratitude. Enough is never enough. I have some friends that are amazing when it comes to thoughtfulness. They see something that reminds them of me and they send it to me. Write an email just to say hello. I need to do more of this. I canceled all my fake friends in domain investing and concentrated on those that have been true partners and friends and it was one of the most rewarding things I have done. I am going to add this into my personal and business life in 2019
- That’s all for today. I actually wrote out 100 but I’ll spare you since we’re already coming off the holidays full of hope and promises.
Here are today’s names. Click through to see the current price and to fund this daily list
Quote of the Day: “You cannot go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending” – C.S. Lewis
Domain of the Day: 4337.com Lets go back in time. Present price is $1200
Namejet, Sedo, and other Names Up for Auction
USBC.com I actually am bidding on this one. I will take it to $1000 and we’ll see how I’m feeling from there
Calendar.eu I know nothing about dot eu but I would think that $400 wouldn’t be a bad buy
Pevlon.com Sounds techy to me but some will definitely think Revlon. No bids
XOPU.com Looks like it could hit reserve. These seem to get traded among domain investor but that’s OK. A sale is a sale and eventually an end user with step up.
PerfectBreasts.com Going to a new home. Met reserve. And cheaper than a set of new boobies
QualityWine.com Not sure anyone would really name their wine this but would serve as a good name to sell wine
PeaceBeWithYou.com We say this in church to each other. And I think most people actually mean it
PigsInABlanket.com Not sure of the value but everyone knows the term or the food. Or is it pig..singular?
StraightAir.com 1997. No bids. Not sure what you would use it for but Air is always a popular naming convention
GlobalScene.com Because the world is a big place. No bids
Godaddy Domains With Multiple Bids
BusinessNow.com 1996 birthday. Business means money
Generates.com Power, money. Money and the power
0480.com Doing better than the NNNN.com above because of the flanking zeros
Codema.com Upgrade name for several different companies in many different industries
HPCG.com Great letters. G for group
BitReward.com Bit names are holding on. Way down, but still selling
CryptoCentralBank.com I think a bank sounds a lot safer than carrying around a flash drive
Illustrator.net Even the net is worth four figures here IMO
TheDayTrader.com Would be a heck of a buy at its present price of under $50
Whiffs.com Smells or swings and misses
CrestLeaf.com You know I like leaf names. Good for the canna space and really anything
CaptchaCreator.com Buying history and backlinks on this one
Godaddy Domains With One or No Bids
Morfio.com I like it but I realize you will have to buy Morphio if you are going to build the brand
InChoice.com Godaddy thinks its worth $3K. Bidders think its worth zero. Probably worth somewhere in the middle
VapeTherapy.com They are already promoting vaping as a way to stop smoking
NewHickory.com Sounds like a bank
BHL.me I would think most LLL.me are worth more than hand reg. No bids
Cahid.com One bidder on this 5L.com
TastyGains.com Fun money making/investment name
IceAndSun.com Pretty much covers the cold and hot
DealClips.com Sounds like a coupon site
Hasbud.com Perfect canna shop name. Looks distinguished until you look closer
DomainNameRealty.com Surprisingly no bids. But its pretty deep in the list
If you really wrote 100 things, for 2019 I recommend the book, The One Thing. :p
Tim,
I started it but never finished 🙂 . It is good but I felt everything in it was pretty obvious. An entire book built on it is better to concentrate on one thing and get it done, rather than 100 and get none of them done or done well. And the 100 I wrote are very simplistic in nature. Many can be accomplished in 5 minutes. I realize that at this time in order to do more I have to drop something I am doing now. No more time left in the day.
I finished the One Thing – I think the main takeaway I got from it was “What is the One thing that will make everything else easier?” For me, it would probably be working on my fitness which would give me more energy throughout the day to do everything else. For you, it might be hiring a manager and delegating so you can focus on high level stuff instead of being in the weeds.
Bar,
Now I have to go and finish it. I only read two chapters which is ironic in itself. I do think about things like this
as times. And yes I have 4 managers but I’ve been there for 24 years so many search me out. And my manual labor days are already winding down. I do it more for a break from the customers than actual productivity 🙂
Looking forward to your show, Shane!!!! I highly doubt it will suck. In fact, I am sure I will be a regular watcher.
Merry X-Mas and Happy Holidays to all three (and a half) of you! 🙂
1- I can send you some pictures of Steamie if you want! lol
2- For Sherpa I always felt including purchase price was a crucial component of evaluating a portfolio. Obviously buying a garbage domain cheap only means you’ll lose less money. But often on the rare occasion you all “don’t hate” a portfolio initially, and then one of you researches the purchase price, I often find that even if some were good domains, they were bad purchases because of the price paid. But expanding on that .. given most of the domains we have no clue what the purchase prices are, it’s impossible to ever know if a someone saw smart in building their portfolio (although obviously you can tell they weren’t smart if their domains were just plain bad). Also maybe consider having the portfolio owner actually on the show.
3- About time .. lol .. it’s going to be great! Certainly a welcome addition to the industry. Please be sure to include an audio download so I can listen to you guys while I walk Steamie! 🙂
4- Where can I order a Travis?
5- I know you weren’t talking about the industry, but you’ll probably most help people with your new show. If done right you’ll end up saving people more money than you could ever donate yourself! 🙂
6- BoldSolar.com just sold for $149 at GD auctions!
7- “Good luck” on that one! Looks like you’ve you’ve already laid the groundwork in your head for this one. The only bets I’ve ever really made on sports are for drinks or $5-20 more just to laugh at a friend. I used to follow sports quite heavily when I was young … but have completely lost interest over the years. I’ll still watch and enjoy if it’s on in front of me, but it’s just gotten too much about money. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy players are finally getting their fair share .. but too many teams .. too many player changes .. and unless I win $50 million, I just don’t get people spending multiple hundreds of dollars to go see a game live. I’ve organised a few fun groups to local games with cheap tickets ($10-$30) . but in those cases it’s more about having fun with friends! Baseball is the most boring game in the world .. but I used to love going with buddies with $5 nosebleeds tickets .. every few years there’s always talk about bringing back the Expos .. not sure if it’ll ever happen in my lifetime! lol
8- Speaking of gratitude … thanks to you, Josh and Travis and all you each do for the industry.
All the best to everyone for a kickass 2019!
Arif / Ategy