As mentioned on the 22nd of May, DomainBoardroom.com and Escrow.com, together with Elliot Silver, are organizing a charity auction (everything will be donated to Oklahoma tornado victims) at ElliotsBlog.com.

You can bid on domains as well as all sorts of interesting stuff (click HERE to visit ElliotsBlog.com for the full list) by simply commenting.

Again, click HERE and place your bid by publishing a comment.

And actually, the GreatDomains inventory is pretty good this month, so I’d recommend at least taking a look.

The auctions will end in less than 4 hours, click HERE to take a look at all of the listings.

Here are some of the domains that are being auctioned this month:

345.com
features.com
mph.com
ghr.com
kjq.com
upv.com
chz.com
sbq.com
dog.co.uk
consulting.de
cloud.at
woman.net
UT.TV
Georgia.tv
0610.com

You can bid on domains as well as all sorts of interesting stuff (click HERE to visit ElliotsBlog.com for the full list) by simply commenting.

Again, click HERE and place your bid by publishing a comment.

The auctions will end in about 1 day and 20 hours, click HERE to take a look at all of the listings.

Here are some of the domains that are being auctioned this month:

345.com
features.com
mph.com
ghr.com
kjq.com
upv.com
chz.com
sbq.com
dog.co.uk
consulting.de
cloud.at
woman.net
UT.TV
Georgia.tv
0610.com

Save a buck as in literally… save one buck. The coupon gives you a $1 discount for the following extensions:

.com.au
.net.au
.org.au
.co.uk
.org.uk
.me.uk
.eu
.us
.ca
.es
.com.es
.org.es
.nom.es
.de

It’s not much (ccTLD discounts aren’t as common as com/net/org discounts, for example) but hey, better than nothing

Here’s the coupon:

GOLOCAL

If you want me to take a look at your portfolio and let you know what I think, continue reading.

I won’t write a novel about the portfolio, I’ll simply share my 2 cents and let you know:

1) what I think about it overall

2) which domains I like, which ones I don’t

3) whether or not I think you should change your approach

… things like that.

So if you want a free educated opinion about your portfolio, I’ll do it.

There’s only one catch: you have to be a DomainingServers.com customer.

If you’re not, sign up for an account by clicking HERE (it only costs $11.76 per year and you can host unlimited domains, everyone needs hosting and it doesn’t get any cheaper than $0.98/month haha) and email me after doing that.

Here’s what you have to do:

1) if you’re already a DomainingServers.com customer, email me at admin@domainingtips.com and mention one of the domains you’re hosting at DomainingServers.com (or let me know what email address you used when signing up) so I can confirm that you’re a customer

2) if you’re not a DomainingServers.com customer yet, sign up for an account by clicking HERE and then shoot me an email at admin@domainingtips.com

3) the subject of the email should be “my domain portfolio”

4) include the domain(s) you want me to take a look at

That’s pretty much it.

I’ll reply as soon as possible, hope you’ll find my opinion useful!

Rick is probably the most talented domainer when it comes to extracting the highest value out of a sale but what I will try to explain today is that extracting the most value out of a sale is not always the best approach and that even if it sounds weird, you *can* be a successful investor by flipping under the right circumstances.

One of the statements from the post I linked to that I disagree with is this:

“MOST domainers would flip that domain for $5k in 24 hours. BAD MOVE!!!”

In my opinion, flipping a domain for $5k in 24 hours can be a very good move if and only if you allocate that $5k in a correct manner.

In other words, if you sell a domain at a quick $5k profit in order to allocate that capital in a way that you are convinced will generate more than by keeping it.

Maybe you will buy another domain, maybe you’ll invest in something else that you are convinced will generate a higher return.

You get the point.

Rick is a very well-funded domainer, so his strategy of extracting the most value out of each sale works best for his financial situation.

What I am trying to explain is that it’s not necessarily the best choice for everyone.

Let’s assume someone offers to buy one of your domains at a $5k profit and that at the same time, an investment opportunity you consider amazing presents itself.

If you already have enough capital to invest in that opportunity without selling the domain, then I agree with Rick 100%. Don’t just sell for the sake of selling. If you can invest in that great opportunity *and* keep your domain, do it, that’s definitely the best approach.

Unfortunately, most people cannot do that due to liquidity-related reasons.

For those people, in my opinion, taking the $5k profit by selling the domain in order to invest in something (maybe another domain, maybe another opportunity) that they are convinced will generate a higher return might be a better solution.

I said this a while back as well: let’s assume you have a budget of $8,000 and that there are two scenarios:

1) buy one great domain

2) hand register 1,000 domains

In both cases, you spent exactly $8,000.

For the sake of our example, we’ll assume you paid $8 per new registration at your registrar and that the renewal cost is also $8 per year.

Great.

But how much does it cost to keep your asset(s)?

Well, in the first case, only 8 bucks per year.

So $80 and you can keep it for 10 years, bringing your total cost after 10 years to $8,080 (the $8,000 acquisition cost and $80 to renew it for 10 years).

In the second situation, however, it would cost you $8,000 each and every year to keep the 1,000 domains you hand registered.

In other words, for 10 years, it would cost you a whopping $88,000 (the $8,000 acquisition cost and $80,000 in renewal fees for 10 years per domain).

There you have it.

The difference between 80 bucks and $80,000 even though in both cases, your initial investment was $8,000.

So next time you’re in a “meh, it’s only 8 bucks” hand registration mood, read this post again and you’ll thank me later

I’m pretty sure the $2.49 and $2.95 coupons work for all countries, not sure about the $0.99 one though.

It might work as well but I don’t know for sure, didn’t try it personally.

The $2.49 and $2.95 coupons work for one dot com each and as far as the $0.99 one is concerned, I don’t know. It might work for one or it might work for up to three, that’s usually how it is with these coupons.

Here’s the $0.99 discount code:

SUMMER99T

Here’s the $2.49 discount code:

MARCUS249

And here’s the $2.95 discount code:

TTB295

Too much of a good thing can be bad for you and the Internet is no exception.

Think about it and you’ll agree with me that most domainers/entrepreneurs spend waaaaaaaaay too much time online.

First of all, they spend time actually working on their online projects.

Then, they also spend time chatting on social media sites and what not.

After that, they spend or should I say waste time reading useless stuff.

… and so on.

You get the point.

Let me make this perfectly clear: if everything in your life (work, communication, entertainment etc.) revolves around the Internet, that’s a sign that maybe it’s time to do what the title says and step away from the keyboard.

Maybe go for a walk.

Maybe meet someone, dare I say it… face to face.

Help someone out, look at a tree, you name it.

All of this will help you clear your mind and that ultimately enables you to make more money.

Yes, spending more time away from the Internet can help you make more money on the Internet and now that you understand where I’m coming from, I hope the first paragraph of this article makes a bit more sense