Today:  Self-hosted and hosted domain portfolios / INJO.com sold for $4,900 / [Hiring] Need a simple web design with some rss feed integration / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

.Top New Domain Registrations for only $1.49 – Are you a big .top fan? Check out the new $1.49 deal for a new .top registration.

Buy.wf – Well, it’s a short, three-letter, .wf ccTLD. Do you think a three-letter dictionary word in .wf has value in today’s markets?

GoToMaine.com – Have you ever been to the great state of Maine? If you wanted to go, would you find good information on this domain (If it was developed)? What do you think it’s appraisal value is?

[Hiring] Need a simple web design with some rss feed integration – Do you have some coding skills and want to make up to $250.00 buckaroo’s? Check out this buyers project brief to see if you qualify.

INJO.com sold for $4,900 – Not a bad mic-four-figure, four-letter, .com domain name sales report. Do you think injo.com should have sold for more or less than what it did?

Self-hosted and hosted domain portfolios – We all come to that split in the road where we have to decide if we want to list our portfolio at a 3rd party location or develop a domain of oir own to host the portfolio. What do you do?

To develop or not to develop that new domain? – That’s the question! – Have you ever wondered if it was a good idea to develop that new domain you just acquired? Check out what other domain investors are saying the pros and cons are. Share your experience.

Today: Outbound domain sales process for beginners / Shop.io sold for $15,620 / Register .online domains for only $1.99 / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

The factors that decide 4-letter .com value – Which factors do you look at when determining how much a four-letter .com is worth? Check out what other investors use to gauge value.

QOGK.com – Speaking of four-letter .com’s, how do you think this four-letter .com will do in evaluations? It has liquid value, but how much? What would you appraise it for?

DownloadAppsForAndroid.com – Ok, this one is pretty long (22-characters / 4-words). Do domain names this long still have some value or are those day’s numbered? What do you think the value of a 22-character domain like this should be?

Register .online domains for only $1.99 – What? A $1.99 .online? Us anyone investing in this extension that could benefit from the promotion?

Shop.io sold for $15,620 – That’s not a bad five digit domain sales report for a four-letter dictionary-word .io ccTLD. Do you think it should have sold for more or less than $15,620.00?

Outbound domain sales process for beginners – Are you struggling with outbound domain name sales? Check out these outbound sales tips that could help your with your own strategy. If you master it already, share some tips of your own.

How To Manage Your Domain Portfolio – We all love having a nice looking domain portfolio, but how do you manage the portfolio, itself? Check out what other domain portfolio holders do and share your strategy.

Together with James Booth from BQDN.com, DomainingTips is proud to present a list of gems you don’t exactly come across every day!

If you want to buy one of today’s domains and/or have questions, simply send a message to andrei@domainingtips.com.

Payments via Escrow.com with the escrow fee covered by the buyer, unless otherwise negotiated. 

Let’s get right down to business and start with a priced NN.com as well as two LL.coms for which we’re requesting offers:

25.com – $2.7M
IH.com – Offers Wanted
AX.com – Offers Wanted

Next, we have eight two-character dot coms:

E8.com + E8.net – $250k (currently has a $200k offer)
0K.com – $55k
D4.com – $80k
L4.com – $100k
L5.com – $125k
O6.com – $110k
T4.com – $115k
W6.com – $150k

… followed by a selection of LLL.coms:

EFP.com – $35k
CRQ.com – $38k
HPT.com – $42k

… and the following NNNN.coms:

7777.com – $1.4M
0584.com – $16k
3263.com – $35k
1041.com – $43k
6797.com – $52k

… and the following hot VR-related LLL.nets at $2.5k each:

AVR.net
BVR.net
GVR.net
OVR.net
SVR.net
VRD.net
VRR.net
VRV.net

To end the short domain part of our email, we also have X.tv for which offers are requested.

Fortunately, we haven’t forgotten about one word dot com enthusiasts either and I’ll let the domains speak for themselves:

Studio.com – Offers Wanted
Poor.com – Offers Wanted
Lose.com – Offers Wanted
Item.com – Offers Wanted
Duty.com – Offers Wanted

BORE.com – $40k
Foreigner.com – $50k
Reject.com – $60k
Gender.com – $60k
Swish.com – $100k
Radiance.com – $150k
Chirp.com – $150k
Jury.com – $150k
Down.com – $150k
Rub.com – $200k
Track.com – $200k
Chop.com – $250k
Bubble.com – $250k
Cold.com – $250k
Late.com – $250k
Flow.com – $350k
Bath.com – $400k
Crack.com – $400k

That’s it for today guys!

To let me know which domain(s) you’re interested in or ask a question, send a message to andrei@domainingtips.com.

Edited: Dumb.com is pending sale.

Someone will be getting a genuinely awesome deal, this is an exclusive listing (I’m Dumb.com’s only broker) and not your average domain/site that gets shopped around ad nauseam. Not only is Dumb.com a blockbuster domain that would be the star of any auction event, it’s also a developed website that currently receives about 1,000,000 monthly pageviews (with ~80% being US traffic, ~11% UK traffic and ~3% Canadian traffic) and generates $1,000+ in monthly revenue.

The owner spends less than 30 minutes per month on it, so there’s *plenty* of room for growth if you want to increase the traffic or improve the website’s monetization. The only cost is the 50 bucks per month the seller is paying for hosting.
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After investing 3 years of blood, sweat, tears and sanity, I’m finally launching my book and I’m doing it with a bang, by organizing a contest with some genuinely awesome prizes: an iPhone, three Whoisology plans, two annual Efty growth plans, two NamesCon passes, one Domaining Europe package and Escrow.com credit!

My book is called “Wealth Management 2.0”, with the exact title being “Wealth Management 2.0: Financial Education for Internet Professionals” and as the name suggests, it’s the only book out there which teaches those who make money online how to manage that money: domainers, freelancers, online entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, bitcoin investors and the list could go on and on.

I always found it ridiculous that despite there being millions upon millions of people who make money on the Internet in one way or another, nobody thought about writing a book that teaches them how to make smart financial decisions. Since I’m an economist as well as someone who has been making money online since pretty much forever, I’ve decided I’m in a great position to fill this void.

Here we are, three years later and Wealth Management 2.0 is *finally* ready for the spotlight. I’ve soft launched it a couple of months ago but the “official” launch is this week. To celebrate the launch, together with some very awesome and generous sponsors, I’m organizing a contest with some extremely juicy prizes:

1) an iPhone 7 (ridiculously awesome phone) from Uniregistry

2) two NamesCon passes ($799 each)

3) three $300/year Whoisology plans

4) one Domaining Europe ticket (650 EUR value)

5) $250 in Escrow.com credit

6) two annual Efty Growth plans

7) $100 in credit that can be used for registrations as well as renewals from 101Domain

These are all genuinely awesome prizes and I’d like to thank all 7 sponsors for making this contest possible. I mean I’d love to win any of them (unfortunately, I can’t, with me being the contest organizer and everything), so that right there is a sign that we’re talking about really juicy prizes!

How will things work?

Simple.

The contest will take place as of today and until Sunday.

I will reward people for various actions with chances to win. After the week is over, I will go “old school” and for each chance to win that you have, I’ll place a piece of paper with your name on it in a big bowl and bam, I’ll select the lucky winner. Old school.

The actions I’ll be rewarding you for are:

1) Buying the book
2) Tweeting about the book
3) Liking a Facebook post about the book and sharing that post
4) Placing a banner on your website
5) Blogging about the book

Let’s start with… the beginning, buying the book 🙂

It can be bought on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks as well as Kobo and as strange as it may seem, I’m going to give people more chances at winning if you buy it on Barnes & Noble or iBooks. This is because I need more of an initial push on those two platforms, so I’ll be rewarding those who buy there with two times more chances.

To buy it on Barnes & Noble, use the following link:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wealth-management-20-andrei-polgar/1124435282?ean=2940153328942

To buy it on iBooks, use the Apple app or the following link:

https://itun.es/us/wYSveb.l

Now, of course, buying it on Amazon or Kobo would also help a lot. Not as much as buying it on Barnes & Noble or iBooks but still, a lot.

To buy Wealth Management 2.0 on Amazon, use the following link:

https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Management-2-0-Financial-Professionals-ebook/dp/B01I1WA2BK

And, finally, use the following link to buy Wealth Management 2.0 on Kobo:

https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/wealth-management-2-0

To prove that you bought it, simply send a screenshot to contest@domainingtips.com.

Alright then, here’s what you’ll be receiving by:

1.1) Buying Wealth Management 2.0 on Barnes & Noble or iBooks – 6 chances to win

1.2) Buying Wealth Management 2.0 on Amazon or Kobo – 3 chances to win

Furthermore, I’ll also reward you if you recommend the book to friends/contacts and they end up buying it (once again, a screenshot sent to contest@domainingtips.com is all of the proof I need):

1.3) Someone you recommend the book to buys the book on Barnes & Noble or iBooks – 4 chances to win (screenshot from that person required)

1.4) Someone you recommend the book to buys it on Amazon or Kobo – 2 chances to win (screenshot required)

Next, I’ll be rewarding people for tweeting about the book and just like when buying the book, simply send me an email at contest@domainingtips.com with a link or screenshot. In the tweet, you have to mention the WealthManagement2.com site (the book’s official site) and preferably let people know that the price has been reduced to just $2.99, only until Sunday.

Here’s what you’ll be receiving:

2.1) Tweet if you have between 50 and 100 followers – 1 chance to win
2.2) Tweet if you have between 101 and 500 followers – 2 chances to win
2.3) Tweet if you have between 501 and 1,000 followers – 3 chances to win
2.4) Tweet if you have between 1,001 – 2,500 followers – 4 chances to win
2.5) Tweet if you have over 2,500 followers – 5 chances to win

Next, I’ll reward you guys if you:

3.1) Like WealthManagement2.com on Facebook – 1 chance to win (one time per person)
3.2) Write a Facebook post about my book – 2 chances to win (one time per person)
3.3) If the Facebook post receives more than 5 likes, I’ll reward you with 1 more chance to win
3.4) If the Facebook post receives more than 10 likes, I’ll reward you with 2 chances to win
3.5) If the Facebook post receives more than 25 likes, I’ll reward you with 3 chances to win
3.6) If the Facebook post receives more than 50 likes, I’ll reward you with 4 chances to win
3.7) If the Facebook post receives more than 100 likes, I’ll reward you with 5 chances to win

… as usual, simply let me know by sending an email to contest@domainingtips.com.

Those of you who run websites that you think would be a good fit for promoting my book (websites visited by domainers, freelancers, online entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, bitcoin/crypto investors or anyone else who is among my target audience) will be rewarded if you place a banner or *large* above the fold text link which should take people to WealthManagement2.com. The text of the banner or link should be “Learn to Invest the Money You Make Online!” and again, it should point to WealthManagement2.com. Everything else is up to you, just make sure to place the banner or text link somewhere very visible above the fold:

4.1) Post a banner on your website if it has less than 1,000 monthly visits – 1 chance to win
4.2) Post a banner on your website if it has 1,001 – 2,500 monthly visits – 2 chances to win
4.3) Post a banner on your website if it has 2,501 – 5,000 monthly visits – 3 chances to win
4.4) Post a banner on your website if it has 5,000 – 10,000 monthly visits – 4 chances to win
4.5) Post a banner on your website if it has over 10,000 monthly visits – 5 chances to win

… please note that I’ll need a screenshot of your analytics as proof of traffic, it should be sent to contest@domainingtips.com.

The same way, you can receive chances to win by blogging about the book:

5.1) Blog post about the book if your blog has less than 1,000 monthly visits – 1 chance to win
5.2) Blog post about the book if your blog has 1,001 – 2,500 monthly visits – 2 chances to win
5.3) Blog post about the book if your blog has 2,501 – 5,000 monthly visits – 3 chances to win
5.4) Blog post about the book if your blog has 5,001 – 10,000 monthly visits – 4 chances to win
5.5) Blog post about the book if your blow has over 10,000 monthly visits – 5 chances to win

… as usual, email me the link, contest@domainingtips.com and don’t forget to include the traffic proof screenshot.

That’s pretty much it.

As mentioned earlier on, the contest starts today and will end on Sunday. Submissions sent after Sunday will *not* be taken into consideration. I will be picking the winners within 7 days after the contest is over, will do my best to make it happen as quickly as possible.

There’s nothing else left for me to do except wish all of you good luck and thank you as well as the contest’s sponsors (Uniregistry, NamesCon, Whoisology, Domaining Europe, Escrow.com, Efty and 101Domain) for your help: let’s do this!

A lot of times, domainers find themselves in the position of having to “teach” end users why paying a premium for an awesome domain is worth it. Believe it or not, domainers aren’t always very good at explaining such things in a way that comes across as professional.
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If you guys want to pick my brain, now’s the chance to do it: I will answer one question you have for me thoroughly and privately.

Some of you might want to ask me something about issues you wouldn’t like others to know about (your current business model, a future project idea and so on), so I realize asking you guys to post questions in the “comments” section wouldn’t be the best approach.
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I’m pretty excited about the three new features Escrow.com started 2016 with. First and foremost (and this is something non-US domainers will certainly appreciate), they’ve expanded their office hours from 8 am – 4 pm to 8 am – 11 pm which is a huge improvement.
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Earlier today, Konstantinos posted about the Black Friday deals he came across but unfortunately, most of them are for new gTLDs.
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I’ve exchanged emails with a domainer today and for the first time, I’ve noticed him using Efty.com for his portfolio site.

As some of you know, Mike Cyger announced his involvement in Efty not so long ago, he’s done a lot for the industry and I really hope he will do well with this venture.
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