On Monday, I sent the usual domain sales email to my newsletter subscribers and it contained a huge number of LLLL dot coms, 162 (yes, one hundred and sixty two).
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Yesterday, I asked domainers how much they’d pay for Stocks.xyz and today, I’ll be sharing the results of my little experiment.
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Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not telling you to put all of your eggs in the same basket, I’m all for diversification… within reason.

On the other hand though, most domainers work with too many registrars and this decision can come back to haunt you. Today, I’d like to refer to one problem which can arise if you work with too many registrars: an email-related one.
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… not just mine.

I’m sure the other brokers will agree that one of the most frustrating aspects related to running a newsletter is doing your best to make it clear what kind of names you’re after, only to receive submissions from people who clearly didn’t take the time to read any of your guidelines.

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I’d like to start by sharing an interesting legend.

After the battle of Waterloo between the French and English English, it was not quite clear who had won. This is because at that point in time, the propagation of information was anything but efficient. A famous banker at the time, popular among reptilian tinfoil conspiracy theorist, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, took advantage of the state of affairs and made money.
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This post is about something I myself find problematic at times: dealing with corporate end users. Corporate end users are obviously well-funded for the most part but there are particularities is when it comes to this end-user type which makes dealing with such entities cumbersome.
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As someone who has recently moved to a new home and went through an extensive home decoration process (due to which I still haven’t managed to email the portfolio opinions to those who subscribed to my newsletter recently and contacted me… sorry for making you wait guys), I’m in a strangely good position to write this post.
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I’ve never quite understood why so many domain investors are hesitant when it comes to making offers. They come across a domain they like but if the price is higher than what they’d be willing to pay, they give up.

Why?

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Does history repeat itself?

Today, it’s time to get philosophical on DomainingTips. When it comes to new extensions, one interesting argument is represented by the fact that some people say history will simply repeat itself. While there have been individual success stories when it comes to extensions such as Dot Mobi, Dot TV and so on, domain investors have for the most part done poorly.
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If I were to name just one thing that is needed for you to be a good domain investor, I wouldn’t pick one of the traits you’d expect me to choose. I wouldn’t choose intelligence, I would not go with determination, nor would I pick something like eagerness to learn.

What what I choose then?

Well, here’s what I choose, drumroll please: money.
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