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High Returns vs. High Inventory Turnover

Posted on 06 March 2014 by Andrei

A lot of people are excited about the fact that when selling to end users, the returns are often *very* high. A lot of people frequently turn registration fee purchases into let’s say 4 figure sales, so again, the returns can be impressive.

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What Is a Reseller Market?

Posted on 05 March 2014 by Andrei

After reading some of the comments that have been posted yesterday (when I asked for which new gTLDs there will be reseller market demand), it’s clear to me that this topic deserves our attention.

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For Which New gTLDs Will There Be Reseller Market Demand?

Posted on 04 March 2014 by Andrei

Realistically speaking, it’s highly unlikely that *all* new gTLDs will end up being liquid on the reseller market. Therefore, the following question arises: for which new gTLDs will there be reseller market demand?

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Will “Dot Com End User Pricing” Strategies Work for New gTLDs?

Posted on 03 March 2014 by Andrei

In my opinion, the answer is no.

As far as great investment grade dot coms are concerned at the moment of writing, the strategy is simple: good dot coms are expensive, so your strategy is basically something along the lines of “buy high, sell higher” and it can actually work rather well.

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Could New gTLDs Survive Exclusively Through Domainer Registrations?

Posted on 26 February 2014 by Andrei

A few days ago, I explained that without domainers, new gTLDs would/will most likely fail. Today, I’d like to take things one step further by trying to figure out whether or not the new gTLDs could be supported *just* via domainer registrations.

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The Biggest New gTLD Mistake

Posted on 24 February 2014 by Andrei

On DomainingTips, I do everything humanly possible to present a fair and balanced perspective when it comes to gTLDs or anything else for that matter. There are definitely positive aspects associated with the new extensions, I’ve referred to them through some of my previous posts and will continue to do so. The same principle is valid when it comes to the negative ones.

Today, I’d like to refer to something that in my opinion represents the biggest mistake made with new gTLDs.

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Without Domainers, New gTLDs Would/Will Most Likely Fail

Posted on 23 February 2014 by Andrei

In my opinion, domainers represent a *considerably* more important variable in the new gTLD game than most people think and through this post, I will try to explain why and what the implications are.

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Will New gTLDs Have Reseller Market Potential?

Posted on 18 February 2014 by Andrei

Well, it depends.

You see, there will be lots of extensions and since there’s only so much reseller market liquidity, figuring out which domains have reseller market potential won’t be easy.

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Let’s Talk About “Trophy Domains”

Posted on 17 February 2014 by Andrei

In my opinion, this topic isn’t receiving the attention it deserves despite the fact that a lot of domainers frequently make the mistake of exuberantly and recklessly bidding on trophy domains.

What are trophy domains?

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DomainingTips.com Is 6 Years Old!

Posted on 16 February 2014 by Andrei

Time sure does fly!

On the 31st of January 2008, the previous owner of DomainingTips published the first post and approximately 18 months later, I bought the blog from him and embarked on a journey I was very excited about. The rest, as they say, is history 🙂

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