What does a REAL Domain Investor Look Like?

Morning Folks!!

A REAL Domain Name Investor KNOWS that every domain he or she buys and the $$$ associated with that purchase will be tied up for a VERY long time! A REAL Domain Name Investor does not chase yesterday, he looks at how tomorrow will unfold. A REAL Domain Name Investor does not buy a domain and put a price on it 5 minutes later.

A REAL Domain Name Investor studies their new domain name.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not even think about selling, he thinks about VALUE.

A REAL Domain Name Investor thinks about how it fits in with their other holdings.

A REAL Domain Name Investor never uses Estibot to buy, sell or value domains.

A REAL Domain Name Investor will  not answer many inquiries.

A REAL Domain Name Investor will not answer low ball offers.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not sell to other domain investors  except for the tax loss when needed and all GTLD's.

A REAL Domain Name Investor will not even give a counter price until there is a bonafide offer in the proper price range.

A REAL Domain Name Investor would never even answer an email with somebody pointing to Estibot.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows a registry has 1 or 2 basic functions.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not do business with registries or registrars doing "Clawbacks" after the fact!

A REAL Domain Name Investor invests in GOLD not Copper or Tin.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows that .Net is an orphan

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows that .org has more identity and importance than a .Net

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows that before an end user gets to .Crap-----.net, .Info, .Org, .TV, .Biz and ccTLD's will all be considered FIRST. Oh did I mention .com?

A REAL Domain Name Investor has valuable domains and they are easily recognizable.

A REAL Domain Name Investor has actual earnings and maybe sales to point to.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows this is a lifetime journey and not a sprint.

A REAL Domain Name Investor can rattle off their top 3 domains in a heartbeat!

A REAL Domain Name Investor gets up early, works late and NEVER really takes a day off.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows the WHOIS is the #1 place to sell a domain name.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not list their names at every outlet as fast as they can.

A REAL Domain Name Investor is very careful about how they sell a domain and who has the authority to do so.

A REAL Domain Name Investor earns a living from domains or has the potential for a windfall.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not buy NNNNNNNN.com domains

A REAL investor does not buy LLLLLLLL.com domains they buy WORDS!

A REAL Domain Name Investor can look at a list of 100 names and pick out the best one in less that 10-15 seconds.

A REAL Domain Name Investor can find a decent domain in any sector in minutes for $8.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows what Pigeon Shit Smells like, looks like but hopefully doesn't taste like.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not say it is "Unique". ALL domains are unique!

A REAL Domain Name Investor is prepared to LOSE money!

A REAL Domain Name Investor is prepared to MAKE money.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows the difference!

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not have time for fakers.

A REAL Domain Name Investor makes MONEY with domains.

A REAL Domain Name Investor learns everyday.

A REAL Domain Name Investor appreciates the freedom and opportunity domains give.

A REAL Domain Name Investor understands the POWER a domain can have.

A REAL Domain Name Investor is a critical thinker.

A REAL Domain Name Investor has business acumen.

A REAL Domain Name Investor understands sales, marketing, advertising, history, retail, wholesale etc.

A REAL Domain Name Investor understands, Need, want, desire, value, timing.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not dismiss "The Radio Test"

A REAL Domain Name Investor understands the masses and the average person.

A REAL Domain Name Investor can see John Jones Thru John Jone's eyes.

A REAL Domain Name Investor understands how large companies work.

A REAL Domain Name Investor understads how small companies work.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows the difference between the two.

A REAL Domain Name Investor lives and breathes domains.

A REAL Domain Name Investor will pass their holdings on.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows that domains are not liquid and may have no or limited cash value.

A REAL Domain Name Investor wakes up and thanks the Lord every single day to be in such a great business.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows he is alone on this journey.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows there is a lot of trial and error.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows what a Domain Vein is.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not care about the age of a domain.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows how to dig deep or scratch the surface and the difference.

A REAL Domain Name Investor knows the true value of what they have and can say NO.

A REAL Domain Name Investor would never sell for chump change.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not Shill bid at auctions.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not support auction houses that don't STRONGLY enforce shill bidding rules and publicly suspend those that violate their terms.

A REAL Domain Name Investor does not infringe on Trademarks!

A REAL Domain Name Investor is not a Cybersquatter!

A REAL Domain Name Investor..........Add YOURS in comments! It could go on for days.

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Coming Soon, how to spot a A FAKE Domain Name Investor!!

Rick Schwartz

PS: A REAL and SMART Domain Name Investor invests in .COM DOMAINS! :-)

A REAL Domain Name Investor reads RicksBlog.com ;-)



22 thoughts on “What does a REAL Domain Investor Look Like?

  1. Steven Dragoo

    A real domain investor helps others know what a real domain investor is….

    Reply
  2. Sigma

    A real domainer is fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful…

    Reply
  3. Jay

    Thank You for coming back Domain King.
    Enough is Enough with the GTLD Bullshit.
    Can’t wait until GoDaddy delists all those
    useless gtld extensions. If the extension didn’t come out in the 90’s I am not interested.

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  4. steve epstein

    My opinion of ‘Domain Vein’ meaning:

    XXXXXRealestate. com

    vs.

    xxxxxxHomes. com

    First is a commercial and residential term.
    Second is a residential term only.

    Values as domains not the same for the same city.

    Certain veins are valued to be owned by different type of end users.

    So in my opinion veins are often adjective/noun names.

    obviously LL. com and NN. com’s were veins too…but
    I think Rick was referring to real words etc…

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  5. Jose

    You are being the best teacher, what to learn in my first years as a domainer, if I had known him before, I would not be the same as a domainer, I could never demean my mentor for his work and patient with me.

    Years ago when I wrote my first research project and development of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality, a prestigious international researcher tell me when I finished reading the project, you know that it is the Jules Verne of the XX Century and I answered thank you and ask me what teachers you learn this science of the future at your student age and I answer my best teachers were the second-hand books I buy from these sciences and others and pay it from my assistant apprentice salary from the Head of the Consignee Department Cargo Ships and Download, in the first company to work at 16 years of age.

    These professors of the second-hand books were from the USA and published in the same country, I read from the end of 1940, all years 50, 60, 70 and 80.

    He still has them and I answer no, since being second hand, many of them were old and I had to write a pen in a paper notebook and each one had a chapter of each science of the future that had to come some day .

    I still keep them all well protected and also be on CD.

    Happy Day
    Jose.

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  6. Carl

    Hi Rick — Thanks for your tip “A REAL Domain Name Investor knows the WHOIS is the #1 place to sell a domain name”.

    I emailed WHOIS.COM, and asked for more info. They replied:

    “Please be advised that WHOIS.COM is a domain registration and Web hosting service provider. We do not provide a platform and service of selling registered domain names. Your domain names will be listed automatically as for sale from our website if they are listed as for sale from aftermarket providers such as AFTERNIC.COM and SEDO.COM.”

    So thanks to you, I learned something new today! Cheers!!

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  7. Ravi parwani

    Definitely sir,you r right . And I am happy with your amazing post sir because I have 80 percent quality of a best domainer as per reference your blog post .
    Thank you sir.

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  8. Ravi parwani

    A real domain name investors are fitness lovers because if you think about next domain for registration critical and smart thinking work .Of your fitness level are very fit then your mind also very healthy and strong for critical and awesome domain find out . For example, sum of the soul.com

    Reply
  9. Robin

    This piece is a gem Rick. I have followed your blog in 2009 and i return recently. Rick, do us a favour. Can you please update your site so that your readers who are getting older could read your blog in bigger font? Thanks. Meanwhile, will be going back reading your blog till the year i left out.

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  10. Dave Pelligrinelli

    ……knows there are hand regs still available….uses thesaurus and news headlines every day…..but has discipline with registrations…..

    Reply

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