Morning Folks!!
I look at Domaining and see so many ways to make BIG money that it strikes me when those, some of them good friends, are making NO money. First you have to come to the reality you are making no money. Then, as I have stated for years, then you just must STOP. If you are going the wrong way, why would you want to get FURTHER from the goal not closer? So stopping is the first thing you MUST do. There are no other ways. That is why you are frustrated. You have tried everything but the #1 thing. STOP. Stop. Take a weekend off.
I hear ya, you can’t afford to. I am telling you that you can’t afford not to. Go back to the base of the mountain. Look at it via fresh eyes. Look at it in a new way. Some of you have been doing this for many years now and that means you know more than you did when you tried the first time.
Go back to the base of the mountain. Go 1 mile away. Look at the big picture. You don’t need money in domaining to make money. You just need know how and that part you already have.
There are many paths at the base of the mountain. There is no path where you are at. Start again!! When you get to the base, you are way ahead of the others there. Just choose your path. Not the same one you were just on. Go to the other side of the mountain and start there. Do the opposite of what you did the first time.
Stop delaying. Pick your best domains, get rid of all the other crap and hit that mountain with a lighter load. The opportunities are there. They are everywhere. But you need to be on the right path to begin with to see those things. Look, I don't have to prove shit. I see what I see and I am giving you the best advice I can so that hopefully you can get a better result.
Have a GREAT Day!
Rick Schwartz
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Joe
The truth is it takes money to make money, and domaining is no different.
Rick Schwartz
@Joe, sorry, that is just not true. An IDEA is the key. There are many that started in the business with no money. Matter of FACT, I have never actually taken a penny out of my pocket to start any business other than pocket change to buy a sample and even that was on a credit card so by the time the bill came in, the money was already there.
I never spend a penny until the FIRST SALE is made. Then it becomes self financing.
Duane
Wow Rick. You sound so human in this post. Yup, good advise.
BullS
All it takes is Creativity and just one domain.
This is the best business to be in but unfortunately 99.99% of the population do not know about it. They are users followers and not creators.
Daniel Dryzek
I like this post a lot, Rick :)
Jeroen
I can honestly say I’m trying another path since recently after camping halfway the mountain for way too long. Will see how that works out by the end of the year, if not I will try another path.
Cheers
steve
Just saw a commercial that solves all our problems!
Intuit will create a website for you !!! WOW
Better act fast lol.
It amazes me that they would even try this and they will probably scam millions from their money.
Building a home isn’t just a 123 and your done. Why do people think building a website is so simple.
If you don’t have a guide, sometimes called consultant, that knows what they are doing you have already failed.
ScottM
It’s not unlike investing in a lottery ticket but with better-educated guesses on a domain. If you don’t plant a seed, i.e. first buy a domain, then you can’t really expect to monetize it or sell it later to an end-user when your seedling blooms, and it takes years sometimes. Likewise, nobody ever wins the lottery without firt buying a ticket unless (it’s given to them).
Steve Jones
It’s easy to get caught doing the same thing you’ve always done even when it stops working. Once you come to the realization that it’s just not going to work regardless of how much you try to force it, then it’s a matter of figuring out other things to try.
Or perhaps even take a lengthy break from it and find a day job. Some of the people now going back to work may undoubtedly be back to domaining once they free their mind from the 2007 and before thinking.
stevemartinuk
I’m trying another path since recently after camping halfway the mountain for way too long. Will see how that works out by the end of the year, if not I will try another path.
ams
what if you inherited a hundred really good names in the philanthropic sector and didnt know anything about domaining, but every domainer was impressed with the portfolio? Where do u start? HELP!!!