How many/what domains do you currently own?

[Bawse]

How many domain names do you currently own?

My domains(5):

poker.community, bankrollerz.com, bankrollerz.net, americapokerbonus.com, radio poker.live

 

[AWS]

Too many to list.

Newest are:
iambot.xyz, forumlinks.directory, general-forum.com, serverhelp.net

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I have:

1. anotheradminforum.com
2. anotherbb.com
3. aroundtheshawnee.com
4. beginnercyclingtips.com
5. bikeshawnee.com
6. bikesouthernillinois.com
7. biketunnelhill.com
8. bloggingcollective.com
9. bluffage.com
10. campgroundforum.com
11. experiencesouthernillinois.com
12. findlocalbikeshops.com
13. findlocaltrails.com
14. hikingwithshawn.com
15. inboxbuilders.com
16. kayakingforum.com
17. membershipboost.com
18. offtopicforum.com
19. offtopicforums.com
20. offtopicsection.com
21. outdoorgrowth.com
22. outdoorwrite.com
23. roundknobweather.com
24. runraceride.com
25. seriousbloggers.com
26. shawnbikes.com
27. shawn.bike
28. shawneechallenge.com
29. shawneepedia.com
30. shawneeproud.com
31. shawneeshop.com
32. shawneetours.com
33. shawngossman.com
34. startledcrow.com
35. stormchasershawn.com
36. stormspotterforum.com
37. thehikingforum.com
38. theoutdoorcreator.com
39. tourdetunnel.com
40. tunnelhillbikeclub.com
41. tunnelhillbiketrail.com
42. tunnelhillcyclingclub.com
43. tunnelhillfriends.com
44. tunnelhillfriends.net
45. tunnelhillfriends.org
46. tunnelhillstatetrail.com
47. vbadmins.com
48. visitmycommunity.com
49. visitshawneeforest.com
50. wildernessfeast.com

Look at that - 50 domains

 

[frm]

Look at that - 50 domains

as a domain name investor, exceedingly more than that, and I seem to acquire a new domain or two every few days on top of it.

A short redacted list of my *forum keyword portfolio:
Unmannedforum.com - Have to put up ASAP for all these drone sightings... but the main focus is going to be on unmanned of all types
PolForum.com - Political debate
RtsForum.com - Real-Time Shooter
ArtificialForum.com - AI discussion
ZippoForum.com - Awaiting Zippo legal counsel to give me the okay to use this name/mark for Zippo collectors (using Bob's Item Showcase to display individual items)
RoidsForum.com - Something I have quite a bit of knowledge on being enhanced from 2015-2020.
skaforum.com - I love ska
stackerforum.com - I stack silver and gold
forumpromo.com - Pre forumd***overy
forumdiscovery.com
nsfwforum.com - Speaks for itself
offtopic.forum

12 with about 25 others that I will choose not to disclose at this time.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

as a domain name investor, exceedingly more than that, and I seem to acquire a new domain or two every few days on top of it.

50 isn't bad for me. I used to own hundreds at one time. I try not to let myself get THAT carried away anymore.

 

[frm]

50 isn't bad for me. I used to own hundreds at one time. I try not to let myself get THAT carried away anymore.

It's a bit different when you get domains for $12-150 every/other/day and also make $250-750 quick flips every/other/week with the occasional 4-figure sale off of a $100ish name.

I'm not just hoarding domains.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

It's a bit different when you get domains for $12-150 every/other/day and also make $250-750 quick flips every/other/week with the occasional 4-figure sale off of a $100ish name.

I'm not just hoarding domains.

Well, if you're flipping, I definitely get that.

My problem is that I hoarded them LOL

 

[frm]

My problem is that I hoarded them LOL

That can be a good thing.

I hoarded LLLL (Letter, Letter...) and NNNNN (Number, Number...) and let them go too soon, for $50-125/ea. (which was still a 100% ROI). In the Chinese market rush for these, they were going for 4 figures each, even more, if there were no 0s or 4s, and double+ 8s in the NNNNN. I dumped my LLLL/NNNNN before the market popped off, and during the rise, because I didn't understand it and thought the hundreds were the peak. If I held onto them and sold them as a portfolio, it would've been $250,000-$500,000.

I didn't even see the possibility of NNNNNN going for more than 20 bucks, but the same patterns reached $250-500 within a year from hand registration. I could've scooped up 500 of them and offloaded them for $175,000~, but I didn't have the risk tolerance to drop $3500 into an unknown.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

That can be a good thing.

I hoarded LLLL (Letter, Letter...) and NNNNN (Number, Number...) and let them go too soon, for $50-125/ea. (which was still a 100% ROI). In the Chinese market rush for these, they were going for 4 figures each, even more, if there were no 0s or 4s, and double+ 8s in the NNNNN. I dumped my LLLL/NNNNN before the market popped off, and during the rise, because I didn't understand it and thought the hundreds were the peak. If I held onto them and sold them as a portfolio, it would've been $250,000-$500,000.

I didn't even see the possibility of NNNNNN going for more than 20 bucks, but the same patterns reached $250-500 within a year from hand registration. I could've scooped up 500 of them and offloaded them for $175,000~, but I didn't have the risk tolerance to drop $3500 into an unknown.

I think the most I've spent for a domain name was $100. I had actually planned to flip it one day, but it never happened, and I eventually let it expire.

 

[frm]

I think the most I've spent for a domain name was $100. I had actually planned to flip it one day, but it never happened, and I eventually let it expire.

ROFLMAO was mid-4-figures.

I'm assuming if I want to drop the -MAO, eventually, it'll be 5, maybe even 6-figures.

The original, RS, was recorded at $1,211, but it was making $20-50/mo with a high month of $94 with parking. So, it made its money back before I shifted to that brand. It's since yet to recover its parking revenue, still adjusting the keywords, sitting around $10/mo since I reparked it.

 

[frm]

Added 5 more last night, but these are the only two relevant to this niche/community.

 

[Cedric]

I just bought a new one at auction, threadgroove.com which I plan to do something with.

Other than that I have:
freeforumhosting.com
forumdir.com
forumregister.com
after-hours.io
agoraforo.com
adminforums.org
gamerphoria.net

And then a couple of business ones.

 

[frm]

I just bought a new one at auction, threadgroove.com which I plan to do something with.

Nice brandable.

Reminds me of Threadloom, which I disliked from the beginning, and glad they shut down. They had horrible policies, which some may disagree with me on.

I wouldn't have wanted to build out one of my forums using their services because I know they would've turned me off:

2AForum that I was working on, until I realized that I can't own s here, so I wouldn't have been able to add the content that I would've loved to add had I been back in the States... it was probably the dumbest of all forum ideas I had that I actually deployed. Still got my badass logo though. If anyone is a nut and wants it, the .com is available, and you can have my logo/social media pack/vectors/old style already edited and ready to deploy on an XF2.2 forum (would need to run the upgrade, and as it's a default style, would be a breeze). Just PM me if you register it and want to build it out. Hell, I might even lend you a hand if you want to build it without putting any money into it too, besides the domain, of course.

 

[freelancermaria]

I have only one domain website, whatisgracieupto.com. I recently started blogging again to improve my mental well-being and earn some money to support my parents.

 

[Tracy]

I think the most I've spent for a domain name was $100. I had actually planned to flip it one day, but it never happened, and I eventually let it expire.

I've got one that I've been using mainly for setting up my VPS and dedicated servers then using my regular domains for the sites.
It was originally purchased back in 2013 when I was thinking about setting up a hosting service and using it. It is redneckhost.com and I figured it would be a catchy hosting provider name.
I was messing around and came across a hosting provider that uses the name for their business but their page is a subdomain of their primary.
I recently contacted them and inquired if they were interested in possibly buying it from me, as I'm sure that they had probably already investigated it but figured anyone that had already kept it for several years was probably not interested in selling. And if they are interested, it will cost them a few dollars to get it.

I almost bought drinkmore.beer while thinking about setting up a forum for beer discussions. But I don't like beer so would be hard pressed to provide content.

 

[frm]

It was originally purchased back in 2013 when I was thinking about setting up a hosting service and using it. It is redneckhost.com and I figured it would be a catchy hosting provider name.

I hope the sale goes through. A good starting point would be $4000, and work down to $2500 if necessary. I haven't investigated who they are and what their potential revenue would be, just going based on arbitrary standard figures that I use for unknown buyers (if the domain cost me $250 or less).

I research the intended purpose of domains when they inquire about a sale. An AI company that focuses on financials offered me $4500, after I knew what their intentions were. I countered with $8000. However, since I am into investing and it helps me read financial documents to better understand them, I countered with $8000 and we finally settled on $5000 a month or so later. However, that price also came with a lifetime exclusive level (or highest tier) membership on their services (which would run at $500~/month for all the AI calls I wanted).

You don't necessarily have to settle for cash. With my example, you could even ask for $1000 and have them provide you with a new dedicated server every 2 years if the hardware significantly improves by then. This would be a business expense for them that they could write off, so, it really doesn't cost them anything if they are profitable. Then, you have $1000 cash to work with and a lifetime of hosting on one of the best servers they could provide (try to work in some tech support/managed hours too).

I almost bought drinkmore.beer while thinking about setting up a forum for beer discussions. But I don't like beer so would be hard pressed to provide content.

I should've stopped here with my intentions of running a gun forum because I can't even own one here, so it would be hard-pressed to provide content. I was relying on a friend back home to do it, but he already has a full-time job and backed out after I invested in developing it. (We're still friends though and I understand why)

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I should've stopped here with my intentions of running a gun forum because I can't even own one here, so it would be hard-pressed to provide content. I was relying on a friend back home to do it, but he already has a full-time job and backed out after I invested in developing it. (We're still friends though and I understand why)

It's easy to want to start a forum or even a blog based on a trend.

However, if you don't know anything about it, it's probably just going to become overwhelming. Your competition that does indeed know a lot about it and has passion in it will likely be 1,000 steps ahead of you at all times.

But if you can create a forum or blog, get a basic community/content structure in it - it might be worth doing it with the intention to flip the site.

 

[frm]

However, if you don't know anything about it, it's probably just going to become overwhelming. Your competition that does indeed know a lot about it and has passion in it will likely be 1,000 steps ahead of you at all times.

Having spent days on a range, at one point, 5 days a week for a month straight from 0600 to 1800 for a competition, I know quite a bit about rifles and pistols, specifically, the M16A2 ("AR-15") rifle and M9 ("Beretta 92FS") pistol. Additionally, I was an instructor for 10 or so months, having trained groups of up to 40 every other week. As an instructor, I was also able to fire off our extra ammunition (your tax dollars at work, but making me better if the time ever came), because it was more of a hassle turning in ammunition than it was picking up brass shell casings.

So, while I still own guns (not here) and have a great deal of information about them, it's not like I can easily access my guns to make content with them, or go to a gun store and buy one, make content with it, and then resell it if I didn't want to keep it, as it's illegal for me to own a gun in Japan.

However, I have toyed with the idea of applying for a special permit for a shotgun to tame wild animals. But, there's so much red tape around that which makes me not even want to pursue it. Plus, it wouldn't be as fun as I couldn't just target practice: It'd be actual work in that I'd need to tame wild animals and have evidence of that, in which the government would pay for the kill, and also, I think, ensure ammo is all accounted for.

That said, it's not a lack of knowledge or passion that prevented me from turning it into what I wanted, rather a lack of accessibility to the tools needed (guns) to make great content.

But I understand your sentiment and this applies to all who plan to open a forum: Know your niche, know your audience, and have the passion to keep it going, or it won't succeed.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

That said, it's not a lack of knowledge or passion that prevented me from turning it into what I wanted, rather a lack of accessibility to the tools needed (guns) to make great content.

But I understand your sentiment and this applies to all who plan to open a forum: Know your niche, know your audience, and have the passion to keep it going, or it won't succeed.

I totally understand that.

I could see your point being really valid, too.

If I were to move to a city where no hiking trails were, and my hiking declined, it would be hard for me to continue doing that niche since I don't do it as much anymore and my experience and everyday use would significantly decline.

 

[Tracy]

Well, still have not heard back from that hosting company. So now, if they do respond, the price has just gone up since I decided to actually use it as a site for hosting help/information.

I bring you Redneck Hosting Help.

Redneck Hosting Help

redneckhost.com

Just a site I'm going to play around with on NodeBB, but you never can tell... it may get some traction.
I don't see it as an admin type site, but more how to get going on web hosting.