If you spend more than you make with your domain names, you’re doing it wrong. This category helps you figure out how best to monetize your domain name portfolio, whether it be parking, lead generation, ecommerce, blogging or some other form of full website development.
Latest Interview
Wouldn’t it be great to be the CEO of Groupon or LivingSocial right now? Two domain investors are trying to do just that – but by specializing in their own niche: pizzerias.
Maz Ghani and Ron Santos bought Pizzerias.com in an expired domain name auction, and are building a business where consumers and pizzerias both win. You might be able to do the same thing with one of your domain names – watch and find out.
Michael Cyger May 24, 2011
In 2010, Morgan Linton earned revenue in the five figures from domain name investing – which he does after his normal workday. This year, Morgan is on track to earn more than $100,000.
In this interview, Morgan describes how he generated a six-figure income outside of his day job. And he shares some of the secrets from his new book, Domain Investing Handbook, that will help you learn from his experience and mistakes – when to drop bad domain names, what to buy with the registration fee savings, guidelines to find great domains, and much more.
Michael Cyger May 10, 2011
Marc Ostrofsky is likely best known as the domain name investor who bought Business.com for $150,000 and sold it for $7.5 million a mere four years later, earning him an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. But he’s also founded five magazines, 12 trade shows and seven companies, selling businesses cumulatively worth over $100 million.
Despite the title, “Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet,” this is no get rich quick scheme. Instead, this book arguably contains the most comprehensive and diverse information source available for making money on the Internet, and it’s written by one of the world’s most successful Internet entrepreneurs.
I spent about an hour asking Marc Ostrofsky to dissect the strategies and tactics in his book and tell you exactly how you can make money on the Internet. And Marc is a fantastic storyteller who illustrated his points with examples that you will remember long after this interview is over. Watch this video now. Trust me.
Michael Cyger April 26, 2011
Elliot Silver owns two companies and a lot of businesses, but he makes a majority of his revenue through domain name flipping. He constantly thinks of domain names to purchase and – when he decides he wants one – will almost always make an offer in his initial contact.
In this candid interview, Elliot shares a tremendous amount of information:
* How he discovers domains for purchase
* How he values domains
* Whether he “churns and burns” or tries to sell to an end-user
* How he finds end-users to contact
* How many domain name sales he focuses on at one time
* Why he uses both a written contract and escrow
* One $2,450 domain name investment gone bad and what he learned
And Elliot loves receiving reply emails from MAILER-DAEMON. Why? Opportunity. Listen to this interview to learn more.
Michael Cyger April 12, 2011
In addition to owning what is now a portfolio of more than 5,000 — including 2,000 .us — domain names, Ron Jackson publishes the industry’s leading trade magazine, DN Journal. The online publication is a greater source of income for Ron than his domain name sales. Surprised? Watch this interview for many more insights you did not know about Ron and about domaining.
Michael Cyger March 29, 2011
There are a plethora of domain name tools and services available on the market. Most people who are interested in domain name investing have to learn the ins-and-outs of domaining by trial and error. However, with the right advice and the right tools you can get up-to-speed quickly, and be more productive in your domain name buying and selling.
Michael Cyger March 27, 2011
Jake Ackerman had a real estate business that died when the real estate bubble burst in 2008. With 20,000 zip codes sold to date at ZipSmart.com, Jake’s back on a comeback with a run rate of $500,000 and a goal to hit $1 million in 2011.
Michael Cyger March 22, 2011
What can a teenager teach you about domaining? In this case, a heck of a lot — don’t equate a low age with with a lack of experience.
Instead of buying and flipping domains, or buying and doing nothing with domain names, you can build significant value into your domain name portfolio by developing the domain names into mini-sites. Brian Diener has not only done it, but he’s done it successfully for himself and his clients.
In his relatively short domaining career, Brian has accomplished a number of great feats. He has developed a successful mini-site model for his business. He has had a $1,000 day through affiliate marketing. And he not only continued to study in school while domaining but was accepted into Emory University this coming fall.
Michael Cyger March 15, 2011
Every domainer has their own process to appraise and market domain names for sale. Few domainers are willing to share their tested secrets. But Chris Goh is not a regular domainer. Some would even call him unorthodox. If you are in need of help getting targeted traffic to your domain names so you can support a “buy this domain name now” call to action, then Chris Goh, Creative CEO of BullShitWebsites.com, has some unorthodox tactics you may want to try.
Sue Reynard March 11, 2011
How did Andrew Allemann go from a regular college student at The University of Texas at Austin to amassing 1,000 domains that earned him over $100,000 in profit every year? More importantly, how did he build it up his domain name portfolio in the first place? The short answer is by keeping abreast of technology trends and focusing on a triad of domain name monetization options: parking, affiliate programs and mini website developing.
Michael Cyger March 9, 2011