A Little Bit Of Domaining Knowledge

Earlier this week I had a good friend come by to spending a few hours learning the ropes of searching for domains, where to back order drops, and the other things that I tell people before they even buy their first domain.

It was a great few hours, a few weeks back he had indicated interest in the industry so I focused him on Domaining.com and said read, research, go to DNJournal.com and learn some more and do NOT buy a domain until we talk again.

He did better than most I tell that too, he actually did not buy any domains but he did come in with a list of 25 he had picked out. He had defined what is domaining model would be (revenue from affiliates/adsense) and that he would get to know the ropes that way before going big and spending some real dollars on quality generics for investment rather than just ad revenues.

It was a breath of fresh air actually, he actually had spent quite a bit of time researching and actually did not buy a domain.

But, after I showed him some things he would not of found easily (proper way to use the Google Adwords keyword tool, etc) it opened up his eyes even more. Suddenly he saw the possibilities, since he was not reselling and was focused more on keyword targeted names with reasonable search volume the possibilities opened up even more for him.

He had me review his list, out of his 25 names he had picked out we were able to knock 20 down in seconds but then able to research the last 5 and picked two he would buy and develop.

I left the room for a bit and came back and his exact quote was "This is addicting!", I think we all agree. What he meant was sitting and searching through the GAKT tool can be entertaining, fun, and enlightening while you search for the hidden gem no one has found. I slowed him down and said get moving with what you have and then lets talk again and explained that he should not be like so many others and register hundreds of names before he even has any practical knowledge.

Well, hopefully he stays on the right path, a bit of guidance up front could go along way, he is a super bright guy and I would not be surprised if within the next year he doesn't find a way to turn it into real revenue.