How can Domainers help each other more?

[MAllie]

I just wanted to say that I have had a lot of help from domainers since I joined. Any time I asked a question it was responded to (usually by more than one person) almost instantly. But one particular person (who shall be nameless, because that's how he wants it) has been of enormous help to me. He contacted me a while ago following one of my posts, offering to get me started properly in domaining. He ironed out my Sedo portfolio for me and has given me all kinds of other advice. He set up a website for me based on one of my domain names, your comments on which I will be seeking shortly. He is there for me whenever I want to ask him anything. He is one of the unsung heroes of domaining, and I'm sure that I'm not the only one to benefit from his expertise, or from the expertise of others. I would like to use this opportunity to thank everyone who has given me any kind of help or advice since I joined in March. I hope that I can make a modest success of domaining as a way of bearing out your faith in me.

 

[Johnn]

To take Johnn's concept further, a separate forum must be created with a ground up input in there so idea's and thoughts can not only be preserved but followed upon by admins.

My thoughts - If this concept is not created a regulatory body, much as Real Estate is, it will be just another private venture jostling for space with existing and competing sales platforms.

This newly created body must be able to license brokers, agents, appraisers to exude validity and legitimacy for end users to feel comfortable making a transaction.

Are you a real estate agent?

The other organization that I joined several years ago failed because they dream big and want to make everything big with no manpower or resources.

Details will follow soon.

 

[simon johnson]

The basic fundamental behind all of this, is that there is no incentive for those with domaining experience to assist those that don't have it. I created the Domaining Wiki at DomainerIncome to give something back to the industry - now I didn't have to do that, and neither does anyone else with knowledge of how it all works. What you are essentially relying on is the other peoples time and good nature.

 

[ksinclair]

The basic fundamental behind all of this, is that there is no incentive for those with domaining experience to assist those that don't have it. I created the Domaining Wiki at DomainerIncome to give something back to the industry - now I didn't have to do that, and neither does anyone else with knowledge of how it all works. What you are essentially relying on is the other peoples time and good nature.

Simon,

Mentoring others is an incentive, in and of itself. Yes, not everyone wants to be a mentor but many do. Helping others in domaining is no different than helping others in any other venue whether it be business, or tutoring, or sharing one's expertise.

You can feel good to help someone; and who knows, they might help you later with a domain deal, or they might in turn mentor someone.

Its great you created that Wiki, I will check it out. Does it have any links to DNF?

Kevin

 

[robfer]

If we ask each other for help then I would like to think we would share our knowledge.

Domainers as we are know are still a small industry there must be what maybe 8000 of us that would call ourself domainers we need to have a commnuity where we share our knowledge and help each other out.



These are my thoughts only!

I started a site recently giving what I feel something back to the domain industry maybe we should all start site / blogs on our experiance or help newbie learn a little more.

Regards,

Robbie

 

[000]

How can Domainers help each other more?

Domainers can help each other by improving the public image of domaining. A good first step would be to stop registering names that blatantly infringe on registered trademarks. Less IP infringement would weaken many UDRP complaints and could dampen UDRP case volume and legislative "solutions". Ethical behavior is smart PR that can improve the security and value of all domain portfolios.

 

[ksinclair]

There have been a lot of good comments about people helping each other. Google indexes dnf so keep the comments coming! I have a few thoughts:

1) What do people thing of paying more for a domain than the asking price? I know that sounds odd. But lets say you get a really nice domain in the $1 auction forum, and you win it for $5. Why not pay the $8, so he basically breaks even on his reg fee? I have done this.

2) What about barter? When money is tight, barter can be great. Too few people consider it. And too many people are in love with their domains. They might be selling one for really cheap but they cant barter it because they are so fond of it. Of course if you are broke and only need cash that is different. But barter can be very effective. I think that the person initially offering the barter needs to give up more then the person being approached, that is kind of how barter works.

3) What if dnforum has its own directly like yahoo or dmoz, but members can get domains into the directory so we have more links.

4) What if dnforum has some social networking kind of site with blogs and auto-updating content, and then members can again get more links for their seo'd domains? we could have a rule of no ppc sites; it has to be actual dev'd domains in some sense. Or our own blogs right off of dnf, for example I would have the blog www.Dnforum.com/blogs/ksinclair, that would be interesting? and seems very do-able.

5) How can dnforum have more presence at domain auctions like TRAFFIC, to promote the domains being offered for sale from members of dnforum?

6) How can domainers keep making money in a depression - should dnf have a subforum just for that topic, to keep it visible?

 

[Gerry]

Something(s) we do on another forum.

List our own drops - these are typically freebies. If we plan on not renewing, we post them. First come, first serve. I am a firm believer in "One man's trash is another man's cash".

What I no longer see in a domain or I simply have too many projects going on, I simply can not see keeping them all.

I have numerous that are about to expire. In order for me to save them from the Jaws of Death, I would post them with a reasonable fee of like $10 bucks. That would allow me to renew them at registrar cost, pay any associated PayPal fees, and make perhaps a buck or two. The new buyer will simply need to open or provide account info and have the domain deposited into their account.

I am happy, the new owner is happy, and most all will not hit the drop markets. This has worked exceptionally well

A sub-forum or a section for Member's Drops will be adequate. And, I'll bet with all the members on this forum it would be a huge hit! Restrictions will need to be in place restricting the price point.

 

[ksinclair]

Gifting domains to newbies would be good, too. Would not have to be imminent drops, could be any domain.

Something(s) we do on another forum.

List our own drops - these are typically freebies. If we plan on not renewing, we post them. First come, first serve. I am a firm believer in "One man's trash is another man's cash".

What I no longer see in a domain or I simply have too many projects going on, I simply can not see keeping them all.

I have numerous that are about to expire. In order for me to save them from the Jaws of Death, I would post them with a reasonable fee of like $10 bucks. That would allow me to renew them at registrar cost, pay any associated PayPal fees, and make perhaps a buck or two. The new buyer will simply need to open or provide account info and have the domain deposited into their account.

I am happy, the new owner is happy, and most all will not hit the drop markets. This has worked exceptionally well.

A sub-forum or a section for Member's Drops will be adequate. And, I'll bet with all the members on this forum it would be a huge hit! Restrictions will need to be in place restricting the price point.

 

[David.]

I haven't been on this forum for a very long time but I do feel like there is a very nice community here. I was a member on another forum that had nothing to do with domaining when it first started and it grew to a huge community that was able to keep a strong bond like family would.

 

[Compassion]

This question may be totally 1998 but is there a domainer web ring?

 

[TooManyDomains]

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[democrat]

Is developing a strong list of resources and a support network.
P

 

[Poker]

Think I'm going to try to contribute more and stay out of the politics section. I had been doing well until someone started a thread about impeaching our 3 week old President

 

[Raider]

I hate to be negative about this topic but...in all honesty...domainers do not like to help others.

I disagree, A lot of helping goes on behind the scenes here... Many members here have gone far beyond helping me when I asked advice by PM.

They like to keep the secrets to themselves. I think most of us know if we try to contact a domainer outside a forum, they can be quite rude...

This is my experience...maybe i'm wrong.

Many just don't want to share their money making secrets, if they did, they would be doing themselves in... Plenty of competition in this business, so why add to it?.

 

[Focus]

420 Alert!

:smokin: :yes: :rockon: eace:

Share your weed with each other......my advice.

 

[fab]

There have been lots of quality information I've obtained here. I think a more detailed newbie faq sheet would help a lot.

 

[David.]

There's so much information on here you can spend 10 hours a day reading for a month and still not get caught up

I like the idea about winning a $5 auction and paying the guy $8, it can only bring you good karma and $3 is nothing.

Now how about giving newbies such as myself some domains to start out with? :lol: