How many hours a week/month do you guys put towards Domaining?

[AtTheLake]

Title asks it all? Just curious cause my wife was a bit mad a month or two ago? How many hours do you put towards your domaining activities? Does it provide you enough income at the end of year whatever countdown you have in your mind; that it is worth it? :uhoh:

 

[DN BROKER]

9-17 hours a day when I'm unemployed, which is the case presently.

When I'm employed, 1-2 hours a day.

 

[ImageAuthors]

Ditto on the hours.

The income will vary so drastically depending on the portfolio, the prices paid, and the marketing tactics that it's not that meaningful to share stats. The cases are too different. And I wouldn't believe what people post in a public forum about their own success--especially when bragging and wishful thinking get mixed up with buying and selling to other people on here.

Yes, domainers can make money. Yes, people waste money on domaining. I'd be willing to bet that more people lose than win. However, that's not to say that domaining is luck--only that there are a lot of bad domain purchases made every day and a lot of badly written spam emails in inboxes.

If in doubt, I suggest spending the time and money on an MBA or some kind of additional professional training. Because salaries are better than what the average person will get from domaining.

That's not my ego speaking. Just the opinion of somebody who has just crossed over into the domaining industry and sees the enterprise as a business risk that may or may not be worth taking. Nobody should believe in easy money.

 

[Bill F.]

Made money? Yes.
Enough to compensate for all the hours I have put in? Not yet.
Still, better than spending countless hours watching TV or playing online games like most do.

 

[hugegrowth]

Probably 30-60 hours per month, I'm part time. I agree with Bill, if you're going to be online, might as well be trying to earn some extra revenue, instead of only playing games, scanning Facebook, texting friends, etc. I think any 14 or 15 year old should be able to start some kind of online business that would make more than a min wage job, but most teens just use the internet for fun. I wish the internet had been around when I was a teen.

 

[Jeroen]

At the moment, I'm putting anywhere between 40 - 60 hrs a week into domaining/building projects while not making enough money to live off.
Granted, these hours are not always as efficient as I want them to be. I also have a freelance job to pay for the bills etc but jobs are becoming incredibly less every month allowing me more time online.

 

[keyword]

I would say around 60+ hours a week for finding the right domain in a niche I want to start, then building the website ready
to take all that lovely commission. Never park domains anymore I always develop. Development takes a lot of time up but is
so worth it in the long run.

 

[Noshiki]

Around 20 hours a week

 

[AtTheLake]

It seems like i have been putting in 4+ hours on weeknights and sometimes more on weekends. It can be alot of information to absorb as i am a newbie. couple months worth of reading and some hand regs. I would love to make the first sale.. Many of my handregs are less than 60 days old and only the more recently bought ones are pry worth anything.

 

[A D]

At least 80 hours a week.

Adam

 

[NameClerk]

About 15-25 hours a week for me. It varies but I have no doubt the time put in has paid off.

 

[katherine]

Varies a lot for me. Typically between 2 and 14 hours a day.

 

[David G]

At least 80 hours a week.

Adam

ditto.

 

[Theo]

My domain income skyrocketed after I got divorced Enough said.

 

[BostonDomainer]

Hard to say. I do a lot of work on my mobile and am always checking scripts. I need a wife Get those hours down to single digits.

 

[Biggie]

i'd say 24/7


though i may not be online all day, everyday, my mind is always thinking domain names


whenever a truck with biz name goes by i look for web address, or a bus with ads on the side, reading a newpaper, watching tv, in meetings at work, even when sleeping sometimes i dream of names.


sometimes i wish my mind could be free of these thoughts....it's a blessing when you think of and find a good domain, and a curse when it's already registered.

 

[mxdominios]

I dont count them. A lot I guess.

 

[stewie]

I'm domaining while I sleep zzzz :sleep: I use to be really crazy and go "8 days a week" :drum:

now I have scaled it down to 24/7



:ballchain: I'm trying to balance more, but I need :help:



:juggle:

 

[vinsdomains.com]

Nice! Don't crash and burn!

 

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