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WARNING!!!! TURN BACK NOW!!!
Getting into the domain name business can ruin your life. It can consume all of your free time, get you addicted to the Internet and wreck relationships. If you experience any of the following conditions, it may already be too late...
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COMBINATION SPINNING: creating every type of logical adjective+noun combination you can think of, and checking for .com availability. (Example: redwagon.com, redcar.com, redapple.com, etc., bigtree.com, littletree.com, talltree.com, etc., hotpictures.com, naturepictures.com, colorpictures.com, etc.)
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MEDIA EAR: Anything you hear on TV or Radio: news, commercials, talk shows, etc. - your ear is tuned in to any new word, short combinations, medical terms, new device names, funny short phrases, acronyms, car model numbers, celebrity utterances, etc.
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FUTURE MINING: Doing research by searching for new products, medical breakthroughs, new electronic devices, new energy terms, etc., which may include visiting scientific websites, medical websites, invention websites, electronics websites - AND buying magazines, like Scientific American, Women's Health, Forbes, etc., and skimming through the magazines for words, terms and phrases that are likely to be hot search terms.
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MULTI-BACKORDER PARTICIPATION: Actively entering domains on two or more drop/backorder sites, like Pool.com, SnapNames.com, NameJet.com, etc.
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DROP-LIST MINING: Spending considerable time, every day, researching the list of expiring domain names. Depending on your methods and tools, the time you spend each day could be one hour to five hours, or longer.
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DREAM SPINNING: Domains come to you in your dreams. Often, when you wake up, the name may be difficult or impossible to recall. This can often lead to frustration, resulting in domain nightmares, where you dream about things like opening your domain account, finding all of your names are gone, or all have hyphens added to them.
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DOT-COM-VERSATIONS: When speaking to anyone, no matter where you are, whatever the setting, subject of conversation - everything that is spoken, by your boss, friends, co-workers, etc., your ear and mind is tuned in to any new word, term or short phrase and is turned into a .com and analyzed, in your mind, for potential value as a .com. This is something you cannot necessarily turn off at will.
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MIND DROPPING: When you get mad at yourself for thinking up great domain names, committing them to memory, and then forgetting what they were. Often, they are really great and potentially valuable domains that would have been available to register, if only you didn't forget them. It's often more painful when you had (and mind-dropped) two, three or more of them.
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REMINDER-TOOL ASSISTANCE: When you think it is important enough to carry a pen and paper, so that you will never, ever forget another great domain idea. For the more gadget-minded individual, a personal recording device is preferred, so along with recording your grocery list (butter, milk, eggs), you can record those domain thoughts as they occur.
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GENERIC-PRODUCT-SEARCHING: Looking for product descriptions by going to sites like ebay (looking at their category list), Sears, Home Depot, Lab supply sites, medical supply sites, etc.
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NAME INVENTING: Coming up with catchy, made-up terms, like snazookle.com, sizzlepop.com, cranbora.com, cliggler.com, shazzler.com, etc.
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WORLDZONE SPINNING: Coming up with two-word combinations, using category or main keyword names (like jewelry, camera, computer, music, etc.) and combining with commonly-used second words, like world, zone, etc. Examples: cameraworld.com, camerazone.com, cameraforum.com, cameracenter.com, camerastore.com, cameradepot.com, cameramagazine.com, etc.
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IMPULSIVE BIDDING AND BUYING: Getting caught up in the bidding action and bidding more on domains than you'd normally pay. Sometimes, it works out and you get good deals. This also may include bidding on multiple sites, and making offers to various domain dealers and forum sellers.
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JUNK BUYING: Buying too many domains in the $10 to $50 range. It is often better to buy one high-quality domain for $2,000, than 80 domains at $25 each.
Getting into the domain name business can ruin your life. It can consume all of your free time, get you addicted to the Internet and wreck relationships. If you experience any of the following conditions, it may already be too late...
---1---
COMBINATION SPINNING: creating every type of logical adjective+noun combination you can think of, and checking for .com availability. (Example: redwagon.com, redcar.com, redapple.com, etc., bigtree.com, littletree.com, talltree.com, etc., hotpictures.com, naturepictures.com, colorpictures.com, etc.)
---2---
MEDIA EAR: Anything you hear on TV or Radio: news, commercials, talk shows, etc. - your ear is tuned in to any new word, short combinations, medical terms, new device names, funny short phrases, acronyms, car model numbers, celebrity utterances, etc.
---3---
FUTURE MINING: Doing research by searching for new products, medical breakthroughs, new electronic devices, new energy terms, etc., which may include visiting scientific websites, medical websites, invention websites, electronics websites - AND buying magazines, like Scientific American, Women's Health, Forbes, etc., and skimming through the magazines for words, terms and phrases that are likely to be hot search terms.
---4---
MULTI-BACKORDER PARTICIPATION: Actively entering domains on two or more drop/backorder sites, like Pool.com, SnapNames.com, NameJet.com, etc.
---5---
DROP-LIST MINING: Spending considerable time, every day, researching the list of expiring domain names. Depending on your methods and tools, the time you spend each day could be one hour to five hours, or longer.
---6---
DREAM SPINNING: Domains come to you in your dreams. Often, when you wake up, the name may be difficult or impossible to recall. This can often lead to frustration, resulting in domain nightmares, where you dream about things like opening your domain account, finding all of your names are gone, or all have hyphens added to them.
---7---
DOT-COM-VERSATIONS: When speaking to anyone, no matter where you are, whatever the setting, subject of conversation - everything that is spoken, by your boss, friends, co-workers, etc., your ear and mind is tuned in to any new word, term or short phrase and is turned into a .com and analyzed, in your mind, for potential value as a .com. This is something you cannot necessarily turn off at will.
---8---
MIND DROPPING: When you get mad at yourself for thinking up great domain names, committing them to memory, and then forgetting what they were. Often, they are really great and potentially valuable domains that would have been available to register, if only you didn't forget them. It's often more painful when you had (and mind-dropped) two, three or more of them.
---9---
REMINDER-TOOL ASSISTANCE: When you think it is important enough to carry a pen and paper, so that you will never, ever forget another great domain idea. For the more gadget-minded individual, a personal recording device is preferred, so along with recording your grocery list (butter, milk, eggs), you can record those domain thoughts as they occur.
---10---
GENERIC-PRODUCT-SEARCHING: Looking for product descriptions by going to sites like ebay (looking at their category list), Sears, Home Depot, Lab supply sites, medical supply sites, etc.
---11---
NAME INVENTING: Coming up with catchy, made-up terms, like snazookle.com, sizzlepop.com, cranbora.com, cliggler.com, shazzler.com, etc.
---12---
WORLDZONE SPINNING: Coming up with two-word combinations, using category or main keyword names (like jewelry, camera, computer, music, etc.) and combining with commonly-used second words, like world, zone, etc. Examples: cameraworld.com, camerazone.com, cameraforum.com, cameracenter.com, camerastore.com, cameradepot.com, cameramagazine.com, etc.
---13---
IMPULSIVE BIDDING AND BUYING: Getting caught up in the bidding action and bidding more on domains than you'd normally pay. Sometimes, it works out and you get good deals. This also may include bidding on multiple sites, and making offers to various domain dealers and forum sellers.
---14---
JUNK BUYING: Buying too many domains in the $10 to $50 range. It is often better to buy one high-quality domain for $2,000, than 80 domains at $25 each.
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