Part-timers, balance between domains & 'real' job

[hugegrowth]

How do you find balance between your day job and time to do domaining and web business? For the part-timers out there. Do you just steal hours at night at home, and do some at work? It's a tough balance.

 

[maroulis]

less and less sleep...

 

[QuantumBeam]

Do you just steal hours at night at home, and do some at work? It's a tough balance.

No time for sleep in this industry... :sleep: :nono:

 

[Makis77]

night time is when i work on this,
the problem is that the temperature is raising and the clubs are opening

 

[Gerry]

I am at work right now. I am up all hours of the day and night.

Contrary to popular belief, I do not live on this forum.

But it is a wonderful distraction from the work that I do and I am doing my best to teach others about domaining (those that I work with).

There is no set time or rhythm for me. It is what ever time I can devote or break away from other matters.

night time is when i work on this,
the problem is that the temperature is raising and the clubs are opening

Oh no, sounds like more ouzo will be flowing.

 

[Rockefeller]

I use to come on DNF at work, now I quit my job and do domains full-time..live is good.

 

[jazzpetals]

Rock..do you live off PPC revenue or just buy and sell domains? or is it a combination of both. I would love for this to be my full time income, but that has not happened yet unfortunately.

 

[Biggie]

I use to come on DNF at work, now I quit my job and do domains full-time..live is good.

congrats on the milestone and the chance to experience "financial freedom"!



I do most domaining while at work. as ideas are fresher in the morning
just haven't made the jump yet like Rockefeller


usually I will have at least 4 or 5 screens open to the net...1 always on dnf and 1 on ovt and another on my "secret search list".



the other 2 screens are work related...




in the evening I can relax and browse leisurely or not.

 

[dotNetKing]

I couldn't keep the balance between my original job (teaching English in the Peruvian Jungle) and domains and gradually gave up my old job.

 

[Onward]

My wife hates it...I'm on the net domaining every free moment I have.

I'm at the point where my domains easily pay for themselves and I reinvest the rest in aftermarket and dropping names. Not at the point where I can do this full time, but getting closer.

 

[jdk]

Geez my wife hates it too. Unfortunately the last couple of months since our second child, my son, was born I have to help out around the house a lot. But I have a lot of time since I do not work right now so I am trying to clear out my portfolio and start focusing on quality domains instead of quantity. I will be going back to school for the next year and a half and during that time I will not be working and mainly doing domains. After school, I am hoping to land a job in my new career of firefighting and on my 24 on 48 off I will do domains

I have a dual 22in LCD screens, the left with my email and DNF, and the right with my domain list, DRT, and several other domaining tools. Not to mention I have multiple IE7 windows open each having several tabs open.

 

[Rockefeller]

My wife did hate it at one point..until I reminded her that this is what puts food on the table. When I was at work I would have one box for work and the other 10 for domains..lol. Its been a long road though, I look back at when I first started domaining..selling domain names on ebay, etc. I was probably paying out more for ebay bills then I was even making. When you rely solely on domaining you have to set aside 3-5 hours a day and think of it as work. This will make you work harder to score good deals, etc.

 

[DomainLobe]

Like DocCom I am up all hours of day/night at work. I have internet access at all times to spend time on my other business - domain investments!

 

[Devil Dog]

Being in the military, I work, probably 11-12 hrs a day at work and another 5-6 at home 'domaining' or whatever you want to call it.

I've got 4 years until I retire though and I cannot wait. Not sure what I wantto do though but I'd like to find a 10-4 (Work 10 hrs a day, 4 days a week, with 3 days off).

That would be perfect.

 

[Onward]

When I was at work I would have one box for work and the other 10 for domains..lol.

That's funny...But also kind of true for me.

The thing that kills me is I got my first domains in 1998 and 1999 and accumulated about 20-30 domains between then and 2001...did not really get back into domains until 2005...

Had I kept doing it the whole time...I have little doubt this would be my primary business. Actually the main reason I cannot rely on this as my main source of income is because I am constantly re-investing in names, servers, development etc...

 

[petrosc]

Most of the my work is done at night...I usually stay up late researching domains. During the day, I just logon to DNF a few times to catch up.

I'm studying medicine at the moment and my first priority is to become a doctor, I don't think I will ever quit my job for domains, no matter how much I make. My goal is to build a stable revenue online, so that I will not have to rely on my job for income. I don't want to be a doctor for the money. Thank god, I think I'm doing good so far

 

[petrosc]

double post sorry

 

[tonyfloyd]

up till 2 am every nite.....10 screens open during the day at work....wife thinks i'm nuts.....trying to mange/optimize 30+ developed sites right now....not even really concentrating on my parked sites....which i should i guess...because they not making me much$$$....yet neither are my developed sites yet....doing seo all day long.....and still feel like i havent accomplished anything yet.....but i aint no quitter......i love doing this!!...i finally found my calling ....yet i need to make this happen to be able to "retire" like rockefeller....

 

[BobDiGiTaL]

My accountant told me to quit my "day job".
I am actually losing money working, and letting LLL get snagged on here(DNForum), and missing out on pool and snap drops.
If I didn't have a dream job and my boss didn't pay half my insurance, I'd concentrate on domaining full time. (10-12 hours a day)

 

[dotcomgiant]

working all hours of the day and night. Though I do not live entirely on domaining.

@BobDiGiTaL , liked your sig.