Do you still find Domaining as Fun as 5, 10, 20 years ago? (1.Viewing)

• higher costs for registrations/renewals
• inquiries are down for me
• sales are down for me
• issues with domain marketplaces (eg: closing, technical issues, getting bought out and merged by Godaddy, raising commissions, etc)

domains said:

I have been investing in domains for almost 25 years now, and I still love the industry but feel that it used to be more fun.

These days it feels like more of a grind, for reasons I posted in another thread here:

• higher costs for registrations/renewals
• inquiries are down for me
• sales are down for me
• issues with domain marketplaces (eg: closing, technical issues, getting bought out and merged by Godaddy, raising commissions, etc)

Godaddy used to have great coupons and an affordable Domain Discount Club, now the DDC is over $300/yr and after 20 years with Godaddy this past year I started transferring everything out vs paying Godaddy's outrageous renewal fees.

Everything changes when you start getting regular sales, or a few big sales, then I'm sure I'd change my tune. But it just seems it's been a few years lately of grinding. I mean there used to be dry spells but eventually a few sales or a big sale would come in to make up for it.

Don't know if anyone is feeling the same, at least in .ca I don't see lots of big sales being reported for a long while now. Seems we just see the odd x,xxx sale reported at Sedo now.

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MapleDots said:

The fun starts as a new as soon as you get another sale, you tend to forget the dry spells when the sale rolls in.

Yes there is more backend work but its still a lot less than a factory job.

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domains said:

I have been investing in domains for almost 25 years now, and I still love the industry but feel that it used to be more fun.

These days it feels like more of a grind, for reasons I posted in another thread here:

• higher costs for registrations/renewals
• inquiries are down for me
• sales are down for me
• issues with domain marketplaces (eg: closing, technical issues, getting bought out and merged by Godaddy, raising commissions, etc)

Godaddy used to have great coupons and an affordable Domain Discount Club, now the DDC is over $300/yr and after 20 years with Godaddy this past year I started transferring everything out vs paying Godaddy's outrageous renewal fees.

Everything changes when you start getting regular sales, or a few big sales, then I'm sure I'd change my tune. But it just seems it's been a few years lately of grinding. I mean there used to be dry spells but eventually a few sales or a big sale would come in to make up for it.

Don't know if anyone is feeling the same, at least in .ca I don't see lots of big sales being reported for a long while now. Seems we just see the odd x,xxx sale reported at Sedo now.

Click to expand...