Reminds me of when people say 'you don't need fancy equipment to make music'. Sure, you don't _need_ it, but a new fancy synthesizer or guitar is investing in your own ability to make art. More than the instrument itself, knowing I made an investment in myself helps motivate me I think.
Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name
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Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name
#162I tried to register a really cool name. Suddenly it was registered after all. Funny how that goes... Thought me to never trust a domain name registrar again. Could I have sued them? Perhaps, but at the time that was way too economically risky a prospect for me to undertake, while most likely having to pay court costs even if I won.
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#163You don't need to bid up the price of existing .com domain names. Even in 2020 there are plenty of perfectly good ones that nobody has claimed yet! All you need are two or three words that satisfy the following criteria: 1. The words, when spoken, should be easy to spell. 2. The words, when read, should be easy to pronounce in any English dialect. 3. The words, when concatenated, should not create any ambiguity (a la…
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#164Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name
#165The best thing about coming up with and then buying a great domain name for your new business idea is that thinking of one uses so much creative and analytical energy, diverted from considering the business itself, and delivers such a dopamine hit on completing the purchase transaction, that you don't need to proceed any further with developing the idea whatsoever.
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#166My mind works exactly the opposite way. If I see a domain like BikeTours.com, I immediately assume that the business is built primarily on the domain name, and the quality of the product or service is inferior. Hence I don’t click it. But I assume the majority of internet users don’t think this way, so it can be a profitable strategy. Edit: Well, thinking about it, it’s not always true, but at the very least I check…
Places like that are a great place to get a couple of drinks with friends and soak up the ambience, but 9 times out of 10 the food is overpriced and middle-of-the-road in quality.
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#167The advice is to buy descriptive domain names and build a business basing your decision "solely off the domain name" that you're able to find. His About page claims that he himself does this. But does he actually do that? Of the examples he gave – ComputerCamp.com, ShippingSupply.com, KobeBeef.com, CameraBag.com, Pacifiers.com, ZoysiaGrass.com, SouthernCookbook.com, Ziplines.com, CannedHam.com, SexyBastard.com – ever…
author here. I sell onions on the internet. does that qualify? Check out my homepage for other developed domain projects.
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#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article is not about domain trading. It's about letting yourself be inspired and pushed by a domain name to try some new venture.
It's a bit of a stupid concept though, isn't it? A man bought a domain name called "shippingsupplies.com" so he decided to get into shipping supplies and now he's a zillionaire? So, assuming, as the article suggests that people buy a catchy domain name first and then build a business round it, which isn't one they're already involved in or know anything about, how does that conversation go?: ---- MAN: Hi. I've decide…
They really and truly thought they'd just show up with a checkbook, and then the restaurant would churn out solid returns, year after year.
On top of that, they often placed their children on the staff. Children who had no interest in working in a restaurant, the children of wealthy parents who knew that their parents couldn't compel them to show up to work.
Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name
#169The advice is to buy descriptive domain names and build a business basing your decision "solely off the domain name" that you're able to find. His About page claims that he himself does this. But does he actually do that? Of the examples he gave – ComputerCamp.com, ShippingSupply.com, KobeBeef.com, CameraBag.com, Pacifiers.com, ZoysiaGrass.com, SouthernCookbook.com, Ziplines.com, CannedHam.com, SexyBastard.com – ever…
author here. I sell onions on the internet. does that qualify? Check out my homepage for other developed domain projects.
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#170What is it?