Daily Poll

I always assumed the vast majority of people investing in domain names do it part time to supplement their income. Investing in domain names full time isn’t easy, and I think it can take quite a bit of time to get the hang of it and be able to fund the growth of the business while earning enough of an income to support yourself or your family.

I left my corporate job in November of 2007, and I haven’t really looked back. Some might say earning some income from this blog would mean I am not a full time domain investor, but it’s a small % of my business revenue and my investment business is what allows me to have the insights I share and the time I have.

In any case, today’s poll question is: Are You a Full Time Domain Investor? You are invited to vote in the poll below and are welcome to share additional thoughts in the comment section.

I have not been all that active on forums during the past few years. It’s probably because I spend more time writing articles here, and I might as well publish insight and information via DomainInvesting.com to be more fair to the companies advertising. I am a regular visitor of Domain Boardroom and NamePros, and I value the sharing and discussions that take place on those two domain name forums.

Today’s poll question is Do You Participate in Domain Forum Discussions? You are invited to vote in the poll below and are welcome to share additional thoughts in the comment section.

Last night, I noticed that 3339.com is in pending delete status. On NameJet, the domain name already has 34 bids with a high bid of $7,777. Other auction venues such as DropCatch.com will also be vying to catch and auction this domain name once it completes its expiry cycle.

In the prior year, NameBio has recorded 32 public NNNN.com domain name sales. They range in price from $121,000 for 1515.com to $9,000 for 2145.com. If you look at the past 5 years (when the Chinese domain name market was hot), public sales went beyond $250,000 for a 4 number .com domain name.

For today’s poll question, I want to know in what price range 3339.com will sell. Feel free to share a comment as well.

I think it is important to use an escrow service when buying or selling a domain name. It might take a little more time to transact with a third party escrow service and it might cost a bit more money, but I think the safeguards are worth it. (Sidenote: as you can see from the developing PDD.com situation, buyers need to do due diligence before buying, and that is not something an escrow service does.)

As much as the benefits seem obvious to me, I know there are plenty of people who still don’t use an escrow service to transact (not including deals involving very familiar trading partners). Today’s poll question is: Do You Always Use an Escrow Service to Transact? You are invited to vote in the poll below and are welcome to share additional thoughts in the comment section.

The new gTLD program has had its ups and downs over the past few years. It seems like the number of registrations has declined over the last few years as the super inexpensive domain names expire without renewal. The leaderboard today looks much different than it did just a couple of years ago.

Today’s poll question is Do You Own any New gTLD Domain Names? You are invited to vote in the poll below and are welcome to share additional thoughts in the comment section.