Domain investors get a lot of grief from people looking to buy domain names that were registered long ago. Occasionally, the grief is warranted, but by and large, domain investors tend to make it easier for end user buyers to acquire the domain names they covet.

I spend a ton of time working on domain name acquisitions. I think it’s more challenging than ever before to acquire the domain names I typically target. I regularly come across domain names owned by medium to large companies, and it is very, very difficult to persuade these companies to sell a domain name. In the whole scheme of things, offering an extra $50,000 or $100,000 isn’t going to move the needle, particularly when the person on the other side of the discussion doesn’t stand to benefit upon a successful sale.

Andre Bergeron shared this tweet from Vice that might be of interest to a domain investor who buys and sells domain names as a part-time side hustle:

Got a unique part-time gig you think we should know about? Hit us up: casting [at] vice dot com. Bonus points if you live in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Denver areas. pic.twitter.com/A1nQrQ6pUY

— VICE (@VICE) May 6, 2021

Vice has a series called Side Hustles that features different people who make money with unique “side hustles.” I think domain investing is a fairly unique, money making (in many cases) side gig. I don’t know if the day-to-day aspect of domain investing is interesting enough for an episode of Side Hustles, but I am sure there are some unique characters in the domain space who would be worth following.

If you want to show off your domain investment business, this Vice casting call may be for you.

I saw a poll on NamePros asking visitors what tool they use to track their domain names. Domain investors can use anything from a Microsoft Excel file, to specialized domain name management tools, a parking provider management tool, their registrar’s management tool, or nothing at all in some cases.

I primarily use Microsoft Excel for my domain name management needs. I also use the GoDaddy Domain Management tool as well, but it is only helpful for domain names registered at GoDaddy.

I saw this tweet from Recky and could immediately relate to the feeling:

When you find a domain name you want and it doesn’t cost your house, car, and first born to get 😂 pic.twitter.com/C7OrIxyo0A

— Recky (@reck1568) April 17, 2021

I think the tweet perfectly encapsulates the feeling I get when scoring a better deal than I expected on a domain name purchase. There are other times when I get the ‘sinking a birdie’ feeling from something related to domain names. Here are five of them:

It’s almost always great news when a domain name sells for 7 figures. It provides public validation that good quality domain names continue to be rock solid assets for their owners. We always hear whispers about large sales, but it’s much different when someone goes on the record to report a sale publicly.

When someone reports a large sale on Twitter, like Dave Evanson did on Twitter with the sale of Angel.com, there seem to be three groups of people who respond: