Domaining – abusing trends and front-running to make a quick buck

sup players,

Great to be here, I’ve been learning so much that I want to try contribute something back. It’s also a shameless and unveiled attempt to get my first thanks on the board.

I’m by no means an expert but I do dabble in domains and wanted to share some of my strats for sniping / front-running desirable domains for quick sales.

My domain portfolio is about 300 strong. Most unregistered .coms with a few private buys.

I’ve sold over 10 so far, all between $500 – low $xxxx usd. The cost of registration of all the domains combined was recouped after just 3 sales, the rest being profit and hopefully a bunch more sales to come.

Another interesting point is that sales are the area where I’ve put the least effort. I really love the brainstorming and connecting ideas aspect when trying to find hidden gems. The majority of sales I’ve had are from people checking the whois and emailing me directly.

I generally like to look for unregistered, but if you think of a name / keyword that is trending upwards or soon to be relevant to a new produ ...