Top ten signs that you are a failed
10. You start a domaining blog with a custom, catchy domain name. Your traffic grows pretty well and you get a few links to other blogs. You may get a few Adsense clicks every once in a while. You weary of writing a post every day or every other day. You post once a month. You post once per two months. You give it up. You lose your adoring fans. You live in shame.
9. You spend 4 straight months acquiring domain names. You think you are clever as hell and register new domains. You think they will have type in traffic that was previously untapped. Each new domain you register mysteriously has the same inherent traffic figures — zero, or near zero.
8. You think you could be making money off your 4 month’s worth of acquisitions, if only you could find the PERFECT domain parking service. You go to Parked.com and get pissed because the money stinks for you. You switch to a startup like Bodis, but it is an even worse fit for you and you suspect it will go under any minute in a burst of scandal. You go back to Parked, and you actually feel happy if you make about $3 per month. You actually brag to friends and family when you make about $1 per day, and they think you have gone insane.
7. You listen to others who say to develop your domains - of course that’s the only way to make money. You develop one or two, spending many hours designing and implementing a web site. You include Adsense on your page(s). You make zero. Your traffic still sucks.
6. You shop around for domains that already have good traffic. People act like you can just go “get” one and then you’ll be set. The prices (surprise) have the traffic figures built in. You cannot find a domain name that doesn’t include in its price 1, 2, or 3 years worth of traffic revenue. Sellers are not dumb. They’re not going to sell a winner at a loss.
5. You give up buying a domain with traffic because it will take 2 or 3 year to recoup the cost. So, you assume that what you need to do is just wait - maybe type in traffic will just grow over time. You’re wrong.
4. You try Ebay. Maybe you can find a good deal. No beans.
3. You try to ignore your portfolio. Maybe it will go away. Maybe I still have the few thousands of bucks in my bank account. Maybe I haven’t wasted 6 months on a profession with returns that pale in comparison to a well reasoned stock/options portfolio. I think this is called denial.
2. You start to imagine ways to “dump” the business. You imagine yourself as Gordan Gecko staring out his window when he says, all pissed off: “Dump it.”
1. You list all of your portfolio on all the auction sites. Cheap. Sell at or near a loss. Hmm. No bids. Imagine that. You’re stuck with this dog until it goes unregistered. Fun.
Taken from Amateur Domainer
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