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You Get Better at This When You Stop Trying to Impress Other Domainers

Spend enough time on the forums, on X, in the Facebook groups and at the conferences, and something shifts in how you buy without you really noticing. You start picking up names other domainers will like. Not names that'll sell. Names that'll get a reaction. You want to post it and see "nice pickup" underneath. You want the other guys to get it instantly. You want a portfolio that looks good when you share a screenshot of it. Other domainers aren't your customer, though. They're never going to buy the name.

October 12, 2026

Domains

You Don't Need 10,000 Domains. You Need 100 Good Ones.

There's a point where owning more names starts to feel like getting somewhere. You pass 500, then a thousand, then twenty five hundred, and the number itself starts doing something for you. Every acquisition is another ticket in the drawer. Another shot at an inbound. Another name that might turn into something in a few years. What the number won't tell you is how many bad calls are buried in it. Ten thousand domains might mean ten thousand chances.

October 9, 2026

Domains

One Domain Can Change Your Whole Year

Most days in this business, nothing happens. You go through the expired lists. You watch a few auctions run without you. You send an offer on a name you've wanted for a while and get an answer that's somehow both polite and useless. You pay the renewals on names you still believe in. You answer an inquiry from someone who was never going to buy anything. Six weeks go by like that and you start doing quiet math about whether this is a business or a hobby with an invoice attached. Then one name lands and the whole year looks different.

October 7, 2026

Domains

Why the Best Domain Investors Say No More Than They Say Yes

Talking yourself into a domain is the easiest thing in this business. You spot a name in an expired auction, or you notice it's somehow still available to hand register. Thirty seconds later you're building the case. There are eleven companies using that keyword. The industry's growing. Something in the same neighborhood sold for five grand last year. You're not researching at that point, you're prosecuting, and you already know the verdict.

October 5, 2026

Domains

The Problem With Comparing Your Portfolio to Public Domain Sales

The fastest way to fall in love with a domain you already own is to go find a comp. You pick up a two-word .com for $300. You run the keyword through NameBio, you spot something close enough that sold for $18,000, and suddenly that $300 looks like the smartest thing you did all month. I've done it. I'd guess most of us have. Comps are useful. I check them constantly. They'll give you a range, they'll tell you whether buyers are actually paying for a keyword or just tolerating it, and they keep you from pricing off pure gut.

October 2, 2026

Interviews Domains

Youness Kasmi: DNRater, BIN Prices and What AI Gets Wrong About Domain Valuation

Put the same domain in front of five experienced investors and you can get five very different prices. Youness Kasmi of DNRater talks about why he focuses on the Buy It Now price instead of a theoretical value, what AI valuation ranges get wrong, and what he has learned teaching domain investing in the MENA region.

October 1, 2026

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Domain Insights

You Get Better at This When You Stop Trying to Impress Other Domainers

You Don't Need 10,000 Domains. You Need 100 Good Ones.

One Domain Can Change Your Whole Year

Why the Best Domain Investors Say No More Than They Say Yes

The Problem With Comparing Your Portfolio to Public Domain Sales

Youness Kasmi: DNRater, BIN Prices and What AI Gets Wrong About Domain Valuation

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