I want to enable dreams and dreamers and I have the unique vehicle to do that and do that in dozens of industries. I can all but guarantee them a seat at the table and will be taken seriously from day 1 if they are serious!
It surprises me and saddens me that so few people understand the life-changing power of a great domain name. And without that life-changing domain name, their dreams may never materialize.
I have demonstrated over the years that I’m willing to nearly give the domain away to get the right person or entity into it. Give it away at first to share in the success later down the road that’s my business model.
But I’m disappointed and frustrated that so few people see this incredible opportunity. I wake up every day for 28 years hoping that will change and to some degree it has.
There are more shiny object chasers out there than there are qualified dreamers. Idea people. People with a brain, a vision, and can also spot opportunity. So many great ideas are laying in the Internet graveyard because the idea was great, but their domain was not.
I always dreamed of empowering young entrepreneurs to realize their dreams. I have a race car in the form of a domain and all I need is a race car driver.
I envisioned having contests with college students and high school students that could compete and change their lives. But after what I’ve seen in the recent weeks I guess now I understand why that dream of mine did not materialize either.
Domains are the real deal, and should never be confused with shiny objects. But we have a generation or two that is trained itself to chase shiny objects, and not be critical thinkers. I believe it will still manifest itself, and we see it every day with upgrades from .whatever to dotcom.
The CANDY.com guys represent my business model. They got into the domain for next to nothing. And they changed their life, their family's life, and my life as well.
Folks are risk-averse, and they don’t know the difference between a good and valid risk and a blue sky risk.
I have domains worth millions that I’m willing to start a lease for as low as $1000 a month to give them runway and time to get to safely lift off. And so few over the years have seen that opportunity. But today’s focus isn’t on their golden goose in their future. It’s getting a nice leased car because that’s more important. Isn’t it? Definition of shortsighted.
For the cost of a part-time employee working 4 hours a day and making just $8.33hour, they can compete with the big dogs on the world stage. But they don’t have the brains to figure it out. I guess $33.33 a day is just something they can’t get their head around. Lunch cost more than that!
We have a generation or two of morons and idiots with limited skills and almost no mathematical ability. And no common sense! Not even on the radar. They don’t have the ability to learn. They are stuck with the mentality of failure.
They say all the good dotcom domains are gone, well so is all the Real Estate on earth! So what? You have to pay for prime. But the results payoff in spades! But so many are lazy and so many are cheap.
Let me help focus them. Your domain is so much more than a bunch of letters! Maybe you have not thought if it in this way but your domain is:
Your World Headquarters
Your Location
Your Brand
Your Front Door
Your Cash Register
Your Information Portal
Your #1 Sales Tool
Domains provide Unlimited Expansion.
Great and memorable dotcom Domains are the doorway to all future business dreams. If you have a dream and a true burning desire, it MUST start with a High-Profile domain name or all of your efforts will always be diluted and minimized and eventually your dream will turn into a nightmare.
It's not all their fault. As an industry we have failed to have a serious outreach program. Our outreach happens one deal, one upgrade at a time. There is no amplification even though we have the means to amplify in a significant manner.
A Good Domain Name is easy to remember.A GREAT Domain Name is hard to forget!
A GREAT Domain Name makes a small business look BIG!
A GREAT Domain Name grows GREAT businesses!
A GREAT Domain Name is YOUR passport to GREATNESS!
It's not the value of the Domain Name, it's the value of the opportunity that it presents!
So....Let's build YOUR Life-Changing dream on MY Life-Changing Domain Name! SIMPLE!
Rick Schwartz
DomainKing@gmail.com
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Green Jobs
That’s why I have GreenJobs.com.
Joe
Rick, great as usual.
The next step is to curate a list of 50 domains
that you would see fit for your post and people will reach to you instantly. At least a few worth your while.
Do it! You’ll be content of the result.
Joe.
Rick Schwartz
Thanks! They can go to domainking.com and see all of them.
BullS
“A Good Domain Name is easy to remember.A GREAT Domain Name is hard to forget!”
and also a name that you want to shout out loud over and over again during the heat of the moment.
wwwbrand
Hello Rick, great post.
Regarding businesses on cr@p domains. Maybe some people have great dotcoms but keeping them for something big?!
E.g. I’ve recently purchased a great LLLLcom with Estibot market value $15,000 but decided to keep it for big whales. I have launched my shop on recent drop and i love that name because it’s easy to remember and perfect fit for my needs, super related to the domain niche with amazing SEO potential. Appreciate your opinion regarding my domain.
jeph
hi rick. great post. i didnt have time to read it all because its very long but the gist is good. can you wright a post about how to get rich quick in domains?
Scott Alliy
Good post Rick
“Selling is a transferance of knowledge”
Keys to domains becoming mainstream are same as ever was …
Education = Demand
When the buyer knows what we know (from experience for those of us that have built successful businesses on a great domain foundation)
Domains =
Awereness
Growth
Traffic
sales/revenues
Protection
My .02 from 27 years domain investment development and brokerage
Scott
Forgot to mention
Domains=”Huge cost savings on marketing advertising”
When you have a great name you don’t pay to find people …They find you and share your domain with other qualified buyers.
Jim H
Thank you for your sharing and encouragement.May everyone’s dreams come true.
Joseph Ciprut
This is indeed an elevated opportunity you are presenting to people, Rick!
In the process, you have a formidable task ahead of you to make worthwhile connections because, as you so succinctly stated,’There are more shiny object chasers out there than there are qualified dreamers. Idea people. People with a brain, a vision, and can also spot opportunity.’
Whether some of these visionaries emerge and make a life changing decision with generational benefits will be something I am eager to observe closely!
You are very likely to do so, but I still hope and trust you will (soon) share and inspire with success stories.
J.R.
You are not the only observer disappointed and frustrated that so few decision makers see the incredible opportunity an exact match dotcom presents.
I appreciate your motivational blogs and posts.
I always find some nugget of truth to share with startup decision makers to help them see the marketing failure of not owning the dotcom for their brand.
But the only time and pain seem to nudge them to act. Hence, patience is key.
John Colascione
I’ve looked over the list several times for a real cat-killer auto name. I would have probably reached out several years ago but Automotive looks like a niche you didn’t really focus on. But I did scan that list at lease a few times over the years.
Ben
Hey Domainers,
Beware of Wipo Phishing scam email below:
“We are sorry to have to send this letter to your organization, but the truth is that your organization is violating established international regulations on the protection of intellectual property rights, including copyright, trademark, brevet (patent), and industrial design.
I have sent information to your email contact box many times about the lawsuit file related to your business but have not received a response. Currently, your organization only has 15 days left before the deadline to prove it. keep yourself clean and do not violate the principles. If the deadline is overdue, we will handle it according to the regulations and terms according to the principles set out and must compensate a fee of $200,000 and mediation costs according to the regulations of the Department. World Intellectual Property (WIPO)
MRV
Rick, can you help us sell some domains that are worth MILLONS? We’d like to dream too :)
Tom Twitty
Rick,
I feel your frustration but keep my cherry .com just in case someone gets a brainstorm idea.
I just contracted an Indian Group to developeout my HowToBuy sites.
Still holding out for 2mil to buy our http://www.LovedOnes.com with FL Corp. Trademark word “LovedOnes”.
Check out http://www.CyberRRsites.com
I turned 80 last Aug so it would be nice to win the Lotto & sell a million in Domains.
Best Tom Twitty
727 421-1360 cell/text