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Reverse Engineer the S*andt That Sells

Sales happen when you work backwards from YES. Look for where the sales are, and turn yourself into a reverse engineer.

(Almost) Free Email Hosting for Your Own Domain Name

Google Apps for Business costs $60 per year for email hosting. I found an email hosting option for your domain name that only costs $0.06 per year. In this tutorial, I'm going to show you exactly how to set it up and use it.

How a 26-Year-Old Sold $5.1 Million in Domains in His First 12 Months as a Broker

How exactly did a 26-year-old sell 5 million dollars worth of domain names in 12 months? James Booth joins DomainSherpa to share how he got started, built a name, a reputation and some serious credentials in the domain name industry.

Michael Cyger's Pitchfest Presentation About Resolution Club

On Saturday I presented at the Domain Startup Summit Pitchfest competition. I'd appreciate your input on my business idea, Resolution Club, an application that uses your social media network to help you build a healthy habit, break an unhealthy one, or do something to make the world a better place.

DomainSherpa Review - Jul 25: HellBunny.com, PWL.com, ArtStorage.com, Biologic.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: HellBunny.com, PWL.com, ArtStorage.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: PricePal.com, Paid.in, Team.in, VPN.in... Get your bids in soon for Biologic.com, Xenos.com, CompanyX.com... Plus, much more! We're joined by Andrew Rosener, Larry Fischer and Adam Strong.

DomainSherpa Review - Jul 18: TheBigIsland·com, Mahogany·com, GetThis·com, HappyUsers·com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: TheBigIsland.com, PitchNCatch.com, Mahogany.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: SoundChimp.com, Sneakify.com, L60.com... Get your bids in soon for GetThis.com, HappyUsers.com, SellYourApp.com... Plus, much more! We're joined by Michael Krell, Sam Dennis and Shane Cultra.

The Rise of .io: How to Value and Sell for Profit - With Mike Carson

The startup community LOVES .io domain names. Never heard of .io and don't believe me? Today's Sherpa will convince you, as well as share a method to value .io domain names for end users. Then, he shows you how to find, contact and sell your newly acquired .io domain names without being an @$$hole.

Get Off Your But

Excuses take away your choices, they take away your control...they are holding you back. You can be better. Today's the day to get off your but.

How to Determine a Domain Name's Type-in Traffic

There are three ways to determine if a domain name has type-in traffic: real data, estimated data, and historical data. In today's tutorial — coming to you from beautiful Victoria, British Columbia — I show you exactly how to determine if a domain name has type-in traffic with the tools I trust.

DomainSherpa Review - Jun 20: Extract.com, Seed.cc, Popup.io, TRRC.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Extract.com, Seed.cc, Popup.io An investor's portfolio is appraised: SpaceFor.rent, Premium.gifts, Quirky.news... Get your bids in soon for TRRC.com, TRRT.com, Accidentally.com... Plus, much more! We're joined by Andrew Rosener, Joe Uddeme and Shane Cultra.

Efty Launches Gallery of Beautiful Marketplaces for Your Domain Stores

Efty is announcing something we've been working on for a while: a new, beautiful marketplace theme gallery. Why is this important? I tell you in this short video overview. (P.S. No more need for a website...we'll help you list all your domains for sale! It's really cool. Check it out.)

DomainSherpa Review w The DomainShane Crew: 10k .XYZs for $100, Atomizer.com, MindWorks.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We get to know the entire DSAD.com (DomainShane) crew An investor's portfolio is appraised: TheInteriorDesigner.com, SupplierExpo.com, SchoolDays.net... Get your bids in soon for MindWorks.com, Atomizer.com, BuzzTalk.com... Plus, much more! We're joined by Aaron Wilken, Josh Eisenhower, Shane Cultra and Travis McKee.

Help! My Domain Name Was Stolen (And 3 Ways to Recover It) - With David Weslow

Millions of credit cards numbers are stolen every month, and bots continually scour the internet looking for websites to hack. The domain name industry is not immune to thieves and hackers. A month doesn't go by without a domain name being identified as stolen and the registrant frantically trying to stop it from changing registrars and leaving the country. In this interview, David Weslow describes the three steps you can take to recover your domain name before it’s too late. He also discusses t...

DomainSherpa Review - May 23: GlobeTrotter.com, LoveAndMoney.com, HealthData.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: GlobeTrotter.com, LoveAndMoney.com and One Sherpa Took a Bye An investor's portfolio is appraised: Crisis.com, RetailTherapy.com, Strider.com... Get your bids in soon for HealthData.com, GreenCleaner.com, FTP.net... Plus, much more! We're joined by Andrew Rosener, Frank Schilling and Shane Cultra.

Domain Name Liquidity: What is It, Where Was It, Where Will It Be?

DNSeattle took place on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at GoDaddy's headquarters in Kirkland, Washington, just North of Seattle - and raised more than $5,000 to help find a cure for cancer! More than 90 attendees met, networked and learned about domain name liquidity during this live panel session with Jeffrey Emerick (individual investor, Brand Bucket Ambassador), Dave Evanson (Sedo) and Joe Styler (GoDaddy). NamesCon wrote up a fantastic summary of the event, and is offering $299 NamesCon tickets ($30...

From Brandable to Exact-Match Geo Domain Making $1.5M Per Year - With John Colascione

John Colascione registered his first geographic domain name – LongIslandExchange.com – for only registration fee (about $10), and after years of hard work discovered the best way to make money in his specific geographic region. With the success of that business model, he parlayed his readership and revenue into an ownership stake in LongIsland.com and now serves more than one million readers per month across his Long Island Media network. And in 2016, they're on track to generate $1.5 million in...

DomainSherpa Review - May 2: AIX.com, FastFunds.com, LLL.xyz, Ecofund.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: AIX.com, FastFunds.com, LLL.xyz An investor's portfolio is appraised: 1xl.com, PopcornKing.com, SafetyRecords.com... Get your bids in soon for Ecofund.com, ReferralClub.com, TrainingOnline.com... Plus, much more! We're joined by Sam Dennis, Andrew Rosener and Shane Cultra.

The Evolution of The Grooming Network and Acquisition of Beard.com - With Luke Webster

The DomainSherpa audience often asks us to check in with past Sherpas to see how their business has fared since their interview. So that's what we're delivering today. Luke Webster started his shaving business on a single, niche, exact-match domain name: VintageStraightRazor.com. But he executed day in and day out and reinvested profits. Today his venture, now called The Grooming Network, sells razors and blades of all types, soaps, brushes, cologne, and more. We find out how his revenue has gro...

DomainSherpa Review - Apr 18: DogEatDog.com, PTY.com, CashQuick.com, DallasBroker.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: DogEatDog.com, PTY.com, 50X.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: RussianWhisky.com, ConorPass.com, AssadRegime.com... Get your bids in soon for CashQuick.com, DallasBroker.com, MDC.org... Plus, much more! We're joined by Ammar Kubba, Andrew Rosener and Shane Cultra.

Grow Your Business Using Content Marketing - With Joe Pulizzi

On today's DomainSherpa interview, we discuss content marketing with Joe Pulizzi, the person who coined the phrase and the world's leading expert on the topic. We also discuss why he passed up the opportunity to buy ContentMarketing.com, whether he regrets it, and what it would have taken to close a deal when it was offered to him. It's an interesting case study on pairing exact-match domain names with the best end user of the domain name.

[Tutorial] The New Uniregistry Market: What's So Special? With John Smrekar and Darren Cornwell

Frank Schilling has been raving about it for months. Industry blogs have been discussing it for weeks. Now’s your chance to see the Uniregistry Market for yourself and make your own decision. Originally scheduled as an exclusive for DNAcademy PRO members, we’re sharing this tutorial given by the two people most responsible for building the new Uniregistry Market. Learn how to setup landing pages (with or without advertising), how submitted inquiries become leads, how to use Uniregistry’s custome...

Customer Focus Leads to Profitable Flip - With George Adu

This Profitable Flip might never have happened if George Adu wasn't always thinking one step ahead and anticipating the customer's needs. Because of his customer focus, Adu’s $217.50 purchase on eBay.com led to a $15,500 sale about 12 months later. Learn how his tactics (one of which was rather risky) turned into not only a sale, but also an ongoing relationship that continued after the sale due to the trust he built with his customer.

DomainSherpa Review - Mar 21: Flawless.com, EdibleFlowers.com, KitchenSolutions.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Flawless.com, EdibleFlowers.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: PacificPlace.com, KitchenSolutions.com, DiamondDesigns.com... Get your bids in soon for Sakai.com, Nort.com, IE.org... Plus, much more! We're joined by Frank Schilling, Andrew Rosener and Shane Cultra.

DomainSherpa Review - Mar 14: CLI.com, LZC.co, XXHX.com, CNADegree.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: CLI.com, LZC.co, XXHX.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: Fertilizing.com, ExecutiveInsurance.com, ChronicHeadaches.com... Get your bids in soon for Greenfest.com, GlobalMail.com, CNADegree.com... Plus, much more! We're joined by Sam Dennis, Andrew Rosener and Shane Cultra.

How to Simplify and Manage Your Portfolio - With Sam Dennis

Even with my portfolio of only a few hundred domain names, every month I debate which to renew, which to let expire, which to sell and how best to sell them. I find myself going back and forth on which criteria are important in analyzing the portfolio, and worrying that I'm going to drop a domain name of value. In today’s interview, we find out how an investor with 22,000 domain names manages his portfolio, including what process, metrics and tools he uses. This practical information is useful f...

DomainSherpa Review - Feb 29: SkiSchool.com, VRVG.com, GoodWeed.com, 200x6N.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: GoodWeed.com, VRVG.com, 200x6N.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: Motorhomes.review, Vr-cloud.io... Get your bids in soon for SkiSchool.com, Paddleball.com, CWSS.com, Siin.com... Plus, Ali Zandi at Zandibot.com is giving away a free paid tuition to DNAcademy.com. Watch/listen to the show TODAY to find out how to enter to win. You must enter on Febru...

Drop Catching Programming Expert on the Domain Name Expiration Process - With Chris Ambler

If you want to know how the domain name expiration process works in detail, you need to watch today's show with Chris Ambler. We discuss: * The domain name expiration process * Which auction partners are associated with which registrars * The best drop catching services to use * When domain names drop and when they go to auction * And much more!

DNAcademy: The Shortest Path to Domain Name Investing

After five plus years of interviewing the brightest Sherpas from around the world, you can now have all their expertise and insights condensed down into a single, carefully-crafted and professionally-published educational course. DNAcademy.com is an an accelerated learning course built for novice and intermediate domain name investors. It was developed by Michael Cyger, publisher of DomainSherpa.com and DNTaxGuide.com. DNAcademy will take you from newbie to pro in the shortest amount of time pos...

DomainSherpa Review - Feb 8: VLOG.com, Film.academy, 888733.com, QUIK.com...

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: VLOG.com, PureBreads.com, 888733.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: Film.academy, Biotech.co, Lead.ly... Get your bids in soon for Symbiotic.com, Quik.com, LifeIsHard.com... Plus, much more! We're joined by Ammar Kubba, Andrew Rosener and Shane Cultra.