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Shuayb0:
Pls, i have a payoneer card, how do i use it to receive payments for my domain names. Thanks

You'll be better off using the Paypal services rendered by legalwealth. Payoneer was created as a system for merchants to pay their affiliates/users and not really a great way to transfer money between two individuals.

You can still include Payoneer as one of your payment options if you are selling low-priced domains on Namepros or somewhere else.

2sexi:
what's the domain that is bringing you this traffic to your white label? Where did you pick it up from?

It is CamModels (couk). The domain is no longer bringing in traffic as it used to do. The only thing keeping the WL going is that a particular customer subscribed for a particular service that auto-renew monthly. In fact, I won't mind selling the domain name.

2sexi:
through what did you hit minimum payout?

I was referring to my WL account. @Ghettodreamz would understand what I wrote up there. He was (may be still looking) looking for someone with funds in his Payoneer account to verify his Nigerian Paypal account. My Payoneer account only get funded from my WL account and I have it the minimum payout on my WL.

@ghettodreamz
Have you verified your Paypal account? I just hit my minimum payout.

Shuayb0:
Thanks for the correction, though have been learning extensively about domaining. I was just been mindful of not repeating the questions that perhaps have been asked in the past.

No problem. I'm glad that you are reading extensively already. You can mail me at kodadomains (gmail)

Please don't quote this post (I'll edit it to remove my email later).

Shuayb0:
What a comprehensive analysis, kudos to all contributors of this thread, I just found this thread few days ago and I'm really impressed. Sir I sent you a pm. I need som1 lk u for mentoring, i ll be glad if u can connect with me via my pin Gracias.

Please edit your post and remove your email.

I am just a newbie like you. While I like to help others, I also believe in sharing information. So if your questions are not private in nature, you should consider asking it here on this thread.

Please do a lot of reading by yourself and I'll be glad to clarify issues when you need me to.

I have replied your pm since morning and you should have my email by now.

2sExy1:
ok.

oladayo... Thumps up.

A few of mine..

Drone Corporation (whois not resolved yet as I have issues. Hence my name wont show but I BO it)

Naval Drone

Buy Copters

3d Shoe Printing

Drone workforce

Now, this is what I've been praying that 2sexy starts doing: sharing information. Thank you God for answering my prayers. :-D

You have quite a handful of future trend domains. I like Drone Corporation. In fact, I love it. It can even be used without any relation to drones. I don't have any drone names as I feel that all the good ones are taken.

I have 3D Printed Bedsheets, though. Plenty of Alibaba sellers selling it already. Think about a picture of you and your wife on your wedding day printed on your bedsheet with a 3d printer. Trust me, you won't cheat with someone else on that bed. I think this will get popular with time.

coolscott:
That is not how it works. You have to sell. To sell, you need exposure. And for the right exposure, you need someone that knows. One should never underestimate the services of a good/professional salesman. Salesmen are the ones who keep the executives in the office paid.

You are right by saying that 'to sell, you need exposure'. However, domain names are virtual goods and the marketing rule for physical goods may not directly apply to virtual goods. Exposure for domains means being on a marketplace (Sedo, Afternic, etc) where buyers can find you and not necessarily pitching your domains to buyers.

I'm sure you must have heard that 'a good product sells itself'. If you have to pitch your domains to buyers, your domain must be better than the domain that buyer is currently using. I have checked out some of your domains and unfortunately, they are no where near being 'great' like you said earlier on the thread. Do not get me wrong. I am not saying you can not sell these domains.

If you want to continue in this business, you'll have to do a lot of reading. Since you've said you have no time, domaining may not be for you afterall. I can see you are doing well as a forex trader. Different strokes for different folks.

paulsir:
God bless you brother,you just summarized the whole 141 pages in few sentences.Tell me you studied English/Linguistic in school?.

LOL :-)

I studied Economics, maybe that is why I like buying domains at $0.99. :-)

Mowyo:
How do domain flippers adapt to the scarcity of good names. What model of getting good domain names can one adapt?

Every one-word and two-word category killer domain names, that I can term 'great,' were taken before the year 2000. If you find a category killer domain name registered after 2000, it is either that (a) the technology that made that name great was developed post-2000 or (b) the domain dropped and someone else bought it on a drop auction. A good example of (a) is Bitcoins dot com while that of (b) is EventManagement dot com.

What many people, like myself, do is what I call the 'Hit or Miss' approach to domain names. I know that I can not afford great domain names and I'm not looking for one. What I'm looking for is a domain name, even if not great, that will be useful to someone enough that they will shell out their hard-earned dollars to pay for it. I 'hit' it sometimes and I 'miss' it many times. I just have to make sure that the dollars from my 'hits' cover the 'misses' and still have a leftover.

To the best of my knowledge, there are two ways to getting great domain names:

1. Go to the aftermarket or drop auctions.
Some great domain names drop once in a while and domainers will have the chance to bid on it and compete with others to have the name. Please know that great domain names don't come cheap. Be ready to shell out $XXXXX.

2. Handregging 'future trend' domains
Every great domain was first registered by someone at a point. Technologies are getting developed everyday and domainers who have the ability to predict what technology will be in popular use in the future are always handsomely compensated with $XXXXX for their foresight. A good example is 3DPrintedShoes dot com. The domain was hand-registered in 2013 and sold this year for $7500. This is what the ability to buy names before the term gets popular usage can do.

Another alternative to handregging future trend domains is to buy 'future trend' domains from the aftermarket. When people handreg future trend domains, some may be willing to sell it for some profit to someone who can wait even longer for the term to get popular usage.

From (1) and (2), I think (2) is more worthwhile for me and other domainers who don't have a deep purse.

Now, that's my opinion.

coolscott:
Well, you have to have the time to sell them. I don't. I am trying to outsource. I only know a neat way to land nice generic names.

Bros, please show me the way na. Can I PM you?

coolscott:
I have great domain names, can you sell a few of them for me?

If they are that 'great', buyers should be tearing down your front door.

madridfc:
Na to create my own ebook be d way forward

How much you wan dey sell am make I preorder now?

madridfc:
they've virtually registered all the available extensions.
Linda was just being silly, the dot ng was regd just last month, so since 2006 her brain no tell her to own her own domain

This is what happens when you are buying Range Rover up and down when you should be buying solid domain names. Do people think the oyinbo man, wey dey spend millions of $$$ on domains, is stupid?

Mowyo:
no voters card either bro
Would i lose my donain names and hosting account forever?
I am thinking of sending them the tempoary ID i was given by the govt or can you suggest anything else pls?

I can drop my email if you think talking here isnt the best idea.

Talking here has always been the best idea for me. You can try sending them what you have and explain your situation. If they don't get your ID, I'm afraid you may lose your domain(s) and hosting.

Mowyo:
go daddy issue gentlemen,i have been asked for verification by go daddy and the ID card i registered for since february isnt ready yet,got no drivers license either.
Only thing i got is one slip given to me by the NIMC office with all my ID details of course.
Would go daddy accept that?
Am i screwed?

Also in geo targeted domains does the lenght of the domain name matter so much
E.g sanfranciscolegalservices dot com

I dont own that domain,its just an example

1. You can send GoDaddy your Voters Card. I've read here that some people used it and it was accepted.

2. Geo domains are always long by default so the 'short is better' does not always apply. A lot of geos have a minimum of three words.

2sExy1:
Guy you just dey snap up all The L+Word.com diaris Goduuooo... No aluu all the registrars o.

There seem to be a market in that angle as recent sales has revealed.

My oga, wetin newbies like me go do? We no fit kill ourselves because Nigeria never get internet when people are registering one word category killers like Wines.com

If I can't get Wines.com, I'll console myself with FWines.com. That 'F' may actually mean something to somebody. Think French Wines, Fruit Wines, Fortified Wines, Famous Wines and all winemakers/sellers whose name starts with 'F'. That was the thought when I regged the name and it paid off in 6 months with a 25000% ROI.

MNews.com and VDesk.com sold on GoDaddy yesterday in the mid $XXXX range.

I just regged WCakes.com. Can I reg/afford Cakes.com or WeddingCakes.com? No. Can I make money from WCakes.com? Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Think about the number of cake makers whose name starts with 'W'. Wedding Cakes? Wendy's Cakes? Wheat Cakes? White Cakes?

babaloke:
Good day all experts in the house,
I'm relatively new to domain name business and I want to find out the following details;
1.can I register a domain name with a nigerian based registrar and sell on foreign sites like sedo,flippa etc;
This is because I tried to register with godaddy several times but the page failed to open;probably they dont accept nigerians.

2.what method would you advise that I use when selling my domains;
should I offer it on the auction page of sedo.com,flippa,etc.or is it better to park the domains for some time.

Please I would appreciate your kind and insightful responses.

Thanks.

1. Please use GoDaddy. When you are starting out in this business, you will buy a lot of shitty domains. It is better to buy at $0.99 than to spend $10 a domain at a Nigerian registrar. Register with GoDaddy using a Nigerian IP and ensure you have a valid means of identification ready e.g. Driver's License, International Passport, Voter's Card, National ID, etc.

2. Try and open a Sedo account and park your domains there. Don't waste money on auctioning newly handregged domains.

The Golden Rule: Learn, Learn, Learn, Buy, Learn, Learn, Learn, Sell.

Google's removal of Linda Ikeji's blog has brought to the fore again the subject of cybersquatting in Nigeria. The 'LindaIkeji' name has been bought in almost every TLD that matters. A guy in Belize bought LindaIkeji.com in 2007, something that Linda herself didn't deem necessary. The guy probably saw that the name has some exact match search figures and took the plunge.

I'm sure many people will call this guy a squatter and all sort of names, the guy has not done anything illegal. Few months ago, FunmiIyanda.com
sold for $2500 on Sedo.

Due to the Anti-CyberSquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), it is illegal in the US to buy someone's name as a domain with the intent of reselling it to them. The same cannot be said about Nigeria; I don't even think Nigeria has any law relating to the internet/domain names.

To file a UDRP, Linda will have to pop out $1500 and rely on common law trademark. The ads on LindaIkeji.com show links to LindaIkeji blog. Do you think Linda has a chance of getting LindaIkeji.com in a UDRP?

tinnymerit:
plz is it the normally opened paypal from naija or the one we opened by changing our IP.kindly reply me.Thanks

Refer to @Legalwealth thread above. All you need is a free email account.

tinnymerit:
plz is it the normally opened paypal from naija or the one we opened by changing our IP.kindly reply me.Thanks

Foreign account. Over the years, those guys have developed a method of running a foreign paypal account that can receive unlimited funds and the system works well for them. I have outsourced the problem of receiving funds to them so that I won't have to bother about changing IP and all that ish.

paulsir:
plz can you explain how you collect your money here in naija,is it through payoneer,paypal or wire transfer,thanks thats whats keeping me off this biz.

Paypal. There are two guys (@Legalwealth and @Arbitrage) here on Nairaland that can help you withdraw your Paypal earnings. I used Legalwealth for my last transaction. He pays you at N140 or 145/$ if the amount is less than $500 and N150/$ if the amount is more than $500.

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You should have done this from the beginning of the thread. I know this is the only reason why someone will say a plot of land close to campus costs between N400k to N1m and dish out fancy ROIs. Are you in Nigeria?

Theory is truly different from practical.

mcshegs: So whc of d 3 options is advisable to select den ?

If you are looking for a job, select NONE of them. 3PA is the closest to a real job and pays you a "commission of N750 on any account introduced by you and an income of 0.5% quartely on the total average balance of all the accounts."

Let's do some maths; I like doing maths! If you bring in 10 accounts with the minimum balance (say N2,000 each), you get N7,500. If your 10 accounts increase their balance to an average of N10,000 during the quarter, you get a quarterly commission of N500! Yes, a whooping N500! For bringing in N100,000 worth of accounts, you get N8,000 and that's all. No salary, nothing.

Before you fill that form, use your brain.

iykepromotions: Acknowledged and replied. thanks

Bros, I like your signature oo. Show me the way na!

2sexyus: lmao... bros, sharing sales is personal decision. I never insinuated I sold any name na... if I did, apologies. But I did share CityRobots.com na except I didn't mention the price for personal reasons... It's my decision to share certain info or not to share. I will appreciate it if that's respected. If I make a sale in the future I could drop it here depending on how I feel.

All I meant in the post you quoted was that we can speak things into our life and they will come to pass... if we work at it. But I see some folks aren't comfortable with my words. Apologies

My apologies. I'm actually the one who miscontrued your post. I thought you made a sale since you are used to parables whenever you sell a domain.

I respect your decision to share only the information you are comfortable with or not even share anything at all. People do it all the time for reasons best known to them.

Many times, we underestimate the power in our own words. That is why it is good to write things down. So that when you see it later, you can reflect on what you said about yourself in the past. Whenever I read my 2011 diary, it brings me memories. Good ones!

2sexyus: funny how things we say with our mouth can happen. even when we are no prophet

All I keep reading is parables. If you made a sale, share it. That's what people who have spent 20 years in domain do on NamePros. Even on NP, I'm yet to see you share a sale. All I keep reading is parables: "I have done it again with $10", "I have met my 2014 target". Even the Bible said, "if you speak in a tongue that others don't understand, there is no edification." Share, share, and share!

Chibenze: was it also park at sedo? (nameserver)

Yes, it was parked at Sedo with a BIN.

I redirected the type-in traffic of all my domains to the sales landing page and forfeited the parking revenue. This is 2014 - no one can get rich from parking.

2sExy1: congrats bro. More power to account. where did you pick it from?

I came across it when I was searching for available 'L Keywords' dot com. I regged it because some 'L'Wines dot com are already developed and wines are high-ticket items. It's just another handreg for me.

How come people don't run after me like this when I'm riding a bicycle?

I just sold my first domain name.

FWines dot com

$499 BIN at Sedo

Regged for $2.17 in April, 2014.