How Many Domain Names Do You Own?

Sounds like a simple question right? Not exactly! In 2012 I was a domain investor who didn’t necessarily oversee all of my investments as I should have, so I had an extremely hard time answering this very question. To fix the problem I have spent the first couple of days of 2013 to really grab a hold of my portfolio.

Although I am not done with the final tally I am now at 270 domains. As most of you know I like to keep a lean portfolio. It wasn’t until the end of last year where the number of domains that I owned jumped. I know they jumped because I had a rough estimate of what I owned in 2012. I can blame the GoDaddy Groupon for that!

I am most likely a day away from answering the question above and can already see how helpful it is to have all of my domain names laid out in a spreadsheet to keep track of them. As of right now I am categorizing my names with the following fields:

Drop
Sell
Develop(Full)
Develop(Minisite)
Develop(Product Driven Affiliate Site)
Develop(URL Shortener)
Hold
Maintain
Park

One of my main domain investment goals for 2013 is to make sure that if I am not doing anything with a domain that it is parked somewhere. I’ll go into this later, but I don’t like leaving money on the table!

In addition to this I like being able to have my entire portfolio one click away from me. After the spreadsheet is done I plan on uploading it to my Dropbox account for safekeeping. If you are like me and weren’t able to answer the question, then take the step to start managing your portfolio like a professional. It will only help you.

9 Comments

Adam Strong January 3, 2013 at 7:03 pm

Guilty. On my agenda too It’s tough when you’re moving , flipping, buying , selling to constantly update that data. It’s another job in itself.

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- Jason Thompson January 3, 2013 at 8:18 pm
  
  Adam,
  
  I guess we are both guilty as charged. I agree it is tough and if I have it my way this year, many of my names will find themselves in the hands of new owners! I’m going to do my best to keep track of everything. It just makes it easier at the end of the year.
  
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Mike January 3, 2013 at 8:14 pm

I have an awesome excel spreadsheet that I use to keep track of my domains. You need it for tax season as well. If you want a copy of my spreasheet, drop me an email at mailletmike@yahoo.ca

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- Jason Thompson January 3, 2013 at 8:19 pm
  
  Mike,
  
  Thanks! I’ll shoot you an email now. Looking forward to testing out the spreadsheet.
  
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AbdulBasit Makrani January 3, 2013 at 10:45 pm

I probably own 200 domains at the end of 2012. Hopeful to make it 350-400 by the end of 2013

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- Jason Thompson January 4, 2013 at 11:17 pm
  
  Abdul,
  
  That is a solid amount of names. What kind of names do you normally invest in? Good communicating with you via email a little earlier today.
  
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AbdulBasit Makrani January 5, 2013 at 12:10 am

@ Jason

Most of them are expired names through GoDaddy, Namejet and aged one’s. It can be of any niche except adult, gambling, alcohol related. Although I own a couple of adult related names but those are just for educational purpose.

Same here. It was nice talking to you

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AbdulBasit Makrani January 5, 2013 at 12:21 am

Just to add something to my previous reply I would like to share that I invested in ccTLDs like .cc and .im when started domaining and I was one of the mistakes I made in this game. Since last year my focus is to invest only in .com until there is an exceptional .net/.org available.

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- Jason Thompson January 5, 2013 at 2:06 pm
  
  Abdul,
  
  We’ve all been there! I remember acquiring a few .cc names myself. I also owned a bunch of .us and .info domains. The main domains I buy now are .com, unless they are one word names! I don’t mind purchasing .net / .org / .co / .me if they are one word. It’s amazing how much money you initially waste when trying to figure out what works and what does not!
  
  Thanks for sharing your experience!
  
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