A truly inspirational book - The Domain Game - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

barman · 07-26-2008, 02:44 PM

Amazon.com: The Domain Game: David Kesmodel: Books

When it comes to making money online, there's search engines at the top, affiliates scraping for pennies at the bottom, and somewhere in between are the domainers. (this paragraph was a sweeping generalization)

I just finished this book up last night... it really is an inspirational book because it's actually the first (that I know of) of its kind thats actually relevant to our industry.

This isn't a get rich quick book... It's more of a history lesson. I highly recommend it because it opens your eyes to how the whole domain industry started, and gives you a little insight into the "out of the box" thinking that people did to get great domains and build their portfolios.

Here's the one thing you should take away from this book. It's not easy. It's not easy now, and it wasn't easy then. People think these domainers spent a few hours and became multi millionaires instantly. Truth is, it wasn't until about only 3-4 years ago that domains became a blip on the radar, while people have been registering and buying these risky propositions for well over 15 years. There was a long period of time when no one knew what they would be worth.

And your biggest domainers of today were people who spent hours upon hours building their portfolios. We're talking 20 hr days 7 days a week. The reason they're so rich now is because they put in the work. Hard hours, lack of sunshine and sleep, pure addiction.

So put that in your pipe and smoke it you lazy fucks.

Bofu2U · 07-26-2008, 04:45 PM

TBH, going to Borders to pick it up right now.

PS - WERHEY WERHEY!

coglethorpe · 07-26-2008, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by barman

Truth is, it wasn't until about only 3-4 years ago that domains became a blip on the radar, while people have been registering and buying these risky propositions for well over 15 years. There was a long period of time when no one knew what they would be worth.

And your biggest domainers of today were people who spent hours upon hours building their portfolios. We're talking 20 hr days 7 days a week. The reason they're so rich now is because they put in the work. Hard hours, lack of sunshine and sleep, pure addiction.

So put that in your pipe and smoke it you lazy fucks.

Take one of the biggest names in the industry, Kevin Ham. He was an MD with a penchant for Perl and knack for beating others to hot domains.

Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains - June 1, 2007

He has been really creative when it came to beating others to dropped domains and how he handles type-in traffic.

barman · 07-26-2008, 07:19 PM

Yep the book only mentions Ham. Yen Ye was actually the first person to sell their portfolio for 9 figures to bring attention to the industry.

07-26-2008, 02:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
barman Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Internets Posts: 5,848 iTrader: 12 / 100%	A truly inspirational book - The Domain Game Amazon.com: The Domain Game: David Kesmodel: Books When it comes to making money online, there's search engines at the top, affiliates scraping for pennies at the bottom, and somewhere in between are the domainers. (this paragraph was a sweeping generalization) I just finished this book up last night... it really is an inspirational book because it's actually the first (that I know of) of its kind thats actually relevant to our industry. This isn't a get rich quick book... It's more of a history lesson. I highly recommend it because it opens your eyes to how the whole domain industry started, and gives you a little insight into the "out of the box" thinking that people did to get great domains and build their portfolios. Here's the one thing you should take away from this book. It's not easy. It's not easy now, and it wasn't easy then. People think these domainers spent a few hours and became multi millionaires instantly. Truth is, it wasn't until about only 3-4 years ago that domains became a blip on the radar, while people have been registering and buying these risky propositions for well over 15 years. There was a long period of time when no one knew what they would be worth. And your biggest domainers of today were people who spent hours upon hours building their portfolios. We're talking 20 hr days 7 days a week. The reason they're so rich now is because they put in the work. Hard hours, lack of sunshine and sleep, pure addiction. So put that in your pipe and smoke it you lazy fucks. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Where Affiliate Marketers go for News. and Weed.

07-26-2008, 04:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bofu2U Automation Specialist Join Date: May 2007 Location: Baltimore, Murdaland Posts: 7,980 iTrader: 77 / 100%	TBH, going to Borders to pick it up right now. PS - WERHEY WERHEY! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ WANT ME TO BLOG AGAIN? COMMENT. (M SRS) / Contempt / Business Caffeine

07-26-2008, 07:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
barman Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Internets Posts: 5,848 iTrader: 12 / 100%	Yep the book only mentions Ham. Yen Ye was actually the first person to sell their portfolio for 9 figures to bring attention to the industry. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Where Affiliate Marketers go for News. and Weed.

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