Yeah Another Newbie Question

aokiemom

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I have been lurking for awhile and have read most all threads. And determined this forum compared to others I have found is like listening to college seniors discuss what college is like versus other boards were middle school kids are all talking about college and have no idea what they are saying. But had one question for the experts on here. I have a lot of domains that are up and running in different stages and years being active. I bounce between working hard on just one and then trying to work a just little bit on each one. Which is better to get one super domain cranked out and running on its on or slowly build up as many different niches as you can. So in the long run you have a bigger field and wider area for making money?
 


Which is better to get one super domain cranked out and running on its on or slowly build up as many different niches as you can. So in the long run you have a bigger field and wider area for making money?

I love this question, somebody else asked it a while ago, and I answered like this:

From what you've said, you'll do a lot better if you focus all of your attention on 1 of these sites, and I don't think it really matters which one, at this point.

If you're really working 10 hours a day, you can break your day into parts. Do SEO in the morning, Social after lunch, and spend your evenings writing and publishing content and eating ramen noodles.

In the end, focusing your attention and action on 1 site will yield infinitely better results for a newbie than trying to scale, or play around in different niches, or divide your focus in any way.

Don't overthink it, just pick the site you think you can get into the most, and go from there.

Spend a few months living, breathing, and dreaming about that one site, and you'll be amazed where you can get in 120 days.

fwiw, this is advice I wish I'd been smart enough to take when I got started, and if I had taken it, it would have saved me a lot of time, trouble, and money.
 
Thanks for breaking that down on not only what the best choice but how to achieve it. Ughh now to pick just one to work on because I get caught up on each one when it is the one I am updating.
 
Again, I agree with Ice. Godaddy actually called me 2 days ago talking about renewing some domains, domains I've been sitting on with no sites since 2006. I just deleted all of them, about 72 in that batch. Potential doesn't mean jack shit. The last 8 months I've been concentrating on 1 single project, and putting 80+ hours a week into this project and essentially burnt all the bridges to past revenue.

Unless you've got the staff and people which are competent enough to handle the different projects, you'll be forever scatter brained, and never really get one good thing off the ground at a time.​
 
Thanks, wow that is a lot of sites to drop.

I do not think I have seem a lot about drop shipping on here. Is there a good reason I should not focus all my attention on a original drop ship niche (not the everyday drop shipping site or item)?
 
Thanks, wow that is a lot of sites to drop.

I do not think I have seem a lot about drop shipping on here. Is there a good reason I should not focus all my attention on a original drop ship niche (not the everyday drop shipping site or item)?

No. In fact, if you focus all of your attention on ANY site, and FAIL HORRIBLY, you will be further along after your failure than you EVER could have gotten by muddling around in a dozen different niches, and half-assing it.

It's hard to learn much when you aren't invested in what you are doing. Skin in the game is the best motivator out there, and if you're not talking about money, you're talking about sweat. So put some sweat in on a project so that you can get to a point where you give a fuck about it.
 
It's hard to learn much when you aren't invested in what you are doing. Skin in the game is the best motivator out there, and if you're not talking about money, you're talking about sweat. So put some sweat in on a project so that you can get to a point where you give a fuck about it.

If I may add, giving a fuck about something isn't necessarily being blinded by love either.
 
I'm in the same boat. I had about 15 domains that I've been sitting on for a couple of years, not doing anything with. I tend to get ideas and buy domains in bulk, and not do anything with 90% of 'em. I let all the domains that aren't actively getting content added expire, and I decided to focus on actually building out the couple I add content to for the time being. Its hard to replicate a success when I haven't stayed on one project long enough to really get it rolling in the first place.