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Domainer or Domain Investor or Basement Dweller?

March 6, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

Domainer vs Domain Investor

There is a thread on Namepros where a member wanted opinions on Domainer vs Domain Investor. Was their a difference? Should there be a difference.

Brad Mugford gave a good answer in my opinion.

I think most people tend to use the terms interchangeably, but I would consider a “domain investor” to be a slightly higher level than a “domainer”.

When I think “investment” it factors in a lot more than just buying some random domains.
You need some type of business model or plan.

If I am talking to someone who asks what I do I normally just use the term “internet investor”. It is easier for the average person to understand.

Thanks,
Brad

Some would like to see “domainer” be included in a proper dictionary like Merriam-Webster.

What is funny is the Urban Dictionary, a tale of two definitions, one is going to make a lot of domain investors angry.

 

domainer
A person who makes a living in the cyberterritory, making his fortune investing in the field of domain names, buying and selling the Internet’s most valuable virtual “real estate”.
Find New Money in Domain Names, be a domainer selling domains for profit, or show Web Ads instead and collect domain park money from quality traffic.
#domain name entrepreneur#cyberinvestor#virtual real estate investment#domain parking money#domain master

VS

Domainer
A person who buys domains on the internet and squats on them, thinking they’re going to be approached by a billionaire venture capitalist who wants to buy the domain for their next big project and will drop $$$$$$$$$ making the domainer rich. In reality the domainer will never sell their junk domains, will continue to live in their mother’s basement, and be a burden to the web based startup community, the internet, and entire world in general.
Domain Auction Headline: “Iphone5g-news.com – starting bid $1,000 USD or buy it now for $10,000,000, this is a billion dollar business opportunity!!! I have been a domainer for over 1 years and we sell other top quality domain names. Please contact us for more domains!”
#loser#scumbag#basement dweller#pedophile#domain#url#website#entreprenuer
The pedophile hashtag, really?

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About Raymond Hackney

Raymond Hackney has been involved with domain names since 1997. One of the most prolific writers in the domain industry and founder of TLDinvestors.com and 3Character.com

Comments

  1. Snoopy says

    March 6, 2020 at 7:49 pm

    Domain investor I’d say is someone who makes money from domains in a passive way.

    The key point being “makes money”. Many domainers do not.

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