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Building My Domains While Waiting for a Huge Sale

bluecollar_domainer

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I recently shared my biggest sale here on DNForum: OnlineBilling.com, which closed for $75k USD in July 2023. My second-largest sale was a three-word .COM for $42k USD in April 2024—still on a 36-month payment plan, so I’m holding off on naming it until the final payment clears.

This year hasn’t yet seen a mid-to-high five-figure sale, though I did have a one-word .COM in escrow for $250k with a billion-dollar buyer. They missed the one-month payment window, so we had to cancel; I’m now relisting it in the $500k–$1M range.

With the high-quality inventory I’m holding, I expect a six-figure deal soon—but domaining is a waiting game, and impatience can lead to lowball sales. To stay busy (and avoid selling under value), I’ve launched two niche job boards that each earn a few hundred dollars a month:

  1. Plumbing Jobs
  2. Blue-collar Jobs

I was inspired to build active income when I saw Peter Askew making $5k–$10k/mo on his job board RanchWork.com, and I’ve also just acquired Boilerplates.com to create a boilerplate directory monetized via affiliate links and ads.

Outside of domaining, I maintain a full-time job and prioritize fitness and healthy living. All these activities keeps me busy, overcome boredom, and help me avoid chasing low offers while I wait for that next big sale.

How about you? Does anyone else here build side projects or use other strategies to stay productive (and patient) between domain sales? I’d love to hear your approaches!
 

hacxx

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Thanks for sharing your journey and insights! Building side projects like niche job boards and affiliate sites is a smart way to stay productive and generate steady income while waiting for big domain sales. I admire your patience and strategy - it’s easy to get tempted by low offers, but holding out for true value pays off. Personally, I also focus on learning new skills and investing time in personal growth during downtime. Looking forward to hearing more from others about their strategies!
 

nicenic

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Smart portfolio management. Believe that your patience and creative ideas will help you achieve more success!
 

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I was inspired to build active income when I saw Peter Askew making $5k–$10k/mo on his job board RanchWork.com, and I’ve also just acquired Boilerplates.com to create a boilerplate directory monetized via affiliate links and ads.

Hi, I'm curious, did you hear this at some youtube video? Do you still have a link to it?

How do you plan to monetize your job boards?

I did launch https://jobs.it.com/ a while ago + 63 "IT jobs in + geo name" Facebook groups > the job board lives its own life (simply don't have time for it) and FB groups keep surprising > some have grown over 10k members, some 1-10k members, and most below 1k.

the idea with the 60 groups was: I use a social media posting software (Vista Social) that allows posting/scheduling posts accross a number of social networks.. then Facebook removed 3rd party posting abilities in groups :/ .. you can do this in pages, but not groups.

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