Are Domainers Becoming Web Developers?
An old age debate continues to resurface in our industry. On the way to the Southern California Domaining Meetup, Morgan mentioned something which made a great deal of sense. It made so much sense that it has caused me to think about it ever since it was mentioned. He pretty much stated something that I have always thought about. When does a domainer actually make the cross over to becoming a web developer?
There is a fine line between buying and selling domain names. Another fine line tends to exist in the way domainers monetize a select domain name. Now lets take this a little further, suppose the domainer builds a full fledged website. Does this mean they are now a web developer? Has the individual surpassed the threshold which domainers are governed by?
This question has never been answered for me. The only way I can answer such a question is by saying that domainers tend to wear a number of different hats, some which cross over into various industries. Regardless if someone builds a full fledge website or not, it all starts with a domain registration. Now I do personally feel that domainers can also be considered web developers, but I don’t feel that it goes both ways.
A great deal of web developers are simply building sites for clients. This in my opinion does not represent what a domainer does. A domainer would first find ways to monetize a domain name before doing anything else. Domainers tend to focus on developing there own portfolios. Monetization is at the root of a domainer’s mindset.
To cut this short domainers are becoming web developers, but they are only doing this to fully monetize the potential of there portfolios. The days of having a domain name sit on a parked page collecting virtual dust are over. Domainers are now taking action and are adding web development skills to there arsenal. Although some won’t agree with what I have written, you can’t ignore that the key component to domaining is monetization. How you go about doing this is really up to that individual domainer.
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December 21, 2009 10:22 pm
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December 21, 2009 10:33 pm
Great point. I find myself in position, developing is the key to success for the domain name.
How?
I have so many domains collecting dust, which I mentioned in one of my post earlier this month. I chose a few domains to develop based on simple WP installation , and some plugins that can actually drive traffic within a few days. I monetized with adsense, some affiliate amazon links, and a few articles. The big part of that is creating an about page . About pages give visitors an idea what the site is about. Well if you really want to get indexed quickly you should come up with a new idea every time. Development is a big deal with every domainer who already has years of experience, but the new ones still stick around with parking pages collecting a few dollars here or there through the year. It does not work any more, and never worked for me. This was a big waste of time at that point.
I find that development can take over domaining very quickly if you are not focused.
I’m happy to keep up with what I have, and focusing on local project development. News will be released soon in early 2010.
However, I find it very interesting that once you choose a domain you already love, and you find yourself working on development. Developing a domain helps you sell quicker, and easier.
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December 22, 2009 5:12 am
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December 22, 2009 5:20 am
Great article. Development is much tougher than people realize. You do not hear many domainers talking about make a lot of money through development.
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