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I've had quite a few:

1. Selling domain names. This was when I was in college and somehow traded my way into mid-high five-figure domain names. I turned over $100k in profits in a year, and then 2008 happened and all markets collapsed.

2. Starting a D2C brand. Shipping is automated via a third-party provider. Sourcing is easy since I have a very reliable supplier. All marketing is through word of mouth. I get around 300 orders on Amazon monthly, some 100 on our website, and land the occassional business order that gets me around 2,000 orders extra per year. Not a huge money maker, but pays my mortgage for practically 2-3 hours of work/month.

3. I ran an informational website about music production (I produce as a hobby). Somehow, a few of my articles became popular and I landed a ton of good links. Google loved my website and I was pulling in mid four-figures in affiliate checks every month. That went on for years even when I stopped working on the site.



How do you stay engaged when ‘easy money’ rolls in nicely, month after month after month? I am in a similar situ and sometimes it feels easy to lose focus and play all the time.


How did you sell them?

I have a bunch of domain names but never figured out a way to sell them.


https://sedo.com/us/ is the largest listing site I know of, if you want to sell at a fixed price.

https://uk.auctions.godaddy.com/ is the largest auction site. If you're looking for a quick sell, this is the place.


Currently, I'm mostly using Dan.com. My earlier successes were largely trading on domain name forums (DNForum, NamePros) but they've been dead for quite a while.




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