Austinaldo
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In the world of Online Money Making, it is crucial to take discipline and responsibility as our watch word. I am a domain name investor & I have been in the industry for the past 5 years. I've been very hardworking and consistent. Of course those are the obvious attributes to make anything out of the online world but did you know that even discipline and responsibility will take you far?
In the domain industry for example, you will be very tired and disappointed at first because the process is usually very lengthy and cumbersome. When I started out I had to seek mentorship from a friend who had been in the industry for a longer time than I was. I followed him obediently even after several months of making no sale out of the business. I put a lot of money into registering several domain names for sale and did "outbound emailing" for several weeks without making any sale. I felt really frustrated. Yet I was determined to be successful in it.
A customer inquired about one of my domains and asked if he could pay in installments. I was very excited seeing an enquiry for the very first time since my journey in the business. However I wasn't familiar with the idea of lending out my domain to a customer on instalments. I had to ask my mentor who put me through.
The customer was very interested in buying this domain but he didn't have enough budget to pay for it all at once.
We agreed that he will pay $300 monthly for 4 months until he finishes up with the payment. Doing this will mean that I will redirect the domain to his site and still retain ownership of it until payment is done. We both trusted each other. But some friends of mine were suggesting that I do not honor the contract in the end. I refused to listen to them! And you know what? By the end of the 4 months when the total amount of $1200 was completed, I transferred the domain over to him. He was surprised to learn that I am Nigeria following our conversation. He said he wouldn't have continued with the deal if he had learnt about my nationality beforehand. But with this honour, he was amazed.
Weeks later I got a deal to work for a digital marketing firm through him. This was a customer who I had simply been honest to. Discipline pays, it really does. Let's be honest and responsible.
In the domain industry for example, you will be very tired and disappointed at first because the process is usually very lengthy and cumbersome. When I started out I had to seek mentorship from a friend who had been in the industry for a longer time than I was. I followed him obediently even after several months of making no sale out of the business. I put a lot of money into registering several domain names for sale and did "outbound emailing" for several weeks without making any sale. I felt really frustrated. Yet I was determined to be successful in it.
A customer inquired about one of my domains and asked if he could pay in installments. I was very excited seeing an enquiry for the very first time since my journey in the business. However I wasn't familiar with the idea of lending out my domain to a customer on instalments. I had to ask my mentor who put me through.
The customer was very interested in buying this domain but he didn't have enough budget to pay for it all at once.
We agreed that he will pay $300 monthly for 4 months until he finishes up with the payment. Doing this will mean that I will redirect the domain to his site and still retain ownership of it until payment is done. We both trusted each other. But some friends of mine were suggesting that I do not honor the contract in the end. I refused to listen to them! And you know what? By the end of the 4 months when the total amount of $1200 was completed, I transferred the domain over to him. He was surprised to learn that I am Nigeria following our conversation. He said he wouldn't have continued with the deal if he had learnt about my nationality beforehand. But with this honour, he was amazed.
Weeks later I got a deal to work for a digital marketing firm through him. This was a customer who I had simply been honest to. Discipline pays, it really does. Let's be honest and responsible.