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I don't believe domaining can be compared to affiliate marketing. The businesses are so different that the skill sets don't even overlap. Affiliate marketing is acting as a salesperson for a product or service, where you are paid when you sell something for another company. With domaining, you are typically representing limited, specific inventory and trying to sell IP (Intellectual Property) to others. When you have a site that sells men's shavers (for example), you represent a wide selection to a customer and they choose. With a domain name, it is a single intangible asset that is represented.

With affiliate marketing to businesses and consumers, you can decide to represent products that you know or use, but selling domain names to businesses or individuals starting a business means learning how to find buyers for one specific product, domain names. The market for domains is small compared to business/consumer goods and services.

Domaining is more comparable to being a website or real estate broker. The skills include a knowledge of the various types of domain names, the marketability of the various types, and a knowledge of their values to other domainers and to end-users. Over the years, the field has become more segmented, with specialists by niche, category, TLD type. There are two variations to the domain name business: One is the sell side where you represent owners or yourself, the other is buy side where you use your expertise to find a business the best available DN for their budget (and add a fee for yourself).

Most courses on domain names these days focus on either geo-domains (and how to find buyers) or some level of development to add perceived value. The original (and most profitable) way to run a domaining business is the old-school way of doing your IP comparisons for the current state of the market. This involves knowing what is selling (which can be tracked on NameBio.com and DNSaleprice.com) and how to find end-users.

A better understanding of the business structure for domaining can be cultivated by listening to the [Link] Domain Broker interviews at DomainSherpa.com and reading the top domain name blogs. An excellent resource is still available at DNFCollege.com

When you can broker domain names like the brokers representing Afternic or Sedo, then you will be ready to compete in the marketpace. It is a skill which can be learned. The one recommendation I would make to anyone starting in this business is: Do not register a single domain name yourself in the first year - only represent others (with names to sell) and learn the processes followed (and tools available) to find and sell to end-users before you begin to carry any inventory.