| Buying domain names and holding onto them has | | | | A good many very excellent domains are now |
| made a small fortune for a good number of people. | | | | available, and you can get some really good solid |
| Many domain name squatters pay less than $10 a | | | | names. During the height of the economic boom, it |
| year to hold names and some of these folks have a | | | | was nearly impossible to get a good deal on a name. |
| 1000 to 10,000 of them. Each time they sell a domain | | | | It was as if everyone was holding them for ransom, |
| name they make money and a huge profit. | | | | as if they were gold or something. So you ask are |
| The other day someone wanted to get me involved | | | | domains still a good investment? Actually, the answer |
| in their business venture of buying domains, because | | | | is they are probably a better investment now |
| they have not been able to sell very many recently | | | | considering that we should have an economic |
| due to the recession and they don't have enough | | | | recovery in 2010, meaning you'd only have to hold |
| money to hold onto all these names. | | | | domains for one or two years and you'd be able to |
| In this case, would be a good investment to help | | | | sell them at a substantial profit. Perhaps this is |
| them retain the domains and then take a percentage | | | | something you'd like to look into, so I thought I'd |
| of the profit when they are sold? It might be a | | | | throw out the information to you. Please consider all |
| better investment to wait for other high quality | | | | this. |
| names that people are dropping due to the recession. | | | | |