Are Domain Names Still a Good Investment?

Buying domain names and holding onto them hasA 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 anames. During the height of the economic boom, it
year to hold names and some of these folks have awas nearly impossible to get a good deal on a name.
1000 to 10,000 of them. Each time they sell a domainIt 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 involveddomains still a good investment? Actually, the answer
in their business venture of buying domains, becauseis they are probably a better investment now
they have not been able to sell very many recentlyconsidering that we should have an economic
due to the recession and they don't have enoughrecovery 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 helpsell them at a substantial profit. Perhaps this is
them retain the domains and then take a percentagesomething you'd like to look into, so I thought I'd
of the profit when they are sold? It might be athrow out the information to you. Please consider all
better investment to wait for other high qualitythis.
names that people are dropping due to the recession.