I waited over five years for AI domains to pay off.
Last month I sold three domains that were hand registrations from a single order in 2017.
Why did these domains, which were registered on the same day in 2017, suddenly sell this month? Because they’re related to artificial intelligence, which is hitting peak hype cycle.
I hand-registered 23 AI-related domain names in 2017 and hadn’t sold a single one until now. Now, three in one month.
The lesson: hand-registered domains based on trending technologies can take a while to pay off. If they ever do.
It’s true that some people quickly flip domains that are based on hot trends. Last year some investors made great sales of meta domains they had only recently registered or acquired. Some of this was the special circumstance of a company deciding to brand itself as a hot topic. The metaverse hype cycle has faded, and it might be a long time before many of these domains pay off, if ever.
The nice thing is that you as the domain investor can choose how long you want to hold onto these domains. Perhaps you’re just playing the lottery and are willing to hold onto the domains for a year. But if they don’t sell right away, you might need to hold on much longer. I’ve held onto some trend domains for over a decade before deciding to cut bait.
All my hand reg domains sell….just came back from Guam and reg Guamguy.com
Will be a big money making website
Happy Chammuro
Good stuff, I sell 99% of my hand regs too. just have to be selective
If you want to play the trend game you need to have a ton of patience – 10 to 20 years, at least. But it can definitely pay off.
Think about it: So, you’ve renewed a handful of names at $10/apiece for 15 years. That’s a lot less than you spend on lots of other investments, and the potential ROI can be insanely higher.
It’s mainly the only strategy I’ve ever had over the past 20+ years. And all you need is a handful of names that ripen like good fruit over the decades as the trend emerges.
The meaning of words is constantly evolving, so if you keep up with important trends (even things that are at the laboratory level) you have far better odds of being successful in the long run.
@Andrew
Congrats on selling 3 hand registrations in a single month.
The great thing about hand regs, they have the lowest acquisition cost.
Win you invest right, the hold time is a non-issue as long as the sell price is right.
Andrew- were these .ai names or .com names that had AI within them?
.com with AI in them
When Bitcoin fell the first time, I bought bitcoin, crypto, eth, ethereum domains by hand, I knew it would come back and so it happened, I sold quite a few just second heyday of the stock market, I still have the latter and blockchain, binance, I invest a part each year on future trends.
It’s amazing! The game of domain registration and flipping can really bring in 6 to 7 figures per year. Of course it’s not guaranteed. But with experience and patience, good sales will come to you.
Hand-registered slapchamp a few months ago after seeing how popular the sport was becoming…sold it for $1,350 last week (typical price for my hand-reg’s)
Hand-reg’d businesswonk, insurancewonk, and mortgagewonk yesterday. Hand-reg’ing is fun (and cheap, LOL)