“Domain investment,” or the buying of domain names for profit, has been an internet marketing “insider secret” for a number of years. When the internet was young, for example, enterprising spirits grabbed the domain names of popular companies and resold them when those companies came knocking. In fact, stories abound on the net about domain names selling for thousands – and even millions – of dollars. In 2006 alone, domain names such as “diamonds.com” and “cameras.com” sold for a combined $9 million. There is no question that many people have made a bundle selling domain names, including “Domain King” Rick Schwartz, who has made up to $2,000,000 a year through domain investment.
Can you make money selling domain names? Unless you’re very lucky or already a proficient internet marketer, your chances are not great that you will be able to find a profitable domain name which hasn’t been taken. Many analysts emphasize that investing in domain names is no longer a “walk in the park” and that real “killings” in domain investment are few and far between. There is...