i was at 4k names about 1yr ago.. being away from domaining recently for a while... i was basically just letting most expire... while still receiving some offers.. and some sales... i am downto 1500 names now... this number too will shrink.... my strategy so far has been handregs only... 95% of them from expired domains... io, co, etc.... daily browsings of expired domains etc... i plan to conitnue this in future... but also want to look at some epxired auctions on godaddy etc.. a year from now, i would say I'll be holding maybe 500 names.