This is why I often say xyz is inflated in price, because all these high ticket sales are misleading domainers into thinking xyz is the next gold rush. When in fact, it's not.
You see, when people were acquiring XYZ nobody thought anything about it. That's why it's bringing huge ROI now. I actually registered the last 2 single word xyz domains that were available for $1 and both were plural. I dropped them because they aren't anything special, and this was a few years ago.
Now everyone is focused on XYZ, and meanwhile there is a golden egg laying in the wait that no one cares about it. .... until it blows up. Then it will be too late.
Everyone is always thinking "I wish I could have invested in this or that" . Always wondering about what if.
The truth is, there is money to be made RIGHT NOW, and smart investments RIGHT NOW, but it's not going to be after the asset has pumped or already gaining popularity. That's when you SELL not BUY.
Now there's always someone who says "Well what about this person over here, they bought WhateverDomain.xyz 2 months ago and just sold for 1 million dollars."
Yeah, that's one person out of many thousands or millions of domains. Odds not in your favor.