All the skill in the world doesn't help when any names worthwhile are already registered. Buying aftermarket is the only option at this point. However, it will cost you more money thus increasing the risk.
There are still some good hand regs., but no one should expect to find them that easily. It takes a lot of work.
As .co popularity increases, there will be more good hand registrations, but this only happens over time and in increments. What I'm saying it's not valuable to reg 100 nonesense names at this point. A couple of well sought out good ones will do. Then maybe try the process again in a couple weeks.
Since market demand always fluctuates and is not static, there will always be a few good hand regs. in a new extension. There is a long time before .co reaches saturation, which, IMO, is around 10,000,000.
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@mzwd
I understand what you are saying. However, I think autorental.com would not sell for 5 million. I think it's more in the 500,000 range. CarRental.com would be around $1 mill. At this point in time.
I think autorental.co , at this time, is worth more than $5K, but I think you did well, in any case.
You make a very good point about the left side of the dot and the right side of the dot. It used to be all about the left side of the dot and now it's shifting to the right. Essentially the right is becoming as important as the left. .com, .co, .tv are currently the best extensions, IMO. There will be a glut of other extensions coming out in the next few years ie .so, .shop, .xxx, .berlin etc but most will be fringe or niche specific at best. .com, .co and .tv are all internationally recognizable and this gives them pervasive staying power, and worldwide interest. .org will hold it's own because of the non-profit association, but the most internationally respected extensions, commercially, will continue to be .com, .co and .tv.