discuss How did you prepare for the New Year(s)?

[Ali]

It's seems like i'm working on two calendars now. One for the USA and one for China.

Preparing for USA's new year was simple; clean out the crap and start collecting long term domains with strict discipline. Focusing mostly on virtual reality, future-tech, LLLL .com's, two/three word .com brandables, short one word .coms, and the like.

But now I have also had to prepare for China's new year. I've gone as far as acquiring Chinese words in both .com and .xyz, stocking up my 5L .com portfolio, my CCC/LLL .xyz portfolio, LLLN .com's and a few other combinations.

I feel pretty diversified, and safe..even though I took a few risks. I'm curious how you've prepared for the new year(s)? Are you putting all your eggs in one basket? Or is your strategy for the new year pretty diverse? Any predictions you want to share?

 

[.NJ]

Im investing in good "non chip" 4L.com's.

Good Pronounceable's ect....

This entire "chip" hype has clouded people's minds when it come to what's sustainable in value, and whats not.

Non "chip" 3L.com's have skyrocketed in the last couple years.

4N.com's have also gone off the charts in value in the last couple years.

5x more valuable today then only a couple years ago.

Again, I not just talking about these overnight, over inflated "chips".

While all this is going on good "non chip" 4L.com's really just maintained the same value give or take a little jump here and there.

I feel 4L's are going to be the next in line for a big jump in value....

Time will tell....

 

[Ali]

I feel 4L's are going to be the next in line for a big jump in value....

Indeed. And likely this jump in 4L value will ignite the 5L market.

 

[vivaldi]

A key rule for me when I'm investing these days is: spread of risk. Sure it's great being a specialist at something within a niche but it's still way to risky to deal only within ones area of expertise.

I have my doubts towards the sudden extreme demand for domains in China, there must be end users paying the bills in the end IMO. Even though they done the very same thing in other businesses recently. Looks like a beast awakens. So yes it's to big to ignore and I too have been forced to take a position in that race, only a fragment of my portfolio though. I still consider them as lottery tickets until I see that they are utilized by end users.

For some liquid domains I'll stay calm, XXX% ROI in less then a year is a nice return to take but the upside is huge for some of them. I prefer to wait until it reaches equilibrium.

 

[DANEYAL]

My major focus will be on buying two word .com's only.
I may get into things like 4L.com's in the second half of this year.