How far into the future would you invest?

[bigturnip]

I'm curious as to what people think about buying domains that won't realise their value for an other few years. i.e. things like superbowlLIV.com or wimbledon2016.com

I'm not talking so much about the likelyhood of an event actually happening more that will domains still take the same www.domain.com format in the future? Will there be a replacement for the internet in 10 years time? I know nobody can predict the future, but how far into the future are you willing to invest?

 

[-db-]

My choice: "Up to 5 years". Anything beyond that is too uncertain.

10-20 years? I'm not even sure the planet will be here, much less the Internet.

 

[yandig]

My choice: "Up to 5 years". Anything beyond that is too uncertain.

10-20 years? I'm not even sure the planet will be here, much less the Internet.

Even if Earth is destroyed, the internet will still thrive, as it was handed down to us by enlightened Neptunians.

Personally, I'd have a hard time investing in names that will mature more than 2 or 3 years into the future. My experience with domains of that sort has not been very profitable. On the other hand, Neptune tends to lag a few years behind Earth time, due to the elongated orbit, so you might try your luck there :hehe:

 

[domainacrobat]

I invest as far as I know something is a certainty. Also renewing names is not my favorite thing considering I have over 500. I have names that are just now coming into their own after one year of registration. Now I have to renew, and maybe wait one more year before they have real value. I would invest maximum 3 years, since net trends are volatile. It will be tv/internet in one place by the time the domains you were speaking of become relevant. Who knows what will happen then.

 

[estibot.com]

It will be tv/internet in one place by the time the domains you were speaking of become relevant. Who knows what will happen then.

I agree. The web as we know it may cease to exist in 5 years. Maybe navigation will be intuitive, or purely search based, or whatever, and domain names will be a historical curiosity. We may not see how it could be done, but that doesn't mean it can't be done in a few years, or ten years. Things are going forward fast.

 

[iggysick]

My choice: "Up to 5 years". Anything beyond that is too uncertain.

10-20 years? I'm not even sure the planet will be here, much less the Internet.

I agree with you. The doom is near lol

 

[Coopey]

Somewhere between 3 & 5, so I opted for 5...

 

[gazzip]

3 to 5 for me......Oh no - I hope I sell them before the world ends :yell:



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[VURG]

I have one of my better names for 10 years and so I put up to 10 years. I expect the internet to be around way past then. I also expect the internet to change a lot.

 

[painperdu]

I have names I've registered over 9 years ago. Each year I get offers on them better than the year before. They're actually beating the rate of inflation.

 

[ablaye]

Up to 5 years sound reasonable.

 

[tetrapak]

3 to 5 for me......Oh no - I hope I sell them before the world ends :yell:



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Same here, upto 5. But im registering some names because of SEO for more than this or at least 5 years, the developed sites or the soon going to be developed ones.

 

[jeter4982]

I normally am willing to invest 2-3 years, but if something truly premium comes up for 5-10 years in advance than chances are I will register it. The reason I only am willing to invest 2-3 years typically is simply because I do not have the capital to keep renewing all my domains for 5 or 6 years, when there are other niches in the industry with a faster turnaround, such as cctld's, etc.

Tom

 

[B33R]

My choice: "Up to 5 years". Anything beyond that is too uncertain.

10-20 years? I'm not even sure the planet will be here, much less the Internet.

:o

I say 1 year for the same reasons.

 

[bigturnip]

I should probably add the reason I asked this question was because I bought a domain today that won't realise it's true value for another 20 years. The way I look at it is, it's a gamble, just like any high return investment. The only difference here is it's all or nothing, if the internet still exists with it's current domain format I get a nice little windfall and if it doesn't then I've wasted a few dollars. If the planet is doomed as a few people seem to think it will be soon, I won't really care. One thing that is stupid is domain registrars offering 100 year registrations, now that is long term investment.

I was just looking for reassurance that I wasn't completely mad and hopefully it will be a one off.

 

[VURG]

You bought 2026.com did you?

Apart from a name like that, I would be skeptical as to why you would believe that the true value of your name would be recognised in 20 years.

 

[Michelle]

Ive opted for 5 ..... although I have moonflights.info which I think will take alittle longer :hehe:

 

[bigturnip]

You bought 2026.com did you?

No, but now I have received the domain I don't mind saying it was worldcup2026.com

 

[cache]

5 years.

 

[deet]

I'm curious as to what people think about buying domains that won't realise their value for an other few years. i.e. things like superbowlLIV.com or wimbledon2016.com

I'm not talking so much about the likelyhood of an event actually happening more that will domains still take the same www.domain.com format in the future? Will there be a replacement for the internet in 10 years time? I know nobody can predict the future, but how far into the future are you willing to invest?

I went with 1 year as we all know things change overnight online.
Anything can happen I wouldnt feel comfortable investing any further.
However long term domain investments I think are different.
When you buy a good domain sometimes you need to keep it a few years
before you see any returns from it.