How fast is the domain industry expanding

[ODST.com]

I know that many of our investment rely on the pool of investors willing and able to invest in domains. The larger the market the more money in the system and the rarer the domains. I know it is hard to predict a market but with ROI's well over the stock market average for really little if any work being put in can't be beat. I am just wondering what everyone's predictions on the expansion of this market are being that the housing investor industry in the US is in a rampant decline and stocks hurting due to the recession. It seems to me this market is underexposed. Any thoughts or comments on this? How fast do you predict the domaining reseller market to rise?

 

[Rubber Duck]

It is not a single unsegmented market. There are many segments that are going to show massive growth, but those domains primarily aimed at the US is in a massive bubble and there will a big shake out of much of the rubbish in the coming years, although many die hards will hang on clutching with their cold dead fingers.

In much of the World their is going to be a huge explosion of registrations. India requires millions of domains but hyphenated English Words in dot IN are unlikely to make the cut.

I know that many of our investment rely on the pool of investors willing and able to invest in domains. The larger the market the more money in the system and the rarer the domains. I know it is hard to predict a market but with ROI's well over the stock market average for really little if any work being put in can't be beat. I am just wondering what everyone's predictions on the expansion of this market are being that the housing investor industry in the US is in a rampant decline and stocks hurting due to the recession. It seems to me this market is underexposed. Any thoughts or comments on this? How fast do you predict the domaining reseller market to rise?

 

[ODST.com]

Interesting thank you for your input. Apologies for not making myself clear. I was talking specifically about the reseller market

 

[DDC_Cyn]

I think the market is growing in the sense that more people are trying their hand at it. This is due mostly to the fact that domaining is no longer a secret. People are now reading about guys who "made a million dollars without leaving home" and they want a piece of it.

On the other hand, the amount of good domains available for resell isn't growing. Sure there are new extensions that catch on and new demands but in general their are more people in the game than there is good product to resell.

 

[snoop]

Not sure what the pace of new entrants to market it like at the moment though actual prices (domain values) are generally declining, as is PPC earnings which accounts for most of the revenue into the industry. I would say the 3 letter .com's are the big exception, having kept rising of late.

 

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[accent]

Online year over year sales were up 20% last Christmas - at a time when walk-in retailers were flat. That is what I look at. PPC is for the previous generation of domainers, all gone and fully priced before I got here.

 

[Rubber Duck]

Online year over year sales were up 20% last Christmas - at a time when walk-in retailers were flat. That is what I look at. PPC is for the previous generation of domainers, all gone and fully priced before I got here.

That was certainly the case for English Language domains. The growth is in the globalisation of the Internet. It is all about geography, cultural diversity and language. The opportunities now are nearly as great as when Frank Schilling started in this game. However, as then, most are too blinkered to see the real opportunities, and instead just blindly follow every latest bizarre trend.

 

[accent]

That was certainly the case for English Language domains. The growth is in the globalisation of the Internet. It is all about geography, cultural diversity and language. The opportunities now are nearly as great as when Frank Schilling started in this game. However, as then, most are too blinkered to see the real opportunities, and instead just blindly follow every latest bizarre trend.

Growth is in a number of sectors - non-English (including IDN) is certainly one of them, but there are hidden pitfalls aplenty when you venture into a culture and language that you are not fluent in.

The mobile internet is another vast area that is just beginning. Not the place for a quick flip but those who correctly predict the direction of its' growth will do very well.

I have no strong opinion on video internet, but others like it a lot.

 

[Rubber Duck]

Growth is in a number of sectors - non-English (including IDN) is certainly one of them, but there are hidden pitfalls aplenty when you venture into a culture and language that you are not fluent in.

The mobile internet is another vast area that is just beginning. Not the place for a quick flip but those who correctly predict the direction of its' growth will do very well.

I have no strong opinion on video internet, but others like it a lot.

Yes, there are potential pitfalls, much of it being caused by outstanding uncertainty from ICANN, but this should really be largely resolved in Paris next month. However, dot Com is never going to be a totally wipe out, because in many non-English markets it is already a mega-brand. But decisions yet to be made could have an impact on its market share.

Language really is not such a huge issue. You can use all sorts of stats and techniques just as one does in English. Try just bunging search terms into Google, use speech marks where appropriate. Have a look a the numbers of results returned and benchmark them. Also have a look at the Images. But there are other tools one can use. Local versions of Yahoo have their own Overture stats. Other search engines also publish search stats.

At the end of the day it is down to research and analysis, which seems largely missing from many domaining trends.

As for domains based on a medium, there is no strong justification for their existence but it will much depend on the marketing support they get. Even dot Mobi has now recognised that in order to be successful in the key telecoms market they need IDN.