.VIP, in my opinion, is no different than the hundreds of other new extensions. There is no history of performance, and real value outside the domaining community. There is a high likelihood that those who buy in to this extension will be holding on to them for a long, long time, while paying renewals. There is just no data to support profitable performance. Certainly domaining includes taking risk, but in quantifying risk, there are better, less risky options.
In the relatively short time that I have been reading this forum, this very conversation has happened over and over again about a multitude of extensions that have yet to take off.
Certainly best of luck to anyone that takes the risk with .VIP.