Next Trend ?

[mrcurly]

Moving on from the 3D, Cloud , NFC, Marijuana etc....trends, what do people think will be the next big money maker for the domainer?

I have a few Big Data domains but I like my hand in several dishes so if anyone would like to share their thoughts I'm sure a lot of domainers would appreciate any insights to what's gonna be hot or not.

Cheers

Stu

 

[JB Lions]

if I knew that i would already be rich.

If I knew, I wouldn't be posting it here on a forum.

...I dunno, President Obama created a market with the Administration's revamp of the healthcare industry and how insurance companies will function and be paid, but I really am not following it all that much...

Was a little late but got some of those. Had some mid x,xxx offers on one of them, but holding out for more.

Hmm I would be very surprised if the majority of domainers have not lost money on all those trends and the countless domain fads before.

Probably most do lose money from seeing some of the names, however some that pick good names can make money by looking ahead. If you have some good Marijuana names, very possible. Even smaller stuff. I remember checking out CES and getting mirrorless cameras, when they were still only being sold in Japan, but I knew they were coming over to the U.S. Got it at reg fee, but have had offers in the x,xxx range. There is money to be made looking ahead for some people.

 

[carob]

Hmm I would be very surprised if the majority of domainers have not lost money on all those trends and the countless domain fads before.

True, so the next big trend will be losing even more money on new TLDs.

Internet of Things - big but how do you translate that to domains?

RFID, tags and so on - most names taken but not valuable, so far anyway. Domains with Smart in them might be big.

 

[oldtimer]

Hmm I would be very surprised if the majority of domainers have not lost money on all those trends and the countless domain fads before.

I would say that a new product or service that people are going to be interested in and would actually use or buy is not a fad. With everything under the sun having already been registered the future trends and technologies is one of the only opportunities that is still available to domainers with low budget who are willing to do some research to find the right niche. IMO

PS: I don’t condone registering domains related to recreational drugs, but I see nothing wrong with registering domain names related to new technologies that can make our lives better without killing or enslaving others or damaging the environment.

 

[DU]

Source Working
Baby Names
Death and Destruction

 

[Ms Domainer]

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Aren't most baby names taken, at least in .com? Or do you mean made-up or variant names?

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[verbster]

I've already sold my drone names and a few others in the trends mentioned. I think there are three ways of looking at trends: 1. the trends you know are going to happen, like all-in-one TV/music/ computers and 2. the fringe items that are going to happen but not sure when or how, like nano technology in disease control, medical break-throughs, like stem cell therapy and 3. the stuff that catches people by surprise. like a sudden social trend or fad or type of music.

For example, in political economics, I figure it won't be long until public education changes to private funding. After all, daycare charges, and prep-school charges, college charges, so why not high school and elementary school. Then there will be all of the hoopla that goes with money and status (or lack thereof). not sure of the money-making potential, but I bought a few domains with ideas in mind.

The way I see it, if you can see ahead a little better than others, it's not difficult to pick up 5-10 domains that will include one that sells for $500 to $1000 (or 3-4 @ $200-$300 apiece). I'll gladly spend $50-$100 to make $500 to $1000 in a few months. Has worked so far.

 

[VisionEdger]

4d

&

gmo

 

[DU]

4d

&

gmo

More likely anti-gmo

 

[twomoon]

AR would be huge

 

[April004]

i agree with @ipodxpert

its Google glass, iWatch from Apple and may be once again Hybrid cars, 5D TVs, Ayurveda and stuff!

 

[VisionEdger]

More likely anti-gmo

:bah::bah::bingo::lala::td:

 

[biggie]

:talk:

the next trend....


.info

or should i say, the "re-promo" of a tld that at one time, was free to register.




the marketing games perpetrated thru domain world are awesome to witness.

 

[BullS]

Since I love flying toys, that why I got drones domains

onlinedrone(s) dot com and already have offers and sold a couple via affiliate sites.

also have dronesupplier(s)

pretty soon, I am gonna use my drones flying over my medicalmarijuanagarden.com :bah:


I hand reg all my domains using 99cent codes and already making lots of money.
**if you want to be successful in this BS domain crap, you must have FUN doing it, no stress ***

 

[freedom30]

...the exercise is speculative.

...I LIKE dat word!...

 

[markhers]

My blog post today is kind of a funny twist on this whole subject. I hand reg'd a domain in 2000 for a thing I was doing, I haven't done much with it over the years but I have kept it because I will someday, lol.

It was just a brandable domain I thought up, not generic, but I liked it. Anyway now I see the term is being used by a few folks, one looks like a pretty big company.

 

[freedom30]

...seeing as the shift is from "trends" all of a sudden to "fads", I notice that 3d, clouds, big data are mentioned, while Industrial Hemp, medical marijuana and legal adult use of cannabis are quite noisy in their silence.

Good. Keep it that way.

As I have been reading about marketing strategies, an article by Stephen J. Hoch and John Deighton regarding Managing What Consumers Learn From Experience proffers the competitive status of the target brand as a "top-dog" or an "underdog" in which they postulate that "underdogs" gain by facilitating learning whereas "top-dogs"benefit by impeding learning.

Can one make any sense of this?

Just saying...

 

[brooktroutballer]

Hey do you guys think 3dclouddronepothead.info is a good domain?














:lol:

 

[domainer111]

I think both flatland and future trend are both great. I don't think domainers should close their eyes to either.

I mean let's face it... someone is going to hit it big on a future trend domain, and that makes it exciting.

Future trends come in many faces, I picked up a domain NewLiberals.com the other week.. Now, is that a future trend domain - or a flatland domain?

I think it's a possibly good name. As far as I know there is no political group called "the new liberals" - but their could be.

Heck, maybe I'll get lucky and it'll be a pop group

 

[salvador5266]

I put my money on this one

IOTSAFETY.COM

:lol:

 

[mrcurly]

Take a look at the old 3D threads that ended up being closed multiple times. Many of the people posting in those threads were people new to domains, registering terrible domains, that had serious attitude problems. Many of those people are not around today.

I am still around

My introduction into domaining was through 3D, no fault of my own, lol.

Being a newbie to the scene I watched people selling 3D domains and thought I could do the same and made some really bad buys, these 3 spring to mind ( all in .com ) 3DHorror , 3DConsole, 3DSmartphone , after these failed to sell for the right price I stopped taking advice from those supposedly at the top.

I am still learning and hopefully starting to buy the right domains, It takes a long time to learn the craft of domaining, and if you don't succeed at first doesn't mean all is lost, just keep on listening and learning, we have all been there!

Chow!

Stu