iamneo said:
Just the names that are being released are mostly crap. Even many triple letter .IN names (unless valid acronyms) make no sense now at $15 reg fee.
One man's poison is another's meal. I've sold quite a few of these 'crap' names that other people drop for $300+. As for lll.in - you just cant lose if you can hold long term.
iamneo said:
There are lot better things you can do with $15 and there are plenty better investments.
Like buy a crappy .com of tdnam?
iamneo said:
Most names are being dropped for a reason, They couldn't be used to make money. Unless you have an idea to monetize or build a business, don't reg names for speculation (especially .in .mobi .asia).
Developers, Builders and Home owners make money off real estate. But you forget one important part of the equation -
Speculators. A smart speculator with good cash flows can actually make more money of a property than any of the other three.
I'd agree about .mobi and .asia, but by lumping .in with the lot, you're just showing how shortsighted you really are. Do a little research, it might surprise you.
iamneo said:
There still are plenty .COM/.NET/.ORG that are really good and going cheap now and might fall further.
72 million .coms registered, less than 1 million .in, which do you think has more opportunities to convert reg fee into $1000? For the same keyword .com is undoubtedly better, but for the keywords you can get for reg fee in .in compared to .com, you'd be foolish to go the .com route.
iamneo said:
I would rather buy 1 .com/.net/.org that is a gem than 40 .IN's that are average at $14.
Yes, you probably would but what you call a gem would have 1/40 chance of a decent roi as compared to .in, which would have in any case the chance of getting a better name than .com ever will.
I would rather buy one premium .in than 40 drops, because the ROI on the premium .in would easily match a .com bought at the same price. 1 premium v/s 40 regs is a regret i live with, renewals are murder. But never have i second guessed my decision to go after premium .ins v/s .coms at the same price points and never will.
iamneo said:
I got 2 names at namejet last month. The $69 name makes me $15/month and the $160 name makes me $12/month. I haven't made a SINGLE penny off my "dictionary/PRIME" .in names in the last 3 years and they are bleeding me at $15/year for the last 3 yrs..
You're lucky, now tell me how many of these 'gems' you've bought at namejet (which is the shill bidding capital of domaining) that have actually made these type of returns. If you average the purchase price out v/s the returns, i can assure you you'd have done better with .in
iamneo said:
I even get far better offers for .com/.net/.org vs .in constantly and that is not going to change.
No its not, probably without a local take on matters, you dont project the domains well enough and hence don't really get offers for the .ins or maybe your lot is not that great to begin with.
iamneo said:
My point: Don't get carried away with .IN, Look at other names dropping at other places. Far better bargains there.
I bought spyshop.in for $1, renewed it for $14. Total cost of $15 atm, try and get me a half decent domain in .com that has similar ovt/results with extension and we'll talk further.