What should I do with 1.5K $

[NetworkPearl]

So I have 1.5K $ to invest but not sure what to buy.

Should I buy a single 1 word domain and hold it off or buy few domain through the aftermarket.

 

[tiawalling]

If I had 1.5k right now....I would buy some lll.ins.

 

[dsant]

Plan a strategy first and buy only when you are really sure! Do your own researches first and don't forget to follow your gut instinct! Good Luck!

 

[jideofor]

You never know .I bet people do get such good deals.

You have done well with geo domains. Why not keep the pace?

 

[Ben Bien]

This is "just a theory" but I'm seeing price deflation in non-tangible tech related assets like domains, tech stocks, and a cash/credit crunch happening globally (2016 vs. 2015).

I revise my earlier comment. If I were you I would save that $1500 in physical cash and wait to see how the broader markets behave this month and next. If China and the EU continue to have financial and currency problems, the price of domains will decrease further. Meaning that if you buy now you'd be overpaying with less profit potential if flipping later. There is a major global financial crisis looming if you read and believe the non-mainstream news (e.g. I read a lot of articles from zerohedge).

This bearish view is why I'm starting to unload most of my domains.

 

[Rick Ace]

I'd say stick with the old advice of buy low and sell high. Don't invest your 1.5K in one domain, especially if you're new to the game. Invest in multiple domains and try out the market.

 

[wwwweb]

Buy lottery tickets, everyone seems to think domaiming is easy

 

[NetworkPearl]

You have done well with geo domains. Why not keep the pace?

Yup I decided to go with 2 word quality domains and geo ones

 

[Deeptesh Malik]

I think you

So I have 1.5K $ to invest but not sure what to buy.

Should I buy a single 1 word domain and hold it off or buy few domain through the aftermarket.

should invest in multiple domains instead of buying a single domain

 

[Ben Bien]

A short 4L.com like Xewu.com in theory "looks good" and should retain value, ceteris paribus.

But again, what if market conditions don't stay the same and demand declines, which then deflates prices. Just looking through the recently closed auctions on Flippa I saw a 4L.com close for only $400 even though the seller posted examples of similar domains that sold for $1000+.

Today we already see what happens when the ECB fails, driving both the EUR up (which they didn't want to do) and gold higher (meaning investors are headed away from risk assets and towards safe haven stores of value).

To use the "Xewu.com" example, it would be appealing to Chinese investors with hot cash to burn, but what happens without them to support demand. They are having issues (from what I understand) with their economy and the gov't is cracking down on capital outflows.

All these factors matter. As someone who has only been on the selling side, I cannot fathom paying $1500 for 1 or 2 domains. I would much rather use that cash to buy physical gold if looking for something to retain value, which I'm doing, and I would rather put in the work and creativity to find new or pending drop domains.

For example, I saw "giddi.com" close for about $200 on GoDaddy auctions. I had my eye on that because my former employer owned it in his portfolio and let it expire. The auction is no longer publicly available but you can look up the whois if you're curious. That's an example of 1 domain that's affordable and with higher resale value.

 

[otismo]

$1500 Dollars is a lot of money. Therefore is seems wise to compare and contrast alternatives that are even outside the realm of domains. Good cases can be made for buying gold, or even silver, or my FAV spread, longSilver/short Platinum (super long term); also for remaining in cash and/or just waiting (in a deflationary environment, saved money is worth more later); or one of my FAVs, the stock market (I bot MDBX @ .0097 yesterday, hoping to catch a low, only to see it @ .0075 today); I have even seen an interesting piece of real estate offered for $500.00 (I am kicking myself for not buying, but only time will tell if the new owner ends up a winner). This is beginning to be an interesting discussion

 

[Ben Bien]

$1500 Dollars is a lot of money. Therefore is seems wise to compare and contrast alternatives that are even outside the realm of domains. Good cases can be made for buying gold, or even silver, or my FAV spread, longSilver/short Platinum (super long term); also for remaining in cash and/or just waiting (in a deflationary environment, saved money is worth more later); or one of my FAVs, the stock market (I bot MDBX @ .0097 yesterday, hoping to catch a low, only to see it @ .0075 today); I have even seen an interesting piece of real estate offered for $500.00 (I am kicking myself for not buying, but only time will tell if the new owner ends up a winner). This is beginning to be an interesting discussion

Agreed. Another top thread on Namepros is about how 4L.com CHIPs are "crashing" (see: Garbage in Garbage out thread)

Yeah I'm long gold/silver, weighted towards gold now but looking to pick up more silver. Gold looks too overbought now that a bunch of banks like Deustch Bank are recommending it as insurance. Deflation and currencies dropping vs. USD could lead a pullback in gold to $1200-$1240 level. As you can tell by my comments I'm pessimistic about domains/low-traffic sites, which is not in my best interest to admit since I'm also a seller, but just being honest.

 

[jamaltq]

"don't put all your eggs in one basket"
Buy a lot cheap short domains, you can always liquidate them anytime.
If you have a success sale of some of them, you will return your capital.
Try to choose Chips plus Western premium, No (aeiouvqwyjkzx)
3L.us
3L.mobi
4L.org
NNLL & LLNN.com Chips
5L.com with pattern.
4&5N.info
6N.org Chips
6N.cc Chips
LNN.org, NNL.org
LNN.cc, NNL.cc
All the above domains still cheap.
I have many success sales from those types of domains, with excellent profit.

 

[otismo]

Fresh data on the "Relative Abundance of Elements in the Earth's Crust" shows Platinum closer to Silver than Gold, so the"smart/intuitive" bet would appear to be long Silver. The case of the Silver Sandbaggers is legendary though, so I would bet the smart money is shorting Platinum. But I forgot to mention one of my FAVs, stamps - the USPS has a new Elvis stamp - nobody cares - they have a $25 Graceland cancellation which may prove interesting - but the hot item is the $12 Jenny Souvenir Sheets. All 100 of the "right-side-ups" have not been accounted for yet so a $12 bet could still win a $50,000.00 JackPot ! And with $1500 working capital one could keep buying and re-cycling postage until one has acquired one, or even a few. Nobody Cares.

 

[otismo]

O.K. the cheapest three letter words are in the new extensions on sale for a dollar or two. I could share my end user ideas which would make all readers Supremely Confident but then all the sales/deals might end...

 

[otismo]

But the Sales/Deals will NOT end. Reg is simple ele form filling, U do all the work, the data updates/is collected automagically.....this never should have cost more than $1-2 to begin with, per year? Try MBE for 10 yrs or longer....how these ADDY gods have been able to get away with this for so long seems almost criminal.....but lower reg fees and permanent "sales" are here to stay.

 

[indiegrind]

I'd spend some time learning how to find Geo/Industry .com and a few two keyword domains that make sense. Target a few large cities with expireddomains.net searches and filtered for deleted and expiring domains, then gradually build a portfolio.


If you study a little bit first and pick good city/industry or state/industry domains. You can turn that 1,500 to a portfolio of a 150 names that you can gain the experience of contacting and selling to endusers. Unless you buy absolute crap, It would be pretty hard to strike out and not at least make your money back offering these names for low to high $xxx a piece.

I dont see how you get anything (experience or educational value added) out of buying a liquid domain for 1k plus and flipping it maybe to double up if the price happens to go up in the next year.

I think learning to how really dig for gems, find end users, approach end users, and negotiate sales will prove to be more valuable than trading to other domainers. Learn the basics then start buying more expensive domains with the returns and experience.

Thats exactly how I got started with about $200 and a bunch of godaddy coupon codes a couple of years ago, and have been stacking up my account and portfolio with house money ever since.

 

[brandsly]

Even though $1.5 K is not a huge budget, you can still build a small diversified portfolio for potential great returns with less risk. Using the whole budget to buy one name and hoping it sells quick for a profit is more like gambling, not domain investing.
Some ideas:
keyword brandables, good pronounceable 5Ls are still affordable and often times have liquid value as well, catch drops after doing research (have targeted buyer, i.e. .com name with other businesses using the name in other extensions), geo+keyword etc...
Learn and learn and research before you start buying. namePros is a great school

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

What should I do with 1.5K $?
Nothing, as long as you have this question.

 

[ben pedri]

Right now the fastest elevator about to explode is the llll.org chips After initially shooting up after all bookings about four months ago ,Some of the sale junkies pushed the market down with thousands of rounds of amo,reacting to time decay and potentially having to renew the domains for four times the Registrars sale price ,instead they bailed at around 15 bucks, Most takers were in fact chinese investors and some of the sellers were members on this site. Prices are starting to rise again ,thing is to get any supply you will have to pay around 40-50 bucks ,if you compete with drops at godaddy you may get a few at 30 bucks ,all this being said ,you can expect these to explode at the end of the year after you have more selling at the 50-75 level from the last buyers before closeouts ,so bang for buck value start picking some up now and scale up buy them any chance you get. IMO a year from now your looking at 250-350 each. Good Luck ben

 

[theSun]

Invest in .mobi