When is a trend worth investing?

[Ricardo M]

Hi all,

This question came to my mind as we all tend to buy names that goes with trending subjects like vr, crypto, nummeric domains and even trump (luckily not myself) etc.

I've put it to the test by regging royalharry*com and royalmeghan*com with an expected upcoming British wedding which will be a hot toppic next year.

What does a trend or a hype has to have for you to make you invest in it or when did you totally hit the nail wrong and lost money.

 

[Hootsifer]

Bitcoin, Crypto, Coin etc right now, rising daily before a possible fall.

 

[Casey L]

Before it is a trend.

There are dozens of threads on NP of folks still trying to hop on bandwagons that have passed. Do not succumb to investing in a certain “trend” if it seems to have peaked or even near peaked, because the best names will almost always be long gone

 

[Kuffy]

Be a trend setter if you can. I've lost money in the past by running alonside whilst trying to jump on the footplate.

Always try to work out how a user can make money from a site using your "trendy" name. If you can't see a way, then a user may not be able to make money from it.

 

[dordomai]

when it is not a fad. a trend is a strong long term change with real underlying fundamentals while a fad is short temporary market preference based on hype. so you should ask yourself if the fundamentals are there or if it is just hot air. Also you need to be in relatively early otherwise you might risk becoming a bag holder even when you got the fundamentals right.

 

[Sinfully Wicked]

I'd look at emerging technology. Tech that will become mainstream and everyday life. Tech that will change how we do business, shop and educate.

I don't care much for the whole crypto currency trend. As mentioned above, the good names are taken and have been for a while. Sure, I have a few, but they are not my focal point.

 

[Kuffy]

I don't care much for the whole crypto currency trend. As mentioned above, the good names are taken and have been for a while. Sure, I have a few, but they are not my focal point.

That was what I thought, but I've just picked up Code Forks.com for reg fee. It was sitting on a drop list, and I was surprised that nobody had grabbed it. It even gets some result in Google search trends. It seems like a great name to discuss hard and soft Bitcoin forks, and it shows that it is still possible to find useful names in the growing crypto trend.

 

[BaileyUK]

Indeed, you have to be well ahead of the game. Your own expertise in either marketing, technology, or any other high-profile field needs to come into play. Which is why I sometimes question those looking to enter domaining as a simple buy/sell/make-money exercise as a fools paradise. You need an expertise in at least some markets to understand what appeals and more importantly what is likely to take-off.
Amazing how many choose to invest in domain wording where there really is a limited amount of players (under the control of only a couple of market leaders) You need the Global market to be about to take off and not already out there and fiercely competitive to be in with a chance thesedays

 

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the earlier the better.

By the time the masses hear about it, all the good names would have been picked up.

 

[Kuffy]

By the time the masses hear about it, all the good names would have been picked up.

Give them another couple of months, and they start being dropped by the guys who did nothing with them and can't afford the renewals.

 

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i would also suggest NOT going crazy and buying every possible variation, buy the good ones and let the others buy up the rest of the subpar marginal names

Personally - i limit my niche's/name types to less than 5% of my total portfolio