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There are many newbies here everyday and you can see it.
But what people don`t see is where they are from , unless they tell us that.
As many of you know , I`m from Rome , Italy and have been there till I was 28, then in 2004 I left that Country.
At that time, I heard very little about domain value despite internet was the center of my daily life.
As far as I know, in Italy , the "domain world" and the business behind it like we know it know was late to be discovered, very late.
This mainly because , the main language of it is English and very few (I should say "rare") italians read the news in English.
Plus, financial issues that are common in italian families since the introduction of the Euro , made investments in domains something that is rare within italians that live in Italy. That guy is one exception as surely he had no money problems. I doubt he handregged those names , but I`d like to find it out and have a chat with him to know the story behind them.
I was using internet about 10 to 12 hours everyday in Italy since 2000 till 2004 and never heard about LLL.com till I was reading news in English , here in Australia.
We just did not know about it. And I bet , still many italians (and not only) still don`t know.
How many new investors will come to the domain world if there was a massive coverage? Too many people try to get rich b y buying stocks and hoping to get 10% in a year on their portfolio while we complain on getting 500%.....just imagine as the world internet penetration will grow from the actual 18 % to a possible 80 %......then even a random LLLL.com or L-L-L.com will be worth 4 figures.
This is what I expect within 10 years. It`s not a guarantee or a promise , it`s my point of view.
I have been dealing with the stockmarkets around the world for 8 years and there are a few things I can say:
- the domain industry is growing faster and there are great investment opportunities as long as everyone understands that an investment offer always a risk.
- evaluing this risk versus the benefits is the problem.
- no one can predict the future so my best advice is that you need to put on domains only the money you can loose exactly like for the stocks.
- no one can tell you for sure if a CVCV.com in 2010 will be worth $50,000 or $10 , it`s impossible to be sure 100 %.
What do we know , is what happened in the past and what`s happening NOW. So we have statistics and Trends that help us in making the best decision.
Few years ago, you could buy a LLL.com for $200 and a nice LLLL.com for reg fee.
Now , even the ugliest LLL.com goes for nearly $10,000 and the LLLL.com are sold out.
The CVCV.info , the CVCV.net are sold out , the L-L-L.com are sold out too.
And so many LLL.ccTLD.
Every short domain keep rising in value while we are still just few domainers compared to how many could come and join the market. Even if large part of the new internet users will have little money to spend , they will generate more traffic , more revenue for all internet companies , starting from the advertising industry. What I feel is like watching the Google stock price the day of the IPO , well below $100 and watching it these days hitting the $700 mark. I feel that the Internet is still very young.
I keep looking at those datas from www.internetworldstats.com and at the miserable 18 % of worldwide internet users and then I come up with this in my mind:
"We are still in the beginning......if the internet market was a building of 100 floors , we are like at the 20th floor or so, the best view has yet to come".
But what people don`t see is where they are from , unless they tell us that.
As many of you know , I`m from Rome , Italy and have been there till I was 28, then in 2004 I left that Country.
At that time, I heard very little about domain value despite internet was the center of my daily life.
As far as I know, in Italy , the "domain world" and the business behind it like we know it know was late to be discovered, very late.
This mainly because , the main language of it is English and very few (I should say "rare") italians read the news in English.
Plus, financial issues that are common in italian families since the introduction of the Euro , made investments in domains something that is rare within italians that live in Italy. That guy is one exception as surely he had no money problems. I doubt he handregged those names , but I`d like to find it out and have a chat with him to know the story behind them.
I was using internet about 10 to 12 hours everyday in Italy since 2000 till 2004 and never heard about LLL.com till I was reading news in English , here in Australia.
We just did not know about it. And I bet , still many italians (and not only) still don`t know.
How many new investors will come to the domain world if there was a massive coverage? Too many people try to get rich b y buying stocks and hoping to get 10% in a year on their portfolio while we complain on getting 500%.....just imagine as the world internet penetration will grow from the actual 18 % to a possible 80 %......then even a random LLLL.com or L-L-L.com will be worth 4 figures.
This is what I expect within 10 years. It`s not a guarantee or a promise , it`s my point of view.
I have been dealing with the stockmarkets around the world for 8 years and there are a few things I can say:
- the domain industry is growing faster and there are great investment opportunities as long as everyone understands that an investment offer always a risk.
- evaluing this risk versus the benefits is the problem.
- no one can predict the future so my best advice is that you need to put on domains only the money you can loose exactly like for the stocks.
- no one can tell you for sure if a CVCV.com in 2010 will be worth $50,000 or $10 , it`s impossible to be sure 100 %.
What do we know , is what happened in the past and what`s happening NOW. So we have statistics and Trends that help us in making the best decision.
Few years ago, you could buy a LLL.com for $200 and a nice LLLL.com for reg fee.
Now , even the ugliest LLL.com goes for nearly $10,000 and the LLLL.com are sold out.
The CVCV.info , the CVCV.net are sold out , the L-L-L.com are sold out too.
And so many LLL.ccTLD.
Every short domain keep rising in value while we are still just few domainers compared to how many could come and join the market. Even if large part of the new internet users will have little money to spend , they will generate more traffic , more revenue for all internet companies , starting from the advertising industry. What I feel is like watching the Google stock price the day of the IPO , well below $100 and watching it these days hitting the $700 mark. I feel that the Internet is still very young.
I keep looking at those datas from www.internetworldstats.com and at the miserable 18 % of worldwide internet users and then I come up with this in my mind:
"We are still in the beginning......if the internet market was a building of 100 floors , we are like at the 20th floor or so, the best view has yet to come".
Was a good read anyway... 
