I try much as I can not to comment, but then I gotta speak my mind. And I say this from experience. And very successfully at that. The time has come where domains should be sold on basis of a worthy business plan. Those who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars or euros for that matter, based on valuing domain as if it is some piece of an antique are ruing their decisions.
A domain name can never be like wine no matter how many so called experts insinuate it to be. Once you are at the top rung of the end user ladder, you are stuck with the name with no potential buyer to profit from unless one launches a bona-fide online business with a sound monetizing plan.
Even Business.com launched a credible business to be able to end up making a resounding profit. Domain names will not forever go up in valuations as some idiots forecast it to be. In fact, those very loud mouths are barely tracking back the useless fluff and hype they screamed about domain valuations less than a year or two ago.
I am a freaking no name guy, so those idiots at trade shows, news magazine and blogs will always have a louder voice and most folks like fools will listen to them. They offer suggestions and pointers to newbies based on the portfolio they own. There is a total disconnect, which newbies clearly do not understand.
All I can say to the next generation of domainers is this. Own a portfolio of names which have a realistic chance of being launched as a money making online business for an end user or a corporation. I changed my domaining philosophy to this model and have never looked back since.
If one starts now, chances are that in a 2-5 years or even soooner, they will see their rewards. Else, you can always read domainer blogs, attend shows and follow the direction they want you to proceed.
Time flies and you are always wondering about your unrealized success.
No matter what price end.net sold for, what are the chances it will end up as some form of a genuine online business model? Most likely - Zero! It will be sold like an antique piece to another domainer or ignorant end user as a collectible. This will continue till its value is so inflated, the last buyer will hang on to it like a piece of bad fruit.
Those who relate domain names as real estate don't tell you that buying names based on hyped up domain trends is like buying real estate on the moon. You can claim ownership to it, but don't stand a chance building anything on it.
End.net got more than its fair share.