What would you do with $500,000?

[bidawinner]

I'd spend 200,000 in Type-in traffic ..true-type ins spread about amounts casinos, real estate , financial markets, travel and ticket names.

The income from that would be re-invested in to new type-in names as they come along..top generics only.


I would spend 100K in a high risk area but with the potential for huge margins.. the .WS name space for example. The SE's treat .WS as a GTLD instead of the ccTLD that it is. (meaning it is seen as the way it is marketed ..as a world extension not a geopgraphically specific market)

I would spend anothe 100K in top tier ccTLDS , .De , .US and possible a few grand into some long term growth areas like .CN

I would spend the last 100k into development across the board on my names , outsource basic development 50 pages per domain ...with the sales and commissions these sites would bring in ..those revenues go right back into expanding the development in these domains , increasing page views , click thrus and more revenues.

 

[Steen]

high profile investment names: $100,000

You're looking at 1-4 domains.

 

[Steen]

Let the renters pay off the mortgage. Many of these type towns, you can pay off the mortgage in 4-6 years. Or... you can do a rent to buy deal with your tenants, and after like 10 years, they could own the house, and you could make a huge profit. When its a rent to buy deal, the tenants will be more inclined to look after the property, instead of wreck it.

Both my parents invest in real estate :-\

 

[Steen]

cannibis.com makes $10,000 a month from 10,000 uniques per day.

I'd buy that, wait 4 years and repeat.

Name gets 188 in OVT.

Are you talking cannabis.com?

 

[Bionic]

Name gets 188 in OVT.

Are you talking cannabis.com?

Sorry, the expensive one. Actually $500,000 now is worth more than
$1,000,000 in 4 years, in the domain industry. So I'd buy about
100 names around the $5K mark. Most will be $50k in 4 years. :santa:

 

[skylight]

invest in good generic domain, monetise type in traffic.
acquire developed popular website, earn revenue with it.

If worst scenario occur, you can still sell away the acquired website or good generic domains, there lower risk.

 

[Steen]

Most will be $50k in 4 years.

I think it's hard to say what's on the horizon for domains in 4 years.

 

[Bionic]

I think it's hard to say what's on the horizon for domains in 4 years.

I think .net has a ten year lifespan left, as far as domain value. Lots of
net sites already but one of many alternate extensions. Net sites will
remain though after 10 years, so I would develop any nets now while
the names are popular.

It would take 3 or 4 oil tycoons to come into the boards and wipe
everything and double the prices of good names overnight. Domain
industry is a sleeping giant. Most people here now are here to make
money, not invest long term, so regardless how good a domain is
the prices on offer taper off quickly in $x,xxx. Slightly bigger market
and competition will drive that range higher. IMO :-/

 

[seeker]

I think .net has a ten year lifespan left, as far as domain value.

How do you figure that?
in type ins, .net is 2nd to .com, and a little higher than .org

 

[Bionic]

How do you figure that?
in type ins, .net is 2nd to .com, and a little higher than .org

The dogs are at its heels! :cheeky:

 

[dotNetKing]

My approach is to go for low end names, but to scale this up to $500,000 would just be too much work, as far as I can see. I'm already struggling timewise trying to administer around $2000 a month purchases plus renewals from the previous years.

The time and expense overheads with managing lower end names with mainly lower end sales values would be too much work for someone with $500,000 to invest, I would think.

 

[Domagon]

cannibis.com makes $10,000 a month from 10,000 uniques per day.

I'd buy that, wait 4 years and repeat.

And one should make sure they get the common typo versions too when buying a high profile domain if at all possible...

cannibis.com, what you typed in your post, is one of several common typo versions my company owns along with CANNABIS.COM itself.

Ron

 

[JuniperPark]

If you had $500,000 to invest into the domain name market, what would you do to generate exceptional returns?

* Acquire one-word and keyword .biz and .info domains and resell them later when the value has gone up

Too late for .info... most keywords are gone and the selling prices are 5 figures and up. I don't see a future in '.biz' except for the gangsta rap 'biz'.

 

[Bionic]

And one should make sure they get the common typo versions too when buying a high profile domain if at all possible...

cannibis.com, what you typed in your post, is one of several common typo versions my company owns along with CANNABIS.COM itself.

Ron

I knew you owned the typos aswell Ron so I took the liberty of
speed typing!

You still here I'd have thought you would have moved to Canada by
now! You've been accepted into a better lifestyle, you could
basically be as rich as all tobacco giants combined! I guess mail
is the problem, are private couriers allowed to transfer mul in Canada yet?

 

[Focus]

with 500k cold I would convince good old RON to let me buy a 50% stake in Cannabis.com for shizzle! (well, I might keep 20k or so for personal pleasures...muahahha)
You would go 480k for 50% right RON?



Chris

 

[financialtraffic]

I'd buy some domains in a specific industry, develop them, and do some major marketing.

Honestly though, if I had $500k+ to spend, I would rather invest in real estate. I wouldn't go out and buy one house. I'd buy several. In a small GROWING town that sells homes real cheap ($40-75K "CAD"). Let the renters pay off the mortgage. Many of these type towns, you can pay off the mortgage in 4-6 years. Or... you can do a rent to buy deal with your tenants, and after like 10 years, they could own the house, and you could make a huge profit. When its a rent to buy deal, the tenants will be more inclined to look after the property, instead of wreck it.

RMF

Nice idea, but it doesn't usually work that way. In towns where the homes are $40-75k you're going to get jack squat for rent (maybe $300 a month if you're lucky) and you're going to have high vacancies because most likely the town will have 5,000-10,000 people and a low surplus of jobs.

Real estate can be a great investment vehicle, but it's not magic like many people think, who haven't tried it yet . It takes a long, long time to build an empire in real estate, unless you get lucky and purchased 100s of acres of waterfront property 20 years ago.

There have been A LOT more luckly people as of late with the housing boom. There may be a small bust which will quickly make that $400,000 house feel like a prison when the value drops to $285,000. ;X

Personally, I invest quite a bit in the stock market. But I wouldn't suggest that for anyone. I've done it all my life and have a very good grasp on what I'm doing. If you don't already know a lot about economics then I'd say stick to mutual or index funds.

I guess, I'd do the mixture of real estate with the rest of the money into mutual funds. Multiple revenue streams are very nice.

 

[Anthony Ng]

I guess it all comes down to how much you have altogether:

a) if you only have $500k, and you spend them all on domain names, then you're one of the silliest people on earth. Buy a house (or a couple of apartments), then get yourself some good toys, AND GET A JOB.

b) if you have about a couple of millions, and decide to spend half a million on domain names, your accountants/financial advisors would definitely tell you to think twice (or thrice). You should have spent them in a safer investment portfolio, and spare about 10 - 15% at the most on this HOBBY.

c) if you have 5 millions or more, THEN we are into the right conversation. Just make sure you know the risk, and losing all $500k shouldn't hurt you more than being dumped by a newly met girlfriend. LOL!

 

[joeny]

I think if you got 500,000 to invest in domain names ,

YOU must be doing something in life right , lol

Stay with what made you that 500,000 you got ,

Just a thougt,

Or Give it to charity ,


Joe

 

[Focus]

I think the purpose of this thread not only is to toss the fuzzy warm whimsical idea of having a half a mil spare to play domains with, but also to make some DNF$ too! yooooohoooooooooo!

 

[ChristinaInCanada]

I'm breaking all the rules. If I had $500,000 I would buy a fantastic house by the sea!

Oh...domains, you mean! I'd rather have it to put towards a seaside getaway.