“The value of assets often increases exponentially while the value of your labor only increases incrementally.”

- Robert Kiyosaki

I’ve been sick for a while with all the doom and gloom of the current financial situation. The fact is, there are people who are currently experiencing hardship the like of which they have never known- yet the majority of people I see pedaling the media into a frenzy about this are not people who are really in any sort of trouble, they’re people who are pissed off that the stock they have invested just fell. To all these people, you are fools - firstly because you don’t know how good you have it and secondly, because you are missing all the opportunities to be had in this climate.

My comments are said with a certain amount of tongue being pressed into the cheek, nevertheless I do see investment opportunities all around in domain names which would have been seized up at twice the price six months ago. Now, far be it from me to want to speculate too finely on how long the market will take to rise back above what it was at the early part of 2007- but there’s one thing I do believe, and that’s that it will go back there, and way beyond, in the not too distant future. There are domains now hitting the market that will be even more scarce in future, without a shadow of a doubt.

Just yesterday I had an offer accepted on good LLL.com, the price of which could conceiveably have been double just a short while ago when buying through the same channels. It is something I may have to sit on for a while, but I am sure this represents a great way to put my Christmas bonus into good use…

I have always considered short .com domains a worthwhile investment, and some of my first trading was with 3 character .com domains and I started a small portfolio site. I have continued to grow and refine that portfolio, usually selling only to end user enquiries for prices that reflect the true price of these names outside of a tightly intertwined domaining community. You can find some of my current short domains here

Now, finally, the domain newsletter is in beta and is very nearly finished. I promise you this will be one of the top industry newsletters packed with features you will be overjoyed at - all for free. Why not sign up now with the subscribe link and check out the first issue which will be coming out very soon - what’s the worst that could happen? I have domains ready that aren’t listed here on the site and there’ll be special offers and competitions that will be worth your time alone!