I am jealous of people like you. Back in 1995 I thought baseball cards and pogs were my future… i spent nearly all my income on them. I guess i was way off on that. Oh yea, I was 12 years old in 1995.

” . . . finding your niche, feeling comfortable in your own skin, and doing what is possible under the circumstances you’re in.”

One can “drill down” to the specifics of their chosen niche from there.

But don’t we all? I think every domainer would have to admit that they have (or had) some garbage in their portfolios that, at the time of purchase or registration, seemed like a good idea. I’ve also obtained some really good domains that didn’t necessarily fill with me with excitement at the time, but for which I now see great opportunity.

Fads come and fads go. Every domainer would be wise to avoid filling their portfolios with fad domains and concentrate on the niches that will remain viable for the long run. And develop those domains!

As for the “ebiz” guy, I came across his site some time ago and remember thinking, “WTF?” I hope he either finds a buyer who loves his idea, or that he does some serious reevaluation soon.

I do not want to argue with this individual, but in the end, it shows the trash vs treasure valuation dilemma of non-premium domains. I am sure I carry 1,000 “trash” domains as well and know I let 10% of reg’d domains drop as I should have never originally registered.

This post is great advice though. If not worth the reg fee in the current year, don’t get caught in the sunk cost of the past. Let it go. Evaluate now.

The telephone was invented by Bell in 1876.

Despite obvious technologic changes we still use it anno 2009.
Look at telephone numbers f.e.

etc…

C.

Your wrong. I did, and there were others too.

I bought $30,000 worth of domains in 1995 on my credit card, convinced domains were my future. And they were/are, since I am sitting here today and buying domains as a full-time job.

I was wrong about the “when” though. I thought the whole world would see the value of domains by 1998. It turned out that it really was not until 2004 that the market really started to catch fire in a big public way.

I do not want and can not be specific at this time, no one can be sure of what is coming in 5, 10 or 30 years from now.
But as we all know technology is a race and there is no finish line, just changing leaders.

“ So unless human language goes away, domain names are the single most logical, user friendly, and intuitive medium for navigating to internet web addresses.”

There is more than the English language. Human language can also change. We could all be speaking Chinese, Spanish, or what ever. Domains in certain languages could be useless.

Best example:

The German Language. Just a few years back was completely reformed and the German dictionary replaced. They called it the “ Rechtschreibreform” The letter “ß” was replaced by “ss”. Thousands of words where written completely different. For example the word “Straße” meaning “Street” is now written “Strasse” ! Before they made that change there where no triple sss or ttt in one word. This has changed. Thousand’s of names from then on where written different.

Just this simple example could be a disaster for many of us.