In a current economy domain name investing might be one of few opportunities that save your property from foreclosure.
According to a recent Verisign report, over 162 million Top Level Domain Names (TLDs) have been registered this year up until the end of the first quarter of 2008.
This represents growth of 26% percent year over year and 6% growth as a quarterly comparison.
The Verisign June Domain Name Industry Brief states the company processed peak loads of more than 50 billion Domain Name System (DNS) queries a day during the first quarter of 2008.
WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

In a current economy when hundreds of thousands people loose their jobs, and investing in neither real estate nor public stock pays off, investing in a web name, domain is a fantastic opportunity.

The .com domain extension is still the most popular, but it’s extremely hard nowadays to locate premium domains directly from domain registrar (a company accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and/or by a national ccTLD authority to register Internet domain names).

But even buying a domain from wholesalers and playing aftermarket trading can pay off few folds.

DO YOUR MATH:

If you ever tried to start tech venture and raise venture capital, you might know that VCs expect the highest return on their investment. 500% is considered great return even by players of high risk investment games that bet millions dollars on each horse that potentially can exist on public market or via acquisition.

You can easily invest in internet domain names very modest amount of money and expect 500% ROI.

Let’s say you buy 1-10 premium brandable domains from a wholesaler for $5000 each.
Even by only holding the domain for few years without developing them, you can easily sell your premium domains for $25,000 each and have $20,000-200,000 net profit (depending on the size of your portfolio) while doing nothing.

Why? Because in 2-3 years Internet will grow beyond ones imagination, more and more laid-off professionals will become self-employed and start registering their businesses and build web sites. But there are only so many premium domains that consist of 1-2 words are available. Doubt it? Try to locate quality brandable domains and see for yourself.

Here are some premium domains, potentially very profitable, that you can buy from aftermarket for a reasonable price and sell few years later with great profit without lifting a finger:

http://www.DomainsThatScream.com

IDEA on how you can make money from the domain above:
The domain is great for affiliates of hosting and related services.

http://www.Adsensetion.com
http://www.SmashingAd.com

IDEA on how you can make money from the domains above:
These premium domains can be sold to advertising agencies, marketing, graphic and web design companies.

http://www.Salecstasy.com
http://www.SalesEcstasy.com
http://www.BuyersJam.com
http://www.BuyerJam.com
http://www.SmashingStore.com
http://www.SmashingShop.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Those are top domains that are suitable for those for e-commerce, on-line retailers and their affiliate partners.

http://www.CRMdesigner.com
http://www.CRMjam.com
http://www.ProfitCRM.com
http://www.ChangeCRM.com
http://www.DynamicsCRMdemo.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Those are fantastic URLs and soon will be in tremendous demand by customer relationship management (CRM) software companies, their resellers, referral partners and on-line affiliates.

http://www.LawyerJam.com
http://www.LawyersJam.com
http://www.LegalTribute.com
http://www.LawyerRocks.com
http://www.YourLegalAction.com
http://www.LegallyChallenged.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Those are very profitable domains that you can sell to legal firms, individual lawyers, their referral partners and on-line affiliates.

http://www.AccountingJam.com
http://www.AccountantJam.com
http://www.AccountantsJam.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Those are very profitable domains for legal firms, individual lawyers, their referral partners and on-line affiliates.

http://www.VoteOrganic.com
http://www.ProceedOrganic.com
http://www.AimOrganic.com
http://www.TargetOrganic.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Those domains are great investments and can be sold to green, sustainable companies.

http://www.SmashingLoan.com
http://www.SmashingLoans.com
http://www.LoansMystery.com
http://www.Loanier.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Those are domains with profitable keywords – great opportunity for accounting firms, individual accountants, their referral partners and on-line affiliates.

http://www.SolarGiver.com
http://www.SolarSpeaks.com
http://www.SolarToBe.com
http://www.SolarJunkies.com
http://www.SolarMastery.com
http://www.SolarItIs.com
http://www.SmashingSolar.com
http://www.ProceedSolar.com
http://www.DoingSolar.com
http://www.SolarDo.com
http://www.SolarTribute.com
http://www.AnnounceSolar.com
http://www.SolarEcstasy.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Those domains are great investments and can be sold to alternative energy, green, sustainable companies, solar product manufacturers and resellers.

http://www.RestateBuddies.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Great investment. Can be sold to real estate listings, developers and marketers.

http://www.tantra-girls.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Fabulous domain that can generate a lot of traffic to tantra lovers and spiritual development fans.

http://www.VirginEthiopia.com
http://www.VirginPhilippines.com
http://www.VirginBangladesh.com
http://www.VirginUkraine.com

IDEA on how you can make money from these domains:
Those domains are great investments for photographers. Can be sold to travel agencies, resort developers etc.
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You even can develop your domains in simple informative web sites and monetize them by placing Google AdSense and affiliate links. It can bring you steady passive income before your big sale day comes.

Still not convinced? Then watch your bank account shrinking during next 5 years while global economy is in the dust.