This domain was recently bought, stripped of all its content, and is going to lay bare some of the best kept investment secrets on an investment opportunity that outperforms almost everything else in the market but has so far been the preserve of a select few.

It has a low entry barrier - even $5-10 is often enough to start - and anybody with an internet connection can take part. Opportunities don't come much more accessible than that. It's easy, it's safe and generates a higher return than bank deposits, rising stock markets and even the largest property booms (see image below). It outperforms every single asset class from bonds to buildings, and there are people who have made hundreds of millions out of it. Pay attention and this could change your life. Later in the article an expert in the field is going to share his thoughts, techniques and tips. The best part is that it's all for free. There's no ebook to buy, no donation to make, not even a newsletter trying to extract your email address. 

If you haven't guessed already - we're talking domain names. Wait! Before your eyes glaze over - it's not as boring as it sounds. And it really does make massive amounts of money with very minimal skill. Even coming up to a decade since the dot com boom and bust the domain business is going from strength to strength and making new millionaires every year. It's not a geeky business anymore. All the mainstream financial papers and magazines recognise its growing importance & clout. Here's what they are saying:

CNN Money says (Business 2.0 magazine): Forget condos and strip malls. Domain names, the real estate of the Web, have been delivering far greater returns. How some of the savviest speculators on the Net are making millions from their URL portfolios...

The Wall Street Journal says (link to copy of the article):  Internet domain names are a hot commodity again. But unlike the 1990s, when speculators bought up Web addresses in hopes of reselling them later for a big payday, many of today's purchases are aimed at cashing in on the boom in online advertising...

USA Today says:.. domain names are red-hot... More >>

Ah, but you know nothing about the domain business? That's not necessarily a problem.

Domains vs Other Assets

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Glossary

After market: The market for pre-used domains

ccTLD: "country code" specific domains such as ".co.uk" more >> | Full list

Cybersquatter: Someone who uses a domain in bad faith to profit from goodwill/trademark belonging to someone else more >>

Direct Navigation: Users sometimes type a domain name directly into their browsers rather than get to it via a link. This is called direct navigation.

Direct Search: Same as direct navigation

Domainer: Someone who buys and sells domains. Also used for those who buy domains for investment or speculative purposes more >>

Domain sniping: Grabbing a domain that the owner still wants but forgets to renew more >>

Domain Tasting: The exploiting of a rule that allows return of a newly registered domain within 5 days for a (near) full refund. Domainers use automated systems to test-drive domains to pick out ones that are attracting type-in traffic.

Drop Catch: The domains that have been allowed to expire and then picked up by new owners.

Drop List: Domains that are close to expiry and will soon be made available for new registrations more >>

gTLD: Generic top level domains. As in ".com", ".net" etc. that aren't specific to any country more >>

Internationalized domains: The numerous TLDs issued to individual countries as in ".tv", ".ca", ".cn" etc.

LLLL: "L" is used to signify an alphabetic value and "N" is used to signify a numeric value. Thus,
- buy2let.com = an LLLNLLL dot com and
- go-2-hell.us = an LL-N-LLLL dot us.
The L & N, with hyphen, cover all English language domains.

NNNN: See LLLL

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