I own a large collection of domains. I only buy domain names that fit a niche I am capable of serving, so given time they will all be developed ( well most of them anyway). When I buy the dot com I do not buy the dot net, org...etc. Even when I find a really good Dname. I leave them behind in the hopes that someone will buy the dot net and develope it before i start on the dot com, thus generating some type ins for me later. Keep in mind I research my names, they are not garbage and I own a fair sized portfolio (over 100 dot coms). I am interested in your opinions on this practice of mine, Bad move? or something to think about?
My family and I have been buying domains for over 6 years each of them with a specific niche or purpose in mind. Our domain portfolio is now so big that we can hardly manage a few ones. Our actual strategy is being worked around grouping domains, keep the best for full development and redirect the rest to such domain while we can develop them on an individual basis... something that will be pretty hard
I would say there are two sides to every coin. If the domain name is really that good then get them all otherwise you run the risk of a scammer or spammer ruining the name. Waiting on other people to build you inroads won't get you very far. Type in traffic is sparse at best. I have people who go to search engines and search for the name of my site to click on the link there. People who use the site everyday. You would think it would be easier to just type the name into the address bar but all people do things differently.
Good points. Plus Rep. I hadn't thought about the spammer. As to the typing the name of your site into the search instead of address That is also true, if the search term is less digits than the url allot of traffic will come this way. people are lazy. Something to think about when not grabbing every tld.