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As someone who is experimenting with domain squatting, I have found it to be profitable up to this point. You just have to find good names that are expiring. Good available domains are getting harder and harder to find... Roughly 300% profit up til now.

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Good for you. I laugh at people who cry "you don't create value!" So what. What you are doing, however, is recognizing value that others don't see which is a significantly more valuable skill.

Domain names are digital real estate. Sometime real estate is in the frozen tundra and not worth much. Sometimes it's in Vancouver or London or Hong Kong and worth a whole lot. Get you some.

Lol at the downvotes. Don't ever change HN

Thanks! Don't get me wrong, I hate domain squatters. It's a hell to try and find a good domain for your own things. But at the end of the day, it is a good way to make money, and if I don't snap up the domains I register, someone else probably will for the same reason.

What was your base investment that you made 300% profit on if you don't mind sharing?

~$500 so far invested, not that much but as previously mentioned, I'm still experimenting.

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