Domain Resellers

[Lpspider]

It appears as if reselling domain is the "in" thing now for making money. Every time I get an great idea for a site and a domain name, guess what happens? The domain's already registered. Domains in general are getting snatched away like candy. Now, I have no problem with people getting domains for their site, but resellers (my definition, anyway) really bother me. There are thousands of sites completely devoted to snatching these high-profile, high-quality domain names for the sole purpose of reselling them.

Now I'm wondering...is it worth it? Should I try to get a piece of the pie? I mean, if I can pick up twenty fantastic domain names and resell them for a couple thousand each I'd be making quite a bit of cash.

Is there anyone here that resells domain names as a source of income, or has anything to say on it?

[fredgsanford]

A lot of people do it. It sucks, but actually they are pretty smart and stand to make a lot of money doing it. As long as it's legal to do so, it's open season on domain buying and re-selling.

[cristobal]

Yes it sucks, but whats in a name anyway if you don't even market it well enough?
A good name without advertising would also be crap.

[Hannah]

But they are tons of avaliable names if you register a .nu name.
Still, I understand what you mean, the trends lately is a three word domain.