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Originally Posted by icesar  The basic idea is that there is a certain class of domain names that A. appreciate over time and B. return a monthly income because of natural, type-in traffic. It seems like a great way to generate a residual income. |
A while back I read something about a particular internet "marketer" (although I don't know if he actually sells anything) who claimed he has registered more than 100,000 domain names.
Apparently, he has them all parked and hosted with just adds like someone else linked to in here at the targets.com location.
He said some domain names will make $1000's per year just from people who type the word directly into their browser just to see if the website exists.
Also, sometimes a website will grab search engine traffic just by having a keyword in the website name, even if the site has no content.
I'm sure many people make money this way, but yes, it really doesn't add anything of value to "the system" or "the world" and really is just a clever way of making money without actually doing much at all.
I'm not sure if I should applaud the people who do this for being business savvy, or criticize them.