Short, dot-com domains are STILL a great investment. You can avoid the trends but investing in what consistently sells: SHORT DOMAINS.
Read up on it:
http://www.3character.com/priceguide.html
Domainers have always been interested in flipping short domains for profit. Hell, you're lucky I need the liquidity and I'm dumping these for cheap.
Take advantage of my lack of foresight
QA0.com (Q-A-Zero.com) :: 275USD
8-Z.com :: 400USD
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