Editing Domain name speculation (section)

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'''Domain name speculation''', popular as '''domain investing''', '''domain flipping''' or '''domaining''' in professional jargon,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oprendek |first=Greg |date=2019-11-25 |title=Domaining 101: Domain investing startup guide |url=https://www.godaddy.com/garage/domaining-101/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=GoDaddy Blog}}</ref> is the practice of identifying and registering or acquiring generic Internet [[domain name]]s as an investment with the intent of selling them later for a profit.

The main targets of domain name speculation are generic words which can be valuable for [[type-in traffic]] and for the dominant position they would have in any field due to their descriptive nature. Hence generic words and phrases<ref>[http://mtld.mobi/domain/premium A 242 page list of premium generic words and phrases reserved by the .mobi registry, mTLD during the Sunrise phase of the launch of .mobi TLD] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231212656/http://mtld.mobi/domain/premium |date=31 December 2007 }}</ref> such as ''poker'', ''insurance'', ''travel'', ''creditcards'', ''loan'' and others are attractive targets of domain speculation in any [[top-level domain]], the most popular of which is [[.com]].

The speculative characteristics of domain names may be linked to news reports or current events. However, the effective period during which such opportunities exist may be limited. Quick turnaround in the resale of domains is often called ''domain [[flipping]]''. Domain flipping may also involve the process of buying a valuable domain name and building a related website around it, all this with the objective of selling the domain and newly built website to an interested party.