It’s the 4th of July here in the US, and most Americans are celebrating Independence Day today. We rented a large inflatable water slide for the kids and bought a few other outdoor activities for kids and adults. My wife is running a 5k this morning, and then we will watch a local parade. Like many others, we will fire up the BBQ grill and have a few families over to celebrate the holiday later on today.

I thought I would share some of the America-related domain names I currently own. If you have any great “American” .com domain names, I invite you to share them in the comment section. Here are 10 American domain names I own:

It’s almost always nice to see a mainstream publication covering the business of domain name investing. Many of these articles focus on the ease of domain investing for the average person to make some extra money, and while it’s not usually as easy as is implied, I do think there are opportunities for people to make extra money if they spend some time learning about domain names and what makes a good domain name investment.

I read an article about real estate investing in the Boston Globe that had some very interesting parallels to the world of domain name investing. Even the title (“Investors are flipping housing markets, and buyers are reeling“) could be slightly modified to reflect the business of domain name investing and what some domain name buyers believe.

The gist of the article is that real estate investors who are buying homes as investments are making it more difficult and expensive for first time home buyers to purchase homes. I imagine there are startups who would say that domain name investors buying domain names as investments make it more difficult for businesses to buy their desired domain names.

Here are a few excerpts and quotes from the article that I can easily imagine changing a few words to make it reflective of the domain investment market:

I love reading forum posts and blog comments – both on my blog and elsewhere. The majority of comments are thoughtful, insightful, useful, and helpful. Even many that don’t offer these are adjectives have some utility in that they show agreement or disagreement with a topic or comment. Typically, comments and posts are fun to read and help people learn about domain investing. To those of you whose thoughtful or thought provoking comments fit into this category – thank you!