Domain REIT (5.Viewing)

Has anyone ever started an REIT/mutual fund/ETF‐like pool of domains for people to invest in? Just asking out of curiosity, I think it would be an interesting idea. I get the feeling this has been covered before on this forum or on Twitter but if it has I can't find the original post. Anyway, thoughts?

I know of two attempts like that and two platforms intended for fractional domain ownership (one of them was called Fusu, but it was long shut down). I'll try to find more details later.

Was Internet Real Estate group one of the funds attempted or was this closed to a limited pool of investors? And maybe DomainIndex?

It's not for me. The whole point of investing in domains is to have the flexibility and control over when, why, how, and for how much I can sell these digital assets.

Micro-ownership eliminates all of these advantages and also introduces a pile of negatives.

For example, let's say you invested in a premium 1-word with 100 other people, and (what you think is) a great offer comes in allowing a massive ROI that would really help you right now.

It's put to a vote and your side loses 60% to 40%... so you make $0 and you can't sell your portion back at the offer price, so you're stuck and could be stuck for the rest of your lifetime. Or even worse, there could be a lowball offer that you totally disagree with it, but the economy is bad and a few big investors need to get their money out so again you lose the vote 55% to 45% and your investment ROI tanks.

No control = no way.

DomainRecap said:

No control = no way.

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That's why I was thinking of something more along the lines of a mutual fund or hedge fund. You get a Domainer or a team of domainers with a reputation and a great history of returns to manage a portfolio which people can invest in as they please. No control, but if the team is competent and experienced you have a shot at a good ROI. And I'm thinking about people who don't want to get into domaining themselves, or who don't have the time/funds to manage a large portfolio. It wouldn't make sense for you, but it might make sense for someone like me.

Cowboys.com was a group effort....