How to research new domain names that might be valuable in the future
For products, one can look at companies pipelines if the information is available. Research papers and patents may give you clues to new products and technologies that may impact the market in the future.
Publicly available statistics can give clues regarding changing demographics and even country or regional governmental policy changes can be used to predict trends. An example might be when a country or region offers tax incentives for high technology companies or ecotourism.
Fads or fashions are often reported in trendy magazines and newspapers. Moving quickly to snap up names associated with that fad is one strategy. Another is to look for other areas which might have increased demand due to that fad. If this fashion has occurred before, then researching what happened back then may give you a clue as to what to look out for this time.
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