Domain registration to $4,050 sale in two weeks; a 400x return — From $10

There are still opportunities for hand registering domain names.

Getting a 400x return on anything is pretty sweet. Especially when it’s within two weeks.

So don’t tell domain investor Duane Higgins that “all the good domains are taken”. Since he just sold a domain he registered on March 31 for $4,050.

Last Friday I wrote regarding the auction for DigitalArchery.com at Sedo. At that time it had one bidder for $1,000. It closed on Saturday for $4,050, thanks in part to some intense bidding between two bidders.

Higgins registered the domain following ICANN disclosed its plans for prioritizing fresh top level domain applications. The plan, which has applicants try to click a button close to a predetermined time, has been dubbed “digital archery”.

At least one domain technology firm is offering a digital archery service to help fresh top level domain applicants.

The domain is still in Higgins’ name, so it may be a few days ahead of we find out who bought it.