When considering investing in a new niche or sector, or a new extension, it is important to look at sales, adoptions, the type and length of domain names that typically sell, etc. The NamePros Blog has a wealth of articles that can help, but even with advanced search, it can be difficult to find them, particularly if you don’t recall words from the title.
This article has two purposes:
By Domain Extension
Let’s start off looking at articles that have zeroed in on a particular extension. These vary a bit in what is covered, but tend to look at major sales, annual sales trends, type and length of names that sell, use patterns for the TLD (top level domain), and other aspects of investing in the extension.
Here is the list in alphabetical order (the date of publication is given in brackets):
Annual Reports
While the above section covers articles that concentrated on a single domain extension, early in January each year I publish an annual analysis of how the previous year went, at least as reflected in sales reported to NameBio. The annual analysis looks at the overall market, the major legacy extensions, .com, .org and .net, a variety of country codes like .co, .io, and .ai, as well as new extensions as a whole, and a few like .xyz separately. The annual report also does a brief overview of several dozen other domain extensions each year.
Here are links to those annual analysis articles:
I also publish a series that looks at the first six months of the year, including comparison to the same period in previous years. This tends to mainly cover the important extensions, with some mention of trends in lesser-traded TLDs.
From time to time, I wrote about market trends, including the following articles:
Now and then, I have looked at specific name structures, such as hyphenated names, names that start with a certain prefix, or domain hacks. These mainly cover .COM domain names, but occasionally others are mentioned, or are central, as in the domain hack articles.
As a domain name investor, it is important to stay grounded by looking at analyses of names chosen by companies. Here is a partial list of articles related to that:
Please, in the comments section below, make the case for additional analyses that you would like to see in the NamePros Blog. This could be any of:
Sincere thanks to NameBio. Without that data, most of these articles could not have been written.
This article has two purposes:
- Provide a guide to make it easy to find analysis articles published in the NamePros Blog.
- Seek ideas about what articles should be written, in the analysis sphere, going forward.
By Domain Extension
Let’s start off looking at articles that have zeroed in on a particular extension. These vary a bit in what is covered, but tend to look at major sales, annual sales trends, type and length of names that sell, use patterns for the TLD (top level domain), and other aspects of investing in the extension.
Here is the list in alphabetical order (the date of publication is given in brackets):
- .AI .AI Domain Extension: Sales, Pricing, Auctions, Use (Feb. 2023)
- .APP Two Years Plus of .APP Domain Sales (Sept. 2020)
- .CC Close Look at .CC Extension (Feb. 2021)
- .CO Strong 2020 for .CO (Oct. 2020)
- .COM Single Dictionary Word .COM (Aug. 2021)
- .COM 2021 High Value .COM Domain Sales (Feb. 2022)
- .COM Two-Word .COM Sales of 2019 (Dec. 2019)
- .COM Sale of Three or Four Word .COM (Mar. 2020)
- .COM An Outsider Look at 4-Letter .COM Domain Names (Jun. 2021)
- .COM Price Breakdown of 2018 .COM sales (Aug. 2019)
- .COM 3+ Word .COM Domain Sales (Nov. 2023)
- .EU .EU Domain Extension (Sept. 2021)
- .EU Detailed Look at the .EU Extension (Jul. 2023)
- .INFO .INFO (Oct. 2024)
- .IO Why is .IO So Popular? (June 2020)
- .IO Type of .IO Names that Sell (June 2020)
- .IO .IO – Last 5 Years (Nov. 2024)
- .ME .ME Celebrates 15 Years (May 2023)
- .NET Analysis of Major .NET Sales (Aug. 2020)
- .NET Nine Things About .NET Domain Names (Mar. 2021)
- .NET 3-letter .NET (Aug. 2023)
- .ONE One is Not Loneliest Number Mainly about branding on idea of one or unity, but includes mention of .ONE extension (Aug. 2024)
- .ORG 2019 Premium .ORG Sales (Apr. 2020)
- .ORG Who Is Buying .ORG Domain Names? (Aug. 2021)
- .ORG 3-letter .ORG (Aug. 2023)
- .SI Artificial Intelligence, Superintelligence, Hybrid Intelligence, or Simply Intelligence Mainly on superintelligence and related topics, but covers .SI to some degree as well. (June 2024)
- .ST The Next Wave of an African Domain Extension: .ST (May 2023)
- .TV The .TV Extension: Sales, History, Pricing and More (Nov. 2022)
- .US .US Domain Name Extension (Apr. 2021)
- .XYZ A Look At What Sells in .XYZ (Jul. 2021)
- .XYZ Past 12 Months of .XYZ: A Look at the Data (Jan. 2022)
Annual Reports
While the above section covers articles that concentrated on a single domain extension, early in January each year I publish an annual analysis of how the previous year went, at least as reflected in sales reported to NameBio. The annual analysis looks at the overall market, the major legacy extensions, .com, .org and .net, a variety of country codes like .co, .io, and .ai, as well as new extensions as a whole, and a few like .xyz separately. The annual report also does a brief overview of several dozen other domain extensions each year.
Here are links to those annual analysis articles:
- 2023 2023 Market Down, Strong .AI Propels Country Codes (Jan. 2024)
- 2022 2022 Domain Name Sales Down Slightly (Jan. 2023)
- 2021 2021 Domain Name Sales Very Strong (Jan. 2022)
- 2020 How Did 2020 Compare to 2019? (Jan. 2021)
- 2015-2019 Domain Sales 2015-2019: Dollar Volume (Jan. 2020)
- 2015-2019 Domain Name Sales 2015-2019: Average Prices (Jan. 2020)
- Top 100 Sales in 2023 (Dec. 2023)
I also publish a series that looks at the first six months of the year, including comparison to the same period in previous years. This tends to mainly cover the important extensions, with some mention of trends in lesser-traded TLDs.
- 2024 First Six Months of 2024
- 2023 First Six Months 2023 – Red Ink Almost Everywhere (Jul. 2023)
- 2022 First Six Months of 2022 (Jul. 2022)
- 2021 Domain Name Sales Soar in First Half of 2021 (Jul. 2021)
- 2020 Mixed Messages from First Half of 2020 (Jul. 2020)
- 2019 Domain Sales Strong in First Half of 2019 (Jul. 2019)
From time to time, I wrote about market trends, including the following articles:
- Recent Sales Trends in .NET, .COM, .AI, .IO and .XYZ (Apr. 2024)
- Domain Market Up or Down? (Sept. 2024)
- Analysis of NamePros Reported Domain Name Sales (June 2024)
- Is Domain Name Market Trending Down? (Apr. 2023)
- Million Dollar Domain Name Sales including how/if they are being used now (Sept. 2022)
- What Does Domain Name Sales Data Really Say? (May 2023)
- A Look at How Different Extensions Sell (Nov. 2021)
- A Look at High-Value Domain Name Sales in 2020 (Jul. 2020)
- A Look At Single Character Domain Names (Feb. 2020)
Now and then, I have looked at specific name structures, such as hyphenated names, names that start with a certain prefix, or domain hacks. These mainly cover .COM domain names, but occasionally others are mentioned, or are central, as in the domain hack articles.
- The Domain Names Starting with THE (Mar. 2022)
- Ing ending ‘ING’ Ending Names (Oct 2024)
- Prefixes, Suffixes, My Popularity of Prefix My Also looks at data for prefixes and suffixes in general. (Oct. 2023)
- Domain Hacks Ten of the Best Domain Hacks in Active Use (Sept. 2019)
- Domain Hacks Gaze at Domain Hacks with DomainGaze (Oct 2022)
- Hyphen Want a Hyphen With That Domain Name? (Oct. 2019)
- Hyphen An Updated Look at Domain Names with Hyphens (Oct. 2021)
- SLD is a TLD term Domain Names where the SLD term is also a TLD (Nov. 2020)
- Domain Twins A Look at Domain Name Twins (Dec. 2019)
As a domain name investor, it is important to stay grounded by looking at analyses of names chosen by companies. Here is a partial list of articles related to that:
- Names Chosen by Rapidly Growing Artificial Intelligence Companies (Aug 2024)
- Startup Names Through A Y-Combinator Filter (Dec. 2023)
- 8 Ways Domain Investors could Use Product Hunt covers finding names chosen by recent tech product launches (May 2024)
- DISPLACE Framework for selecting Domain Names (Mar. 2024)
- Domain Insights from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 (Aug. 2023)
- What Names are Web3 Companies Using? (Aug. 2022)
Please, in the comments section below, make the case for additional analyses that you would like to see in the NamePros Blog. This could be any of:
- An extension that we have not analyzed, or not in a long time.
- A look at a category of names, like new extensions or country codes as a whole.
- A specific structure such as use of certain prefix, suffix or combining terms, or alphanumeric or numeric names.
- Suggestions for company name analyses.
- Something else.
Sincere thanks to NameBio. Without that data, most of these articles could not have been written.
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