Just wanted to say that
@lolwarrior is way too humble! He is running a popular and incredibly valuable thread to evaluate ngTLDs. I strongly urge any ngTLDs to visit it. You can learn a lot just by reading through the evaluations, and of course submit as well. I really like his structured approach including all of popularity of term, aesthetics, match with extension, likely selling price, likely time frame and renewal cost.
Thanks so much for the link and perceptive comments
@robepik!
Like many things in domain investing, I have trouble personally clearly seeing where we will be in 5 yrs, both in ngTLDs but also in the general use country codes and indeed even to some degree the legacy extensions and domains in general. One mistake we sometimes make is to lump the ngTLDs together, but really the characteristics and administration vary rather extensively.
The messages are somewhat mixed in that some of the extensions doing well (at least compared to other ngTLDs) resale wise are somewhat different from those with more promising real world adoption. Ultimately I think those that get used in real websites will become more valuable, but it may be a slow process.
Lots to think about!
Bob