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How to register new gTLD names in 2019
(and actually sell them).

This is written particularly for new domain investors - I hope it will save you some money :)
It is only my personal opinion, and I might be wrong (of course). So here we go:


1. Register 1 word domain name, in most cases try to avoid 2 word domain names

Example of 1 word domain name: holy.life. Example of 2 word domain name: myholy.life or ourholy.life.
Why? Because chances of selling 2 word domain name in new gTLD space is very small (consult namebio.com). Do not think you can outsmart someone with your word1word2.gTLD combo...in most cases you will not outsmart anyone, and usually you will be dropping such names after 1 year. There are exceptions from this rule of course, but safest bet is to simply avoid it, particularly when you just start with domain investing.

2. Register names with not many alternatives in new gTLD space

This simply means, that end users can not find alternatives for your name in other new gTLD extension, for reg fee.(use uniregistry.com to check that). Particularly when you ignore point no.1 and register 2 word domain name, you will usually find that your string exists in dozens of other new gTLD extensions...and is available to be registered by anyone for reg fee. This subsequently means you will have no leverage when it comes to negotiations with end users.To learn exactly what "alternatives in new gTLD space" means, read this new gTLD appraisal thread here.

3. Register names with large pools of potential end users.

You can have perfect new gTLD name, but if there are only few suitable end users who can use your name, it will usually take long time to sell it. If you register name where millions of potential end users exist (so something pretty broad and generic), you will be getting much more offers, and you will be able to close much more sales.

4. To be first is not always better...sometimes it is better to be second.

When registering new gTLD names, consider this: when extension is brand new, there is almost zero awareness about it among end users (unless there is a huge marketing campaign for it you know about).
It can take years for awareness to be created. This also means that for many extensions there is almost 0 aftermarket in early times. Usually only fellow domain investors. This is natural - if something is very new, almost no one knows about it. So if you want to be first to get best names, fine, but budget for your investments accordingly - it is not wise to expect that you will buy something totally new for USD 10, and you will be able to flip it to end user for USD 10k. It happens, but rarely. There are many experienced new gTLD domain investors, who simply wait for drops after 1st year and pick up some very nice names. But this wisdom comes with years of investing experience and is not something what can be intuitively understood, at least from what I see.

5. Make sure renewals of your domain names are sustainable.

Second most important thing in new gTLD domain investment (after quality of the name) - make sure you understand renewal fees for your domain names. In order for you to be in a long term game, renewal fees of your domain names must be sustainable (aka low). Otherwise you will be dropping almost all of your names after 1 year, and all your effort will be wasted.

6. Make proper landers for your names

Do not just let your domain names without proper landing pages. Do not be lazy and immediately prepare landers for them. Imo best option is undeveloped.com atm, but many good alternatives are available as well.
Some old school domainers are used to the fact that they were contacted by people who found their contact details in WHOIS database - this is not possible anymore, as due to GDPR legislation most records from WHOIS database are now masked. This also means that when you have new gTLD domain name, your details will be masked in most cases (again, there are few exceptions from this rule, but do not rely on them),. Buyers thus have no way how to contact you. Clear landing pages are a must in 2019.

7. Do not follow the herd.

Just because all people at Namepros are registering .panda (just an example), it does not mean you also need to register .panda...Most people are not profitable and are actually loosing lot of money - so if you will do the same thing as most people, you will have the same results as most people....

When you follow the herd, it is not only that competition is huge, but you will end up registering nonsense word1 word2 names, in times where there is no aftermarket created yet, when you do not know if there are some renewal promotions in future, when major domain selling sites not yet support that extension, and when there is no awareness yet among end users. Likely result of your action: you will drop your names prior first renewal round. This is happening since 2014 in many forms and shapes, still it seems like most people like to repeat those mistakes happily again and again.

You need to find your niche/extensions/areas of expertise and go from there. The most lucrative way is still to buy new gTLD names from fellow domain investors, but almost no one is doing it, except few people. Typical newbie new gTLD domain "investor" will rather spend USD 10 on 200 bad names and will not sell even 1 of them, prior dropping them all, then to pay USD 2000 for 1 great name which can sell for great profit. Which leads to:

8. Get 2-3 good names instead of 200-300 bad names (which you will drop anyway).

Buy only quality new gTLD names, as only highest quality sells in 2019. And you know that you have great new gTLD domain name, if you have a good feeling renewing it 9 years in advance.This should be always your test: am I confident enought for this name, so I have no problem to pay years in advance for it's renewal fees? Now to critics which would tell you that you are blocking unnecessarily your capital by paying renewals in advance, I would like to remind:
a) renew your name years in advance if there is a great renewal promotion (you can save sometimes 90% of total cost, as some renewal promotions for new gTLDs are simply amazing)
b) when you renew your new gTLD name 9 years in advance, it tells your potential buyers something about your commitment....in my experience, it is much easier to negotiate if your name is renewed like that.

Buyers are not stupid: they will check everything possible about you and your names, and in most cases they are simply waiting if the name does not expire/if you do not drop it . But when we are in 2019 and your name is renewed until 2027, this waiting game is simply over for them, and they need to approach you if they want the name. But to play this game, you really need to have good new gTLD names.

9. Get to social media and make lot of connections.
Do not be a secret seller. Have your portfolio clearly visible to anyone, and go to Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Youtube and Facebook at least. People with most success have great online presence, and professionally looking marketplaces.

10. Price your domain names as a pro, do not be a chicken
Look, if you price your domains with $120 price tag (for example), this will result in following: you will sell your best domains quickly for low price (and when you report it, fellow domain investors will say Congrats congrats, congrats, and you will feel great as super-seller), but at the same time you will be left with portfolio of bad domain names, which no one wants even for this low price tag. This is sure way to poor financial status and poverty. You do not want that. New gTLD names are very unique, as they are are pure phrases without any suffix, and are therefore also geo neutral. They have great value, and this value grows in time.
If you have great new gTLD name, renew it for years in advance, and do not let it go for cheap - as one day you might retire on it...

11. Bonus point - do not listen to "voices of past" with "only .com is an good investment" mantra
This is already past us and so not 2019 - luckily we see this nonsense less and less ...

What is your opinion when it comes to new gTLDs registrations ? :)
 
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Also, as [USER=990731]@lolwarrior
likes/loves to spread/share/give so much advice/appraisals etc on the new gtlds, it would ‘more beneficial’ if he’d share his sales of all the new gtlds he’s sold so far, so people can get a better idea of his knowledge base of them, and not appear to spreading advice based on his personal bias for being so heavenly invested in them. One sided advice is only good if it’s been proven, and is not just a dispersed opinion.[/USER]

Let’s see, he been trying to sell names to other domainers in large quantities so I doubt it is profitable.
 
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"... If you want to pioneer the new G space, then you have step up and demonstrate that you can at least practice what you preach."

@Josh R - noo, I do not wish to "pioneer the new G space", particularly not 5 years after it has started - I guess it is too late to pioneer anything now :)

But when I see what kind of new gTLD names people here are still registering in 2019 (just look around), I was tempted to write some general remarks, as I know they can not be profitable with such names. I mean...if you break 1 or 2 rules from above list, you can still have some chances, but some "investors" here break all 10 of them...
 
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@namemarket hmm that is strange - well, I get dozens of emails daily, as many people here, most are various strange offers, lists of horrible new gTLD names I am supposed to buy, crazy low ball offers from fellow domain investors, and unlimited numbers of seo proposals - so it can happen that I missed your email, but I should not miss 2 or 3 (I assume relevant) emails really - are you sending it to [email protected]? Or you can send me an PM here, or on LinkedIn (link is in my signature).
Thank you :)

My 2 or 3 emails were short and sweet just saying I was interested in buying and asking for a price. I do not see how they can be confused with strange offers, spam and seo proposals. I think I got the email from this forum but do not recall exactly where. The emails did not bounce.
 
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My 2 or 3 emails were short and sweet just saying I was interested in buying and asking for a price. I do not see how they can be confused with strange offers, spam and seo proposals. I think I got the email from this forum but do not recall exactly where. The emails did not bounce.
@namemarket can you resend one of them now please? It is very strange that I did not get them, at least I do not recall. I always try to reply for price requests in timely manner. Thanks a lot :)
 
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"... If you want to pioneer the new G space, then you have step up and demonstrate that you can at least practice what you preach."

@Josh R - noo, I do not wish to "pioneer the new G space", particularly not 5 years after it has started - I guess it is too late to pioneer anything now :)

But when I see what kind of new gTLD names people here are still registering in 2019 (just look around), I was tempted to write some general remarks, as I know they can not be profitable with such names. I mean...if you break 1 or 2 rules from above list, you can still have some chances, but some "investors" here break all 10 of them...
Fair.
 
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Thanks for sharing. I will reg some new gtld with your advice (y)
 
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Key phrase,

“Probability of selling a ngTLD over $100 even is only maybe 1/3 to 1/4 as good as probability of selling a .com at that $100+ figure.“

Read and reread, this is why nobody is making money from domaining in new tlds.
 
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Someone stated that there were three $500k ngTLDs sales in 2018, which is incorrect. The top 3 ngTLDs sales in 2018 should be $510k (online/casino, Donuts), $500k (home/loans, Donuts) and $300k (the/club, Brandaisy).

An additional information is that sales at 5 figures or more happen in multiple venues, such as Donuts, Brandaisy, Sedo, Uniregistry, GoDaddy, NameSilo, Undeveloped, Jiangsu Bangning, Alibaba Cloud, etc.
 
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How to register new gTLD names in 2019
(and actually sell them).

This is written particularly for new domain investors - I hope it will save you some money :)
It is only my personal opinion, and I might be wrong (of course). So here we go:


1. Register 1 word domain name, in most cases try to avoid 2 word domain names

Example of 1 word domain name: holy.life. Example of 2 word domain name: myholy.life or ourholy.life.
Why? Because chances of selling 2 word domain name in new gTLD space is very small (consult namebio.com). Do not think you can outsmart someone with your word1word2.gTLD combo...in most cases you will not outsmart anyone, and usually you will be dropping such names after 1 year. There are exceptions from this rule of course, but safest bet is to simply avoid it, particularly when you just start with domain investing.

2. Register names with not many alternatives in new gTLD space

This simply means, that end users can not find alternatives for your name in other new gTLD extension, for reg fee.(use uniregistry.com to check that). Particularly when you ignore point no.1 and register 2 word domain name, you will usually find that your string exists in dozens of other new gTLD extensions...and is available to be registered by anyone for reg fee. This subsequently means you will have no leverage when it comes to negotiations with end users.To learn exactly what "alternatives in new gTLD space" means, read this new gTLD appraisal thread here.

3. Register names with large pools of potential end users.

You can have perfect new gTLD name, but if there are only few suitable end users who can use your name, it will usually take long time to sell it. If you register name where millions of potential end users exist (so something pretty broad and generic), you will be getting much more offers, and you will be able to close much more sales.

4. To be first is not always better...sometimes it is better to be second.

When registering new gTLD names, consider this: when extension is brand new, there is almost zero awareness about it among end users (unless there is a huge marketing campaign for it you know about).
It can take years for awareness to be created. This also means that for many extensions there is almost 0 aftermarket in early times. Usually only fellow domain investors. This is natural - if something is very new, almost no one knows about it. So if you want to be first to get best names, fine, but budget for your investments accordingly - it is not wise to expect that you will buy something totally new for USD 10, and you will be able to flip it to end user for USD 10k. It happens, but rarely. There are many experienced new gTLD domain investors, who simply wait for drops after 1st year and pick up some very nice names. But this wisdom comes with years of investing experience and is not something what can be intuitively understood, at least from what I see.

5. Make sure renewals of your domain names are sustainable.

Second most important thing in new gTLD domain investment (after quality of the name) - make sure you understand renewal fees for your domain names. In order for you to be in a long term game, renewal fees of your domain names must be sustainable (aka low). Otherwise you will be dropping almost all of your names after 1 year, and all your effort will be wasted.

6. Make proper landers for your names

Do not just let your domain names without proper landing pages. Do not be lazy and immediately prepare landers for them. Imo best option is undeveloped.com atm, but many good alternatives are available as well.
Some old school domainers are used to the fact that they were contacted by people who found their contact details in WHOIS database - this is not possible anymore, as due to GDPR legislation most records from WHOIS database are now masked. This also means that when you have new gTLD domain name, your details will be masked in most cases (again, there are few exceptions from this rule, but do not rely on them),. Buyers thus have no way how to contact you. Clear landing pages are a must in 2019.

7. Do not follow the herd.

Just because all people at Namepros are registering .panda (just an example), it does not mean you also need to register .panda...Most people are not profitable and are actually loosing lot of money - so if you will do the same thing as most people, you will have the same results as most people....

When you follow the herd, it is not only that competition is huge, but you will end up registering nonsense word1 word2 names, in times where there is no aftermarket created yet, when you do not know if there are some renewal promotions in future, when major domain selling sites not yet support that extension, and when there is no awareness yet among end users. Likely result of your action: you will drop your names prior first renewal round. This is happening since 2014 in many forms and shapes, still it seems like most people like to repeat those mistakes happily again and again.

You need to find your niche/extensions/areas of expertise and go from there. The most lucrative way is still to buy new gTLD names from fellow domain investors, but almost no one is doing it, except few people. Typical newbie new gTLD domain "investor" will rather spend USD 10 on 200 bad names and will not sell even 1 of them, prior dropping them all, then to pay USD 2000 for 1 great name which can sell for great profit. Which leads to:

8. Get 2-3 good names instead of 200-300 bad names (which you will drop anyway).

Buy only quality new gTLD names, as only highest quality sells in 2019. And you know that you have great new gTLD domain name, if you have a good feeling renewing it 9 years in advance.This should be always your test: am I confident enought for this name, so I have no problem to pay years in advance for it's renewal fees? Now to critics which would tell you that you are blocking unnecessarily your capital by paying renewals in advance, I would like to remind:
a) renew your name years in advance if there is a great renewal promotion (you can save sometimes 90% of total cost, as some renewal promotions for new gTLDs are simply amazing)
b) when you renew your new gTLD name 9 years in advance, it tells your potential buyers something about your commitment....in my experience, it is much easier to negotiate if your name is renewed like that.

Buyers are not stupid: they will check everything possible about you and your names, and in most cases they are simply waiting if the name does not expire/if you do not drop it . But when we are in 2019 and your name is renewed until 2027, this waiting game is simply over for them, and they need to approach you if they want the name. But to play this game, you really need to have good new gTLD names.

9. Get to social media and make lot of connections.
Do not be a secret seller. Have your portfolio clearly visible to anyone, and go to Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Youtube and Facebook at least. People with most success have great online presence, and professionally looking marketplaces.

10. Price your domain names as a pro, do not be a chicken
Look, if you price your domains with $120 price tag (for example), this will result in following: you will sell your best domains quickly for low price (and when you report it, fellow domain investors will say Congrats congrats, congrats, and you will feel great as super-seller), but at the same time you will be left with portfolio of bad domain names, which no one wants even for this low price tag. This is sure way to poor financial status and poverty. You do not want that. New gTLD names are very unique, as they are are pure phrases without any suffix, and are therefore also geo neutral. They have great value, and this value grows in time.
If you have great new gTLD name, renew it for years in advance, and do not let it go for cheap - as one day you might retire on it...

11. Bonus point - do not listen to "voices of past" with "only .com is an good investment" mantra
This is already past us and so not 2019 - luckily we see this nonsense less and less ...

What is your opinion when it comes to new gTLDs registrations ? :)

Thanks Great points. I would like to add below point:

Both Left side and right side of dot is important. Consider buying only ultra-quality one word domains on both sides. Also flip the sides (left.right vs right.left) and compare the prices and valuations. Your domain name (left.right) should be readable and together should have demand. Some of the popular new gTLDs has popular left and popular right. For example, sex.live, book.store, training.live, study.group, video.cool, emails.market -- in these cases both left and right are popular words and highly brand-able.
 
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Someone stated that there were three $500k ngTLDs sales in 2018, which is incorrect. The top 3 ngTLDs sales in 2018 should be $510k (online/casino, Donuts), $500k (home/loans, Donuts) and $300k (the/club, Brandaisy).

An additional information is that sales at 5 figures or more happen in multiple venues, such as Donuts, Brandaisy, Sedo, Uniregistry, GoDaddy, NameSilo, Undeveloped, Jiangsu Bangning, Alibaba Cloud, etc.


Online.casino $510,000 12/6/18
Vacation.rentals $500,300 4/11/18
Home.loans $500,000 1/24/18

All donuts sales, all fake.
 
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Thanks Great points. I would like to add below point:

Both Left side and right side of dot is important. Consider buying only ultra-quality one word domains on both sides. Also flip the sides (left.right vs right.left) and compare the prices and valuations. Your domain name (left.right) should be readable and together should have demand. Some of the popular new gTLDs has popular left and popular right. For example, sex.live, book.store, training.live, study.group, video.cool, emails.market -- in these cases both left and right are popular words and highly brand-able.

wtf? video.cool? emails.market?
 
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wtf? video.cool? emails.market?

Video.games is a good example in this case which is sold at 183,000 USD. However as per my knowledge this domain is never released to public, its directly sold by the registrar. Similarly sex.live is also directly sold by the registrar.

Here are few facts about video.cool:
+ video.cool is valued at $9,900 USD by Estibot.
+ Already received an offer on sedo marketplace.
+ The registration/renewal is standard price ($10 USD)
+ cool.video is marked as platinum by his registrar, it's open for make an offer (min:$5000 USD) by the registrar.
+ Video.us is last sold at 75,000 USD.

With these facts you can decide yourself.

Thanks
 
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Online.casino $510,000 12/6/18
Vacation.rentals $500,300 4/11/18
Home.loans $500,000 1/24/18

All donuts sales, all fake.

I just quoted from NameBio:
Vacation.rentals, $500,300, 2017-12-04, Uniregistry
Probably this domain was owned by Donuts but sold at Uniregistry as Uniregistry was the broker of the deal. The deal was made in late 2017 but was reported in April 2018.

I think all the sales are not fake as they were verified by multiple independent parties (e.g. NameBio and DNJournal) and different people from different companies were involved in the deals. It is reasonable that the highest ngTLDs sales were from Donuts because Donuts owned many extremely great ngTLDs domains. It is nonsense and not responsible to say that the sales are fake just because of the same registry, the similar prices and the public events. You have to provide soild evidence to show the sales are fake, e.g. to prove that the sales documents are forged documents or all involved parties (sellers, buyers and brokers) were actually a group. Otherwise, it is just your imagination.

Also, it is meaningless to only look at the top 3 sales and ignore other high sales. Domaining is not a kind of contest. We should have a holistic view. High ngTLDs sales (5 figures or more) took place in multiple venues (e.g. Brandaisy, Sedo, Uniregistry, GoDaddy, NameSilo, Undeveloped, Jiangsu Bangning, Alibaba Cloud) and countries. Can you say these high sales are all fake?
 
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Video.games is a good example in this case which is sold at 183,000 USD. However as per my knowledge this domain is never released to public, its directly sold by the registrar. Similarly sex.live is also directly sold by the registrar.

Here are few facts about video.cool:
+ video.cool is valued at $9,900 USD by Estibot.
+ Already received an offer on sedo marketplace.
+ The registration/renewal is standard price ($10 USD)
+ cool.video is marked as platinum by his registrar, it's open for make an offer (min:$5000 USD) by the registrar.
+ Video.us is last sold at 75,000 USD.

With these facts you can decide yourself.

Thanks

They are nonsensical names you have registered, worth nothing even in .com. If offer exists take it straight away, I smell BS.
 
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I think all the sales are not fake as they were verified by multiple independent parties (e.g. NameBio and DNJournal)

These registry sales are not verified by anyone.

You have to provide soild evidence to show the sales are fake, e.g. to prove that the sales documents are forged documents or all involved parties (sellers, buyers and brokers) were actually a group. Otherwise, it is just your imagination.

How can someone uninvolved in a transaction provide "evidence" that a reported sale is fake?

The writing though is on the wall,

-Each sale price a few hundred more than the last 500k sale.
-The buyers doing media interviews about the purchases and talking up these tlds.
-2 out of 3 buyers speaking at Namescon.
-No non registry sales anywhere near these levels.

Real business people don't go to Namescon after they buy a name, that conference is for people in the domain industry.

Do you believe beauty.cc and fund.com sales also? They sold for 7 figures according to reports.
 
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Don’t waste your money.
@johnnie018 you seems to be little cranky in your posts here - do you realise that?
Why so much unhappiness? I mean, if you do not like new gTLDs, continue investing in .com, .biz or .info :)
 
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Vacation.rentals was sold per Namebio in late 2017. More than a year later if I try to see options for rentals in West Palm Beach, Miami and Fort Lauderdale the number of listings are 1 to 3 locations which are not even close to where one would typically look for a vacation spot. Compare that to Expedia, Priceline, Airbnb etc and this site is a joke. Yes it might take several months to gain traction but we are talking about major tourist destinatiins. There is no way that $500k was a great investment.
 
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Wow @Bob Hawkes :xf.eek: You seem to be heavenly invested in new gtlds. Do you have any, or at least 10, .coms?

Nice meeting and talking with you too at NamesCon.

Thank you so much for the compliment! :xf.smile: "seem to be heavenly invested in new gtlds" People have said some nice (and not so nice) things about my portfolio, but never that it was heavenly! Not sure if it was deliberate (in which case clever) or inadvertent (I do that so much!) but it made me smile.

To answer your question, at the moment I have 9 .com (along with 2 or 3 in each of .org, .net, .info and .pro in terms of other legacy extensions). I also have a few general country code (mainly .co, .me and .pw). I respect those like @lolwarrior who made a decision to invest only in ngTLDs, and the many who invest only in .com, but personally prefer to diversify across both, partly for my own learning and to keep things interesting.

I see a future in using ngTLDs in phrases used in marketing campaigns (although will take years to happen) and that is why I am so keen on new extensions that work well on this. I just like their elegance, and how well they work as clickable links in Tweets to redirect to sites. That being said the 130 is deceptive to some degree. Over half of these are names I am trying out for a year at low initial rates. I can do this for about 50 ngTLDs for the same cost as 10 legacy if I shop around.

Was nice chatting face to face and I love your username - I was a big fan of Mash too! Have a great day!

Bob
 
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Vacation.rentals was sold per Namebio in late 2017. More than a year later if I try to see options for rentals in West Palm Beach, Miami and Fort Lauderdale the number of listings are 1 to 3 locations which are not even close to where one would typically look for a vacation spot. Compare that to Expedia, Priceline, Airbnb etc and this site is a joke. Yes it might take several months to gain traction but we are talking about major tourist destinatiins. There is no way that $500k was a great investment.

Although the deal was completed in late 2017, the announcement was delayed because they did not even start using it for a few months until they got setup.

The owner went through the numbers of his projection at NamesCon (not sure if you were at session). He first of all agrees that the Home.loans has done way better in getting search traction and technically handled better. They have at times reached page 1 of Google but not currently and not on the date of NamesCon (I think were on page 3, may be remembering this wrong). I am going by memory here, but he views the vacation rentals business as having three tiers with AirBNB obviously top along with a few others. His startup aims to go from starting in tier 3 to tier 2, with a hope to get eventually 2% of the number of listings of AirBNB. He readily admitted they are short of that. To make the numbers of the name profitable I think (may have this part slightly wrong) he needs I think about double the number he currently has . Anyway, I agree that the amount paid can be legitimately debated, but just wanted to share his view on it.

Bob
 
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Thank you so much for the compliment! :xf.smile: "seem to be heavenly invested in new gtlds" People have said some nice (and not so nice) things about my portfolio, but never that it was heavenly! Not sure if it was deliberate (in which case clever) or inadvertent (I do that so much!) but it made me smile.
Yeah, sorry to disappoint Bob, but it was auto-correct patting you on the back, not me. 'Heavily invested' was the intention. I guess if your domaining strategy is a 'go long (hold) hail-mary' with ngTLDs, wish you the best. But as others here know, if you want to make money now, 'up the middle' with .com tlds, will pay you now! Best of luck to you either way!
 
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..i still dont get it

did your rules actually bring in any sales ?

why not share

..no NDA bs pls
 
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Nice post Marek ✌️✌️
As you rightly mentioned,I'll better plan my renewals for nGTLD.
 
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@lolwarrior you should take it as a compliment that while a few (one individual in particular that seems a little grumpy) have expressed some general hate against ngTLDs, I have not seen in the thread any logical arguments against the points you started the thread with. That means it was well written! The addition by @henrypcyeung adding stress to the importance of the across the dot match is a good addition.

I might also say that much in your post is of value to domain investors even if they were not in ngTLDs. Things like a sustainable and realistic business model with projections re renewal costs, locking in renewals in advance, having good landers for your names, not following mindlessly trends, and emphasize quality over quantity are all universally true. The renewals is more important in ngTLD because so much variability in charges, but even in .com I am amazed some pay more than they really need to.

Thanks again for a great thread @lolwarrior and have a great day!

Bob
 
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