question Are you investing in new gTLDs in 2020?

Brands.International said:

I am curious - how many people here invest in new gTLDs in 2020?
(invest in new gTLDs means you have at least 1 new gTLD domain name)

And if you can share, how many new gTLD domains do you have at the moment? And does it work for you?

Thanks for sharing

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Grego85 said:

They are pretty much all I invest in. I likes them!

I'm especially focused on disruptive technology industry brand names this year. Especially finance/fintech related.

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Riz M. said:

buying ngtlds is art which you know very well i also like the way @Grego85 pick new gtlds but i am not into gtlds

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Samer said:

No. Still love ya tho.

Samer

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Jurgen Wolf said:

Prior 2020 I sold 13 non-premium nTLDs for $1K+ per domain on average...
This year as of now - the only 1 sale at $250...

p.s. I still have a few hundreds but mostly drop them... due to lack of cashflow...

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John Bates said:

I would only invest with a back up plan to develop into a website.

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Brands.International said:

That is wise - I think it is always better to invest in names which we can also develop by ourselves (if conditions are good for that).

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1. Register/Renew only the names that you want to keep at least for the next 10 years.
2. Rank your own domains. Every year try to get rid of the bottom 5% to 10% till you finally settle down to your best.
3. While registering new names go for the names that fit in your top half of the ranking.
4. The meaningful single word left and right dot combinations are the best.
5. Refer Namebio and try and avoid keywords of least returns.
6. Google search to know keyword popularity. E.g. For business.link, do a google search - "business link"
7. Check if you really want the high renewal price premium domain. Sometimes, this is alright. But at other times multiple low renewal price domains instead of one high renewal price domain are better.
8. Check keyword availability in other extensions.
9. Check the price of similar aftermarket domains.
10. Always have a set yearly budget. Do not spend over it.
11. Do not keep a domain name in which you start doubting the investment.

equity78 said:

I have never owned many but I have maintained a small group of new gtld's. It took a pandemic for me to make my first .media sale which is an extension I always liked. I sold Star.media, and though he did not take the offer, working with Michael Berkens I was pleased to see a $15,000 offer come in for TV.media, one of the .media names Mike owns. I sold sponsored.link a few months back as well.

I think a lot of extensions are difficult to invest in due to little reported sales. I have looked at a few names and thought maybe I pick this up, to see 0,1 or 2 reported sales in that extension. If it was super great maybe I would buy but I don't want to play for an outlier and make the only reported sale in an extension.

Years ago I sold OnlineCasino.website and that got me off to a start as far as sales, I sold VR.watch wholesale but for a profit and short holding time.

I have some names in topics I like, I love esports and own Esports.video and for the low renewal price it's a good hold, would be a premium price in many new gtlds. It has received two offers but just low ballers.

Theater.life and Robots.life are my only names in that extension. Robots.life already sold for $2,500 once. I got it after the end user dropped it, for reg fee.

Theater.life has been the one that has gotten some action, 3 offers, one accepted then they backed out due to having some other bills come due.

Stock.loans had $1,000 offer I accepted, the buyer admitted to front running. https://tldinvestors.com/2020/05/stock-loans.html

I still own 3 .media all which I like and know I can do something with (same as I would like to do with esports.video if I can't find the proper price). FS.media Fantasy.media and ABC.media.

My sales are reported to Namebio for verification.

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Imrannewgtld said:

Yes. New gTLDs are good investments if done properly.
A few years back it was easy to get hold of good expiring domains. Now it is not that easy. Sadly, even Donuts is picking up good names.
I registered three .click domains In July this year and in 20 days I got an offer of $1000 for one of the domains. I did not accept it.

For registration and renewals, I stick to these few rules.

1. Register/Renew only the names that you want to keep at least for the next 10 years.
2. Rank your own domains. Every year try to get rid of the bottom 5% to 10% till you finally settle down to your best.
3. While registering new names go for the names that fit in your top half of the ranking.
4. The meaningful single word left and right dot combinations are the best.
5. Refer Namebio and try and avoid keywords of least returns.
6. Google search to know keyword popularity. E.g. For business.link, do a google search - "business link"
7. Check if you really want the high renewal price premium domain. Sometimes, this is alright. But at other times multiple low renewal price domains instead of one high renewal price domain are better.
8. Check keyword availability in other extensions.
9. Check the price of similar aftermarket domains.
10. Always have a set yearly budget. Do not spend over it.
11. Do not keep a domain name in which you start doubting the investment.

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