Thank you for the nicely written and presented article
@Brands.International !
I agree with the point that the golden time of .com was in the days when most people thought investing in domain names was silly, and that is a long time ago. I would not go quite as far as the view in the article about whether money remains to be made there. I think, primarily, the lucrative part of com these days is the very high end (generic single words) that is outside the means of many of us, and also the very best of the made up names being sold at the brandable places (and some are doing well there).
Even in the new extensions, it is getting harder to get quality names at bargain prices, as I am sure you agree. That said, there is no doubt that you can get an elegant, potentially highly valuable to an end user, new extension name still within the means of most investors, and I think on some time scale the best matches across the dot will be rewarded, and a number have already.
Uniqueness and something special is critical to all forms of domain investing. The successful new extension investor does need to look at all of the possibilities with so many extensions. In that way, it is, in my mind, somewhat like two word .com. Your match needs to be great, and not easily repeated with a different word + extension combination.
I think the final point, about seeking only names for big corporate buyers, is a good strategy for many, but I disagree that it is the
only way to make money. The non-business sector, non-profits, causes, influencers, celebrities, professionals, etc., is I think a rich potential ground for new domain extensions. Nonprofits often pay big bucks for the right name. There is a political controversy in Canada right now around a nonprofit, and it was recently released that they paid $500,000 for their .org domain name (or possibly $1 million, some lack of clarity in document). There have been 5-figure, at least, sales of new extensions to nonprofits.
One point that I continue to try to understand is the impact of the increase in country code extensions, both national and general purpose, on new extensions. On the one hand, they crowd out some buyers who might have gone for a new extension. For sure .io and .co have done this with respect to some new extensions like .tech,.app, .technology, etc. But by becoming popular will they pave the way for acceptance of a large universe of domain extensions, including new extensions?
Anyway, thanks again for a well written article.
Sincerely,
Bob