I enjoyed the video. It is a fresh and informative content from an investor who actually owns large portfolio of hight quality new gTLDs, is testing them with great interest, and alteady passed few renewals cycles, so he can speak from direct experience.
The information about earnings of some new gTLD names is something which is very unusual and very kind to share, as no one will tell you their highest performers (competition among domainers is huge here, as we can imagine everyone would like to pay few bucks, and get hundreds of dollars per month or per year via parking in return. And it is possible, IF you have at least some knowledge what works, while you can get this knowledge only via testing of actual names, there are no shortcuts, imo).
The information that some 2 worders in (this case in .miami) are not getting much traffic is not surprising, as strong 1 worders are usually way to go for new gTLDs, definitely. But it is great that it was tested.
Regarding geo based new gTLDs, I admit that I personally have not invested in any of them. The reason for me was that any geo based extension naturally limits pool of end users usually to those living in that geo and I prefer to invest in names with as much broad end user base as possible, because you are simply getting offers from whole world. from various countries. Saying that, some Geos are doing much better then another ones, there are dozens of factors in play. In addition, there are some very good keywords still available (or already dropped) for regular renewal fee at the moment of writing, but again, while availability is one positive factor, natural geo limitation of end user pool must be considered as strong opposite factor if you consider it as an domain investment. Again, usually only testing (when you actually registert bunch of domain names) will give you more info, as if someone discovers some profitable niche/geo combos, they will naturally not tell others exact details so the others get a free ride without effort.
There were
planned price increases for domain names of leading registry mentioned: that is the fact, while it is also my experience that good choice of registrars can have much larger impact for our costs, and can eliminate a lot from pressure which comes from any price increase coming from registry. Basically, this is valid for almost any new gTLD extension, as pricing differences between various registrars worldwide is enormous (for those who are new this, consult sources like
https://namestat.org/, and you will see we are not speaking about some 10%-15%, but we speak really about 200%-500% differences in pricing for some new gTLD extensions). So it is extremely important to do regular price shopping using various registrars worldwide, and using renewal promotions, particularly for large portfolio holders.
In general, video is very appreciated, thanks