Below are some stats based on namebio
First column: year
second colum average price
third column: nb of transactions reported
The stats before 2014 are not really relevant (too few transactions)
There is a clear increase of transactions for .net chip 4L with a modest 7% price increase versus last year. But, the real question is: for how long we extrapolate the trends ?
Personally I see a speculative bubble on .com, and I cannot imagine it will not blow up soon.If the .com collapse, the .net will follow.
Other opinions ?
The first data set is for .net chip domains, 4 letters, no dashes, no numbers
2016 253 870
2015 237 1601
2014 1142 12
2013 1481 32
2012 1409 8
This set is for non chip .net domains
2016 392 59
2015 1076 183
2014 2542 69
2013 2929 164
2012 2757 149
2011 3191 210
Below is the same data for .com chip
2016 2426 237
2015 1203 3512
2014 503 1402
2013 1116 707
2012 954 502
and .com non chip
2016 1482 764
2015 1320 7323
2014 2886 1608
2013 4390 1603
2012 4102 1205
2011 3715 1533
2010 4156 1019
2009 7792 1038
2008 5603 2676
2007 6234 633
2006 7809 310
2005 4014 178