domains At the halfway point of 2021 .com is ahead of 2020 pace – .io has surpassed 2019 and 2020 combined

[equity78]

As we are now at the halfway point of 2021, taking a look at domain name sales for the first 6 months, shows .com on pace to surpass 2020 if things keep up. .Com did 108,800 total sales in 2020. These sales brought in $103.4m. Average sales price $951 So far in 2021 .com has 65,220 total reported sales, generating approx $63.5m. Average sales price is up a tad around $971. .io has been … [Read more...]

 

[Recons.Com]

So, all ngtlds COMBINED are one half of .io or .net for 2021 and about 2% of .com for that period.

And .io+.net+all ngtlds = under 10% of .com.

Quite some perspective, huh?

Btw, I am sure all sellers will tell you that 2021 is not just 20% higher in $ sales than 2020. For me, it is more than double both number of sales and per sale $ average. Apparently, your data could be skewed more because of including the wholesale purchases, mostly at GD auctions. Probably, over half of your sales data are of that kind.

 

[equity78]

So, all ngtlds COMBINED are one half of .io or .net for 2021 and about 2% of .com for that period.

Crazy right?

And on the data, yeah Namebio keeps track of everything so there are a lot of GoDaddy auction sales in there bringing down the average price.

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

Crazy right?

And on the data, yeah Namebio keeps track of everything so there are a lot of GoDaddy auction sales in there bringing down the average price.

It’s not crazy at all, and if you were a GTLD investor, you would know that ...

.com has been marketed all over the world the last 25 years to the average consumer and .com has become a product itself,

I wonder why though ? Really ... Well let me point out a few things,

GoDaddy doesn’t allow brokering of GTLDs unless they own it ! Uniregistry owned by GoDaddy ^ same deal

SEDO doesn’t allow you to auction off GTLDs at their Grand Auction unless you own the registry for the extension you wish to submit ... what kind of rule is that ? One of the largest domain marketplaces in the world and you can only submit GTLDs to the grand auction if you own the .extension

The only credible platform GTLD owners can sell their names off of is Afternic and DAN, “sure” you can still submit your names to SEDO and pay to market on their main rotating landing page, you can even have the names come up amongst the tens of thousands of search results,

But the truth is ^ these companies were built off the old guys who became rich off .com so that is what they support ^

And within the last year, GoDaddy has recognized that new companies are coming into play especially with DeFi and Crypto and they’ve decided to change their algorithm; instead of recommending other .com domains; they have decided to market the same “searched keyword” with different .extension options, ultimately giving greater access to consumers who are looking to invest or buy a domain for their business

And now we are seeing registry owners whom have started to understand that renewal prices need to be consistent and fair to endusers and investors

All this said, the PRO .com investors should be thanking the GTLD investors for driving up the value of .com domains and domains in general, there has been great recognition brought forth to domains through the likes of domain marketing on a scale that is only ^^^

Sure as shit, ShopApp.com isn’t a $200K name ^ Shopify didn’t think so, neither do I, but they paid $200K for Shop.App

If you’re going to invest in domains wether they are .com, CCTLDs, or GTLDs, then invest in exact match keyword domains in valuable industries, and do not put all your eggs in one basket

 

[equity78]

It’s not crazy at all, and if you were a GTLD investor, you would know that ...

.com has been marketed all over the world the last 25 years to the average consumer and .com has become a product itself,

I wonder why though ? Really ... Well let me point out a few things,

GoDaddy doesn’t allow brokering of GTLDs unless they own it ! Uniregistry owned by GoDaddy ^ same deal

SEDO doesn’t allow you to auction off GTLDs at their Grand Auction unless you own the registry for the extension you wish to submit ... what kind of rule is that ? One of the largest domain marketplaces in the world and you can only submit GTLDs to the grand auction if you own the .extension

The only credible platform GTLD owners can sell their names off of is Afternic and DAN, “sure” you can still submit your names to SEDO and pay to market on their main rotating landing page, you can even have the names come up amongst the tens of thousands of search results,

But the truth is ^ these companies were built off the old guys who became rich off .com so that is what they support ^

And within the last year, GoDaddy has recognized that new companies are coming into play especially with DeFi and Crypto and they’ve decided to change their algorithm; instead of recommending other .com domains; they have decided to market the same “searched keyword” with different .extension options, ultimately giving greater access to consumers who are looking to invest or buy a domain for their business

And now we are seeing registry owners whom have started to understand that renewal prices need to be consistent and fair to endusers and investors

All this said, the PRO .com investors should be thanking the GTLD investors for driving up the value of .com domains and domains in general, there has been great recognition brought forth to domains through the likes of domain marketing on a scale that is only ^^^

Sure as shit, ShopApp.com isn’t a $200K name ^ Shopify didn’t think so, neither do I, but they paid $200K for Shop.App

If you’re going to invest in domains wether they are .com, CCTLDs, or GTLDs, then invest in exact match keyword domains in valuable industries, and do not put all your eggs in one basket

I was referring to .io not .com.

 

[Wesley S]

ty for your article, i find them very interesting.

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

I was referring to .io not .com.

.io has gained some serious traction through the likes of new marketing tactics

Mr. Premium is one of the guys to thank for that increased momentum,

That said, .io is still a CCTLD, I imagine within the next year we shall see even more traction, I am not a huge follower of .io myself, but I can see the marketing and time and effort being pushed into making .io a success

 

[Keith]

.io is seriously undervalued. Every 1 word I own is $20k minimum and some easily 6 figures.

 

[equity78]

.io is seriously undervalued. Every 1 word I own is $20k minimum and some easily 6 figures.

Did you acquire all of your .io's years ago Keith?

 

[Keith]

Did you acquire all of your .io's years ago Keith?

The majority, yes. But I just bought Dice a few weeks ago.

Always looking for a deal