Please note, I am not a chips investor nor am I knowledgeable of the industry, so take my opinion as that.
I lied. I own BeanChip.com 
Supply goes down, demand goes up.
Supply goes up, demand goes down.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard there's a handful of major chip investors out there who bought up a marginal percentage of the market. They pay a standard bottom rate, thus inflating the price to those who want to jump on this band wagon. By the time they're all bought up, those major chip investors then become "board members" can dictate the standard selling price. I wonder who these mystery majority chip investors are, how deep are their pockets, and what their intentions are for pricing / renewing in the future.
If I had deep pockets, it would be in my best interested to ensure the domains I'm investing in retain value on the reseller market. Therefore, anytime I see my "chips" domain on auction, I bid. To put this in different terms, I have a decent size BrandBucket portfolio. I would like to liquidate, but only for the right price. If I see single brandbucket domains going for less than $30, it would be in my best interest to buy it, so the assumption is you can't buy a BrandBucket domain on the aftermarket for less than $30, meaning my larger portfolio is worth $30+ each.
Furthermore, my disbelief in the chinese premium market is geared towards a recent article I read that detailed the use of developed numeric domains. In that I found 2,587 numeric domains were in Alexas top 1,000,000. About .0025% Though the article suggests this trend is rising, it also cautions investors to beware. This goes back to the fact that the market is inflated, and unless knowledgeable, dangerous.
http://domain.tips/usage-statistics-of-numeric-domains-how-much-can-be-found-in-the-alexa-top-1m/
