How many new gTLDs have you sold for $100 or more?

[Fancy.domains]

Until this day, how many new gTLDs have you sold for $100 or more?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

My answer is: 0, but I own...

 

[drsheraz]

Only 1 in xyz

 

[ambrose.xu]

one for 550$, 4 for 65$

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

"51-75"
What percentage of them are independent buyers?
Not squattings of existing/old websites that include nTLD-keyword in their names...

 

[garptrader]

While Chinese participation on this forum may be low (survey might not reflect Chinese to Chinese nTLD sales) but by making some reasonable assumptions, one could potentially gauge the percentage of reported new TLD sales made by domainers as well as the typical portfolio turn of new TLD portfolios. Note that we are now in the third year of new TLDs so most portfolios are going through their second renewal cycle. Enthusiasm toward an investment which is underperforming can take several years before it turns (i.e. in 2009-2010 I was buying .TV nearly every week but over the last few years have dropped probably 60% of my .TV portfolio - makes sense for video-oriented sites as Youtube is a very popular social media platform, plenty of usage and occasional reports of aftermarket sales but a horrible TLD for most investors as renewals are too high and turnover too low ).

 

[Fancy.domains]

"51-75"
What percentage of them are independent buyers?
Not squattings of existing/old websites that include nTLD-keyword in their names...

Sorry, but what do you mean by this? If you sell a ****.pro and the company that has the name ****pro (not a trademark), it is considered squatting? I try to never buy trademarks or famous company names and seriously don't think I sell more of that than you.

My answer is ZERO squatting.

Ps. What is an independent buyer?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I'm not talking about TM-squatting...
I have said clearly: if nTLD-keyword (generic certainly) is a part of their existing domains... and that's all... simple quest...

 

[Fancy.domains]

I'm not talking about TM-squatting...
I have said clearly: if nTLD-keyword (generic certainly) is part of their existing domains... and that's all... simple quest...

Still don't get it. I own Rock.xyz. I think there are thousands of companies with that, or similar, names in the world.

And no, I do not buy company names, I buy good keywords and keyword + TLD combinations, so my answer would still be zero "squattings".

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Then again...
Sample: you had example.world and your buyer was from exampleworld.net
That is what I call as "squatting" in good sense... TM-squatting is absolutely another theme...
Understand?

 

[Fancy.domains]

Haha, sorry I totally misunderstood. My apologies!

I can think of three now. It could be a few more, but it's at least three that I am aware about. One of these was for a subsidiary of the larger company.

 

[Fancy.domains]

Ps. Only one of them are currently using the name (Trend dot media) so the other two might be defensive buys or just future projects.

Oh, there is one more that I just sold (Like dot bike). Their website is under construction. So three companies and one subsidiary. That I am aware of.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

horrible TLD for most investors as renewals are too high and turnover too low ).

This is because .TV is leased to Verisign by Tuvalu's gov. for 7-figure yearly...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

p.s. I picked up a few tens of .TV and had 3 sales (1 Canadian enduser for $1,500 + 2 sold to another domainer for mid $xxx each) and a few offers... and that's all...

 

[Fancy.domains]

So far, about fifty percent have sold a new gTLD and fifty percent have not.

Thank you for voting.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

If you will ask about $500 or more - you will get another results...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Under $500 - is usually domainer-to-domainer range...
~50% of all Sedo-sales are under $500...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And share of $2,500+ sales on Sedo is just a few %...

 

[Bram C.]

So far some interesting results:

40% of all gTLD owners that voted never managed to sell a single gTLD.
17.5% of all gTLD owners that voted managed to only sell 1 gTLD over $100 USD.
And only 7.5% of all gTLD owners that voted managed to sell more than 10 gTLDs over $100 USD.

In regards to what @Jurgen Wolf already mentioned: The poll is about gTLDs that sold over $100 USD. If the poll would have been regarding gTLDs that sold over $500 the amount of people who managed to sell some gTLDs would evidently be far less.

Also, if someone buys a gTLD for $120 and manages to sell it for $101 then, according to this poll, they sold 1 gTLD. Which is true of course but they still lost money in that case But I understand this poll is not about who is actually making a profit with gTLDs.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ in many nTLDs standard regfee is from $20 and up to $100...
So I don't understand this $100+ benchmark completely...

 

[Fancy.domains]

+ in many nTLDs standard regfee is from $20 and up to $100...
So I don't understand this $100+ benchmark completely...

My most expensive premium new gTLD costs 36 dollars a year. But of course there are other guys buying more expensive premiums.

The $100 limit was added because of reducing "drop flips" and making this a little more accurate. Obviously you can add a higher number if you are doing a similar poll.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I'm not talking about Premiums...
.BEST/.GOLD/.SEX/.PORN costs $70-100 yearly (standard fee)... depends on registrar... and this is just a few samples...

 

[Fancy.domains]

I'm not talking about Premiums...
.BEST/.GOLD/.SEX/.PORN costs $70-100 yearly (standard fee)... depends on registrar... and this is just a few samples...

Everyone are free to stay away from those. Or not... Just as some expensive ccTLDs.

Ps. I just remember that I have Dance dot global and that one is about 50 dollars a year. It should be my most expensive name, as I dropped all 40 dollar + premiums in 2015.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Expensive or not - everyone decides personally...
Your poll is suitable only for .top/.xyz and similar $x nTLDs...

 

[Fancy.domains]

Expensive or not - everyone decides personally...
Your poll is suitable only for .top/.xyz and similar $x nTLDs...

Most Donuts names are currently about $22-24, depending on registrar. I really hope that the coming price raise will be moderate.

You can even get them for 19.99 at a registrar I personally stay away from.