sales John Colascione says .com market in 35% decline

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Top 100 .com Domain Name Sales in 2015 Verses 2016 Shows 35% Decline

Top 100 .com Domain Name Sales in 2015 Verses 2016 Shows 35% Decline

June 9, 2017 By John Colascione

The top 100 .com domain sales in 2015 (left) accounted for a total of $37,670,400.00 in sales while the top 100 domain name sales in 2016 (right) accounted for $24,427,430.00. A 35% Decline in overall sales value.

Have an opinion on what’s causing the decline? Put it in the comments below.

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[rhakim]

Great article with statistics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[TRY]

If people value their good .com's more now that means less aftermarket sales (majority get reported) and more end-users sales (rarely reported).

The more the people value their domains the less apt they are to sell for cheap, hence the lower aftermarket sales volume imo.

 

[bobbarato]

Speculator bux chasing cryptocurrency and millions sitting on stasshes of *trump and trump* .coms waiting for the impeaches to ripen.

 

[pokainc]

- most private sales are not reported
- depending on sales amount brackets, you can get the numbers you're looking for
- even if there's other sales besides .com, doesn't mean .com is in decline.

Percentage wise, as everyone used to mainly only value .com, .com represented closer to 100% of sales. It's normal new extensions have their market, but the core is still .com.

It would also be interesting to see how many companies are ending up upgrading to .com after owning the "lesser" extension.

So far 2017 has been better than 2016 for myself like others stated (dealing with brandable .com's only)

 

[equity78]

- most private sales are not reported
- depending on sales amount brackets, you can get the numbers you're looking for
- even if there's other sales besides .com, doesn't mean .com is in decline.

Percentage wise, as everyone used to mainly only value .com, .com represented closer to 100% of sales. It's normal new extensions have their market, but the core is still .com.

It would also be interesting to see how many companies are ending up upgrading to .com after owning the "lesser" extension.

So far 2017 has been better than 2016 for myself like others stated (dealing with brandable .com's only)

Good points