discuss .LINK binge continues

[BoGoKing]

".LINK is no worse than .XYZ".....like the .com loyalists despising the .xyz insurgence, the .xyz loyalists despise the .link insurgence.

While most of the really good "single word" .link domains have been registered still a few remain. For example, the day after Thanksgiving I was able to register Thankfulness.link that happens to be no worse than Thankfulness.xyz or Thankfulness.com.

In the way of an update.....domains under management aka DUM has grown from 200,000 to 221,000 since May, and 1,500 of those I've registered. In addition, i have it from some reliable sources that "Good News is Coming"

 

[bmugford]

FWIW, and because soon losing the ability to do this with Dofo closing, unfortunately, I did an industry wide apparent STR for .link.

NameBio show 56 sales over last two years, so I took 28 per year. I included all price points above $100, so some acquisitions in this. But on other hand NameBio probably only captures 1/5 of total retail sales, on average.

Dofo tell me that for the marketplaces they cover, there are 5993 .link domain names listed for sale.

That gives an apparent STR of 0.47%.

If I somewhat arbitrarily assume Dofo only capture half of the names listed for sale, and NameBio only 1/5 of the names sold, then apply a net correction factor of 2.5x to yield an estimate of the industry wide STR for .link of 1.18, so your 1-2% covers that.

-Bob

The STR rate of .link domains not listed for sale anywhere is close to 0%.
That is the boat @ThatNameGuy is in.

It is silly not to list products you intend to sell. 0.5% or 1% beats 0%.

Brad

 

[BoGoKing]

@ThatNameGuy - I have a few questions now that this thread is on page 15 and counting:

1. You started the thread with 1,500 registrations of .link. How many .link are in your portfolio today?
2. Since you started this thread in Nov. 2022, how many .link domains have you sold (Average STR = Sell Through Rate)?
3. Out of the number of .link domains you sold, what is your average ROI (Return on investments)?
4. Since Nov. 2022 have you noticed an uptick in .link registrations (Assuming you monitor it since you are so invested into it)?
5. How many of the .link domains in your portfolio are developed now?
6. Are you mostly listing .link domains on 3rd party sales landers, internal landers, parking them, etc.?
7. When checking analytics for your most popular .link domains, where is the most traffic coming from (E.g. Are your NamePros posts driving most the visitors to them, organic searches, other...)?

I think the answers to the above questions would serve as valuable data points to anyone thinking about or already invested into the .link extension. If you could provide/attach screenshots to verify some of your answers/claims it would be even more helpful in validating the data points for potential .link investors.

I look forward to your reply.

Thanks.

WOW!.....15 pages and counting, and no telling how many anonymous followers I see you're still in Houston where a friend of mine (NASA Astronaut) is still stationed. Hows your wife and kid (wish I could remember their name)? Eric...as you know I wasn't born yesterday, and I'm sure you know the answer to most of your questions.

To bring you up to speed, it was last May when I first read an article written by Andrew Allemann titled;

Domain investor acquires .link top level domain​

Upon verifying some of the information I'd read I started buying .link domains and as of today I own about 1,600 names with about 50 of them being Premium names for which I paid about $100 each and another 1500 for which I paid about $2 each. Thus, I have a total of about $8,000 invested. Time invested is a different story, but like with anything I do, it's been fun.

While I don't know them well, I've done my best to develop a relationship with the new owners and management @ Nova Registry, LTD in Malta. Bottom line, i like the story I'm reading/hearing "between the lines"

Finally Eric, there was a time I thought we might be doing some business together but it never came to fruition Email or PM me if you'd like, and Happy New Year to you and your family.

 

[Eric Lyon]

WOW!.....15 pages and counting, and no telling how many anonymous followers I see you're still in Houston where a friend of mine (NASA Astronaut) is still stationed. Hows your wife and kid (wish I could remember their name)? Eric...as you know I wasn't born yesterday, and I'm sure you know the answer to most of your questions.

To bring you up to speed, it was last May when I first read an article written by Andrew Allemann titled;

Domain investor acquires .link top level domain​

Upon verifying some of the information I'd read I started buying .link domains and as of today I own about 1,600 names with about 50 of them being Premium names for which I paid about $100 each and another 1500 for which I paid about $2 each. Thus, I have a total of about $8,000 invested. Time invested is a different story, but like with anything I do, it's been fun.

While I don't know them well, I've done my best to develop a relationship with the new owners and management @ Nova Registry, LTD in Malta. Bottom line, i like the story I'm reading/hearing "between the lines"

Finally Eric, there was a time I thought we might be doing some business together but it never came to fruition Email or PM me if you'd like, and Happy New Year to you and your family.

That answers #1 below. Thanks

1. You started the thread with 1,500 registrations of .link. How many .link are in your portfolio today?
2. Since you started this thread in Nov. 2022, how many .link domains have you sold (Average STR = Sell Through Rate)?
3. Out of the number of .link domains you sold, what is your average ROI (Return on investments)?
4. Since Nov. 2022 have you noticed an uptick in .link registrations (Assuming you monitor it since you are so invested into it)?
5. How many of the .link domains in your portfolio are developed now?
6. Are you mostly listing .link domains on 3rd party sales landers, internal landers, parking them, etc.?
7. When checking analytics for your most popular .link domains, where is the most traffic coming from (E.g. Are your NamePros posts driving most the visitors to them, organic searches, other...)?

What about #'s 2 thru 7?

My family and I are doing ok, thanks for asking. I have a pending 2nd surgery in the very near future (Fingers crossed that turns out ok without additional complications). But that's a completely different topic.

Let's stay on the .link topic. Your answers could potentially help with data points that potential and existing .link investors may find helpful.

I look forward to learning more about the above remaining inquiries.

 

[BoGoKing]

That answers #1 below. Thanks

1. You started the thread with 1,500 registrations of .link. How many .link are in your portfolio today?
2. Since you started this thread in Nov. 2022, how many .link domains have you sold (Average STR = Sell Through Rate)?
3. Out of the number of .link domains you sold, what is your average ROI (Return on investments)?
4. Since Nov. 2022 have you noticed an uptick in .link registrations (Assuming you monitor it since you are so invested into it)?
5. How many of the .link domains in your portfolio are developed now?
6. Are you mostly listing .link domains on 3rd party sales landers, internal landers, parking them, etc.?
7. When checking analytics for your most popular .link domains, where is the most traffic coming from (E.g. Are your NamePros posts driving most the visitors to them, organic searches, other...)?

What about #'s 2 thru 7?

My family and I are doing ok, thanks for asking. I have a pending 2nd surgery in the very near future (Fingers crossed that turns out ok without additional complications). But that's a completely different topic.

Let's stay on the .link topic. Your answers could potentially help with data points that potential and existing .link investors may find helpful.

I look forward to learning more about the above remaining inquiries.

Eric....i'm not your typical domainer nor do i care to be. I've been in a buying/accumulation mode for the last six months according to plan. For example, if I were to come to Houston to go into the real estate business with a million dollar line of credit to buy, sell, rent and flip real estate, how long do you think it would take me to develop a portfolio?.....six months? a year? maybe two years? It takes time right? As I said, I've invested way more time researching and buying .link domains than money.

Moving on, it's pretty obvious to me that I'm not the only one following the developments with .link. Isn't this why you're here? How about other members like JMCC, Jean G., Brad, Joe N, Bob Hawkes, Nick and others?

As you know the world is paved with good intentions, and I do intend to have my domains listed in pretty short order. And now that I've decided on the name Varsity Domains for my marketplace, i plan to have that up and running either via Efty or my own website in 90 days.

Finally Eric, i'm not going anywhere and I have enough cash on hand to be able to renew all my .link domains when they come up for renewal giving me time to get my shit together And that's not to say I'll be renewing them all.

Good luck with your surgery Eric, and hi to Amanda.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

As you know the world is paved with good intentions, and I do intend to have my domains listed in pretty short order.

This is intended as helpful advice, so please take it that way.

I know personally how easy it is to focus on acquisitions, but it is so important to balance that with making the names available for sale. Yes, in theory someone could reach out, but I think in the vast majority of cases names only sell if they are on a marketplace and have a lander.

It's great that you want to set up your own marketplace, and a name for that, and as next stage concentrate on that. But first, starting right now, at least get your names all listed at least one of Dan, Afternic, Sedo, and preferably all. Make sure there is a lander working for each name. Don't at this stage worry about what style of lander, or adding a description if at Dan, but just get it up and working.

1600 is a lot of names to manage. Prioritize getting your best names up first. Today. Make a rule for yourself: "I am not allowed to search for another name until I get 500 listed." I make rules for myself like that all the time, cause I far enjoy searching for names dropping or available than I do actually the mechanics of listing, recording, etc.

I am not saying abandon your more ambitious goals. But first, get them listed.

Best wishes, and I hope you will take my advice.

-Bob

 

[Eric Lyon]

Eric....i'm not your typical domainer nor do i care to be. I've been in a buying/accumulation mode for the last six months according to plan. For example, if I were to come to Houston to go into the real estate business with a million dollar line of credit to buy, sell, rent and flip real estate, how long do you think it would take me to develop a portfolio?.....six months? a year? maybe two years? It takes time right? As I said, I've invested way more time researching and buying .link domains than money.

Moving on, it's pretty obvious to me that I'm not the only one following the developments with .link. Isn't this why you're here? How about other members like JMCC, Jean G., Brad, Joe N, Bob Hawkes, Nick and others?

As you know the world is paved with good intentions, and I do intend to have my domains listed in pretty short order. And now that I've decided on the name Varsity Domains for my marketplace, i plan to have that up and running either via Efty or my own website in 90 days.

Finally Eric, i'm not going anywhere and I have enough cash on hand to be able to renew all my .link domains when they come up for renewal giving me time to get my shit together And that's not to say I'll be renewing them all.

Good luck with your surgery Eric, and hi to Amanda.

That answers #6 below. Thanks

1. You started the thread with 1,500 registrations of .link. How many .link are in your portfolio today?
2. Since you started this thread in Nov. 2022, how many .link domains have you sold (Average STR = Sell Through Rate)?
3. Out of the number of .link domains you sold, what is your average ROI (Return on investments)?
4. Since Nov. 2022 have you noticed an uptick in .link registrations (Assuming you monitor it since you are so invested into it)?
5. How many of the .link domains in your portfolio are developed now?
6. Are you mostly listing .link domains on 3rd party sales landers, internal landers, parking them, etc.?
7. When checking analytics for your most popular .link domains, where is the most traffic coming from (E.g. Are your NamePros posts driving most the visitors to them, organic searches, other...)?

What about #'s 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7?

It seems you are avoiding most the questions/inquiries that could help potential and existing .link investors. I'm trying to help keep track of them for everyone by striking out each in the list when answered (There's no right or wrong answers, it's more like an interview that benefits everyone reading this topic). Could you help out and provide some more insight on the other inquiries please?

Thanks.

 

[bmugford]

Moving on, it's pretty obvious to me that I'm not the only one following the developments with .link. Isn't this why you're here? How about other members like JMCC, Jean G., Brad, Joe N, Bob Hawkes, Nick and others?

Feel free to follow me on Twitter. While I don't normally report sales, I have started to report some there.
You might learn something about domain sales @ThatNameGuy.

Brad

 

[BoGoKing]

It was a comment that seemed to be based on a poor understanding of domain names and the industry. Verisign caught a lot of flack over it. The number of valuable and truly generic domain names is in the tens of thousands. Frank's reservations in his gTLDs are worth studying. At least 8% of .COM is currently on sale. But what Jeannie McPherson may not have realised is that many domain names that are on sale rarely last more than a year.

The for-sale market is actually three markets with very different dynamics. There's the investment grade market of short/category killer/brandable domain names which keep getting renewed. There is also a kind of mid-range market where the renewals aren't too bad. This market has good domain names and some brandables. Then there's a speculative market with domain names that rarely last more than a year before being dropped. The renewal rate on the investment grade domain names is very good. There are some very smart people in Verisign but that blog post seemed to be just really bad marketing stuff.

I've added an "Active in $TLD and historically registered in $TLD" lists feature for domain name lookups on the site. That chocolate . link domain name provides a good example of how a category killer domain name in .COM does not necessarily translate to being a category killer in all TLDs. For chocolate, especially at the high end of the market, it is the brand that matters.

Price caps are a good thing for a gTLD as large as .COM and they provide the registrants, and the industry, with a kind of stability. The new gTLDs don't have that and the registry can decide the reg fee. That's the flaw behind the discounting model. Verisign also uses discounting but is generally much more precise about it. The .COM has had one of its worst years but it is not down to discounting. It will be interesting to see how .LINK fares in the next two quarters. (.COM was at 164.5M in the latest ICANN reports (September 2022). It is at 160.5M this morning.)

Regards...jmcc

"It will be interesting to see how .LINK fares in the next two quarters." I'm with you on this John. Yesterdays announcement from WordPress.com News about Link in Bio titled "Supercharge your Social Media with a new Link in Bio Page" will hopefully be very positive for .link.

Despite my lack of technical experience I was able to set up my account DomainGuy.link in less than 20 minutes, and as you can see, this is just the start. Thanks again John!

 

[Joe N]

Yesterdays announcement from WordPress.com News about Link in Bio titled "Supercharge your Social Media with a new Link in Bio Page" will hopefully be very positive for .link.

Isn't this just a promotional article from the .link people?

I can see how they're trying to carve out a niche for the extension, but for me it falls flat. The "features" they're promoting can be achieved with any domain extension. So why would people buy a .link name?

This is the real problem with new gTLDs. Because they are all used the same way, the only thing that matters is public trust and perception, and .com (plus a handful of others) already have that trust locked up. It's a monumental task for any pther extension to break into that bubble.

 

[Joe N]

Feel free to follow me on Twitter. While I don't normally report sales, I have started to report some there.
You might learn something about domain sales @ThatNameGuy.

Brad

Have you reported any .link sales?

It's actually awesome to see some of the stuff you've been selling. You got me back on Twitter!

 

[BoGoKing]

Isn't this just a promotional article from the .link people?

I can see how they're trying to carve out a niche for the extension, but for me it falls flat. The "features" they're promoting can be achieved with any domain extension. So why would people buy a .link name?

This is the real problem with new gTLDs. Because they are all used the same way, the only thing that matters is public trust and perception, and .com (plus a handful of others) already have that trust locked up. It's a monumental task for any pther extension to break into that bubble.

This is really bothering you isn't it Joe This may help; LaunchMy.link

About "Public Trust"

Holy sh!t…Verisign just called out “Domain Scalpers” and its biggest customers​

 

[bmugford]

Have you reported any .link sales?

It's actually awesome to see some of the stuff you've been selling. You got me back on Twitter!

Congrats on the sale you just posted.
It's good to see some sales.

I have not made any .link sales, because I don't own any.
Rich and I appear to have the same amount listed for sale though.

Hopefully @ThatNameGuy will be posting some sales soon.

Brad

 

[Eric Lyon]

@ThatNameGuy -

I think you've made it clear now that you are deliberately avoiding the questions meant to help all potential and existing .link investors/resellers following this topic. Your posts in this thread made it seem as if you were seasoned in this niche and that readers should follow your advice. I may have been mistaken by the context of your replies/posts, which led to my sincere attempt to learn more from you with the questions I outlined.

Taking a closer look, your posts appear to be more promotional, geared to try and get NamePros members to visit the domains you link drop in a majority (if not all your posts).

I would advise readers of this thread to not take any of your .link advice at this point (At least until you have some verifiable sales or development experience in the .link niche).

Please try not to mislead any newer .link investors/resellers.

I wish you the best in your .link ventures. Please consider some of the advice some more seasoned members have offered and don't be to quick to sweep the knowledge they offer under the rug.

 

[BoGoKing]

@ThatNameGuy -

I think you've made it clear now that you are deliberately avoiding the questions meant to help all potential and existing .link investors/resellers following this topic. Your posts in this thread made it seem as if you were seasoned in this niche and that readers should follow your advice. I may have been mistaken by the context of your replies/posts, which led to my sincere attempt to learn more from you with the questions I outlined.

Taking a closer look, your posts appear to be more promotional, geared to try and get NamePros members to visit the domains you link drop in a majority (if not all your posts).

I would advise readers of this thread to not take any of your .link advice at this point (At least until you have some verifiable sales or development experience in the .link niche).

Please try not to mislead any newer .link investors/resellers.

I wish you the best in your .link ventures. Please consider some of the advice some more seasoned members have offered and don't be to quick to sweep the knowledge they offer under the rug.

Are you kidding me Eric....i couldn't have made it any clearer as to why I've been buying/accumulating .link domains since learning about the sale of this extension from Frank Schilling of UniRegistry to Yoni Belousov and some other investors to include Jeff Gabriel, CEO of SAW.com earlier last year.

Do you mean to tell me you didn't know about this Eric? How about all the others whose sole purpose it is/was to stalk and intimidate me simply because I don't do business their or the NamePros way?

Regardless of whether you allow this post/response to stand and regardless of whether .LINK is successful or not, I find it hard to believe you and NamePros are so critical of a "turnaround" investor who see's upside potential and value in each and every .LINK domain i own

 

[Joe N]

This is really bothering you isn't it Joe This may help; LaunchMy.link

About "Public Trust"

Holy sh!t…Verisign just called out “Domain Scalpers” and its biggest customers​

Rich, why do you start these threads and then run away from the discussions?

 

[Eric Lyon]

Are you kidding me Eric....i couldn't have made it any clearer as to why I've been buying/accumulating .link domains since learning about the sale of this extension from Frank Schilling of UniRegistry to Yoni Belousov and some other investors to include Jeff Gabriel, CEO of SAW.com earlier last year.

Do you mean to tell me you didn't know about this Eric? How about all the others whose sole purpose it is/was to stalk and intimidate me simply because I don't do business their or the NamePros way?

Regardless of whether you allow this post/response to stand and regardless of whether .LINK is successful or not, I find it hard to believe you and NamePros are so critical of a "turnaround" investor who see's upside potential and value in each and every .LINK domain i own

My on-topic questions to you regarding your .link investing experience were genuine as a follow-up to a thread you started about .link and posted multiple times about the decades of investing experience you have. I was looking to learn more, to add to my own arsenal of knowledge and wasn't expecting to have the majority of questions about your personal .link journey ignored and the subject changed/deflected each time.

We all do it differently.

What works for one doesn't always work for another and results may vary. I've always been a big believer in that.

You could have added that bit with your answers. I was just taken back by the deflection and got frustrated having to ask the same questions multiple times, with no acknowledgement of them. It's ok if you haven't made any .link sales yet. I was genuinely curious for the data points.

I like to compile research and data points for various extensions and niches (As seen in the Professional Appraisals I do daily sometimes).

So, please don't take my questions personal. I ask lots of members the same questions in niches they express expertise in to gather various data points for later use.

However, at the same time, I don't want to see any new investors led down the wrong path either. So when someone with decades of investing experience hosting a niche topic thread won't cooperate/participate in personal investment journey questions related to the very topic they created to assist with data points to help other potential investors, I have to take a step back and re-evaluate with whom I should be asking these niche related questions.

I would love to hear from .link investors with some Verifiable Sales, STR, ROI, POS, and other data points to offer that could help this topic and it's viewers better their best.

If anyone reading this has some of the above data points to share, please do. I'm looking to dig into the .link extension a bit more before I decide if it's a viable extension to consider adding into my portfolio or potentially developing on.

Most importantly, let's keep the topic about .link and see if we can learn from one another.

 

[BoGoKing]

My on-topic questions to you regarding your .link investing experience were genuine as a follow-up to a thread you started about .link and posted multiple times about the decades of investing experience you have. I was looking to learn more, to add to my own arsenal of knowledge and wasn't expecting to have the majority of questions about your personal .link journey ignored and the subject changed/deflected each time.

We all do it differently.

What works for one doesn't always work for another and results may vary. I've always been a big believer in that.

You could have added that bit with your answers. I was just taken back by the deflection and got frustrated having to ask the same questions multiple times, with no acknowledgement of them. It's ok if you haven't made any .link sales yet. I was genuinely curious for the data points.

I like to compile research and data points for various extensions and niches (As seen in the I do daily sometimes).

So, please don't take my questions personal. I ask lots of members the same questions in niches they express expertise in to gather various data points for later use.

However, at the same time, I don't want to see any new investors led down the wrong path either. So when someone with decades of investing experience hosting a niche topic thread won't cooperate/participate in personal investment journey questions related to the very topic they created to assist with data points to help other potential investors, I have to take a step back and re-evaluate with whom I should be asking these niche related questions.

I would love to hear from .link investors with some Verifiable Sales, STR, ROI, POS, and other data points to offer that could help this topic and it's viewers better their best.

If anyone reading this has some of the above data points to share, please do. I'm looking to dig into the .link extension a bit more before I decide if it's a viable extension to consider adding into my portfolio or potentially developing on.

Most importantly, let's keep the topic about .link and see if we can learn from one another.

Eric....thanks for allowing my post/response to stand, and yes I've had decades of investing experience with startups (mostly my own) and "turnarounds" (equity/stock markets).

Like most entrepreneurs I've met with both success and failure having started my first business in 1970.

With regards to .LINK, my involvement is mostly as a "turnaround" investment, but it also may involve a "startup" investment ala......"If it's to be, it's up to me"

Your comments; "We all do it differently. What works for one doesn't always work for another and results may vary. I've always been a big believer in that." are spot on Eric, and maybe there should be a footnote at either the beginning of a thread that i start, or after every post in order to be more transparent.

Moving on....questions like,"I would love to hear from .link investors with some Verifiable Sales, STR, ROI, POS, and other data points to offer that could help this topic and it's viewers better their best." are way to premature imo especially involving the early stages of a turnaround. Eric, i knew i wouldn't see results overnight, but at the same time I made it my business to learn what the new owners had planned for .LINK.

Now questions like Jean Guillion asked earlier in this thread, "So you've registered 1500 .link domains? Is it a good business? What do you do with these?" are perfectly fine. This was just a few months ago and it gave me an opportunity to explain to Jean why I was accumulating .link domains and what I plan to do with them. It also provided me with the opportunity to share with other NamePros members information about the new owners of .link and some of their plans to grow the extension.

Anyway, it also appears John McCormac owner/founder of HosterStats has also taken an interest in the .LINK "turnaround" else he wouldn't have commented about the "next two quarters" results

That's it for now Eric.......i hope this helps.

 

[Croc]

I can see freespeech.link developed, but what might dc.link promote? Alex....did we ever touch base about Welcome321.com where 321 is the area code for the Space Coast and Orlando?

dc.link is for "Domain cord", my discord server. I just use it for short sharing url only.

321 is one area code for Orange County, FL but the main one is 407, which is preferred here.

 

[bmugford]

@ThatNameGuy -

I think you've made it clear now that you are deliberately avoiding the questions meant to help all potential and existing .link investors/resellers following this topic. Your posts in this thread made it seem as if you were seasoned in this niche and that readers should follow your advice. I may have been mistaken by the context of your replies/posts, which led to my sincere attempt to learn more from you with the questions I outlined.

Taking a closer look, your posts appear to be more promotional, geared to try and get NamePros members to visit the domains you link drop in a majority (if not all your posts).

I would advise readers of this thread to not take any of your .link advice at this point (At least until you have some verifiable sales or development experience in the .link niche).

Please try not to mislead any newer .link investors/resellers.

I wish you the best in your .link ventures. Please consider some of the advice some more seasoned members have offered and don't be to quick to sweep the knowledge they offer under the rug.

Most of us are here to conduct serious business. I am not sure what @ThatNameGuy is here for other than just attention.

Every one of his threads goes the same direction...

1.) Talk about how great he is and all his past (irrelevant to domains) accomplishments.
2.) Namedrop to make him seem more important and credible.
3.) Quote others, often out of context, as if they are endorsing him or his business model.
4.) Spam a bunch of domains he owns.
5.) Talk about how everyone else is a "hoarder", but not the guy with 1500+ domains and limited (if any) sales.
6.) Talk about how messed up the domain industry is and repeat the one Verisign quote over, and over, and over, and over again.
7.) Rinse and Repeat.

There are people actually trying to help him, you know people who have had far more success in this field.

Brad

 

[Eric Lyon]

For perspective:

.link is an active gTLD that was proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The Registry and manager of the TLD is Uniregistry.[1] The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the Root Zone on 18 January 2014.[2]

Source

.link has had almost a decade to generate traction and data points, so I don't think it's premature at all to expect to see some movement with the extension by now.

Sales reports for .link

• NameBio.com reports 146 total entries for .link sales dating back to 2018 - The majority are in the low three-figure range
• DnSal.es reports 200+ total entries for .link sales dating back to 2014 - The majority are in the low three-figure range

It's nice to see a couple of the top sales developed, like: App.link and eth.link

Though it's a bit discouraging to see other top sales still parked, landed, redirects, or 404 errors like: 8.link, cloud.link, we.link, smart.link, z.link, secure.link, etc.......

The sales above are all in the 5-figures dating back almost a decade in some cases with plenty of time to develop them or find a new home.

With so many still sitting, it begs to bring concern that resellers/investors are having a very hard time finding actual end users for the .link assets and that the renewals stacked on the initial investments are potential financial losses every year. At some point (1, 2, 3+ decades later) such stacked investments may not be able to bounce back with a green profit margin and become destined for a red margin in loss.

Of course, not all .link domains are created equal and some are considered premium in quality with potentially a higher market demand.

As with all extensions, you can only pass them around between other investors at slightly marked up wholesale pricing for marginal profits so much before the hot potato is no longer interesting enough for another investor to take a chance on. At that point, either an investor is left holding the proverbial hot potato bag for an ultimate loss or it landed with a bonified salesman with niche market experience and contacts that can actually put the potato in the hands of a new start-up or existing company looking to rebrand for a profit.

Determining the safe hot potato threshold is the ultimate challenge so that there is still interest and wiggle room to at least make a quick marginal profit at whole liquidation in the event the investor needs capital fast, has an emergency financial situation, or wants to pivot to a different niche without being stuck holding that proverbial bag.

At any rate, I got a little long-winded. So I'll stop there for now and look forward to seeing any data points and insight other members have to share regarding .link to change my mind.