I lost count of how many times the skeptics like me as dismissed as commies. I am not offended, but this is not an accurate description of my domaining model. I believe in diversification but healthy diversification (not diversifying in crap).
How is what you saying NOT relevant to .com as well? You can get crap .com's as much as you get crap gTLD's
I am not saying that you must be able to flip all your names right away - the majority of .com domains are not liquid either - but everybody needs to make sales from time to time. If you don't make sales, then you are subsidizing a hobby.Investors need an horizon.
Again, that applies to .com's as well. So what relevance does it have in comparison to gTLDs?
Probably 80% of the domainers here are not making sales, even the ones that are investing in .com only - so they are also subsidising a hobby.
I just can't see how aftermarket sales are going to thrive while domains in new extensions remain largely invisible in the real world. A secondary market depends on a healthy primary market.
IMO investing heavily in new extensions is putting the cart before the horse. If your portfolio is 90% new extensions then it is almost certainly unbalanced and unhealthy.
Just because you can't see it does not mean the opportunity does not exist, unless you claim to be some sort of domain oracle that has an all seeing eye. Where exactly do you thumb suck a 90% new extension ratio from? I clearly said "-my portfolio is dominated by .com & ccTLD's. "
$60 doesn't sound so expensive, the most I've paid was $80 for a ccTLD. When you scale up and buy dozens or hundreds of domains the fees quickly add up ($,$$$+).
The majority of .com portfolios are not sustainable even at $10/year. That's why I am so skeptical toward the business model of new gTLDs. Higher fees and less liquidity, all things being equal.
Domainers are overjoyed when they make a $$$$ sale and they gloat about the great ROI but dismiss the fact that the sale does not cover the renewal fees for the rest of the portfolio.
Again that applies to .com as well.
Finally to reiterate:
Why assume that we have not made any gTLD sales and that we don't get offers on our gTLD's - Surely all the gTLD investors can be "dreamers", perhaps there is another reason some of us are investing in them, could it be that we are seeing interest in our current stock that encourages as to keep them and grab more as well?.... hmmm