I tried to save you by showing the whole picture of ngtlds. If you still are not aware of your confirmation bias and insist on showing your well selected info (a small piece of all data) to support your views, it is your option.
The following are my points that show your arguments or info are misleading:
1. Overall sales projected to be less than last year
- .top sales from Chinese venues have not been recorded in Namebio since Aug 2019. .top sales were a big portion of ngtld sales in the past.
- Average price is higher and standard deviation is lower than last year, implying that the ngtld market starts focusing more on good-quality domains.
2. Only 2 out of the top 100 reported sales this year are new gtlds
- Only 1 (ash/xyz) out of the bottom 100 reported sales this year is new gtlds
- Average sales price of ngtlds ($4,015) is much higher than that of .com ($1,333) in 2019 YTD.
3. New startups picking new gtlds at low single digits
- Except .com, all extensions are single digits.
- Tech startups are the majority group in the new startups, but nearly all ngtlds are not originally designed for tech companies.
4. Daily sales posted here usually only showing 0 or 1 sale
- Daily sales posts have backdating issue.
- Looking at sales day by day cannot give you a whole picture.
- There were many days that had a few number of sales but the sales were sold for 5-6 figure.
5. Hot keywords, random keywords 1 for 200, 3 for 100 with examples used, there should be more activity
- Each ngtld has its own keyword list. Perfect match between keyword and extension is the key, not just hot keywords
- The above statistics do not consider a situation that some ngltds with "hot keyword+keyword" may be used by end users currently.
People will view our discussions and judge whether ngltds have a bright or dark near future.