domains Will wholesale auction prices for .xyz keep going up?

[equity78]

Sav.com and Docky.Ly are continuing to get some great wholesale pricing for expired and dropped .xyz names. Over the past month we are seeing names go for $2,500 routinely. Cafe.xyz became the second name to hit the $7,450 mark, the highest price we have witnessed from these two sites. cafe.xyz 7,450 USD 2021-12-04 Sav.com living.xyz […]
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[NickB]

Probably so.......

It's like sheep mentality, someone through brilliant foresight puts together a great .xyz portfolio over a number of years, starts to see positive results so every Tom, Dick and Harriet try's to jump on the bandwagon when all that's left is expensive wheels........

No one else has a chance of putting together such a big .xyz portfolio and they are going to have to pay through the nose to assemble one of any decent size - remember the average sell through rate in this industry? I think most people don't and are going to be holding very expensive domains for a long long time.......

Until others start regularly reporting decent sales ( x,xxx - xx,xxx) in this extension then I stand by the above and people should accept they have missed the boat.........or be prepared to pay BIG time to amass a sizeable portfolio

There's always the next bandwagon on the horizon though.......

 

[karmaco]

Sure prices will continue to rise as they do on everything. Dictionary words aren’t going out of style anytime soon.

The only thing that never increases is what domainers are willing to pay other domainers for a name. But give them an auction and the battle is on.

 

[equity78]

Sure prices will continue to rise as they do on everything. Dictionary words aren’t going out of style anytime soon.

The only thing that never increases is what domainers are willing to pay other domainers for a name. But give them an auction and the battle is on.

Yes been writing about it for years people don't want to put money in another domainer's pocket but will give it to GoDaddy, NameJet and now Sav.com.

 

[bmugford]

With domains, especially secondary extensions, you need massive margins to cover slow sell-through rates.

If you are buying domains for $10 - $100 each, then it makes sense to sell them for like mid $X,XXX or less. When you start paying in a mid $XXX - mid $X,XXX range "re-seller" you often become the end user.

The math does not work if you are paying low $X,XXX and asking mid $X,XXX for a domain, especially with secondary extensions that generally have far lower sell-through rates.

If you got in early and have a strong one word portfolio, then props. It is a different model though if your average cost is $10 - $100 vs. $500 - $1000+.

Brad

 

[DNGear]

I am spending around 2K per domain.( I mean a good one).

* I didn't mean to suggest anyone to buy without proper due diligence.

 

[DNGear]

If you think it's right to encourage people to buy xyz when you're sat on 19k of them then that's your prerogative.

If you read what I say instead of just down voting every post I make then you might realise that I do like all domains.

The truth is that you have been encouraging people with your behaviour and responses. You won't entertain reasoned analysis of your own situation nevermind others.

I can proudly tell anyone in our community, Please register if you find a good keyword in .xyz and hold onto it.(Dont drop). Set a BIN price in Afternic and DAN. Forget about them.

 

[DNGear]

I can understand your intention. But people are not listening. Auction prices are rising up...

Tbh, there are lot of .com domains with sales landers. So do we think its due to lack of demand.

Dont be MadAbout.COMdomains? Just be MadAbout Domains.

 

[equity78]

No one else has a chance of putting together such a big .xyz portfolio and they are going to have to pay through the nose to assemble one of any decent size - remember the average sell through rate in this industry?

Very true and the most important part of the equation.

 

[karmaco]

I've been trying to sound the alarm for months. Too many people not willing to have an honest conversation about it. Too many getting excited and encouraging noobs.

Stream.xyz is available as a premium reg for 3k a year right now, that's an indication about the lack of demand. That would surely be gone if it was such a good investment. I was tempted but it's stupid...

I think you need to have an honest conversation with yourself. DNGear is killing it.

Block.xyz and Shop.xyz sold to very important people in their niches. What you are failing to see that has been obvious for years by DNGear and other sales— the court of public opinion is changed and thats what matters as far as sales.

I rest my case.

 

[VadimK]

That's a never ending battle between ''xyz train is gone, forget about it, Swetha is God'' from one hand and ''xyz train is just arriving, pack your bags, we are taking the best seats, Swetha is God'' from the other...I honestly believe it's never one of two.

In my opinion, xyz is getting more popular, that's it. No more, no less. Everyone who doubts it, can check the sales graphs at NameBio. As the world is digitizing rapidly, there is simply no reason that I could think of a sudden loss of popularity of xyz (especially when it's backed by google and other big tech, so, it is known that indexing and popularity will not be an issue). So, this train will be moving, however, it's not a speed-train.

I also think that it's a mistake to judge xyz by the number ''one word'' taken (or non-taken!). At this stage, the NFT, crypto, and tech startups (also probably some science and space areas) are playing this game. They rather buy some abstract brandable 4-5 letter word for their coin startup, rather than some regular ''cousin.xyz''... I think all these ''normal'' words will be available for relatively cheap for quite a while.

To conclude. There is definitely a possibility with xyz out there, however it needs to be played carefully with top tld taken words and some heavy volume business attractive combinations. Otherwise one is risking buying hundreds of mediocre words (hey, they are cheap!!) and be swept away on the next renewal, without selling anything).
And nice 4-letters will be popular soon, I believe. I think they will trade much more expensively within a year. Let's see what the future holds.

 

[DNGear]

I think it has a premium renewal tag of 350 usd.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Hey Mad, I think one must try few of xyz in their portfolios, so they will experience the traction of it.
I feel that everyone must try to chase some good names in xyz, same as we all do in .com
Now please don't get MAD on me

Welcome to Namepros. As a new member please be careful and don't get dragged into fads by people spouting their mouth off and only invest what you can afford to lose. Invest wisely and if you deem that to be XYZ then so be it. Nothing wrong with chasing good domains in any extension if you strongly believe in it.

 

[DNGear]

Good to see that stream.xyz has been regged at a handsome $3,000 USD a year renewal fee since I mentioned it. I told you that egging people to waste money on here causes people to waste money... Lets hope they can get a return on it.

Credit goes to you by mentioning this domain was avalable.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Credit goes to you by mentioning this domain was avalable.

Probably one of the best domains going in xyz.

I have the strength of conviction to recognise and make it clear that it's probably not a good investment. That's the kinda guy I am. As I said, I want people to succeed in this game but it goes unappreciated.

Thanks for the down vote in advance.

 

[Alop]

Hype is good. Hype sells. Pump it up

Extension xyz is reaching its limit imo

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Listed at afternic for $777
https://www.afternic.com/domains/cop.xyz

 

[DNChase]

And make no money on it. 19k domains will yield sales if there ones to be had. 1 or 2 the equation doesn't add up.

Hey Mad, I think one must try few of xyz in their portfolios, so they will experience the traction of it.
I feel that everyone must try to chase some good names in xyz, same as we all do in .com
Now please don't get MAD on me

 

[MadAboutDomains]

That's a big bet to make......must of been available to reg for a while at that price (how long?) and no end user thought to take it.....

This is the WHOIS before it was registered and it appears to show it as registered until May 2019 if I'm reading it correctly.

Yep, if I had a use for it I would have registered it so I could develop it. But I don't so I didn't. Streaming content takes a lot of bandwidth and costs a lot of money so I would need to monetise it well to justify it which I didn't think was likely in the market given all of the other competitors that are already out there that do it so well.

 

[D Haynes]

I guess someone made a loss?

 

[ixex]

I can proudly tell anyone in our community, Please register if you find a good keyword in .xyz and hold onto it.(Dont drop). Set a BIN price in Afternic and DAN. Forget about them.

Registered a good one that I believe. Dont think I will market to sell, but develop. I ll see what happens with all the xyz hype.. hope it is fruitful.

 

[D Haynes]

Cop.xyz just sold at Bido for 97 bucks which I thought was cheap.

 

[equity78]

Cop.xyz just sold at Bido for 97 bucks which I thought was cheap.

Bido? It just sold the other day at Sav.com https://namebio.com/cop.xyz Now listed for $26K plus at Squadhelp.

 

[NickB]

Good to see that stream.xyz has been regged at a handsome $3,000 USD a year renewal fee since I mentioned it. I told you that egging people to waste money on here causes people to waste money... Lets hope they can get a return on it.

That's a big bet to make......must of been available to reg for a while at that price (how long?) and no end user thought to take it.....

 

[Xiberia]

I was going to say I think name.xyz is a better, errr... name (for I guess the same price as stream.xyz, about $2.7k, IIRC), but I've just seen that was regged a few days ago, I assume after I mentioned it.

I think the initial cost is okay but I thought the renewal fees would put people off registering. Sincere good luck to the buyer/s though, I'm finding the whole XYZ thing quite fascinating.

Anyone who wants a 2 character name, I think A1.xyz (A one) is available for about $250/year.