2019 was not a great year for reported new gtld sales, after 2018 saw dollar volumes rise by 700,000, 2019 is looking down over $2 million. Of course there will be those that will say many sales go unreported, that’s true for all extensions so nothing special with that remark.
There are some that are doing well like Chad Wright’s WebQuest, they placed 4 of the top 26 sales. New.Life charted a couple nice sales as well.
2017 required a 6 figure sale to make the top 10, 2018 you needed $54,000. 2019 required only a sale of $25,000 to make the top 10.
As we enter a new decade new gtld investors are going to have to make some tough decisions. New gtlds are no longer exactly “new” and sunk costs for 2014 and 2015 registrations are starting to add up.
2017
1,007 Total Sales
$5.2m Dollar Volume
$5,118 Average Price
$500.3k High Price
2018
1,490 Total Sales
$5.7m Dollar Volume
$3,847 Average Price
$510k High Price
2019
865 Total Sales
$3.4m Dollar Volume
$3,940 Average Price
$335k High Price
