Which premium domain names are price competitively?
Prices that registries set for premium domains in new TLDs sometimes border on the absurd. I’ve come across domains in the form of Word1Word2.com that are available for hand registration and the Word1.Word2 domain is priced at $8,000 a year. Huh?
Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) has released some interesting data comparing some of its premium domain names to the asking prices of the “matching” .com. (Click the link in the post to download the list.)
Here are some examples:
ElectionSoftware.com $3,477 vs Election.software $25 MSRP
WorldwideVideo.com $64,888 vs. Worldwide.video $250 MSRP
CollaborationSoftware.com $20,000 vs. Collaboration.software $500 MSRP
WrestlingNews.com $20,000 vs. Wrestling.News $500 MSRP
SoftwareStudio.com $44,888 vs. Software.Studio $1,250 MSRP
ColoradoInjuryLawyer.com $45,000 vs. ColoradoInjury.Lawyer $3,125 MSRP
Of course, some .com owners are a bit crazy and might never realize these prices. But it’s a reasonable filter to see if a domain might be a good deal.
It’s especially relevant since Rightside is about to offer $10 wholesale renewals on premium domains purchased at participating registrars. Normally you pay the premium price every year, which makes the domains less appealing.
You should analyze the data Rightside has released if you’re interested in buying domains during the promotion.
Mason says
This is handpicked data to skew results, work some better terms the other way, I assure you the GTLD route is not the best one.
Take away 88 cent registrations, and GTLD aftermarket is on life support.
End users do not want to deal with $60,000 annual renewals they Rightside brought forward, I can’t believe you publish this crap.
Yes, I bought gtlds and 3 years in they are a wasteland.
Juan says
word1.word2 looks cheesy. Nobody cares about new tlds.
janedoe says
Except for those who do
phil says
I have sold several new gTLDS , over 50k worth in the last 12 months.
Ryan says
Ok Phil, tell us what your annual renewals are on the single letter crap that you can’t sell, get real, reality check
Ryan says
These guys don’t get it, if they have over $50K in renewals, and they sell their better inventory for $50K, they will end up losing the game, by paying a premium to carry the crap, take away the ducks.tv sale, and your 50K gets taken down by $15K.
M. Menius says
Interesting data. Some of the new tld’s offer a better choice. The Wrestling.news example is perfect illustration of this.
Juan says
LOL. Keep dreaming. WrestlingNews.com is much better.
Reality says
Aaaaaaand pump, and pump, and pump, and pumpandpumpandpump, and pump, and pump, and pumpandpumpandpump.
Matt Ford says
I dropped all my “premium: gTLDs, Never had a single offer. Most of these gTLDs already are “road kill”. As daddy said, “Don’t scam and drive.”
Jay says
I’ll stick with LLLL.com
Stefan says
.software .video .news .studio .lawyer ………………
.yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
you just have to feel for these guys as they are trying soooooooo hard to convince.
Van der Heck says
Have Chinese domain investors read:
“Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Popular_Delusions_and_the_Madness_of_Crowds
or seen the quotation:
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.”
Probably not!