From total domination to “where did those go?”.
Verisign released its latest report of the top trending keywords in new .com domain name registrations, and something is noticeably absent for January: cryptocurrency terms.
For months, domain names including terms such as coin and crypto have been on the trending list. But this month none of the top ten spots include these terms.
There are a couple possible reasons for this.
First, the trending terms list looks at the percentage month-over-month increase in domains registered that contain the word. It’s harder to grow percentage-wise as the base gets bigger.
Second, crypto-related domain names have been largely picked over.
You might also argue that interest in cryptocurrencies is starting to wane with price drops, but I wouldn’t write that on a blog like this and have crypto bettors fill up the comments with hate comments.
So what took over for crypto? Take a look:
1. near
2. cell
3. dispensary
4. stem
5. claim
6. centers
7. hole
8. residential
9. nano
10. cane
What are you talking about most of these names relate to crypto
NEAR – A near by bridge to jump off of
CELL – Is where someone is going after that last ICO
CLAIM – Bankruptcy Claim?
CENTERS – Rehab?
HOLE – How big can I dig one?
Residential – Time to retire
Nano – the balance of my crypto account
Cane – What I will walk with once I don’t repay my debts
LOL
Most serious I think so much have been registered these past months that now most having some interest are no longer available.
best comment in a long time !
Classic post! haha
they have gone from trending in new domain registrations to trending in domain sales reports – lol.
Yep!
I was very surprised to see crypto names still a big thing with .NYC domains. Of 875 NYC domains added in January, I focused on 376 notable domains in an article and 24 of them were crypto related. http://www.developed.nyc/new-nyc-domain-registrations-january-2018-review/
This is definitely because people have been on a crypto domain name registration spree for the last few months. While the top crypto names have been registered for years (i.e. Bitcoin.com, Ethereum.com, etc.) all the second, third and even fourth tier names were registered in Q4 last year during the surge in crypto prices.
Now there’s a lot of junk left to register so I think we’ll see this trend switch from crypto registrations to crypto sales.
That being said, the thing I love about Domaining is that there are always diamonds in the rough so amidst the junk there probably are some solid names…but it’s going to take quite a bit of searching to find them.
I was selling in Q4 and buying in Q2 and Q3.
Selling in Q1 2018 as well. Boom! 😉
on no i guess the owner of the nine figure domain CRYPTOCURRENCY.COM should sell for 20 dollars to appease the idiot domain elites. Grow Up!!!
By the time something is trending in new registrations. . . . it’s too late
You’re right.
Hello, Andrew, good post yours
I do not think that the values of the cryptocurrency have fallen and I have several with Brokerage and what has happened is the bad experience that I had given in the Live Auction of http://www.namescon.com 2018 and another one was an expected big investment for the Chinese investors think this does not happen since all go to low cost in their purchases domains.
This week I will register more ethereum, bitcoin, rlippe. litecoin, we must not miss the opportunity, it is very different to buy domains (.com) to invest in the stock market and exchange currency, here if many lose money and in the domain is to buy at $ 8.50 and for sale it can be 5K to much more profit figures within two years, and if there is a bubble before we sell everything higher.
The bubble is coming, when you do not know?
Thank you to all those who have shown their support to me during this difficult time. This is an unfair and improper UDRP decision. I will vigorously pursue my U.S. court case to prevent my domain from being stolen and to force them pay damages for reverse domain name hijacking. This case is important to show that the UDRP should not be used as a way to obtain a valuable generic domain name without paying the appropriate market price.
or maybe the growth in registration matches the growth, or non growth of the underlying securities – with of course the intrinsic value to provide a backstop floor value…..
oh wait theres no intrinsic value.. well then there you have it
also, theres a slight chance investing in themes carries some risk…i still have some covfefism names im hoping to sell……and i guess i need to drop some betamax names…
I think your reference to verisign methodology above is also important, i read that the percentage increase is one of the things they put in the list, and i dont think they have ever said this is THE top ten list, but simply a TOP TEN list once they have taken out commonly registered names..
“This method is used to eliminate commonly registered keywords, such as “online” and “shop,” to provide a true look at monthly trends. In order to be included, a keyword must experience a minimum threshold in registration growth month over month.”
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So no chance to sell my cryptocurrency.pm ?