Hear predictions about the next year in the domain industry.
This week you’ll get predictions for 15 people (including me) about what to expect in the domain name industry next year. I also asked people what their biggest surprise was during 2019. It’s a great way to close out the year. Happy new year!
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consolidation- natural course for a maturing industry.
.org- agree, will complete.
suprise – reg fee collections will pale in comparison to service offerings.
accreditation globally coming –
sell or drop by Q3
ICANN rendered obsolete –
the big suprise for 2020 as more countries take control of roots.
VC’s globally will dramatically increase domain portfolios to accomodate the rise in startups.
Exact match regardless of extension is what they will buy.
TM wars will increase.
India – the top market for 2020.
one word and 4L .com sales decline.
“Premium” redefined by market preference for exact match and brandables.
Small niche portfolio sales emerge.
Would be more interesting to hear experts go beyond their comfort zone.
Happy New Decade for Domains!
Cheers!
None of that makes any sense.
Yes, thank you Andrew. Consistently great content.
Snoop- an embellishment of the future,
Of course “none of that makes any sense”,
Yet……
Happy New Mindset ! 2020
Cheers
I am probably one of those people doing “dumb” acquisitions 🙁 Honestly most of the time not sure if the domains I buy are really good, but I want to have something with long history and confirmed demand.
Brokers that capitalise on the VC prediction can deposit my commission to my ” good as gold” account.
Cheers!
All interesting but missing so many thought leaders. I would love to hear 2019 recaps and predictions from
Larry Fischer
Rick Schwartz
Scott Day
Kevin Ham
Jeff Gabriel
Mike Robertson
Chris Zuicker
George Hong
Tracy Fogarty
Giuseppe Graziano
Adam Strong
Matt Barrie
Frank Schilling
John Muriello
Monte Kahn
Phil McKegney
Kate Buckley
Gregg Mcnair
And so many others!
Thank You Andrew
Thanks Andrew for sharing these insights, happy new year and best of luck for 2020!
Love hearing these predictions! Happy New Year!
Is it just me or did it sound like Braden, Andrew and Tessa joined the Lollipop Guild ?
Logan Flatt at Media Code LLC (8:50+) has it right!
Too much “dumb money” paying “too high prices at wholesale” at the “major drop auction houses”!