You can’t judge the domain market by looking at your portfolio.
Last week I wrote a post about how demand for websites and domains is down. I knew what would happen after publishing: people would disagree based on their own results.
And that’s exactly what happened.
Look, I had a great July myself. Thanks to a nice five-figure sale, it was my best month of the year. But my portfolio is just a couple of thousand domains, and I know it doesn’t represent the industry at large. It would be silly to write that the bottom fell out of the market or that it’s soaring based on my sales.
99% of you reading this have similar portfolios from which you can’t draw industry-wide conclusions.
Unless you have hundreds of thousands of domains, your portfolio isn’t a good barometer for the aftermarket.
A few random sales might make or break a month in a small portfolio.
Or perhaps your portfolio is focused on a theme that’s doing well.
That’s great for you. Kudos. Not everyone will experience their best or worst months in any market simultaneously.
But the overall market reality is what it is. There’s less demand for sites and domains right now than there was at this time last year. Your results may vary.
Domain Sloth says
Which domain did you sell for five-figures? (and how much did you get for it?)
Squarely says
Whatever portfolio you have, Everyday is a good day in domaining,like fishing,it always beats your best day at your desk job.
Mark Thorpe says
There has been a shift in who buys Domains over the years. There are more buyers for domains now than ever before IMO. There are more Domain investors, more end-users and more small businesses.
New industries like Crypto and NFT’s have helped lift sales of domains and will continue to do so going forward.
More Generations like Millennials are buying domains as well.
Domain buyers are getting smarter too, junk domains don’t sell. Really long domains don’t sell much anymore either.
Domain sales now are quality over quantity.
You have to adjust your domain portfolio for what sells now and into the future.
You can’t sell the past.
Mark Thorpe says
I own less domains now than i did 5 years ago, but there are more buyers looking
to buy domains than ever before.
AbdulBasit.com says
Very well said! I agree with you. Congrats on your five figure sale and glad you had the best month of this year!
By the way, July was the second worst month of this year for me.
Steve says
july wa my worst month
january, march were super