Escrow.com: .Com hits record high, .ai settles

.Com domain transactions hit record at Escrow.com.

Escrow.com released its Q1 Domain Investment Index today.

The company previously reported $128 million in domain sales for the quarter, its highest level in three years. The new report digs deeper into sales volume.

Here are some highlights:

• .Com domains accounted for $89 million, the highest ever for a quarter at Escrow.com
• . Ai transaction value plateaued, dropping 3% to $10.0 million. Still, it’s 3x the sales value of a year ago.
• One word .com domains had an average sales price of $402k (averages can be heavily skewed by outlier sales).
• The median price of a domain was $5,369. That was higher than the median price of active websites for the first time. (It’s possible that website trading is falling due to AI, especially as it impacts content sites.)

The full report is available here (pdf).