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Domain
brokerage and consultancy
GGRG.com
has
released their latest free
quarterly report (.PDF
file) breaking down aftermarket
sales and development of
"liquid domain names" in
the 1st quarter of 2018. GGRG
defines liquid domains as
being very short .com domains
consisting of all letters (L)
or all numbers (N), as well
as 3-character (C) .coms that
have a combination of
letters and numbers. GGRG terms
these categories "liquid"
domains because they are relatively
easy to sell at prevailing market
rates.
GGRG's
latest report, produced by Founder Giuseppe
Graziano in conjunction with Escrow.com,
Intelium.com
and ShortNames.com,
showed continuing strength in the
liquid domain category, including
one record breaking performance.
"2-letter .com domains registered
a record $6 million in
Escrow.com transactions, by far the best result since the publication of the
report," the report began,
adding "4-letter domains
kept a consistent $4.8 million
in turnover, followed by another strong quarter for the
3-letter .coms at $3.5
million. 3Ns and 4Ns also posted good quarters, respectively with
$2.8 million and $1.3
million in Escrow.com sales."
The
report also noted, "While
Escrow.com did
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GGRG
Founder Giuseppe Graziano
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not record any
2-number .com transactions, the other categories
(5Ns, 2Cs and 3Cs) posted an aggregate of
almost $1 million, respectively at
$225,000, $143,000 and
$562,000. The total amount of sales reported by ShortNames.com was
$7.7 million, with 4,108 transactions."
GGRG reported that China is
continuing to grow their market
share of liquid domain names. For
example, in the ever popular
3-letter .com segment Chinese owners
now hold 32.69% of all domains
in that category - well ahead of the
U.S. at 24.11% (the report
also breaks down geographic market
share for all of the other liquid
domain categories). You will find much more data of interest in
the latest analysis and if you sign
up to receive the free quarterly
updates at GGRG.com they will keep
you abreast of how things continue
to unfold in this category going
forward.
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