NamesCon auction was a coming out party for fresh TLDs

Over 30 domains under nTLDs sold the prior week, and some for high prices.

The live portion of the prior week’s Right of the Dot domain name auction at NamesCon delivered regarding $1.5 million of sales. Fresh top level domain names accounted for just over 20% of this dollar figure.

I think this was a huge moment for fresh top level domain names on the aftermarket.

I know a lot of people will point out that some of the domains sold were among the very best for each top level domain. This is true. But to watch domains created on namespaces that didn’t exist a couple years ago sell for $5,000 or $10,000 in an auction environment is a very good sign.

It’s also worth noting that, had this auction had the same rules as a recent one in China, total bids probably would have surpassed $50 million.

Here are the fresh TLDs that sold in the auction:

88.xyz $70,000
web.hosting $52,500
stock.photo $16,000
8.link $14,500
night.club $12,000
jet.ski $12,000
buy.cars $11,000
strip.club $10,000
pot.club $10,000
smart.watch $9,500
athletic.club $9,000
i.rent $9,000
wedding.gift $8,500
i.link $8,250
i.click $8,000
e.gift $8,000
investment.property $7,000
e.help $5,000
lasvegas.online $4,750
beachfront.property $4,750
e.flowers $4,500
space.club $3,750
viral.video $3,500
180.xyz $3,500
i.ski $3,250
we.help $3,000
water.ski $2,750
b.sexy $2,750
too.sexy $2,500
vintage.auto $2,250
electric.guitars $2,000
paleo.diet $1,700

Many more are listed in the extended auction.