The secondary domain market has matured into a global asset class, with individual sales ranging from under $1,000 to over $30 million. But what exactly makes one domain name sell for four figures while another commands eight? Understanding the drivers…
The decade from 2010 to 2020 marked the maturing of the secondary domain market. What began in the late 1990s as experimentation and grew in the 2000s into a recognized trade, now developed into a global digital asset class. Domains…
The first half of the 2020s has been defined by rapid change, extraordinary external shocks, and the acceleration of long-term trends in the secondary domain market. The COVID-19 pandemic, the surge of digital adoption, the explosion of .ai, and the…
The domain name system now includes over a thousand extensions, yet only a handful truly matter in the aftermarket. While some extensions dominate in sheer registration numbers, others punch far above their weight in resale activity. To understand the market,…
The first decade of the 21st century was both a trial by fire and a breakthrough for the secondary domain market. After the dot-com bubble burst in 2000–2001, many questioned whether premium domain names were truly assets or simply artifacts…
When the commercial internet opened to the public in the mid-1990s, domain names were initially treated as little more than technical addresses. Most were registered for free or for a nominal fee, and the idea that they could one day…