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Do Domains Beat the Market? A Decade of Data
First published in The Domain Standard, September 2026 Last June, Michaela Cruden, one of the authors in the previous issue of Domain Standard, invited me to speak at the InternetX Domain Summit at the Fotografiska Museum in Berlin. She asked me to cover a topic related to the domain aftermarket, and I did not have…
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Liquid Market Report Q3 2026
We just published the 41st edition of the Liquid Market Report. Highlights on this report’s edition include: What You Missed in Q1: 10 Stats That Tell the Story 📈 1. 📉 Publicly disclosed domain sales fell 13.78%, reaching $6.74M — with 4L .coms continuing to dominate reported volume.2. 💸 Escrow.com sales surged 92.18% to $31.44M —…
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From Stockholm to Berlin: Key Takeaways from Nordic Domain Days and the InterNetX Domain Summit
This spring, I attended two of Europe’s most important domain-industry gatherings: Nordic Domain Days 2026 in Stockholm and the InterNetX Domain Summit 2026 in Berlin. For me, these events were opportunities to compare notes with people shaping the domain market, discuss what is changing, and ask a more important question: What role will domain names…
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Liquid Market Report Q2 2026
We just published the 40th edition of the Liquid Market Report. Highlights on this report’s edition include: What You Missed in Q2: 10 Stats That Tell the Story 📈 Public disclosed sales rose 53.01%, reaching $7.82M, showing a meaningful rebound in reported liquid domain transactions. Escrow.com sales came in at $16.36M, down 35.95%, but still more than…
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Liquid Market Report Q1 2026
We just published the 39th edition of the Liquid Market Report. Highlights on this report’s edition include: What You Missed in Q1: 10 Stats That Tell the Story 📈 1. Public disclosed sales jumped 88.82%, reaching $5.11M, showing a much stronger quarter for reported liquid domain transactions.2. Escrow.com private sales climbed 80.79% to $25.54M, confirming that most of…
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Liquid Market Report Q4 2025
We just published the 38th edition of the Liquid Market Report. Highlights on this report’s edition include: What You Missed in Q4: 10 Stats That Tell the Story 📈 1. 📉 Public sales crashed 37.96% to $2.7M — a sharp drop from Q3.2. 💸 Escrow.com held steady at $14.13M in private transactions, down just 2.36% —…
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Liquid Market Report Q3 2025
We just published the 37th edition of the Liquid Market Report. Highlights on this report’s edition include: What You Missed in Q3: 10 Stats That Tell the Story 📈 1. 🧾 Public sales fell sharply this quarter, dropping by 81.61% to $4.36M, after last quarter’s record surge — a reversion to the mean driven by the…
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Liquid Market Report Q2 2025
We just published the 36th edition of the Liquid Market Report. Highlights on this report’s edition include: What You Missed in Q2: 10 Stats That Tell the Story 📈 1. 📈 Public sales skyrocketed by 352.24%, reaching $23.7M — the highest disclosed total in years, driven by standout 4L transactions. 2. 💸 Escrow.com facilitated $13.47M…
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Liquid Market Report Q1 2025
We just published the 35th edition of the Liquid Market Report. Highlights on this report’s edition include: How to Use These Insights Global Asset Class Comparison: Compare domain names with other asset classes to evaluate their performance in the broader market. Sales Trends: Identify what’s currently trending in the market to spot high-demand domain categories. 5th…
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Liquid Market Report Q4 2024
We just published the 34th edition of the Liquid Market Report. Highlights on this report’s edition include: How to Use These Insights Global Asset Class Comparison: Compare domain names with other asset classes to evaluate their performance in the broader market. Sales Trends: Identify what’s currently trending in the market to spot high-demand domain categories. 5th…
