We just published the 41st edition of the Liquid Market Report. Highlights on this report’s edition include:
- $31.4M in Escrow.com sales (+92.16%).
- Liquidation values for the most traded categories.
- 1,781 disclosed transactions (-4.56%).
- Performance comparison with global assets markets, including BTC.
- 6.74M in publicly reported sales (-13.78%).
| 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 — highlighting strong activity in private domain transactions. 3. 💼 4L .coms generated roughly $4.5M in public sales — accounting for around two-thirds of the quarter’s disclosed total. 4. 🧾 3L .coms led escrow activity with $21.82M in sales — accounting for approximately 69% of Escrow.com’s reported total. 5. 📈 Verisign climbed 12.43% in Q3, outperforming both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq — while its trailing 12-month gain stood at 2.02%. 6. 🚀 GoDaddy rose 12.52% this quarter, narrowly outpacing Verisign — but remained down 30.2% over the past year. 7. 🏛️ The S&P 500 gained 2.03% in Q3 and 14.4% over the past 12 months — maintaining a positive trajectory across both periods. 8. 💻 Nasdaq advanced 2.47% in Q3, edging ahead of the S&P 500 — though both indices trailed the quarter’s double-digit gains in domain-related stocks. 9. 🧱 4L .com values held steady at the 5th percentile this quarter — with a modest 1% decline over the past year, pointing to relative price stability at the lower end of the market. 10. 💹 Grayscale Bitcoin Trust surged 41.89% in Q3, leading the report’s asset comparisons — yet remained down 28.05% over the past year. |
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 Percentile: Use the floor prices to determine whether it is the right time to buy or sell a domain name.
Development Index: Understand which domain classes are more in demand by end users to assess long-term value.
A big thank you to our report partners:
- Escrow.com. With over $6B in transactions, Escrow.com is the market leader for domain escrow services.
- Intelium. DomainIq.com and EstiBot.com are essential tolls for any investor who wants to take the guesswork out of investing. Developed data and Estibot Market Caps are obtained through their proprietary software.
- Namebio.com. A searchable database of over $3B in historical domain name sales used for appraisals and market research.