The All Time Top New Extension Sales

In this post I take a look at the top 100 new extension (ngTLD) sales of all time (search made on NameBio database June 1, 2018 available at this link). As of that date Namebio show a total of 4380 ngTLD sales.  It took a sale of $30,000 or more to make the top 100 list.

There was a lot of diversity, with 28 different extensions having at least one entry in the list. That being said, a few extensions dominate.  Fully 44% of the list are in just one extension (.top) and another 15 % in .xyz, 7% in .market and 5% in .club. There are two entries from each of .attorney, .estate and .club.  I show in the graph those extensions with two or more entries.

Another 21 extensions have a single entry on the top 100 list: bio, casino, exchange, flowers, forsale, games, global, hosting, lawyer, ltd, loan, loans, news, nyc, online, rentals, rocks, sale, show, ventures,  and work.

I should point out that the Namebio database does not include the highest ngTLD sale of all time.  According to some sources (e.g. Top250Sales and DNJournal) in 2014 sex.xxx sold for $3,000,000.

Interestingly some of the top sales are in extensions with only that single entry in the top 100 list.  At least as reflected in the Namebio list, here are the top 8 all time sales.

1. Vacation.rentals $500,300 
2. Home.loans $500,000
3. The.club $300,000
4. b.top $218,880
5. casino.online $201,250
6. x.top $191,001
7. video.games $183,000
8. 1.xyz $181,720

There has definitely been an uptick in big ngTLD sales, with the top 7 on the list all selling within the last 16 months.

Here is a summary of key points:

• 100 of the 4380 ngTLD sales have been at $30,000 or more to make this list
• 28 ngTLD extensions have one or more on the top 100 list
• top dominates, with 44% of the entries on top 100 list
• more big sales lately, with top 7 all in last 16 months
• the two biggest sales were in extensions with only that entry in top 100 list