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from DN Journal,
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to
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The Lowdown is
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Sales
Boom at DomainHoldings Apt to Continue with
Names Like HongKong.com, Taiwan.com &
Give.com Added to Inventory
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Domain
Holdings
released their full 2014
sales results (and
4Q-2014 results) Monday, reporting
just under $31 million in
sales last year. Their quarterly
sales breakdown mirrored a trend of
exploding high end .com sales
that we watched unfold as the year
progressed. After opening 2014 with
a little over $3.3 million in
Q1 sales business went through the
roof at DH with nearly $10
million in sales reported in
each of the next two quarters before
they closed the year with over $8
million in Q4 - with the number
of individual domains sold
increasing every quarter
throughout 2014.
DH
Managing Director Alan
Dunn, who authored the 2014
report, credited the big gains
registered over the last three
quarters to "a much higher
quality of exclusive inventory
for sale including many owned by
corporate clients never listed for
sale before." The report noted
some recently acquired exclusive
listings that could easily propel
their numbers even higher
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Alan
Dunn
Managing Director
DomainHoldings.com
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in 2015. It is not hard to
imagine domains like HongKong.com,
Taiwan.com and Give.com each
selling for more money than DH
booked for the entire opening
quarter of 2014.
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While
nearly 77% of
DomanHoldings sales came from .com
domains Dunn said the company
is also seeing sales in new
GTLDs, premium .COs and
strong country code domains.
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USA/China
graphic from Bigstock |
the
U.S. and China,
are accounting for the vast
majority of their sales,
further underscoring another
major trend in 2014 - breakout
buying from China-based
companies and private
investors. In 4Q-2014, the
U.S. accounted for just over $4.2
million in DH sales while China
generated over $2.4 million.
No one else was even close
with all other countries
combined adding $1.4
million.
Aside
from the always interesting
numbers, I really like the new
layout in the DH report that
combines concise, right to the
point text with |
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easy
to read but highly informative
graphics. It is a breeze to
digest, a welcome change from
traditional corporate sales
reports. You can see what I
mean and review some more interesting
data here. |
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(Posted
February 24, 2015)
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