Premium Domain Sales in 2H-2025 Produced Big Gains for Both Radix and the .CV Registry

If you read our bi-weekly domain sales report, you know that 2025 was a very big year for the domain aftermarket, but that wasn't the only corner of the industry where business was booming. Both Radix and the .CV registry have released reports on their Premium Domain sales in the second half of 2025 and their percentage year-over-year gains were very impressive. Radix operates in the gTLD space as the administrator of 10 top level domains including, appropriately enough, .space, as well as .tech, .fun, .store and six more. .CV, as a single re-purposed ccTLD assigned to Cape Verde, plays in a different league but their results illustrate the key role premiums play at every level.

Radix reported that their  premium domains saw a sharp rise in both registrations and renewals in H2-2025. The number of new premium registrations soared 96% above the number logged in the same time frame a year earlier. Radix saw strong demand across all price points with 131 registrations at $5,000 a year (annual renewals cost the same amount). They had 55 registrations at $10,000 a year and at the highest end, two at $25,000 a year. Their full report here breaks down all of the data to show how their individual TLDs performed in generating the breakout half.

(Posted March 2, 2026)  

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