Getting back on-topic,... :faint:
DNJ is pretty good at reporting sales for select venues reporting,..
And you can watch the
IDNX for commodity trends.
Or you can watch marketwatch or the DJI or even the gold index.
But they dont all tell the whole story.
DNJ shows that big money gets spent somehow on somenames.
The IDNX translates into a dynamic trendline, which is kinda useful even though without benchmark holdings.
The markets and gold reflect wide scope capitol shift worldwide and very sentimental.
So in retrospect, what does this mean to us. The domain market.
What we have witnessed and likely experienced is several trends.
An obvious loss in the reseller marketplace as endusers tighten belts.
Premium name consolidations reflected in multi-$x purchases, either by endusers or bigger buyer clearinghouses for future sales.
A smaller price for enduser purchasers reflecting 1k to 5k purchases.
A larger group of resellers buying within their budget to aquire catalog inventory that may service the eventual return of mid to small biz end user return purchases.
The complete obliteration of slighty to seriously less-quality names being absorbed by end users, with the brunt being dropped or absorbed into noob-late entry domainer hopefuls catalogs.
What I am seeing, by date of this post, since January, is great names in lesser demands, but still commanding good numbers when the right buyer stepps in; ALOT more flipping to domainers, lamely propping up numbers on "pretty-good" names (at least half of what is reported on DNJ; a significant but steady growth on decent quality coms and geo coms to mid and small biz, albiet for a deflated 1k to 5k range; and countless 1 to 100 dollar domains that just a few scarce years ago may have tagged 1k to 5k.
This is 'industry' or 'market' consolidation. No if and or butts.
What I suspect will happen shortly, over a few months, is the market for domains will define itself.
Top names will be king, still and of course.
The good keyword coms and geo coms, as well as brandables, will sag for many months, but continue to pick up after the market begins to absorb available properties. (fast drying up but still too much glut atm)
The trash, yes everything else,.... will end up in the drop-bucket dumpsters finally, but rarely reserected by the occasional hopeful purchase soon to be dropped.
The market is tightening up for resellers, and there is only soo long before the 95% domainers, quit being dupped by the 1% sales pitch. (not a political statement, just an investment statement)
m2c
