johnnypicante51
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Following up on my earlier thread about .Vegas aftermarket dynamics — wanted to share some fresh data from the late-May registry reports.
What I'm watching:
- Daily renewals are running consistently in the 15-25 range. Yesterday's report (24 May) showed 21 renewals, 4 deletes, $734 in registry revenue. That's a ~5:1 renew-to-delete ratio, which for a geo-TLD is healthy. People keep these names.
- New registrations remain modest (1 yesterday — toto88.vegas via Gname, an offshore registrar — suggesting some international gambling/lottery interest sneaking in).
- Registrar mix is concentrated: GoDaddy doing the bulk of renewals, with NameCheap and Porkbun picking up steady volume. Gname is the wildcard for new creates.
Why this matters for investors:
In most geo-TLDs the renewal ratio is the real signal — not raw registration counts. .Vegas is showing the profile of a TLD that has found its sticky base: hospitality, real-estate, entertainment owners who treat the name as a real asset, not an experiment. That's exactly the setup that historically precedes aftermarket pricing power, because supply of premium SLDs stays constrained while demand from operators grows.
Questions for the room:
1. Anyone here actively flipping .Vegas names? Curious what BIN ranges are converting on Dan/Afternic right now.
2. Has anyone tracked NamesCon or similar event-driven spikes in .Vegas regs?
3. Premium tier — the registry's premium list still hasn't moved much. Bullish or bearish signal?
Will keep posting the monthly data drops here. Happy to share the raw registrar breakdown if anyone wants it.
What I'm watching:
- Daily renewals are running consistently in the 15-25 range. Yesterday's report (24 May) showed 21 renewals, 4 deletes, $734 in registry revenue. That's a ~5:1 renew-to-delete ratio, which for a geo-TLD is healthy. People keep these names.
- New registrations remain modest (1 yesterday — toto88.vegas via Gname, an offshore registrar — suggesting some international gambling/lottery interest sneaking in).
- Registrar mix is concentrated: GoDaddy doing the bulk of renewals, with NameCheap and Porkbun picking up steady volume. Gname is the wildcard for new creates.
Why this matters for investors:
In most geo-TLDs the renewal ratio is the real signal — not raw registration counts. .Vegas is showing the profile of a TLD that has found its sticky base: hospitality, real-estate, entertainment owners who treat the name as a real asset, not an experiment. That's exactly the setup that historically precedes aftermarket pricing power, because supply of premium SLDs stays constrained while demand from operators grows.
Questions for the room:
1. Anyone here actively flipping .Vegas names? Curious what BIN ranges are converting on Dan/Afternic right now.
2. Has anyone tracked NamesCon or similar event-driven spikes in .Vegas regs?
3. Premium tier — the registry's premium list still hasn't moved much. Bullish or bearish signal?
Will keep posting the monthly data drops here. Happy to share the raw registrar breakdown if anyone wants it.
