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Extension Spotlight: .Net

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In this new series I am going to delve into the present and past of an extension, looking at trends, sales and other info.

In this post the focus is on .net.

The extension gets a lot of hate from some domain owners while others still seem to like it.

Yesterday Mike Mann tweeted out he sold consumers.net for $29,888, he purchased it in 2005 for $350.

When we look at the top 10 .net sales of all time, we see they took place years ago for the most part.

Mobile.net is the highest .net sale. It sold for $500,000 in 2014. The domain is developed A division of ADX Labs, LLC. Selling products like watches and headphones.

Sex.net sold for $454,500 way back at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in 2006. The domain is parked and for sale. Not sure who would be paying more than $454,500?

Porn.net sold for $400,000 on SnapNames in 2008. Also parked at NameLogic with the same owner as Sex.net, DVLPMNT MARKETING, INC.

Here is a look at the top 10 .net sales of all time:

In 2016 the highest .net sale was recovery.net at $200,000. In 2017 the highest sale was $100,000 for co.net. So far in 2018 Vape.net is the highest reported sale at $30,000.

In total Namebio shows 37,900 sales for a total of $67 million in sales. Yet only $21.1 million has sold in the past 5 years.

Only 1 .net site is in the top 50 Alexa sites, #34 CSDN.net, a Chinese website.

If we look at popular niches like 4L names, 2018 has produced a few big sales but as the chip trend has turned downward over the past couple years, a lot of the non pronounceable names have dropped.

There have been 38 4L.net sales in 2018 that have reached four figures:

3 Letter .net sales have produced 73 four figure sales.

So there is a snapshot of .net, thanks to Namebio for all the data they provide.

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