blackjack.co.za and casinos.co.za sale
This pair of names sold for $24 800 each in the 15 July 2009 report from DNJournal. The co.za domain market has gone largely unreported with many sales in the $200 to $1000 range. Interestingly, the pair where expected to reach $35 000 which shows there was some healthy bidding on the names.
Many co.za investors will have been contacted over the past month or so since the ccTLD auction promoted by Rick Latona a legendary domainer. The Auction produced some impressive sales in most ccTLD’s with .de and co.uk leading the way.
This has of course highlited the ccTLD market with investors realising that there are still many fantastic opportunities with the exceptional returns potential experienced by those who held their .com portfolios after the .com bubble burst in 2001.
There are a few holders of co.za porfolios which extend to 1000 + domains, most of which are foreign companies, German, Turkish and British. These are very small holdings compared to the same companies and other individuals who hold portfolios of many hundreds of thousands of domain names.
We are confident that with the imminent improvement in bandwidth, capacity and cost of connectivity being promised by the connection of the SEACOM cable, internet usage will increase dramatically in South Africa and hense the value of good domain names will increase in value significantly.
Uniforum today shows registrations bordering on the 500 000 mark which, when we look at the registration numbers history has shown huge growth in the last 2 years and the trend is likely to continue. Premium domains have all been registered and the resale market is set for healthy growth.
At November 1995 – registrations commenced
At 16 June 2003 – 129 369 registrations – approx 1400 registrations / month
At 16 March 2006 – 225 884 registrations – approx 2900 registrations / month
At 6 July 2007 – 328 264 registration – approx 6400 registrations / month
At 16 July 2009 – 490 115 registrations – 7000 registrations / month