It is interesting to see that quite a few nTLDs are part of the auction at NamesCon coming up next month in Las Vegas. At last count among 318 names up for auction which are now live for pre-bidding on SnapNames about 40% were nTLDs.
The last Live Auction item ePeso.com - was a steal IMO, sold at $2500
All done now wait for Pundits to analyze the stats and comment. My takeaway, overall a successful live domain auction in terms of sales versus list
Reserves too high on some premium dot COMs?
Highest sale during Live Auction Wine.CLUB at 140K
Terrible show by most nTLDs selling below $500 even (xyz, global , vegas, nyc)
CLUB the nTLD winner by miles(Wine, Birthday, Tequila, Weed, Fight, Fans sold, no takers for Advertising and Chess given reserves)
COM still king - Notable high sale CarAuction.com at 90K
LLL - OMG, I wish I had that Whatsapp emoticon here
ccTLD vs nTLD ? I feel like going back in time, simple Google treats nTLD like any gTLD, Where as those majority ccTLDs who are not in the gccTLD list get local search treatment by Google, Worse even for dot IN with a history of SPAM usage in mid-late 2000 and poor Governance issues - way way back in the back burner.