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I was looking through my domain name acquisitions for 2024, and something caught my attention. Approximately 25% of my domain name acquisitions and registrations in 2024 were non .com domain names.

With just about a day and a half remaining in 2024, I have purchased approximately 400 domain names this past year. I purchased a little more than 100 non .com domain names. Very few of them were hand registrations.

I don’t have an easy way to calculate the % of spend on non .com domain names, but all 10 of the most expensive domain names I bought in 2024 were .coms. Those top 10 names alone account for nearly 80% of the amount I spent on domain name acquisitions. My guess my total spend for non .coms this year is less than 5%.

I took a quick look, and these are the non-.com extensions I bought this year:

A couple of years ago, I made an offer to buy a domain name. My email went unanswered for nearly two years before receiving a reply early this year. The longtime registrant and I exchanged a few emails, and I learned he and his wife lived less than an hour from me. He seemed apprehensive to close a deal, having been burned in the past when a prospective buyer flaked on him.

After agreeing on a price and discussing details about closing a deal, he asked if we could meet in person. I was not inclined to do this, but I quickly concluded that this would be the only way the seller would be comfortable moving forward on a deal. I suggested a coffee shop about 20 minutes from my home and about 10 minutes from his home.