These were the top selling keywords at Afternic in May.

Afternic has revealed the top keywords in domain names sold on its platform in May.

As the largest domain name marketplace and distribution network, this list is a fairly good representation of which domain names sell most commonly in the aftermarket.

Here is the list, followed by where the keyword ranked in April:

1. ai (1)
2. my (2)
3. bet (5)
4. home (3)
5. health (7)
6. group (4)
7. services (15, but listed as services singular)
8. company (not ranked)
9. it (6)
10. tech (10)
11. us (14)
12. club (nr)
13. care (nr)
14. homes (nr)
15. global (nr)
16. coin (17)
17. shop (11)
18. best (nr)
19. auto (nr)
20. pro (13)

Afternic excludes the word the from this list, and it dwarfs all others. Eyeballing it, domains with the word the in them seem to have sold 2-2.5x those with .ai in April. However, the can also be part of other words, so this might be somewhat misleading.