If you
have been following our bi-weekly domain
sales reports this year, you already
know the domain aftermarket has been on fire.
However, that’s not the only sector where sales
are exploding. Radix
(the administrator of ten new gTLDs including .tech,
.fun, .online and .store
among others) just announced the number of premium
domain registrations they had in the 1st
Half of 2025 (.pdf) soared 50%
higher than the same half last year. 

The
Radix onslaught was led by an eye-popping
expansion in .tech registrations as they
rocketed 70% above the previous half
(2H-2024). In the latest half alone .tech had 32
registrations at $5,000 a year, 10 at $10,000
a year a single-character reg at $25,000
a year (the renewal cost for premiums is the same
as the initial fee).