Afternic analyzed market trends in their domain sales platform and found: 1) The aggregate median sale price of domains has remained steady, indicating stable value for domains targeted towards small/medium businesses. 2) ".com" domains continue to be the most popular for global businesses, while ".net" and international domains like the UK, Canada, and Germany are growing. 3) Business-related domain sales increased during the recession as more pursued entrepreneurship, while computer domain sales declined as venture funding decreased.

1. Q1 2009 Market Trends

2. Marketplace Trends 1 Data presented is based on trends for domain names sold via Afternic domain sales platform. Important Data Note: Afternic’smarketplace is both influenced by and an influencer of the overall domain marketplace. All data should be interpreted with this in mind 30 Million+ Searches Per Month

3. Marketplace Trends 2 Value Capture: Aggregate Median Domain Sale Price Trends SMB “end user” targeted domain values holding firm Aggregate Quarterly Median Domain Sale Price

5. Canada

6. Germany

7. Hong Kong

8. France

9. Australia

10. Representative sample. Afternic DLS platform sells domains in more than 140 countries

12. Computer domain decline coincides with venture funding slowdown

14. Retail

15. Telecommunications

16. Computer

17. Hardware

18. Software

19. Geography

20. City, State

21. Country, Region

22. Recreation

23. Games

24. Restaurant Related

25. Shopping:

26. Food

27. Toys

28. Society:

29. Charities

30. Dating ServicesQuarterly Domain Sale Composition by Vertical

31. Marketplace Trends 6 Value Capture: Vertical Median Sales Price Trends Lack of clear vertical price trend lines Median Domain Sale Price by Vertical Representative sample -16 Level 1 and 310 Level 2 taxonomy levels

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