Last domain name stats from Escrow.com 2016-01-15

Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie presented data from Escrow.com at NamesCon. There are some fascinating stats, especially when it comes to the impact of China.

Escrow handled $430 million of payments in 2015:

The average sales price of domain names transacted through Escrow.com has appreciated 7.3% per year:

4 letter domains have appreciated 9.3% per year over past ten years:

And perhaps the most telling graph of all is this one, which shows the massive upswing in transactions involving people in China beginning in 2014:

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