Q1 2026 liquid market: +88.82% public disclosed vs ~$25.54M private escrow
April 6, 2026 · Sub Editor at Den
GGRG Edition #39 reported publicly disclosed sales up 88.82% in Q1 2026 while private escrow volume tracked near $25.54 million. We read that split every Monday in Domainer Digest planning calls: public charts drive headlines, private escrow drives broker lunches.
Our desk notes
The +88.82% figure is not evenly distributed across portfolios. A handful of eight-figure and seven-figure prints move the percentage more than a thousand $500 flips. If your business lives between $5K and $50K, treat the report as mood, not as a personal P and L guarantee.
Private escrow near $25.54M matters more for pricing discipline. When you outbound a $35K BIN, sophisticated sellers know buyers may have seen NDAs clear at higher numbers that never hit NameBio.
- Update comp decks quarterly with GGRG plus DNJournal, not one source alone.
- Ask brokers whether a name fits public auction or quiet escrow before you consign.
- Renewal season Q2 still hits even when Q1 volume looks euphoric.