Highest
Hyphenated Domain Sale Ever Reported To Us Leads This Week's Top 20
Chart
Hyphenated domains have always been
viewed with disdain by American domain investors. The conventional
wisdom is that any hyphenated domain will lose a massive amount of
traffic to the non-hyphenated version of the same domain. Most say
they would never use a hyphenated domain unless they also owned the
non-hyphenated version too.
However, that sentiment is not shared by
buyers in one of the world's biggest domain markets - Germany.
In fact, they seem to love hyphenated domains. One of the
more interesting things I learned at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam this past June was
that about half of all .de (Germany's country code) domain
registrations are hyphenated!
So when news came from Sedo.com
this week that they had sold Hotel-Reservation.com for an
astounding €142,800 ($209,916) my very first thought was
that the buyer had to be from Germany. That intitial reaction
was confirmed when I looked up the new owner in the WhoIs record and
found that it is Cologne, Germany businessman Robert Ragge
who operates a company called Hotel Reservation Service (the
owner of the non-hyphenated version of the name, which sold for just
$27,500 in May 2004, also happens to be
from Germany).
By
Ron Jackson
This is by far the highest priced
hyphenated domain sale reported to us since we started tracking the
domain aftermarket six years ago. The "hotel reservation"
keywords are obviously great ones and there is clear value there.
However, it is an interesting example of how widely opinions of
value can differ from one region to another, despite the Internet
being a global platform.
The Hotel-Reservation.com sale helped Sedo
turn in another powerful sales performance this week. They went on
to sweep the top three positions on our new all-extension Top 20
Sales Chart and 14 of 20 entries overall. Their heavy hitters
included #2 34.com at $68,000 and #3 ElectricGuitars.com
at $42,700.
RickLatona.com
also made an appearance in the first five with their $41,000
sale of #4 Tasks.com. NameJet.com
was the only venue other than Sedo to record multiple chart entries,
hitting the daily double with #12 99BB.com ($12,599) and #15
CarSurvey.com ($10,641). Moniker.com
(with their sister site SnapNames.com),
the AfternicDLS
and GoDaddy
Auctions all earned places on the elite list as well.
.Com dominated the action, accounting for
15 of the 20 chart entries. The highest non .com domain is #8 Tagesgeld.info
("call money" in German), sold at Sedo
for $16,905. The remaining places were taken by a pair of
.orgs, a .net and the lone ccTLD on this week's
list, #18 Testosterone.co.uk ($9,075 at Sedo).
Here is how all of the
leaders stack up for the week ending Sunday, Sept. 13:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. Sept. 7, 2009 - Sun. Sept. 13, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Sept. 15, 2009
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Hotel-Reservation.com
€142,800
= $209,916
Sedo
2.
34.com
$68,000
Sedo
3.
ElectricGuitars.com
$42,700
Sedo
4.
Tasks.com
$41,000
RickLatona.com
5.
7Y.com
$25,000
Sedo
6.
Juegos-Gratis.com ("free games" in Spanish)
€16,500
= $24,255
Sedo
7.
HotelsWashingtonDC.com
$22,000
Sedo
8.
Tagesgeld.info ("call money" in German)
€11,500
= $16,905
Sedo
9.
Zwan.com
$15,350
Sedo
10.
tie
MillionaireDating.com
$15,000
Moniker/SnapNames
10.
tie
NewHarvest.com
$15,000
Sedo
12.
99BB.com
$12,599
NameJet
13.
Live-Odds.com
€8,000
= $11,760
Sedo
14.
Tarife.org ("tariff" in German)
€7,500
= $11,025
Sedo
15.
CarSurvey.com
$10,641
NameJet
16.
TravelGuide.net
$10,100
Sedo
17.
BusinessSchool.org
$10,000
Sedo
18.
Testosterone.co.uk
£5,500
= $9,075
Sedo
19.
TradingAdvantage.com
$9,000
AfternicDLS
20.
Clippoo.com
$8,893
GoDaddy
Auctions
Keep in mind that these are the highest
value sales that have been reported to us in the
past week. This column is meant to be an educational tool,
not a complete list documenting ALL high
value domain sales. Such a list is impossible to produce
because many sales are kept private at the insistence of
buyers, sellers or both. Our procedure for verifying the
accuracy of domain sales reports is available here.
Forthe many newcomers entering the domain
industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market.
If you do not understand why specific domain names command the
prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases.
We highly recommend that you do some basic research beforeyou buyanything! As a starting point we have
built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.
NameJet led the .com supporting cast with InternalRevenueService.com
at $7,600. Their roster also included CreditLawyer.com
($6,300), BusinessLists.com ($5,400), CharterBank.com
($5,100) and Appreciate.com ($5,044).
NameJet has 18 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
highwire.com
$5,000
gaames.com
$2,600
thanx.com
$4,833
garagedooropener.com
$2,545
globalsupply.com
$3,701
koshermeal.com
$2,533
thematic.com
$3,300
webhostingcomparison.com
$2,500
cctvshop.com
$3,000
mobilespace.com
$2,428
markenrecht.com
$3,000
photodoctor.com
$2,400
elook.com
$2,902
dpms.com
$2,367
receptive.com
$2,900
discountgroceries.com
$2,134
checkandgo.com
$2,800
expita.com
$2,100
Back at Sedo CheapVuelo.com chalked up $7,350,
TimeToGo.com ticked off $6,615 and M4L.com
located $6,600. TopDrugs.com dispensed $6,248, ChristianStore.com
rang up $6,000 and Africa10.com drew $5,865.
Sedo had 23 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $5,000 that you can check out in the table below.
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
dextro.com
$5,000
e-rencontre.com
$2,940
mypapa.com
$5,000
xtrems.com
$2,940
flashxml.com
$4,800
videoscreen.com
$2,831
bezgraniz.com
$4,125
3dsign.com
$2,500
ipdf.com
$4,000
bankruptcynj.com
$2,500
visiontest.com
$4,000
fuelmark.com
$2,500
lawyerquest.com
$3,750
ichimoku.com
$2,500
knockaround.com
$3,675
netinfluence.com
$2,500
sportrus.com
$3,675
wirelessbackhaul.com
$2,230
beyondcars.com
$3,500
toponlinecasino.com
$2,210
tradelocal.com
$3,500
4skins.com
$2,000
oroshi.com
$3,381
At the AfternicDLS AnchorageHotel.com booked $7,000
while BreadLine.com, Siopa.com and FireHole.com
each fetched $5,000. DallasFurniture.com delivered
$4,999 and ProFounder.com provided $4,500.
The AfternicDLS had 55 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,000. Those are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
rubberseal.com
$4,000
riverboard.com
$2,488
expertsolutions.com
$3,750
brotherhoods.com
$2,388
preciousminerals.com
$3,500
expertstore.com
$2,388
attorneyaccess.com
$3,488
traintotrade.com
$2,388
governmentexchange.com
$3,488
wifitravel.com
$2,388
tripalerts.com
$3,488
wineclick.com
$2,388
artseries.com
$3,305
teamlab.com
$2,300
tymnet.com
$3,300
theinnovators.com
$2,300
truthwire.com
$3,188
payrollmanager.com
$2,275
wholesalehome.com
$3,188
watchlove.com
$2,240
settlementsnow.com
$3,088
icefisherman.com
$2,200
blindguide.com
$3,000
parentspages.com
$2,200
cobi.com
$3,000
integrationmanager.com
$2,188
iconnectivity.com
$3,000
pscconsulting.com
$2,188
4u2b.com
$2,850
luxurydaily.com
$2,088
careeradvocate.com
$2,588
nycskate.com
$2,088
adventuresinparadise.com
$2,500
profilesusa.com
$2,088
ebras.com
$2,500
prohygiene.com
$2,088
globalgym.com
$2,500
bluetriangle.com
$2,000
shyde.com
$2,500
floridabankruptcyattorneys
.com
$2,000
misomedia.com
$2,488
NutritionMatters
.com
$2,000
ourconnection.com
$2,488
The AfternicDLS also registered seven additional sales
by utilizing
other venues as part of their expanded promotion platform. Sedo
completed six of those transactions with LocalVibe.com ($3,750),
Citoyens.com ($2,854), GlamourFoto.com ($2,850), Wine-Guide.com
($2,388), FotoGarden.com ($2,300) and Bookmarky.com
($2,188). Another sale, StainlessPlus.com, went through
SnapNames at $2,788.
SnapNames posted eight more solid sales with
FriendClub.com clicking for $4,350, Lurk.com
landing $3,700 and Excalib.com drawing $3,460. Grekland.com
gained $2,900, Ephim.com found $2,800 and GibraltarHotel.com
welcomed $2,525. Also, GaylordHotel.com garnered $2,351
and Xiangyou.com yielded $2,222.
Elsewhere, RickLatona.com attracted $4,000
with BeautyCream.com, while Moniker/SnapNames moved OnlineAccountingDegrees.com
($3,400), SimplyJobs.com ($2,950) and OnlinePsychologyDegrees.com
($2,500). Also, GoDaddy Auctions added $2,506 for ADailyShot.com.
Country Codes
This was a rare slow week for ccTLDs with no
five-figure sales reported. Our new Country Code Top 20 Chart
is led by Sedo's $9,075 sale of Testosterone.co.uk. Sedo
went on to sweep all 20 positions on the leader board. The runner-up
slot went to Tapisroulant.it
("treadmill" in Italian) at $8,820. A
hyphenated version of that name, Tapis-Roulant.it, also
charted at #6 with a $5,292 sale.
Germany's popular .de extension had
the most chart entries with eight, including #4 (tie) Hochschuldidaktik.de
("university didactics") at $5,880. Great
Britain's .co.uk was next with five. Italy (.it) and France
(.fr) also had multiple chart entries with two each.
Here is how all of the
country code top sellers stacked
up for the week ending Sept 13:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. Sept. 7, 2009 - Sun.
Sept. 13,
2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. Sept. 15
There were several dozen additional four-figure ccTLD
sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all but two of those
sales. Their supplemental list included WebCity.de ($3,463), Skirts.de
($3,366) and a pair at $3,300 each; Amplify.co.uk
and SaveMore.ca.
Sedo had 51 more ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000
to $2,940 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,940
doodoo.fr
$2,940
greenstyle.de
$1,470
cl.com.es
$2,646
otaku.de
$1,470
tchai.de
$2,573
roulette-casinos.de
$1,470
global.com.au
$2,500
servers.fr
$1,470
getraenkedose.de
$2,499
verbindung.de
$1,470
buy-hgh.co.uk
$2,475
whirlwannen.eu
$1,470
promotionalmagnets.co.uk
$2,310
xqs.at
$1,470
segurojoven.es
$2,205
kicks.co.uk
$1,459
suchmaschinenoptimierer.de
$2,205
thesleeper.co.uk
$1,397
weltfrieden.de
$2,205
bordercollie.us
$1,350
1.gd
$2,001
cabal.ch
$1,323
freesexcam.tv
$2,000
t6.eu
$1,251
ibons.de
$1,985
metaxa.ro
$1,250
printedmugs.co.uk
$1,980
sports24.de
$1,250
printlet.de
$1,838
logobugs.co.uk
$1,238
urbanismo.es
$1,838
partybar.de
$1,213
werbesperre.de
$1,764
maison-bricolage.fr
$1,176
kinderpost.de
$1,749
webstick.de
$1,176
peri.lu
$1,691
winnercasino.it
$1,176
webtext.de
$1,633
visualplanet.cn
$1,151
golflogo.co.uk
$1,630
attractions.nl
$1,103
motorentekoop.nl
$1,617
hotellocaties.nl
$1,103
jaldijaldi.co.uk
$1,485
movilsat.es
$1,103
promotionalcoasters.co.uk
$1,485
vetshop.co.uk
$1,103
alto.se
$1,470
cdating.nl
$1,000
food4u.de
$1,470
Elsewhere the AfternicDLS sold OnlineDVDRental.co.uk
for $1,125 and GoDaddy Auctions sold Italy.cc for $1,005.
If there are country code extensions in our report
that you are not familiar with, you can look up the nation each
extension goes with here.
After consistently trailing the country codes
over the past year, the Global
Contenders finally turned the tables, at least for a week,
notching a quartet of five-figure sales this time out. All of those
also made the all-extension leader board you saw at the top of this
report, with Tagesgeld.info
("call money" in German) leading the way at
$16,905 through Sedo.
The highest GC sale you haven't seen yet is #5 Suchmaschinenoptimierung.org ("search engine optimization" in German), a name that
brought $7,428 at SnapNames.com. .Pro made a rare
appearance this week, scoring with #6 Game.pro at $5,000 via
Sedo.
.Org had the most chart entries, taking 11
of the 21 positions (the extra spot resulted from a time for the
final spot). .Net followed with seven. .Info claimed
two opening and .pro one. Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending Sept. 13:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Sept.
7, 2009 - Sun. Sept. 13, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Sept. 15
Domain
Sold
For
Where Sold
1.
Tagesgeld.info ("call money" in German)
€11,500 = $16,905
Sedo
2.
Tarife.org ("tariff" in German)
€7,500 = $11,025
Sedo
3.
TravelGuide.net
$10,100
Sedo
4.
BusinessSchool.org
$10,000
Sedo
5.
Suchmaschinenoptimierung.org ("search engine optimization" in German)
There were several dozen additional
four-figure GC sales off the chart. The AfternicDLS had the
highest of those with Ecog.net at $2,145 and also
scored with Mediterranea.net ($2,093) and Generac.net
($2,010).
The Afternic DLS had 18 more four-figure GC sales ranging from $1,000
to $2,000. You can check those out in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS GC Sales Between $1,000 - $2,000
gfgc.net
$2,000
aequo.net
$1,431
anchor.org
$1,900
labcoats.net
$1,288
autobuddy.net
$1,888
macsys.net
$1,288
tugg.org
$1,888
motherocean.org
$1,288
cheaplaptop.net
$1,800
3dtv.org
$1,200
memorysafe.net
$1,688
areaguide.org
$1,200
payonline.org
$1,491
batterycharger.org
$1,000
injurycompensation.net
$1,488
batterychargers.net
$1,000
myprayer.net
$1,488
unaa.org
$1,000
The AfternicDLS used Sedo to sell two others; TravelNurses.net
($1,888) and TravelNurseJob.net ($1,000).
Sedo's hit parade continued with OnlineCollegeDegrees.org
($1,900), Anlage.net ($1,764) and DoubleGlazing.net
($1,550). Sedo had 17 more GC sales ranging from $1,000
to $1,500 that are listed in the title below.
Additional
Sedo GC Sales Between $1,000 - $1,500
2movies.net
$1,500
10000.org
$1,200
bestonlinecollege.net
$1,500
inkoopacties.net
$1,176
ieso.org
$1,500
puppen.org
$1,103
freecasino.info
$1,470
warts.net
$1,050
subir.net
$1,416
kruegerrand.net
$1,029
braintainment.info
$1,225
cbmo.org
$1,000
braintainment.net
$1,225
centers.org
$1,000
braintainment.org
$1,225
Elsewhere SnapNames sold Commerce.info ($2,010),
Chocolate.info ($1,707) and BOR.net($1,629).
NameJet moved Unomig.org ($2,065) and Komuro.net ($1,510)
and GoDaddy Auctions banked $2,007 for FDA.net.
Now that you're up to date on what happened over the
past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all
categories by visiting our Year
To Date Charts page.
*****
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made through any channel. To contribute information and help make
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We truly appreciate the industry leading
companies who share their sales information
with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current
domain values. Richard
Meyer of Domain Sales Center also provides invaluable help
in collecting data for these sales
reports each week.
Every Tuesday night or Wednesday
morning we publish the highest reported domain name
sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us
their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that
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