Toby
Clements Closes One of the Year's Three Biggest Domain Sales to
Headline This Week's Aftermarket Action
Toby Clements sells a lot of
domains through his popular newsletter
but he really outdid himself this past week when he rung up one of
the three biggest sales reported so
far in 2012. He did it by brokering the $325,000
sale of BJ.com to Swiss company Finlead AG.
That sale comes on the heels of another
two-letter .com blockbuster the previous
week when DomainAdvisors.com
sold FO.com for $245,000. Super short .coms never go
out of style, as evidenced by the fact that three of this year's
five biggest sales have been 2-character domains (with 60.com
at $310,000 joining BJ.com and FO.com in that select
group).
GoDaddyAuctions
took the next two spots on this week's all extension Top 20 Sales
Chart as well as a share of fifth place. #2 BusinessReviews.com
led the charge for them at $58,000 with #3 Looker.com
right behind at $50,000. Their sale of Temi.com at
$30,000 tied the DomainNameSales.com
sale of Carus.com for #5 following another
DomainNameSales win with #4 SurvivalKit.com at $35,000.
By
Ron Jackson
GoDaddyAuctions went on to pile up 11 of the 20 chart entries
including 6 of the top 10. The only
other venues with multiple chart entries were DomainNameSales and Sedo.com
who staked out five spots on the elite list. #10 Sell.it
(Italian ccTLD) set the pace for Sedo at $25,000.
Sell.it is one of four country code
domains on the Big Board. GoDaddy Auctions has the highest one with
#9 Hugg.me at $25,001. Another member of the ccTLD
quartet is #18 Cardio.tv at $13,000 in a sale made by Blue
String Ventures with the assistance of Jeff Overman,
The non .com gTLDs had to settle
for one place on the elite list. That went to #12 (tie) Studio.org
at $20,000 via Sedo. That is the second time that domain has
been sold in the past three months. In March it changed hands for $6,327
(also at Sedo), giving that buyer a great ROI after flipping the
domain for three times as much in this week's transaction.
With the .coms again dominating with
15 of
the 20 chart entries, here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, June 3:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. May 28, 2012 - Sun. June 3, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect June 6, 2012
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
BJ.com
$325,000
Toby Clements Newsletter
2.
BusinessReviews.com
$58,000
GoDaddyAuctions
3.
Looker.com
$50,000
GoDaddyAuctions
4.
SurvivalKit.com
$35,000
DomainNameSales
5.
tie
Temi.com
$30,000
GoDaddyAuctions
5.
tie
Carus.com
$30,000
DomainNameSales
7.
SmartCamera.com
$29,200
GoDaddyAuctions
8.
Mara.com
$28,000
GoDaddyAuctions
9.
Hugg.me
$25,001
GoDaddyAuctions
10.
Sell.it
€20,000 = $25,000
Sedo
11.
CardLinkedCoupons.com
$24,000
GoDaddyAuctions
12.
tie
CoreGaming.com
$20,000
GoDaddyAuctions
12.
tie
Studio.org
$20,000
Sedo
14.
Imena.com
$19,000
GoDaddyAuctions
15.
WBL.com
$18,000
GoDaddyAuctions
16.
Benxi.com
$16,000
Sedo
17.
BattleReady.com
$15,941
GoDaddyAuctions
18.
Cardio.tv
$13,000
Blue String Ventures/
Jeff Overman
19.
Abels.com
$12,500
Sedo
20.
IE.de
€9,500 = $11,875
Sedo
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.
There was seven more five-figure sales just
off the chart with Sedo accounting for five of those including a pair of names at $10,500 each - Easy.co
and NetApps.com. They sold three more; Crooz.com, Emotion.me
and SmartSmoke.com for $10,000 apiece.
The AfternicDLS
also banked $10,000 each for Competencies.com and WordLink.com.
.Com Supporting Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of
four-figure sales with NCSG.com at $9,000.
Ipinion.com added $8,525, LuckyDucky.com
landed $8,500 and FreeGamesDownload.com captured $8,125.
Songkhla.com and Tila.com tacked on $7,000 each
while StreamCloud.com cleared $6,500 and CDZ.com
drew $6,499.
MobileConcierge.com and OnlinePrintShop.com
produced $6,250 apiece. Deposito.com clicked for $6,100,
Sejours.com commanded $5,438 and CBill.com
brought $5,035. Sedo had 26 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
shx.com
$5,000
multion.com
$2,500
recyclingdirectory.com
$4,888
multion.com
$2,500
bottin-mondain.com
$4,375
avocatspecialiste.com
$2,375
o2cinema.com
$4,000
mobileculture.com
$2,200
schwimmbadsanierung.com
$3,751
gotso.com
$2,100
smooke.com
$3,500
amazingtemplates.com
$2,000
baixarprogramas.com
$3,438
bsyj.com
$2,000
fetes.com
$3,125
floridawebhosting.com
$2,000
likecard.com
$2,600
onlinecasinospiele.com
$2,000
sitetrac.com
$2,589
rapidrabbit.com
$2,000
uploadking.com
$2,550
registryoffice.com
$2,000
be-pure.com
$2,500
starrecords.com
$2,000
glinch.com
$2,500
stylemuse.com
$2,000
vinty.com
$2,000
Back at the AfternicDLS DeliciousRewards.com
returned $7,000, FloridaGas.com ignited $6,400
and ShootingGallery.com gunned down $6,000.
DigiFan.com fetched $5,788, CampusDaily.com
posted $5,000 and CSGP.com provided $4,788.
Satosfeito.com found $4,500, RavenStone.com
raked in $4,320 and Medicalintelligence.com
dispensed $4,188. CashWhiz.com deposited $3,800,
AboutSolarPanels.com delivered $3,788 and PhotoWizards.com
went for $3,710.
The AfternicDLS had 52 more four-figure .com sales
ranging from $2,000 to $3,588 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,588
thefcc.com
$3,588
innovativeinformatics.com
$2,400
higoo.com
$3,500
performwell.com
$2,400
viptime.com
$3,388
lavishlifestyles.com
$2,388
bankinganalytics.com
$3,288
tickerwatch.com
$2,388
4value.com
$3,188
camelotknights.com
$2,188
smartsap.com
$3,188
nursingfaculty.com
$2,188
bighotel.com
$3,000
racerlink.com
$2,188
buyadvisor.com
$3,000
teamawareness.com
$2,188
cellparts.com
$3,000
bestofnews.com
$2,088
travaux-publics.com
$3,000
edecors.com
$2,088
courageouslife.com
$2,950
forwardfoundation.com
$2,088
baniya.com
$2,788
spaceexpo.com
$2,088
carelove.com
$2,788
wonderthink.com
$2,088
pandazone.com
$2,788
bagge.com
$2,000
pop-pop.com
$2,788
capitalcommunity.com
$2,000
gefter.com
$2,700
choosewise.com
$2,000
beerboard.com
$2,690
everyheartbeat.com
$2,000
happybuys.com
$2,688
fantasychef.com
$2,000
promchat.com
$2,688
ghbe.com
$2,000
rapidhealing.com
$2,688
interu.com
$2,000
brandstats.com
$2,588
islandlifestyle.com
$2,000
organicflower.com
$2,588
ldlearning.com
$2,000
energycoatings.com
$2,500
nemaha.com
$2,000
globalfleet.com
$2,500
ngft.com
$2,000
hydraulicsonline.com
$2,500
soniclabs.com
$2,000
telemarketingservice.com
$2,500
unionindustries.com
$2,000
The AfternicDLS also helped YummyNames
sell PermeablePavement.com for $2,677 and YummyNames
sold LibertyApplicance.com for $2,589 on their
own.
Elsewhere DomainDiscounts.com
sold LebanonTV.com for $8,750 and LebanonTravel.com
for $3,000 while DomainNameSales.com moved CoolFront.com
for $7,000.
Country Codes
The country codes had their usual strong
outing with the 6 five-figure sales we noted in the all extension
section above. Those six fill the first half dozen slots on our our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart.
The biggest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is
Sedo's sale of #7 Energie.eu at $8,438.
Sedo went on to pile up 15 of the 20 chart entries
with eight top ten domains including #8 ForSale.us at $6,725.
ExcellentDomains.ca
was the only other venue with multiple chart entries. That company,
led by Ilze Kaulins, hit the trifecta with three Canadian
domains led by #14 Parker.ca at $5,376.
Germany's
.de led the
TLD race with six chart entries followed by the three for Canada's
.ca. Montenegro's .me and the European Union's .eu
had two apiece with the remaining seven positions divided between
seven different extensions.
Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked
up for the week ending Sunday, June 3:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. May 28, 2012 - Sun. June
3, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect June 6, 2012
There were dozens of additional
four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for the
lion's share of those with a supplemental list led by Galeriazamek.pl
at $3,844. All-Tickets.it added $3,750 while
two others; Filter.me and SecurityManagement.de
clicked for $3,500 each. Another pair (both French domains); 356.fr
and Scarlett.fr scared up $3,125 apiece.
Sedo had 43 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging
from $1,000 to $3,000
that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $3,000
hotelandra.de
$3,000
lesebox.de
$1,500
rauf-oder-runter.de
$2,975
sherpa.es
$1,500
airexpress.co.uk
$2,937
vocal.ch
$1,500
aroma.gr
$2,750
zaapa.es
$1,500
l.gg
$2,736
lifta.fr
$1,488
caribbean.us
$2,500
cafes.co.uk
$1,319
franchise.si
$2,500
henpartyaccessories.co.uk
$1,318
horoscopedujour.fr
$2,500
alltrust.de
$1,250
rud.in
$2,500
lanzarote-center.de
$1,250
trivium.at
$2,500
louez-moi.fr
$1,250
jobsinyork.co.uk
$2,325
wmt.fr
$1,250
frameless.de
$2,125
zahnpunkt.de
$1,250
autofotos.de
$2,000
redpower.it
$1,188
silo.co
$2,000
sovag.ch
$1,188
i4m.co
$1,999
url.fm
$1,188
cda.fr
$1,875
easyads.de
$1,126
neuleben.de
$1,875
nordwestschweiz.ch
$1,063
pulsklokker.no
$1,875
automaty.eu
$1,000
bodyhealth.ch
$1,750
baukonzept.de
$1,000
initiative.nl
$1,563
namibiareise.de
$1,000
westcott.eu
$1,563
scanjet.co.uk
$1,000
happystaff.co.uk
$1,550
NetFleet.com.au
sold a trio of Australian ccTLDs; LawyerSearch.com.au ($3,812),
BestCreditCardDeals.com.au ($3,437) and CreditCardsBalanceTransfer.com.au
($1,019) while ExcellentDomains.ca rang up another Canadian
ccTLD sale with KLE.ca at $3,584.
Elsewhere, three .us domains changed hands in
private transactions; AAP.us for $1,477, VideoProduction.us
for $1,043 and MobileMarketing.us for $1,042.
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.
For the second week in a row the non
.com gTLDs were limited to one five-figure sale, the one we told
you about in the all extension section above - Studio.org at $20,000.
The #2 domain on this week's Non .com gTLD Top 20 Chart is DDD.net,
a domain that Sedo sold for $6,999. They also rang up $6,250
for #3 Skandinavien.net.
The AfternicDLS claimed the most chart entries,
taking 11 of 20 places on the leader board. #4 Bronchitis.net
led their roster at $5,000. They also had four of the five .orgs
that made the top ten, including #7 MyTeam.org at $3,388.
The .orgs and the .nets wound up in a dead heat in
the TLD race as each extension claimed 10 places on the Top 20. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, June 3:
Non
.Com gTLDs Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. May
28, 2012 - Sun. June 3, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect June 6, 2012
There were several more four-figure
non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by two sales at the
AfternicDLS, Vivitar.net at $1,600 and FarmInc.net
at $1,588. BeachWedding.org and NBDS.net added $1,500
each while HunterGatherer.org bagged $1,488.
MobileLearning.net notched $1,388, Saet.net
sold for $1,288 and two others; SalesUSA.net and InvestmentPlan.net
plucked $1,188 apiece. ChristianUnion.org yielded $1,100
while Findex.net, Greenpass.org and WebOfLife.org generated
$1,000 each.
Back at Sedo Humanic.net made $1,500
while Pheromones.xxx and Wind-Turbines.net went for $1,250
apiece. HDWallpaper.net drew $1,050 and Cadzand-bad.info
banked $1,031.
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.
*****
As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies,
private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale
made through any channel. To contribute information and help make
this column better, just drop a note to [email protected].
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 Wednesday 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
information and write this article to give
you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry.
Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.