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Two 6-Figure Sales Top This Week's Chart - Three of the Four Biggest Sales Are 3-Letter .Coms 

Ultra-short domain names loosened their stranglehold on the top sales this week, even though three of the top four spots went to 3-letter .coms. Last week 11 of the 12 biggest sales were 3 letters or less but this week those LLL .coms were the only ones among the first dozen that were that short. That's not to say the other leaders needed to tighten their alphabetical waistlines. In fact the week's biggest sale, Uniti.com at $197,500 via Tracy Fogarty's eNaming.com was only five letters long.

The next three spots went to a trio of 3-letter .com all sold by industry veteran Greg Ricks on his PerfectName.com platform. The former owner of DNForum.com who has an extensive collection of 3-letter .coms, recently began running live auctions on his site. That paid off in his sales of #2 MDF.com at $151,500, #3 DXC.com at $64,500 and #4 YJM.com at $61,100.

Rounding out the first five was the week's biggest non .com gTLD sale, Mortgage.info at $35,000 in a sale made by PlentyOfBrands.com. One other name from that category made the elite list with Chinese registry eName selling #13 188.top for ¥88,000 ($13,596).

By Ron Jackson

The ccTLDs also claimed two entries on the Big Board. The highest of those was #7 Showroom.de, a domain that TradeMark Unlimited Inc. sold for $30,000. The other was logged by Sedo who collected $15,000 for #11 (tie) Sharks.tv. 

The .coms vacuumed up everything else, including seven more sales at Sedo, giving them eight chart entries overall. eNaming also had a big week, charting seven sales, including three on the upper half of our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. In addition to having the #1 domain, they filled the #6 slot with VAPZ.com at $34,000 and shared the #8 hole with a $20,000 sale of Armilla.com. 

Here is how the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 7, 2015 - Sun. Dec. 13, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 16, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Uniti.com $197,500 eNaming
2. MDF.com $151,500 PerfectName
3. DXC.com $64,500 PerfectName
4. YJM.com $61,100 PerfectName
5. Mortgage.info $35,000 PlentyOfBrands
6. VAPZ.com $34,000 eNaming
7. Showroom.de $30,000 Pvt Sale
8.
tie		 Armilla.com $20,000 eNaming
8.
tie		 TheHairShop.com $20,000 Sedo
8.
tie		 YogaShop.com $20,000 Sedo

11.
tie		 AmazingAnimals.com $15,000 eNaming
11.
tie		 Sharks.tv $15,000 Sedo
13. 188.top ¥88,000 = $13,596 eName
14.  TemplateWorld.com $13,000 Sedo
15. Codeta.com $12,500 eNaming
16.
tie		 SemanticScholar.com $12,000 eNaming
16.
tie		 Wrobot.com $12,000 eNaming
18.
tie		 Global-1.com €9,900 = $10,791 Sedo
18.
tie		 Global-One.com €9,900 = $10,791 Sedo
20.
tie		 Squads.com $10,000 Sedo
20.
tie		 Wowa.com $10,000 Sedo

Keep in mind that these are the highest value cash only 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.

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Top Sales Charts

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The All-Time Top 20 All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
 (2003 to Now)

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .Com Supporting Cast of four-figure sales with HappyCulture.com at $9,047 and AHAInc.com at $8,000. ClearFoods.com fetched another $7,000 while SMAN.com and Xeelo.com commanded $6,500 each.

C-Link.com landed $6,475, Cannar.com clicked for $6,000 and Air-Quality.com filtered out $5,995. YMLC.com sold for $5,600, ChristianPublications.com posted $5,500, Algedra.com gained $5,450 and Wegelin.com went for $5,449. 

Sedo had 62 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
bukr.com $5,000   mqsc.com $2,500
clickconnect.com $5,000 vrzj.com $2,499
talku.com $5,000 hrys.com $2,475
trybridge.com $5,000 ssyc.com $2,451
vivatechnology.com $5,000 jfmf.com $2,300
mjkj.com $4,989 zz8.com $2,299
17f.com $4,905 liwagroup.com $2,295
baldorfoods.com $4,559 lcwx.com $2,251
seedmarket.com $4,500 10900.com $2,250
proquant.com $4,251 5im.com $2,247
zmequity.com $4,251 mxby.com $2,237
instapp.com $4,033 bpkk.com $2,200
blankcards.com $4,000 chaircompare.com $2,195
n7n.com $4,000 tourcube.com $2,195
k9k.com $3,999 saot.com $2,180
fotografodebodas.com $3,979 soutien-scolaire.com $2,180
rydale.com $3,695 gxzr.com $2,150
egravity.com $3,333 rkcy.com $2,150
placces.com $3,270 xnkk.com $2,150
visitbelfast.com $3,150 pwdp.com $2,101
deriveo.com $3,099 npby.com $2,071
xccf.com $3,050 systemzentrale.com $2,071
alloutrugby.com $3,000 xdnf.com $2,051
hycore.com $3,000 mnbw.com $2,050
opendev.com $3,000 adcoco.com $2,000
deutscheam.com $2,998 explainervideos.com $2,000
color365.com $2,795 ffkl.com $2,000
sasler.com $2,795 fluie.com $2,000
nzcn.com $2,750 kypl.com $2,000
ac2000.com $2,595 lnsb.com $2,000
batterygenius.com $2,595 senq.com $2,000

At SnapNames FICA.com captured $7,689, Gycity.com secured $4,700 and HostingForum.com hauled in $4,657. 98Point6.com drew $4,000, Podcasters.com produced $3,350 and Pommes.com pulled in $2,956. BlueWings.com welcomed $2,465, Nanosys.com notched $2,377 and WMQS.com kicked in $2,251.

GenericDomainMarket.com sold WealthApp.com ($4,999) and BusinessAmbassadors.com ($2,499) through GoDaddy as well as AppsForWork.com ($3,499) at Sedo and MouseApp.com ($2,499) via Afternic. 

Elsewhere, 4JR.com changed hands for $2,175 at GoDaddy and the Above.com Marketplace handled the $2,000 sale of ChalmersFord.com. 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by the two five-figure sales you saw on the all extension leader board above - Showroom.de at $30,000 and Sharks.tv at $15,000. The highest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is #3 on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Arts.eu at $8,666 via Sedo.

Rounding out the first five are Bid.io, a domain that Park.io sold for $7,000, and #5 GEA.se, moved for $5,995 at Sedo. They went on to take the next 10 entries in a row and wound up with all but three spots overall. Golem.eu claimed one of the few Sedo missed, picking up $2,616 for #15 eSports.eu.

Germany's .de won a tight extension race with four chart entries, nipping the European Union's .eu and Great Britain's .co.uk that each had three. Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Dec. 13:

Country Code Top 20 Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 7, 2015 - Sun. Dec. 13, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 16, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Showroom.de $30,000 Pvt Sale
2. Sharks.tv $15,000 Sedo
3. Arts.eu €7,950 = $8,666 Sedo
4. Bid.io $7,000 Park.io
5. GEA.se €5,500 = $5,995 Sedo
6. LoveFlorida.co.uk $5,000 Sedo
7. LV.tv $4,500 Sedo
8. Autozubehör.de (IDN) €4,000 = $4,360 Sedo
9. Databank.tw $3,600 Sedo
10. Banque.eu $3,409 Sedo

11.
tie		 Affiliazioniscommesse.it €3,000 = $3,270 Sedo
11.
tie		 Kassa.at €3,000 = $3,270 Sedo
13. Job.to $2,950 Sedo
14. CarAudioSecurity.co.uk £1,749 = $2,624 Sedo
15. eSports.eu €2,400 = $2,616 Golem.eu
16. LiveNews.de €2,300 = $2,507 Sedo
17. Ashan.ru $2,200 Sedo
18.
tie		 Aromata.gr €2,000 = $2,180 Sedo
18.
tie		 Gewerbefinanzierung.de €2,000 = $2,180 Sedo
18.
tie		 Refurbished.at €2,000 = $2,180 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were nearly three dozen more four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by Sedo's $2,179 sale of Hobby-Caravans.de at $2,179. 88.im and Twinkle.tv added $2,000 apiece and Pokies.net.au yielded $1,999. 

Sedo had 28 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,908 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $1,908
atombunker.de $1,908   ziczac.ch $1,198
pressalit.cn $1,888 realty.us $1,151
everycloud.co.uk $1,830 grk.co.za $1,150
dfg.ch $1,635 schaub.eu $1,145
liquid.gr $1,635 staniforth.co.uk $1,125
pip.es $1,635 sls.cc $1,100
rekorde.de $1,634 job.ac $1,090
firma24.de $1,630 mediaflex.de $1,090
pantry.co.uk $1,493 optimist.fr $1,090
daytrip.eu $1,417 arktis.eu $1,089
spreewaldhochzeit.de $1,363 bier-magazin.de $1,089
teamsong.de $1,363 senco.de $1,089
u.gs $1,300 chr.cc $1,000
matchmaking.in $1,199 nado.co.uk $1,000

Elsewhere, DomainLore.co.uk sold PMH.co.uk for $2,175, OwnThisDomain.co.uk moved PoloClub.co.uk for $1,500, Golem.eu picked up $1,247 for Pinkerton.eu and Park.io pulled $1,200 for Dresses.io.  

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. 

Non .com gTLDs (.net, .org, .biz, .info & others, including new gTLDs)

Like the ccTLDs, the Non .Com gTLDs were led by a pair of five-figure sales that also made the all extension leader board at the top of this report - Mortgage.info at $35,000 and 188.top at $13,596. The highest sale on our latest Non .com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart that you haven't seen yet is #3 PriceCompare.org, a domain that Sedo sold for $4,280.

Sedo, who swept 16 of the 21 chart entries (the extra spot resulted from a tie for the final position) rounded out the first five with Vitalic.net at $4,251 and Carpet.pro at $3,924. In non Sedo sales a little further down the chart, Webquest sold #7 Green.click for $3,000, the Above.com Marketplace got $2,750 for GenVideo.org and URLs.net sold Goodness.org for $1,025. 

The .orgs won the extension race with six chart entries followed by the .nets with four. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015:

Non .Com gTLDs Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 7, 2015 - Sun. Dec. 13, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 16, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Mortgage.info $35,000 PlentyOfBrands
2. 188.top ¥88,000 = $13,596  eName
3. PriceCompare.org $4,280 Sedo
4. Vitalic.net €3,900 = $4,251 Sedo
5. Carpet.pro €3,600 = $3,924 Sedo
6. 73.biz €2,895 = $3,156 Sedo
7. Green.click $3,000 WebQuest
8. GenVideo.org $2,750 Above.com
Marketplace
9. Jonas.org $2,550 Sedo
10. 1.direct $2,500 Sedo

11. Crosspoint.church $1,999 Sedo
12. Master.degree €1,499 = $1,634 Sedo
13. CFB.info $1,500 Sedo
14. ZOM.net $1,300 Sedo
15. XIU.xyz $1,250 Sedo
16. XPH.org £777 = $1,166 Sedo
17. Simit.net €1,000 = $1,090 Sedo
18. Crowdworking.net $1,038 Sedo
19. Goodness.org $1,025 URLs.net
20.
tie		 BGP.org $1,000 Sedo
20.
tie		 Omni.biz $1,000 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

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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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.

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