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Another 6-Figure 3-Letter .Com Set the Pace on This Week's Domain Sales Chart but All Categories Had Reasons to Be Happy

We have some catching up to do this week. I was away last week covering the 5th annual NamesCon conference in Las Vegas so there was no sales report last Wednesday. This week I will bring you fully up to date on all completed sales reported since our last time around the track two weeks ago.

It seems like just about any time we look at a chart of sales leaders there is a 3-letter .com at the top of it - and that is once again the case. Sedo leads our latest all extension Top 20 leader board with HPX.com after moving that domain for $130,000. They filled the next two spots on the elite list as well, collecting $82,500 for runner-up CarStore.com and $44,268 for #3 Antrieb.de ("drive" in German), the top ccTLD sale.

Rounding out the first five were BQDN.com's $30,000 sale of #4 Withdraw.com and NameJet's $27,000 sale of #5 PY.net, the top non .com gTLD sale on the Big Board. Like Sedo, James Booth's BQDN.com and NameJet both collected multiple chart entries. BQDN scored four times, including two more of the top ten sales - #7 (tie) Numb.com at $23,000 and #9 IYB.,com at $22,000. NameJet, who reported all of their top January sales this week, also charted four sales. After selling over $1.5 million worth of domains in last week's live domain auction at NamesCon (with partner RightOfTheDot.com) you will be seeing NameJet often on upcoming charts as those sales close, including a $900,000 blockbuster - Great.com - that topped their auction results.

By Ron Jackson

The .coms swept 15 of the 21 entries on this week's chart (the extra sport resulted from a tie for the final position). Our long time friend, Marcia Lynn Walker, helped the .com cause with her $18,000 sale of #12 (tie) LocalReviews.com in a private transaction. Marcia was one of the first women to enter the domain business and was already well established in the field when we first showed up over 15 years ago.

The remaining six chart positions were evenly split between the ccTLDs and non .com TLDs. Along with Antrieb.de the country codes rang the bell with #6 Live.us at $26,000 via Sedo and #14 PS.co.uk at $17,920 (also at Sedo). In addition to PY.net, the big non .com gTLD winners were a pair of .orgs, #10 (tie) Beat.org at $20,000 and #20 (tie) Nano.org at $14,000 - and again, both of those sales came from the Sedo ledger.

Before we go to the latest charts, I also want to tell you about two previously unreported sales that George Kirikos (Leap.com) just brought to light through more of the relentless digging through corporate SEC filings that has allowed him to uncover countless sales of note over the years. The latest (from just last month) involves THC.com. The domain was sold along with some other assets, so can't be charted as an individual cash domain sale, but in the filing George found that the domain was valued at $1.25 million - even more than the company trademark (sold with it) which was valued at $1 million - proof, as George noted, that "elite domain names can be more valuable than trademarks." As a defining term in the burgeoning cannabis industry, THC.com is obviously a very high value domain and I doubt many would argue with the valuation in the SEC filing.

George found a second previously unreported sale, dating all the way back to 2003, in this UDRP decision in a case involving Glory.com that came down last month. The details in the filing revealed that the respondent (who won the UDRP case) had paid $115,000 for the domain 15 years ago. Normally, when older sales come to light we place them on that year's Top 100 Chart (if they are big enough) - but in this case Glory.com pre-dates our charts! We started tracking aftermarket sales in the fall of 2003, so our annual Top 100 Charts started with 2004. Still, we appreciate George sharing this information so we can put it on record here.

Now, back to the immediate task at hand - here is how the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, February 4, 2018:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 22, 2018 - Sun. Feb. 4, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 7, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. HPX.com $130,000 Sedo
2. CarStore.com $82,500 Sedo
3. Antrieb.de
("drive" in German)		 €35,700 = $44,268 Sedo
4. Withdraw.com $30,000 BQDN
5. PY.net $27,000 NameJet
6. Live.us $26,000 Sedo
7.
tie		 Numb.com $23,000 BQDN
7.
tie		 UserAcquisition.com $23,000 Sedo
9 IYB.com $22,000 BQDN
10.
tie		 Beat.org $20,000 Sedo
10.
tie		 HomeAV.com $20,000 Sedo

12.
tie		 4196.com $18,000 BQDN
12.
tie		 LocalReviews.com $18,000 Pvt Sale
14. PS.co.uk £12,800 = $17,920 Sedo
15. AddHome.com €13,500 = $16,740 Sedo
16. StrongHealth.com $15,100 NameJet
17.
tie		 Silubi.com $15,000 Sedo
17.
tie		 These.com $15,000 NameJet
19. Banden.com $14,550 NameJet
20.
tie		 Macreative.com £10,000 = $14,000 Sedo
20.
tie		 Nano.org £10,000 = $14,000 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)

There were 17 more five-figure sales off the chart with Sedo posting 12 of those including HBUS.com and Main.net at $12,500 each and Tougher.com at $12,230. MasterOil.com added $12,152 while Care.us and Omnibot.com brought $12,000 apiece. SparInvest.no notched $11,160, Beleuchtung.de delivered $10,974 and four others - eStructure.com, Read.io, RMHD.com and Systemize.com - sold for $10,000 each.

NameJet had the other five sales at this level including CloudPass.com ($12,500), ZSV.com ($11,100) and BlackWolf.com ($10,200). They also moved Celebrated.com and Ristorantes.com for $10,000 apiece.

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with OAIO.com at $9,920. Genetrix.com added $9,000, Appose.com produced $8,988 and Organigramme.com kicked in $8,680. BT9.com brought $8,500 while four others - BonaShop.com, FaceCapital.com, ShiftProject.com and ThreePoints.com - provided $8,000 apiece.

OrionX.com returned $7,900, BillionaireCode.com unlocked $7,800, FireChain.com chalked up $7,333 and SocialSet.com secured $7,200. Sedo had 64 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $7,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $7,000
hausmart.com $7,000   callcenter24.com $3,720
swisspack.com $6,820 cyoss.com $3,720
civicbrain.com $6,200 rmengineering.com $3,700
spontech.com $6,051 yongbi.com $3,650
uownit.com $6,000 hmholding.com $3,500
flavis.com $5,952 modelbox.com $3,400
myhappyday.com $5,952 idlook.com $3,350
avasolutions.com $5,880 humandimensions.com $3,000
forwardenergy.com $5,799 natria.com $3,000
e-van.com $5,580 pilotsuae.com $3,000
hegla.com $5,580 secovia.com $3,000
staffbank.com $5,580 u100.com $2,999
cexio.com $5,500 soundseeker.com $2,940
chenova.com $5,000 vankor.com $2,800
dreamcraft.com $5,000 easycarwash.com $2,790
proxytechnologies.com $5,000 x-stream.com $2,775
beyondschool.com $4,999 sellingadvantage.com $2,750
ileague.com $4,999 virtualvisions.com $2,666
kraski.com $4,960 darkflash.com $2,500
dothub.com $4,950 inthepocket.com $2,500
kuzira.com $4,836 karmafoundation.com $2,500
mygram.com $4,800 videotracer.com $2,500
fudosan-center.com $4,500 wastetec.com $2,499
motolog.com $4,500 spakbang.com $2,488
chunghua.com $4,401 drivehub.com $2,400
future-net.com $4,300 pobladores.com $2,300
moldmakers.com $4,200 1x5.com $2,000
islabella.com $4,190 akamall.com $2,000
merlinx.com $4,000 cepae.com $2,000
playify.com $3,999 fencecrafters.com $2,000
babypalooza.com $3,800 hrewards.com $2,000
dallasstartup.com $3,795 wineestate.com $2,000

Back at NameJet Chiu.com chipped in $9,700, Cryptoicos.com corralled $8,255 and AdvanceCash.com attracted $7,500. TheHotel.com welcomed $7,299, Wona.com went for $7,200 and NCAI.com drew $6,000. 

SleepMasks.com made another $5,812, 00988.com dialed up $5,510 and HappyBody.com hauled in $5,310. Huza.com captured $5,100 while M6M.com and N94.com notched $5,001 each. NameJet had 70 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,999 that are listed in the table below: 

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,999
bloated.com $4,999   allb.com $2,815
cardmember.com $4,655 lancha.com $2,722
fuci.com $4,600 coinshow.com $2,716
edig.com $4,505 qtyl.com $2,710
cyberfriends.com $4,502 bitcny.com $2,700
27o.com $4,500 j34.com $2,622
jabble.com $4,500 hahasport.com $2,601
55717.com $4,299 softplus.com $2,601
55979.com $4,299 coinrevolution.com $2,500
76885.com $4,299 gjbank.com $2,500
ypan.com $4,211 qinv.com $2,500
50019.com $4,100 shujutong.com $2,500
caqi.com $4,100 cpwc.com $2,455
imar.com $4,100 veenstra.com $2,422
zuvu.com $4,100 fhjh.com $2,400
j111.com $4,006 brightrealty.com $2,388
errol.com $4,000 plucker.com $2,377
gestion.com $4,000 kiteboarder.com $2,309
caibangzi.com $3,948 7dj.com $2,300
wiseapple.com $3,806 azda.com $2,300
debitcredit.com $3,750 nmotion.com $2,288
printland.com $3,652 yncm.com $2,202
appro.com $3,600 8jf.com $2,200
bullhead.com $3,588 8sm.com $2,200
burden.com $3,499 cuowu.com $2,200
phplens.com $3,400 jm3.com $2,200
giftshow.com $3,259 oilx.com $2,188
openbit.com $3,250 bentech.com $2,111
ku4.com $3,100 dulhan.com $2,100
cnmdb.com $3,000 mhlt.com $2,003
streetmaps.com $3,000 5jf.com $2,000
xiucha.com $3,000 9jf.com $2,000
speedread.com $2,935 9sm.com $2,000
kaban.com $2,925 bamudi.com $2,000
zellpay.com $2,850 wp7.com $2,000

Elsewhere,  Declan Conaty sold Symbium.com for $9,000 through an Efty.com landing page, Jason Eisler moved EVReviews.com for $4,888 via Afternic, GenericDomainMarket.com used Sedo to sell SavvyApp.com for $3,499 and OneTwoPay.com for $2,499 and Logan Flatt sold ClarionEnergy.com for $3,400 through the Uniregistry Market. 

 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs continued their consistently solid performance over the past two weeks, led by the seven 5-figure sales you saw in the all extension section earlier - those topped by Sedo's $44,268 sale of Antrieb.de - the second biggest country code sale of this young year to date. The highest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is the #8 on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Sedo's $7,060 sale of Tech.co.za.

Three more Sedo sales rounded out the top ten - Salutiamo.it at $6,808 and two others that tied for #10 - OZ.io and Symbiosis.cz at $6,200 each. Sedo went on to sweep 20 of the 21 chart entries (the extra spot came from a tie for the final spot). NameJet kept Sedo from running the board with their $6,100 sale of #11 Onyx.io.

Germany's .de won the extension race with six chart entries followed by America's .us and the British Indian Ocean Territory's .io with three each. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 22, 2018 - Sun. Feb. 4, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 7, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Antrieb.de
("drive" in German)		 €35,700 = $44,268 Sedo
2. Live.us $26,000 Sedo
3. PS.co.uk £12,800 = $17,920 Sedo
4. Care.us $12,000 Sedo
5. SparInvest.no €9,000 = $11,160 Sedo
6. Beleuchtung.de €8,850 = $10,974 Sedo
7. Read.io $10,000 Sedo
8. Tech.co.za $7,060 Sedo
9. Salutiamo.it €5,490 = $6,808 Sedo
10.
tie		 OZ.io €5,000 = $6,200 Sedo
10.
tie		 Symbiosis.cz €5,000 = $6,200 Sedo

12.  Onyx.io $6,100 NameJet
13. MountainView.de €4,900 = $6,076 Sedo
14. Car2Go.us $5,999 Sedo
15.
tie		 Bato.to $5,000 Sedo
15.
tie		 Carpool.ai $5,000 Sedo
15.
tie		 RD.ai $5,000 Sedo
18. Essenersueden.de €4,000 = $4,960 Sedo
19. PHB.de €3,590 = $4,452 Sedo
20.
tie		 Hi7.de €3,500 = $4,340 Sedo
20.
tie		 StarCasino.dk €3,500 = $4,340 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were more four-figure sales off the chart led three Sedo sales - DFHN.de, Kommunikationspraxis.de and Sexkontakt.ch - at $3,720 each. CryptoValley.ch and Lake.ch added $3,710 apiece and Mucoviscidose.fr added $3,708.

FX24.de and Iledelareunion.fr drew another $3,596 each while R.af rang up $3,500. ETT.be bagged $3,410 while FinanzOffice.de and Maximal.de delivered $3,100 apiece. GLO.ca sold for $2,750, Mondavio.de delivered $2,480 and CaseMe.cn collected $2,000.

Elsewhere, SocialTrading.in changed hands for $2,350 in a private transaction and DomainLore.co.uk sold three others - Norden.co.uk and Pattesting.co.uk at $1,400 each and Consolidation.co.uk at $1,120.

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 and others, including new gTLDs)

"Short" was the apparent mantra in the Non .com GTLD aftermarket over the past two weeks. 10 of the 11 biggest sales were four letters or less - and four of those were just two characters! One of the latter, PY.net, led the pack with a nice $27,000 sale at NameJet. You saw that one and the other three that reached five figures in the all extension section earlier, so the biggest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is the #5 domain on our latest Non .com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart - Pay.club at $8,760 via the PublicDomainRegsitry. 

.CLUB domains took the next two spots as well (and four places overall) after the registry released their 4th quarter premium sales results this week. AG.club (sold at GoDaddy) took the #6 spot  at $8,248 and Club.club (sold by ChengduWest) was #7 at $7,687.

Still the .nets won the extension race with six chart entries followed by .org and .club with four each. Here is how the non .com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Feb. 4, 2017:

Non .Com gTLDs Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 22, 2018 - Sun. Feb. 4, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 7, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. PY.net $27,000 NameJet
2. Beat.org $20,000 Sedo
3. Nano.org £10,000 = $14,000 Sedo
4. Main.net $12,500 Sedo
5. Pay.club $8,760 PublicDomainRegistry
6. AG.club $8,248 GoDaddy
7. Club.club $7,687 ChengduWest
8. Bob.biz $7,500 Sedo
9. Click.tech $7,000 Sedo
10. 42.club $5,975 Alibaba

11. EX.biz $5,000 AfternicDLS
12. Token.pro £3,500 = $4,900 Sedo
 13. Sneaky.org $4,677 Sedo
14. Mammoth.net $4,400 NameJet
15. Tents.org $4,121 NameJet
16. Host.xyz $3,999 Sedo
17. Aqua.net $3,750 NameJet
18. Wealth.guru $3,500 Sedo
19. Helix.net $3,310 NameJet
20. ChallengeCoin.net $3,106 NameJet

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There were dozens of additional four-figure sales off the chart let by Sedo's $3,100 sale of ICOS.org. They added $3,000 for POSCloud.net, $2,995 for BiotechJobs.net and $2,500 for Leak.net. Arkus.net contributed $2,488, RealEstate.top tallied $2,300, Dolla.net deposited $2,200 and two others - Cryptosky.net and OneCoin.org - took in $2,000 each.

At NameJet CancerGuide.com garnered $3,075, Bandwidth.net brought $2,588 and XTW.net nabbed $2,334. DDDD.net dispensed $2,310, EldritchPress.org produced $2,300 and JLP.net tacked on $2,010. 

.CLUB also had 22 more premium domain sales ranging from $1,200 to $2,000 that are listed in the table below, along with the registrars that sold them.

Additional .CLUB Sales Between $1,200 - $2,000
easy.club
legacy.club
summer.club
yes.club
master.club
guru.club
sunday.club
dental.club
neon.club
youth.club
international.club
vic.club
cine.club
maya.club
rain.club
smartkids.club
paopao.club
language.club
coral.club
lady.club
lovely.club
sharing.club

             $3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$2,992
$2,831
$2,473
$2,324
$2,000
$2,000
$1,797
$1,760
$1,760
$1,648
$1,648
$1,648
$1,648
$1,553
$1,553
$1,426
$1,200
$1,200
$1,200
Tucows
GoDaddy
GoDaddy
Alibaba
RU Center
GoDaddy
Alibaba
united-domains AG
GoDaddy
Alibaba
Name.com
PublicDomainRegistry
GoDaddy
GoDaddy
GoDaddy
GoDaddy
Alibaba
Alibaba
RU Center
Alibaba
Alibaba
Alibaba

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. 

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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