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Big Domain Sales Busting Out All Over - Top Five on This Week's Chart Total Over $5 Million

It is pretty much a given that summer is a slow time for domain sales but apparently someone forgot to distribute the memo this week. In the past 48 hours alone we logged the biggest sale of the year to date and 5 of the 15 highest sales made thus far in 2018.

Sitting at the top of the pack is the $3.5 million sale of Ice.com that we reported in our Lowdown section Tuesday morning. That is almost three times higher than the previous top sale of the year, Super.com at $1.2 million in March. As we told you about in that story, credit for the blockbuster sale goes to Brian Harbin from Grit Brokerage, who represented the seller and David Clements from Brannans.com, who brought in the buyer.

(Left to right): Brian Harbin, David Clements and Escrow.com General Manager Jackson Elsegood who made sure the transfer of funds and the Ice.com domain went smoothly.

By Ron Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

 In another extraordinary sales story that we broke in the Lowdown Monday morning, Kate Buckley, Founder & CEO of the Buckley Media Group, made TWO of the year's 10 biggest sales in a single transaction. Kate brokered a deal that sent Sleeping.com and Snoring.com to US Expediters (the company that operates CPAP.com) for $502,225 each - a total of $1,004,450. On almost any other week of the year those two would share the top spot on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart - but thanks to Ice.com - they tie for #2. However, this pair is also tied for #7 on our Year to Date Top 100 Sales Chart and they give Kate three of the 15 highest sales reported so far in 2018. She also has the #13 spot on the YTD list with her $335,000 sale of Inspection.com in February. Her three spots on the elite list are more than any other company or individual in the first 15. 

Kate Buckley

Now on to two more big sales that, again, would be chart toppers themselves in almost any week but this one. In another huge 3-letter .com sale #4 NWM.com changed hands for $325,000 in a private transaction. We've learned that CSC Corporate Domains acquired this domain  on behalf of Royal Bank of Scotland, most likely for their NatWest Markets unit. At #5 is yet another high end sale at this level, Seva.com, a name that went for $310,000 in a private transaction. The buyer disclosed the price paid for this one on a Monday podcast produced by DomainName Wire.com.

Sedo had a lot to celebrate this week too. Even though they didn't ring the six or seven figure bell they swept all but one of the 15 remaining chart entries on this week's Top 20. #6 BTCExchange.com led their roster at $55,000 and also helped the .coms pile up 16 of the 20 chart entries. The ccTLDs took three spots on the Big Board with #9 Park.co.uk leading the country code pack at $29,475. The non .com gTLDs were limited to one position #19 KYG.org at $8,800.

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, July 15, 2018:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. July 9, 2018 - Sun. July 15, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect July 18, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Ice.com $3,500,000 Grit Brokerage/
Brannans
2.
tie		 Sleeping.com $502,225 Buckley Media Group
2.
tie		 Snoring.com $502,225 Buckley Media Group
4. NWM.com $325,000 Pvt Sale
5. Seva.com $310,000 Pvt Sale
6. BTCExchange.com $55,000 Sedo
7. OKDO.com £35,000 = $45,850 Sedo
8. Wormholes.com $32,500 Sedo
9. Park.co.uk £22,500 = $29,475 Sedo
10. Share.co €18,000 = $20,700 Sedo

11. HighLife.com $18,000 Sedo
12. MetallCarport.de €11,602 = $13,342 Sedo
13. Qness.com €10,000 = $11,500 Sedo
14. LauraGarcia.com $11,000 Sedo
15. Vitamines.com €8,888 = $10,221 Sedo
16. Maimaijia.com $10,000 Sedo
17. GBLife.com £7,500 = $9,825 Sedo
18. DubaiSquare.com $8,999 Sedo
19. KYG.org $8,800 Sedo
20. Jazle.com  $8,700   Dale Ehrgott/
GoDaddy

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

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

.Com Supporting Cast

The .com supporting cast all came from Sedo including TomorrowIsYou.com at $8,500, Faropoint.com at $7,500 and UCamping.com at $7,000. They added $6,600 for Birdly.com while Digitique.com commanded $6,325 and StormAid.com delivered $5,500. Two others - MassNotification.com and Mufan.com - fetched $5,000 apiece.

Sedo had 27 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,950 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,950
cavalliclass.com $4,950   usdo.com $2,948
b-food.com $4,600 slicc.com $2,900
smaho.com $4,485 tekcloud.com $2,900
corerealestate.com $4,200 motorfinder.com $2,875
runningwater.com $4,000 alphahub.com $2,818
joylabs.com $3,950 martesana.com $2,530
lovedby.com $3,930 kidzkare.com $2,500
batterycheck.com $3,750 trustplace.com $2,300
wewet.com $3,500 engageable.com $2,288
voipadvisor.com $3,499 teabags.com $2,150
asesorias.com $3,335 eurobizz.com $2,000
denying.com $3,200 pro-mining.com $2,000
joytelecom.com $3,036 ujiu.com $2,000
ultimatewoman.com $2,999   

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were, of course, led by the three five-figure domains from this group that you saw on the all extension leader board above, with Park.co.uk leading the way at $29,475.  The biggest country code sale you haven't seen yet is #4 on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Sedo's $8,050 sale of HOB.es. They went on to complete a clean sweep of all 20 positions on the leader board (a rarity, but this is not the first time they've done it in a category they traditionally have dominated). 360.tv rounded out the first five.

Germany's .de won the extension race with five chart entries in a very diverse week that saw 13 different TLDs represented on the elite list. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, July 15, 2018:

Country Code Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. July 9, 2018 - Sun. July 15, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect July 18, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Park.co.uk £22,500 = $29,475 Sedo
2. Share.co €18,000 = $20,700 Sedo
3. MetallCarport.de €11,602 = $13,342 Sedo
4. HOB.es €7,000 = $8,050 Sedo
5. 360.tv €5,907 = $6,793 Sedo
6.
tie		 Doc.co.uk $6,000 Sedo
6.
tie		 NetID.nl €5,000 = $5,750 Sedo
8. Wundheilung.de €5,000 = $5,750 Sedo
9.  Bäckerei.de (IDN) €4,200 = $4,830 Sedo
10. Whitewall.cz €3,999 = $4,599 Sedo

11. Sexed.pl £3,500 = $4,585 Sedo
12. X.tf $3,800 Sedo
13. Tencel.kr $3,500 Sedo
14. CoverLetter.co.uk £2,550 = $3,341 Sedo
15. Call.jp $3,199 Sedo
16. Trusty.de €2,700 = $3,105 Sedo
17. App.do $3,000 Sedo
18. Kernd.de €2,550 = $2,933 Sedo
19.
tie		 Sex-kontakt.ch €2,500 = $2,875 Sedo
19.
tie		 Sex-kontakte.ch €2,500 = $2,875 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were four more four-figure sales off the chart, all posted by Sedo. Varese.de sold for $2,731, MediaGuide.de drew $2,415, Speakeasy.io spawned $2,350 and Loun.ge landed $2,000. 

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)

The non .com gTLDs unfortunately did not share the in the bounty the .coms and ccTLDs reaped this week. None reached five figures and only eight sales were reported for the entire category with 7 of those 8 coming from Sedo, including chart topper KYG.org at $8,800 and runner-up Rewards.net at $5,161. 

The .GLOBAL Registry picked up the one spot Sedo didn't with #8 Kumon.global at $1,200. Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week  ending Sunday, July 15, 2018:

Non .Com gTLDs Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. July 9, 2018 - Sun. July 15, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect July 18, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. KYG.org $8,800 Sedo
2. Rewards.net €4,488 = $5,161 Sedo
3. AHO.org $3,000 Sedo
4. DigitalPioneers.org $2,788 Sedo
5. B.cooking $2,600 Sedo
6. Native.biz $2,500 Sedo
7. Spreadshirt.org $2,500 Sedo
8. Kumon.global $1,200 .GLOBAL Registry

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

Domain Name Industry Newsletter 

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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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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