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Free.Games Changes Hands for Big Bucks in the Year's Biggest Non .Com Sale to Date - Week's Top .Com Also Sells For 6 Figures

Last year four reported new gTLD sales reached six figures. With this year almost half over none have been reported at that level - until now. We've learned that Webquest has just closed a blockbuster $335,000 sale of Free.Games that is not only the year's biggest new gTLD sale to date, it is also the biggest non .com sale of any kind including ccTLDs and legacy non .com gTLDs like .net and .org - and it is the biggest by far. It is over five times more than the highest reported ccTLD sale - Seereisen.de ("sea travel" in German) at $66,640 and the previous non .com gTLD leader - Business.club at $60,936. In addition to topping our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart below, Free.games also ranks as the 8th biggest sale, regardless of category, on our 2019 Year to Date Top 100 Sales Chart.

Of course, six-figure sales are much more common in the .com category and yet another hit that level this week (the 20th to do so in 2019). That was ApexMoon.com's $115,000 sale of Import.com. Three more .coms rounded out the first five - Sedo's $40,000 sale of HappyLook.com and a pair of $35,000 sales - LoveLetter.com and VelvetRope.com - made by Braden Pollock's LegalBrandMarketing.com (LBM). LBM put two more on the Big Board with #7 (tie) BreathCheck.com at $20,000 and #20 DivorceLawyers.net at $9,750.

By Ron Jackson

While the competition was stiffer this week, Sedo still wound up with the most chart entries, taking nine places overall, including the two biggest ccTLD sales - #6 Serramenti.it ("window frames" in Italian) at $28,500 and #7 (tie) OnlineCasino.me at $20,000. GritBrokerage.com also charted two country code sales - #13 (tie) Decrypt.co at $11,250 and #16 Savor.co at $11,000. DomainMedia.ca gave the ccTLDs a 5th entry on the honor roll by moving #15 MyBud.ca for CAD 15,000 ($11,100 USD).

The non .com gTLDs wound up with four names on the elite list with Free.Games and DivorceLawyers.net getting back up from Sedo's $14,692 sale of #12 Electronics.org and a $10,500 sale of #17 Good.world that WebQuest made via Afternic.

Everything else went to the .coms who took 11 of the 20 entries overall. Here's a look at how all of the sales leaders stacked for the week ending Sunday, May 26, 2019:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 20, 2019 - Sun. May 26, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 29, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Free.games $335,000 WebQuest
2. Import.com $115,000 ApexMoon
3. HappyLook.com $40,000 Sedo
4.
tie		 LoveLetter.com $35,000 LegalBrandMarketing
4.
tie		 VelvetRope.com $35,000 LegalBrandMarketing
6. Serramenti.it
"window frames" in Italian		 €25,000 = $28,500 Sedo
7.
tie		 BreathCheck.com $20,000 LegalBrandMarketing
7.
tie		 OnlineCasino.me $20,000 Sedo
9. Cowave.com $15,500 GritBrokerage
10.
tie		 3XR.com $15,000 Sedo
10.
tie		 NetRing.com $15,000 Sedo

12. Electronics.org €12,888 = $14,692 Sedo
13.
tie		 Decrypt.co $11,250 GritBrokerage
13.
tie		 GardenAngel.com $11,250 Sedo
15. MyBud.ca CAD 15,000 = $11,100 DomainMedia.ca
16. Savor.co $11,000 GritBrokerage
17. Good.world $10,500 Webquest/Afternic
18.
tie		 Coppermark.com $10,000 Sedo
18.
tie		 Infralink.com $10,000 Sedo
20. DivorceLawyers.net $9,750 LegalBrandDomains

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

GritBrokerage led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with LinePulse.com at $8,900.

Back at Sedo, KDCasino.com raked in $8,888, 1YY.com yielded $7,700 and ArtMade.com drew $7,500. MrCustomHomes.com commanded $5,995, Bauanwaelte.com went for $5,586, Cryotek.com tallied $5,500 and Creom.com crested at $5,144.

Sedo had 22 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
paystone.com $5,000   托业.com $2,888
queenbe.com $5,000 teachassist.com $2,850
sportsbookapps.com $5,000 bouncecustomerservice.com $2,602
wandabus.com $4,888 jossy.com $2,600
signatureventures.com $4,000 quitri.com $2,542
charmian.com $3,750 expressvoice.com $2,500
tortazo.com $3,750 goodfreight.com $2,299
bkmall.com $3,500 apewatches.com $2,070
lacasinos.com $3,300 kaydian.com $2,000
jobstech.com $3,250 oriori.com $2,000
broadwaymusic.com $3,200 viasys-iv.com $2,000

Elsewhere, LegalBrandMarketing chalked up two more sales - fetching $3,000 for SlipAndFallLawyers.com and $2,594 for LeadAxis.com.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were, of course, led by that quintet of five-figure sales you saw on the all extension leader board above, with Sedo's $28,500 sale of Serramenti.it setting the pace. The biggest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #6 on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That also comes from Sedo - a $9,690 sale of Beach.de.

Sedo went on to sweep 16 of the 20 chart entries including #7 V8.cc at $8,670 and the entire second half of the leader board. One of the few exceptions to the Sedo rule was #8 Touchdown.co, a name that Matt Field sold in a private transaction for $7,500.

Germany's .de scored an easy win in the extension race by piling up eight chart entries. No other TLD has more than three. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, May 26, 2019:

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Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. May 20, 2019 - Sun. May 26, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 29, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Serramenti.it
"window frames" in Italian		 €25,000 = $28,500 Sedo
2. OnlineCasino.me $20,000 Sedo
3. Decrypt.co $11,250 GritBrokerage
4. MyBud.ca CAD 15,000 = $11,100 DomainMedia.ca
5. Savor.co $11,000 GritBrokerage
6. Beach.de €8,500 = $9,690 Sedo
7. V8.cc €7,605 = $8,670 Sedo
8. Touchdown.co $7,500 Pvt Sale
9. Balance.ca $7,000 Sedo
10. Alltagshelden.de €3,599 = $4,103 Sedo

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11. Karriereberater.de €3,500 = $3,990 Sedo
10.
tie		 Womi.ch €2,999 = $3,419 Sedo
10.
tie		 LandingPages.io $3,000 Sedo
12. Spurt.ch $2,888 Sedo
13. Berufsberater.de €2,500 = $2,850 Sedo
14.
tie		 Druckwert.de €2,500 = $2,850 Sedo
14.
tie		 Immokreisel.de €2,500 = $2,850 Sedo
16. PartyShop.it €2,450 = $2,793 Sedo
17. Draw.in $2,712 Sedo
18. DMSSoftware.de €2,235 = $2,548 Sedo
19. Club.vc €2,199 = $2,507 Sedo
20. Limeade.de €2,070 = $2,360 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were six more four-figure sales just off the chart - all logged by Sedo. They moved Comparatore.it, Gebaeudereinigung24.de, GHT84.fr and GHT-84.fr for $2,280 each as well as Pocketbook.in and ZScaler.co.il at $2,000 apiece.

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)

Only 14 sales were reported in the Non .com gTLD category this week but they had the 800-pound gorilla in that $335,000 sale of Free.Games. You saw that one and the group's next three top sales on the all extension leader board above. The #5 spot in our latest weekly Non.com gTLD Top Sales Chart is another new gTLD sale made by WebQuest, this time through Uniregistry where they sold Business.services for $8,000.

WF.club followed the first five, changing hands for $5,618 via Chinese registrar Chengdu West. The .GLOBAL Registry filled the final slot on the top half of the board with EFL.global at $4,800.

Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, May 26, 2019:

Non .Com gTLD Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales - Mon. May 20, 2019 - Sun. May 26, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 29, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Free.games $335,000 WebQuest
2. Electronics.org €12,888 = $14,692 Sedo
3. DivorceLawyers.net $9,750 LegalBrandDomains
4. Good.world $10,500 Webquest/Afternic
5. Business.services $8,000 Webquest/Uniregistry
6. WF.club $5,618 Chengdu West
7. EFL.global $4,800 .GLOBAL Registry
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8. Rewards.biz $4,500 Sedo
9.
tie		 CXO.info $4,330 Sedo
9.
tie		 ThePictaram.club $4,330 Sedo
11. Widen.net $2,920 Undeveloped.com
12. ThePrint.net $2,800 Sedo
13. FootballNews.net €2,000 = $2,280 Sedo
14. GuestList.club $1,500 WildWestDomains

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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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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