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In
its brilliant 40-year history, .Com has never had to
share the spotlight on center stage with any other TLD
- but the artificial intelligence boom super charged the .AI
ccTLD and made it highly competitive at the top of the charts
throughout 2024 (as you can see on our final Top
100 Chart for the year here). How this rivalry
will play out long term was the primary topic of conversation
in our new 2025 State
of the Industry Cover Story: 30 Domain
Experts Weigh in On What Mattered in 2024 and Where Money Will
Be Made This Year.
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Some
argued that the trend will eventually run out of steam when
the AI start-ups that are fueling the .AI boom
eventually "upgrade" to .coms. Others believe .AI is
such a perfect match no upgrades will be needed on top tier
names in the TLD. Time will tell who called it right but in
the near term the prospects for both look golden. Take
our first all extension Top 20 Sales Chart of the 2025
domain sales season below for example. A six-figure .com
and a six-figure .AI sit at the top of the pack.
In
this instance there is a big price difference between the two
though with Sedo's
$600,000 sale of #1 Pack.com outpointing yet
another big sale from .AI advocate Andy
Booth who banked $100,000 for 3D.ai.
Andy is a industry veteran who has been one of the most
successful ever with both .com and .ai sales. Meanwhile, The
Pack.com sale (news that broke
here January 11) represented another big win for Sedo's
Mark"Mr. Premium" Ghoriafi, who has had a
meteoric rise in the business over the past
decade.
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As
you might expect, Mark and Andy are both featured in the new
State of the Industry story, as is brokerage all-star and Saw.com
Founder Jeff Gabriel who is in the new chart's top five
with #5 (tie) Accountably.com at $45,000 (a spot
shared by DomainName.com's
sale of Qwerty com). Sandwiched between Mark, Andy and
Jeff are two nice sales at NameJet
- a monster .org in #3 Seniors.org at $78,499
and Tapestries.com at $68,607.
The new chart does
give the .Com is King crowd something to crow about as
the world's most popular TLD went on the kind of rampage its
reputation was built on, sweeping 17 of the 20 chart
entries overall! That still produces a wow! Aside
from 3D.ai and Seniors.org, the only other charted sale to
break the .com rule was Sedo's $18,720 sale of #20 Awake.de.
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By Ron Jackson
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Since
this the first chart for 2025 it is also the Year to Date
leader board. When we get the next round of sales data in for
our bi-weekly report that will come out February 5, we'll
publish the first separate YTD Top Sales Chart of the new
year. At that time we'll also be updating the 2022 Top 100
Chart in our Domain
Sales Archive to include Elliot's Silver's discovery
of the $600,000
price paid for Macro.com in a sale made that year.
Now,
here
is how all of the leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending
Sunday,
Jan. 19, 2025
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 6 - Sun. Jan. 19, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Jan. 22, 2025) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Pack.com |
$600,000 |
Sedo |
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2. |
3D.ai |
$100,000 |
Andy
Booth |
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3. |
Seniors.org |
$78,499 |
NameJet |
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4. |
Tapestries.com |
$68,607 |
NameJet |
5.
tie |
Accountably.com |
$45,000 |
Saw.com |
5.
tie |
Qwerty.com |
$45,000 |
DomainName.com |
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7. |
Searchers.com |
£25,000
= $30,750 |
Sedo |
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8. |
1Feed.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
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9. |
YPR.com |
$27,169 |
NameJet |
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10. |
Carb.com |
$26,000 |
NameJet |
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11.
tie |
Defense-Aerospace.com |
$25,000 |
NameJet |
11.
tie |
Genomatch.com |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Mercurial.com |
$24,944 |
SnapNames |
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14. |
QTV.com |
$22,000 |
Sedo |
15.
tie |
BeachSafari.com |
$20,000 |
DomainMarket |
15.
tie |
Casino.eu.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
15.
tie |
Kroken.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
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18. |
PetGuard.com |
$19,439 |
SanpNames |
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19. |
Zentara.com |
$19,000 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Awake.de |
€18,000
= $18,720 |
Sedo |
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Keep in mind that these are the highest value
cash only sales that have been reported to us in the
past two weeks. 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. |
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There were 20 more
five-figure sales off the chart, ranging from $10,000 to
$17,500
that are listed in the table below:
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Domain |
Sold
For |
Where Sold |
| Ramp.in |
$17,500 |
Lumis |
| Base.in |
$17,499 |
Sedo |
| Hope4College.com |
$15,500 |
NameJet |
| ADAGlobal.com |
$15,000 |
DomainMarket |
| EastWestRecords.com |
$15,000 |
DomainMarket |
| TheSeries.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
| FIV.org |
$13,000 |
Sedo |
| Influenza.org |
$12,600 |
NameJet |
| MissionsCalifornia.com |
$12,000 |
SnapNames |
| TableLamps.com |
$12,000 |
Sedo |
| WhyFiles.org |
$12,000 |
NameJet |
| ProvablyFair.org |
$11,482 |
Sedo |
| Hauck.com |
$11,249 |
NameJet |
| CarBroker.com |
$10,500 |
NameJet |
| KosmosGroup.com |
$10,500 |
Sedo |
| Dorfladen.com |
$10,400 |
Sedo |
| Event.photography |
$10,400 |
Sedo |
| Sidux.com |
$10,400 |
Sedo |
| Fotograf.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| Novareen.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
.Com
Supporting Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales
SquirrelMedia.com at $9,999, PolyConnect.com
at $9,888 and ManVibe,com at $9,500. LakeElsinore.com
added $9,000, Simeox.com sold for $8,996
and Apophis.com posted $8,900.
RXCO.com
returned $8,800, PipPop.com plucked $8,600
and two others - ClubNation.com and WinPlace.com
- went for $8,500 each. AdSolutions.com drew $8,319
and UniCapital.com commanded $8,000.
Sedo had 89 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $7,800 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $7,800
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| qmind.com |
$7,800 |
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qsum.com |
$3,890 |
| orcus.com |
$7,500 |
ailottery.com |
$3,800 |
| meatmeet.com |
$7,000 |
pickpad.com |
$3,750 |
| nscope.com |
$7,000 |
amassrestaurant.com |
$3,745 |
| crowdia.com |
$6,980 |
okboss.com |
$3,711 |
| thunderfire.com |
$6,800 |
jobref.com |
$3,690 |
| barizi.com |
$6,790 |
bengo.com |
$3,500 |
| acons.com |
$6,240 |
leaderprint.com |
$3,500 |
| focuz.com |
$6,150 |
paddlehut.com |
$3,499 |
| nexprint.com |
$6,000 |
pastamafia.com |
$3,499 |
| agentex.com |
$5,720 |
rapidrevision.com |
$3,455 |
| automateit.com |
$5,616 |
satsuki.com |
$3,300 |
| auction24.com |
$5,569 |
vividi.com |
$3,068 |
| agentgrid.com |
$5,500 |
rnnq.com |
$3,000 |
| alchemical.com |
$5,500 |
sickinsurance.com |
$2,999 |
| airestates.com |
$5,250 |
audimed.com |
$2,995 |
| easyemail.com |
$5,166 |
confidencesecurity.com |
$2,995 |
| apprentissage.com |
$5,084 |
letsnest.com |
$2,988 |
| getmelon.com |
$5,000 |
boldharvest.com |
$2,950 |
| idisability.com |
$5,000 |
truespan.com |
$2,899 |
| jungleshop.com |
$5,000 |
retouchephoto.com |
$2,888 |
| lightofoneness.com |
$5,000 |
slowrunner.com |
$2,888 |
| pickleballs.com |
$5,000 |
bookmouse.com |
$2,649 |
| usvg.com |
$5,000 |
resilienceatwork.com |
$2,595 |
| adacasino.com |
$4,995 |
catchtrade.com |
$2,500 |
| meedee.com |
$4,995 |
detto.com |
$2,500 |
| inkest.com |
$4,960 |
miul.com |
$2,500 |
| luxcondos.com |
$4,710 |
ai-master.com |
$2,499 |
| popnuts.com |
$4,500 |
meserve.com |
$2,499 |
| webvision.com |
$4,500 |
ϟ.com |
$2,495 |
| xhat.com |
$4,500 |
bluefieldmedia.com |
$2,488 |
| yeraz.com |
$4,500 |
vspine.com |
$2,399 |
| partcorp.com |
$4,400 |
tweete.com |
$2,353 |
| iwau.com |
$4,368 |
summerprize.com |
$2,305 |
| odce.com |
$4,250 |
auctn.com |
$2,275 |
| itwasawesome.com |
$4,242 |
portholland.com |
$2,225 |
| kernelfarms.com |
$4,159 |
12talk.com |
$2,080 |
| localgovjobs.com |
$4,000 |
golfersworld.com |
$2,080 |
| maddoc.com |
$4,000 |
tadman.com |
$2,080 |
| mexwin.com |
$3,999 |
tronminer.com |
$2,080 |
| tecenterprises.com |
$3,999 |
procomgroup.com |
$2,050 |
| camarosa.com |
$3,995 |
thecliniccolorado.com |
$2,000 |
| cryptocriteria.com |
$3,995 |
thejuniperschool.com |
$2,000 |
| koizora.com |
$3,952 |
washrescue.com |
$2,000 |
| nothink.com |
$3,950 |
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At SnapNames
SurvivalKits.com secured $8,074, Relocator.com
rang up $7,938 and AndrewJames.com devoured $6,077.
Vesti-UKR.com clicked for $6,000, CyberSky.com
cleared $5,558, SureStep.com stood out at $5,318
and Kenoby.com coaxed $5,250.
SnapNames had 39 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $7,800 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
SnapNames .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
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| itaas.com |
$5,000 |
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droppy.com |
$2,914 |
| sportstherapy.com |
$4,300 |
retop.com |
$2,849 |
| halftone.com |
$4,085 |
magex.com |
$2,700 |
| happyhappy.com |
$3,933 |
perceptionweb.com |
$2,700 |
| mtsa.com |
$3,900 |
neww.com |
$2,688 |
| hukilauflorence.com |
$3,850 |
truthinaging.com |
$2,650 |
| sleepsmart.com |
$3,813 |
sunshinecare.com |
$2,649 |
| sunnyway.com |
$3,804 |
smallfryblog.com |
$2,600 |
| millcitybarbecue.com |
$3,700 |
centurypark.com |
$2,514 |
| visitakaroa.com |
$3,700 |
bankershillsd.com |
$2,472 |
| buddhas.com |
$3,588 |
restaurantpirouette.com |
$2,416 |
| dahong.com |
$3,505 |
indigodeli.com |
$2,350 |
| daonohawaiianfood.com |
$3,500 |
southeastsun.com |
$2,322 |
| thebeatriceinn.com |
$3,433 |
flightguru.com |
$2,300 |
| trendsetting.com |
$3,321 |
deep6.com |
$2,270 |
| roslin.com |
$3,199 |
mullers.com |
$2,161 |
| reop.com |
$3,049 |
rizzos.com |
$2,050 |
| ieca.com |
$3,000 |
curbsidecafevistaca.com |
$2,049 |
| ccds.com |
$2,999 |
sotis.com |
$2,000 |
| americanantiquities.com |
$2,988 |
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Back at Namejet PurpleMoose.com
munched on $7,500, CFE-Metiers.com
collared $7,250 and BookTravel.com billed $5,751.
Polygons.com provided $5,599, Olco.com
claimed $5,500 and GMMY.com captured $5,250.
NameJet had 36 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,050 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
NameJet .com Sales Between $2,050 - $5,000
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| redcastle.com |
$5,000 |
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dinnercruise.com |
$2,600 |
| caprica.com |
$4,900 |
kkpmakassar.com |
$2,600 |
| topspace.com |
$4,900 |
redbow.com |
$2,505 |
| intellitrade.com |
$4,478 |
adasi.com |
$2,322 |
| miningequipment.com |
$4,150 |
pathwaysl.com |
$2,272 |
| citydental.com |
$4,103 |
topcareer.com |
$2,272 |
| westcork.com |
$3,889 |
thebutchershopboston.com |
$2,255 |
| indiamarket.com |
$3,588 |
tastethewaste.com |
$2,250 |
| ppsr.com |
$3,400 |
islandclipper.com |
$2,206 |
| uscorporation.com |
$3,100 |
countysales.com |
$2,205 |
| youradhere.com |
$3,049 |
dwlaw.com |
$2,150 |
| sifr.com |
$2,930 |
semita.com |
$2,150 |
| shano.com |
$2,900 |
gaetano.com |
$2,120 |
| musicevents.com |
$2,888 |
oliverstone.com |
$2,111 |
| unitrend.com |
$2,736 |
lesnapoleons.com |
$2,100 |
| glycotech.com |
$2,700 |
hypnosistherapy.com |
$2,051 |
| escn.com |
$2,610 |
landstore.com |
$2,050 |
| deadheads.com |
$2,608 |
reganlaw.com |
$2,050 |
Elsewhere, Ed Emery
sold ArriveEarly.com through Atom.com
for $2,000.
...and
we're not done yet!
Continue
to Page 2 for
the ccTLD and Non .Com
gTLD Top 20 Charts and
all other sales reported in those categories over the past two weeks.
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