There were two other five figure sales this week, both turned in by Afternic.com
to claim the 3rd and 4th positions on the Big Board. Those
were PrepaidPhone.com at $15,000 and FEM.com
at $14,000. Afternic wound up hitting the trifecta with still
another chart entry at #8, HarborPatrol.com which went for $8,250.
Sedo.com
had a big week as well with a quartet of domains on the Top Ten led
by #5 Diskothek.de ("discotheque" in German) at $9,837.
They also scored with a .com a .net and a .co.uk!
With Sedo and Afternic sweeping 7 of 10 positions between them that
left only one slot up for grabs and it went to DotcomAgency.com
where #6 LossAdjusters.com went for $9,250. Here's a look at
the complete Top Ten for the week ending Sunday, October 3:
|
Domain
Name Journal's Top Ten
Reported Domain
Sales - Mon. Sept. 27, 2004 - Sun. Oct. 3, 2004
Euro to Dollar Conversion (� to $) is Based on
Rates in Effect Tue. Oct. 5 |
| |
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
| 1. |
Robots.com
|
$40,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 2. |
FoodPoisoning.com |
$36,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 3. |
PrepaidPhone.com |
$15,000 |
Afternic |
| 4. |
FEM.com |
$14,000 |
Afternic |
| 5. |
Diskothek.de |
�7,990
= $9,837 |
Sedo |
| 6. |
LossAdjusters.com |
$9,250 |
DotcomAgency.com |
| 7. |
Vegetarian.co.uk |
�5,000
= $8,912 |
Sedo |
| 8. |
HarborPatrol.com |
$8,250 |
Afternic |
9.
tie |
VitaminE.net |
�6,000
= $7,388 |
Sedo |
9.
tie |
FlightDiscounts.com
|
�6,000
= $7,388 |
Sedo |
|
Keep in mind that these are the highest
value 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. |
As always Sedo used a full palette of extensions to
paint their impressive sales list. In addition to their German TLD
domain at #5, they scored with a British domain, Vegetarian.co.uk (#7
at $8,912), a .net (VitaminE.net) and a .com (FlightDiscounts.com)
with the latter two tying for 9th at $7,388 each. Sedo saw lots
of additional action just off the chart. CarLocator.co.uk sold
for �4,000 ($7,129) and Brustvergr�sserung.de
("chest enlargement" in German) added another �5,560 ($6,845).
Three more .de's rounded out the list; Pantys.de (�4,350
= $5,356), Liebe-SMS.de (�4,000
= $4,925) and Fussball-Manager.de (�3,000
= $3,694).
SnapNames.com
continues to show well since moving to their new auction format.
Their week was highlighted by AnyDVD.com at $5,655 and NightSearch.com
at $5,100. MailServers.com sent in another $4,600
while Republic.net brought $4,001 and Juice.net
squeezed out $1,498.
Pool.com
had a long list in the same price range led by HardcoreCartoons.com
at $5,600 (if they turn the concept into a TV show Pee Wee
Herman would be the obvious choice to host it). MTP.com was
next at $4,000 (nice price for a prime 3-letter combination)
followed by BlackMovie.com at $3,200 and Friendter.com
at an even $3,000. Pool also had a trio of .coms at $2,050;
NaughtyCartoons.com, AccountManagement.com and HoodRiver.com.
They also scored with both .net and .org. NBA.org was a $3,700
slam dunk while Hostel.org added $2,388. Stockbrokers.net
attracted a $2,588 investment and Invitations.net got a $1,060
RSVP.
At Enom's
Club Drop GovLoans.com ladled out $3,115.
Right behind were RealFacials.com at $3,015 and Agoraphobia.com
at $3,107. PackageTours.com brought home $2,909
while Atlante.com added $2,707, Hiltons.com
checked in with $2,407 and TrainingCourse.com
contributed $2,130.
Moniker.com/DomainSystems.com
hit a $4,625 chip shot with GolfPushcarts.com, but CEO Monte
Cahn was more excited about closing a $69,525 deal for Axiom.com
that has been in the works for some time. That one will involve a
series of monthly payments (the first of which was received this week)
before the transfer is made (domains aren't listed on our charts until
all payments are in and the domain has been transferred).
At other ports of call, DentalInstruments.com
went for $2,530 at Namewinner.com,
a venue that also collected $1,220 for PushToTalk.com. CancerOnline.com
brought $2,888 at Afternic and DotcomAgency.com proved long
isn't always wrong by selling ContractManagementSoftware.com
for an even $2,000.
We also saw a rare high dollar .ca (Canadian
country code) sale this week. Presents.ca went for $8,000
Canadian ($6,340 U.S.). The owners of Presents.com bought
the domain from Glen Shortliffe. In other deals InnovationHQ.com
picked up 203.com for $4,250 and Ben Kirshner
of CoffeeForLess.com
added still another java domain to his growing collection, paying $4,000
for OfficeCoffee.com.
In the Pipeline: A
very interesting deal is in the works if a report from Yahoo
Financial News Oct. 4 is to be believed. Vancouver,
Canada firm Communicate.com
said in the report (originating from Business Wire) that they
had received the final installment of a $1 million payment for
four domains; Automobile.com, Exercise.com, Call.com and Makeup.com.
Manhattan Assets was named as the buyer, however at press time
none of the domains had yet been transferred from Communicate.com. The
company stated in the story that "more information on the sales
agreement can be found in Communicate.com's regulatory filings with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-KSB and quarterly
report on Form 10-QSB." We'll look further into this once
the domains are transferred....Another nice deal could be in the works
at Enom's Club Drop where an auction for HisFirstTime.com ended
at $15,730. Of course now comes the hard part - collecting!
*****
Two of this week's sales, Robots.com and FoodPoisoning.com,
were strong enough to crack our Year-To-Date Top Sales
chart. We expanded the list to 62 domains this week to make way for
the newcomers. Here is the complete
rundown of big winners so far in 2004:
|
Domain
Name Journal's Year-To-Date Top Sales
Highest Reported
2004 Domain
Sales through Sun. Oct. 3, 2004
Euro to Dollar Conversion (� to $)
Based on Rates in
Effect When Sales Were Originally Reported by DNJ |
|
- Domains entering the chart this
week are highlighted in green - |
| |
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
| 1. |
CreditCards.com |
$2.75
Million |
Private
Sale |
| 2. |
Mercury.com |
$700,000
(700K cash + $400,000 in goods & services) |
Private
Sale |
| 3. |
ME.com |
$460,000 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 4. |
Smoking.com |
$325,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 5. |
Viajes.com
("travel" in Spanish) |
$300,000 |
Sedo |
| 6. |
Arab.com |
$225,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 7. |
VisitFlorida.com |
$186,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 8. |
Commerce.com |
$180,000 |
Sedo |
| 9. |
Beef.com |
$150,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 10. |
SSM.com |
$145,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 11. |
IQTest.de |
�123,625
= $147,635 |
Sedo |
| 12. |
TourismAustralia.com |
AUD
$201,000 = US$146,200 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 13. |
Sexkontakte.de
"Sex contacts" in German |
�110,000
= $141,175 |
Sedo |
| 14. |
MR.com |
$125,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 15. |
Truck.com |
$101,000 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 16. |
eCruise.com |
$100,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 17. |
Kreuzfahrten.de
"Cruises" in German |
�70,000
= $88,853 |
Sedo |
| 18. |
Kazalite.com |
$83,500 |
Pool |
| 19. |
Sedo.com |
$80,000 |
Private
Sale |
| 20. |
BackCountry.com |
$75,000 |
Private
Sale |
| 21. |
Boxen.de
"Boxing" in German |
�56,500
= $72,509 |
Sedo |
| 22. |
Stop.com |
$62,500 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
| 23. |
ClearDay.com |
$60,000 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 24. |
GolfCourses.com
|
$55,750 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
25.
tie |
FKK.de
|
�40,000
= $51,333 |
Sedo |
25.
tie |
Busen.de
"Bosom" in German |
�40,000
= $51,333 |
Sedo |
27.
tie |
Typing.com |
$50,000 |
GreatDomains |
27.
tie |
BoiseRealEstate.com |
$50,000 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
27.
tie |
Harmony.com |
$50,000 |
GreatDomains |
27.
tie |
Mirror.com |
$50,000 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 31. |
CarFinancing.com |
$46,000 |
Pool |
| 32. |
Hardcore.co.uk |
�25,000
= $45,951 |
Sedo |
| 33. |
Meningitis.com |
$45,000 |
Private
Sale |
34.
tie |
Robots.com
|
$40,000 |
GreatDomains |
34.
tie |
Claims.com |
$40,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 36. |
Mister.com
|
$38,800 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 37. |
Faces.com |
$38,700 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 38. |
Metropol.com |
�30,500
= $38,230 |
Sedo |
|
39.
|
Nackt.de
"Nude or Naked" in German |
�30,000
= $38,081 |
Sedo |
| 40. |
FoodPoisoning.com |
$36,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 41. |
Fotos.com |
�30,000
= $35,793 |
Private
Sale |
| 42. |
WesternAustralia.com |
AU$50,000
= $35,178 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 43. |
Cairo.com |
$35,001 |
Sedo |
44.
tie |
SinglesTravel.com |
$35,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
44.
tie |
Miss.com |
$35,000 |
Afternic |
44.
tie |
Spamzilla.com |
$35,000 |
MarketEvolver |
| 47. |
Low.com |
$32,640 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
| 48. |
Refurbished.com |
$32,000 |
Pool |
| 49. |
CleanEnergy.com |
$31,950 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 50. |
Humor.de |
�25,520
= $30,449 |
Sedo |
| 51. |
EducationEssentials.com
|
$30,375 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
| 52. |
Single.co.uk |
�24,600
= $30,341 |
Sedo |
| 53. |
DiscountDrugs.com |
$30,010 |
Namewinner |
54.
tie |
Cursor.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
54.
tie |
WebsiteDevelopment.com |
$30,000 |
DotcomAgency |
54.
tie |
DCJobs.com |
$30,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
54.
tie |
CN.tv |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
54.
tie |
AntiDepressants.com |
$30,000 |
Private
Sale |
54.
tie |
Gray.com |
$30,000 |
GreatDomains |
54.
tie |
Actor.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
| 61. |
NewYork.info |
�22,000 =
$28,086 |
Sedo |
| 62. |
Headstones.com
|
$28,000 |
Pool |
Unforgettable
Footnotes:
Below are landmark sales where the price level (denoted
by X characters) was released but not the exact price paid.
This will allow us to note significant sales that are among
the Year-To-Date leaders but cannot be ranked
numerically due to a confidentiality agreement that
kept the exact price private. Date shown indicates when the
sale was first reported in Domain Name Journal. High
- Mid - Low indicates the range within the price category
shown by multiple X's. |
| Juegos.com
(June 29, 2004) |
High
$XXX,XXX |
Pvt
Sale |
| Woman.com
(Feb. 10, 2004) |
Low
$XXX,XXX |
Sedo |
| CellularPhones.com
(May 11, 2004) |
Low
$XXX,XXX |
Pvt
Sale |
| Spanish.com
(Sept. 8, 2004) |
Low
$XXX,XXX |
Pvt
Sale |
| IS.com
(May 4, 2004) |
(No
range) $XXX,XXX |
Pvt
Sale |
B�cher.de
(Mar. 16, 2004)
{"books" in German) |
High
$XX,XXX |
Sedo |
New TLD Section
.Biz gets a turn in the new extension spotlight
this week thanks to the $2,500 sale of OwnIt.biz which
tops our New TLD Great 8 Chart. Canada's Jim Wright
(known to members at the NamePros.com
forum as Jaydub) sent the .biz and the matching .us to OwnIt
Mortgage Solutions of Woodland Hills, California. OwnIt.us
added another $1,500 to the deal and took the #2 slot on the
new chart, pushing .info into an unaccustomed middle of the
pack position this week. .Info made up plenty of ground from there
though, sweeping the rest of our new list.
Diving.info was #3 after selling for $1,052
at SnapNames. Buyer Stu Smith of Dajimbo.com
also picked up the #4 domain at Snap, Sunscreen.info for $925.
He then went across the street to get #7 Supplement.info for $700
at Pool.com. Pool also had the #5 domain, a very nice geographical
name, Nassau.info, that went for $913. SnapNames gets
New TLD bragging rights this week though after selling half of the
domains on the new chart. Here is a look at all of the top reported new extension
sales for the week
ending Oct.3:
Domain
Name Journal's New TLD Great 8
Reported .info, .biz & .us Domain
Sales Sept. 27, 2004 - Oct. 3, 2004
Euro to Dollar Conversion (� to $) is Based on
Rates in Effect Tue. Oct. 5 |
| |
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
| 1. |
OwnIt.biz |
$2,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 2. |
OwnIt.us |
$1,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 3. |
Diving.info |
$1,052 |
SnapNames |
| 4. |
Sunscreen.info
|
$925 |
SnapNames |
| 5. |
Nassau.info
|
$913 |
Pool |
| 6. |
Clips.info |
$710 |
SnapNames |
| 7. |
Supplement.info |
$700 |
Pool |
| 8. |
Appliance.info |
$661 |
SnapNames |
SnapNames winning quartet was filled out with Clips.info
at $710 and Appliance.info at $661. Paul
Tattersfield of England's GPMGroup.com
picked up the latter domain. SnapNames had a number of other notable
sales including Earthquake.info at $655, Volunteer.info
at $643 and Buildings.info at $575. They also
sold ChatRoom.info for $539 and PropertyManagement.info
for $485. Sedo's new extension sales included Judas.info
at �500 ($616) and SoftwareCommunity.biz at �495
($609).
Interest in 3-letter domains also remains high. At
Namewinner an auction for NAH.info ended at $490 but the
domain hasn't been transferred yet. There likely would have been
several other four figure sales this week if some of the best names
weren't being caught by inexpensive flat rate drop catchers like GoDaddy.com.
This week they landed Template.info, Decorating.info, RPM.info
and Ship.info to name just a few. Those cost lucky buyers no
more than $18.95 each.
A couple of high dollar .infos we mentioned last week
have still not been transferred away from SnapNames, indicating the
high bidders may not have paid. Numbers.info had closed at $2,050
and Accounts.info finished at $1,450. We'll keep an
eye on them to see if they finally go through.
Our Year-To-Date New TLD Top 30 Chart
remains unchanged from last week list as no domains went above the
$4,000 price of admission. Here are all of the top reported new extension sales through
Oct. 3:
|
Domain
Name Journal's Year-To-Date New TLD Top 30
Highest Reported 2004 .info, .biz & .us Domain Sales through
Oct. 3
Euro to Dollar Conversion (� to $)
Based on Rates in Effect When Sales Were Originally Reported
by DNJ |
|
- Domains entering the chart this
week are highlighted in green - |
| |
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
| 1. |
NewYork.info |
�22,000 = $28,086 |
Sedo |
| 2. |
Casino.info
|
�17,500
= $20,899 |
Sedo |
| 3. |
HMS.info |
�9,280
= $10,492 |
Sedo |
4.
tie |
Tampa.info |
$10,000 |
Pvt
Transaction |
|
4.
tie
|
Moscow.info |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| 6. |
SolarStrom.info
("solar energy" in German) |
�8,000
= $9,802 |
Sedo |
| 7. |
Vitamins.info |
$9,500 |
Afternic |
| 8. |
RioDeJaneiro.info |
$9,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 9. |
Stocks.us |
$8,062 |
Sedo |
| 10. |
Party.info |
�6,000 = $7,166 |
Sedo |
| 11. |
Book.biz |
$7,000 |
Galcomm |
| 12. |
BDSM.info |
�5,500
= $6,947 |
Sedo |
| 13. |
Reifen.biz
"tires" in German |
�5,500
= $6,894 |
Sedo |
| 14. |
Vancouver.info |
�5,000
= $6,378 |
Sedo |
| 15. |
Party.us |
$6,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 16. |
Beach.info
|
�5,000 = $5,972 |
Sedo |
17.
tie |
Finanzen.info
("Finances" in German) |
�4,900
= $5,888 |
Sedo |
17.
tie |
Steuer.info
("Tax" in German) |
�4,900
= $5,888 |
Sedo |
| 19. |
InvestmentFonds.info
("investment funds" in German) |
�4,750 = $5,673 |
Sedo |
| 20. |
Vacations.info |
$5,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
21.
tie |
Woman.info |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
21.
tie |
Michigan.info |
$5,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
21.
tie |
Minnesota.info |
$5,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 24. |
Erotica.info |
�4,000 = $4,913 |
Sedo |
| 25. |
KFZ.info |
�4,000
= $4,873 |
Sedo |
| 26. |
CityGuide.info |
�4,000 =
$4,773 |
Sedo |
27.
tie |
Meningite.biz
("Meningitis in French & Italian) |
$4,250 |
Sedo |
27.
tie |
Meningite.info
("Meningitis in French & Italian) |
$4,250 |
Sedo |
| 29. |
Grafik.info |
�3,500 = $4,249 |
Sedo |
30.
tie |
Houston.info |
$4,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
30.
tie |
Washington.info |
$4,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
Unforgettable
Footnotes:
Below are key sales where the price level (denoted
by X characters) was released but not the exact price paid.
This will allow us to note significant sales that are among
the Year-To-Date leaders but cannot be ranked
numerically due to a confidentiality agreement that
kept the exact price private. Date shown indicates when the
sale was first reported in Domain Name Journal. |
| Fashion.us
(May 25, 2004) |
$XX,XXX |
Private
Sale |
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 represented on our charts who share their sales information
with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current
domain values. Individuals like Richard
Meyer of the American Marketing Corporation also provide invaluable help by sending us data for these sales
reports each week.
Every Tuesday we publish the highest reported domain name
sales for the previous week. On Monday our contributors send us
their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that
information and write this report for Tuesday publication to give
you the freshest sales report in the industry.
We will close with this standard caution. These are not average selling
prices - these are top selling domains. One of the
biggest impediments to making sales is pricing domains at
unrealistic levels. For most of us, pricing domains at the levels
achieved on the Top Ten chart will leave us waiting a long time to make a sale! We hope you will
use the information presented here as a measuring stick that will
help you price your domains at levels that will put more money in
your pocket more often!
Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.
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