Beijing.net Leads The Weekly Sales List and Helps SnapNames Land Four Spots in the Top Ten 

by Ron Jackson  

Snapnames wound up taking positions 1, 3, 7 and 9 on the big board and their 3rd-ranked domain, Isim.com was one of only three five-figure sales reported after going for $10,500. Afternic.com had the other one, #2 CameraPhone.com at $13,000. Afternic's week was almost as strong as SnapNames as they racked up three Top Ten entries including HouseParty.com at $9,000 and TeamLinux.com at $8,500. Those ranked 4th and 5th respectively. 

Sedo.com had two of the top reported sales with the final slot going to Enom's Club Drop. Sedo's entries were both of special interest. One was a .co.uk, #6 Qualcomm.co.uk at $8,410. The British country code extension has been coming on like gangbusters this year and they are now regularly sighted among the sales leaders. Sedo also scored with one of the highest 3-character .com sales we've seen, E2S.com at $7,647. Of course, 3-letter .coms always command a premium but domains mixing letters and numbers rarely hit the high four figure mark.

While there were fewer high dollar sales reported than usual this week there was no shortage of very solid four figure sales (and odds are there were plenty of high value .com sales that were not reported due to non-disclosure agreements). The new extensions also turned in a good performance with 5 four-figure sales and a breakout week for .us which took half of the slots on our New TLD list. We'll have more on that later but right now let's take a look at this week's complete mainstream Top Ten chart: 

SnapNames rounded out their winning quartet with Lacey.com at $8,088 and Martial.com at $7,300 while Enom's Club Drop anchored the Top Ten with CheapMedications.com at $7,107. The strength at SnapNames extended beyond the big board. CutePets.com lapped up $6,100, CollegeEssay.com added $5,400 and CCTV.net tuned in another $5,188. Viable.com went for $4,489 while iWomen.com attracted $2,300 and Minoan.com commanded $2,051. SnapNames also did well with a pair of .orgs, FPE.org at $2,270 and Surplus.org at $1,400. The FPE.org sale will be a painful one to note for one of our contributors who owned the name but accidentally let it drop. He had lost track of the registrar account it was held in and didn't discover he had overlooked the renewal until it was too late.

As always, Sedo's sales list was rich with country code domains. They notched �3,000 ($5,516) for Flash.co.uk, �3,900 ($4,957) for Reitz.de, �2,000 ($3,677) for LondonHotelGuide.com and �2,320 ($2,949) for Zeitungsanzeigen.de ("advertisement" in German). Sedo also scored with .coms, netting $4,000 for 1949.com, $3,000 for CyrusCapital.com, �2,320 ($2,949) for BetStation.com and $2,200 for DaBoomCrew.com. 

At Pool.com MapServer.com was the top sale, directing $3,700 into the auction house's coffers. They added $3,150 for Polsat.com, $3,001 for AllNaturals.com and $2,800 for HertzRental.com. JobEngine.com redlined at $2,399, HerpesDating.com produced a $2,350 kiss and Lynnwood.com brought another $2,100. Pool also banked $2,000 each for SexPro.com and LendMoney.com. Their top .nets were LuxuryHotels.net at $930 and Strokes.net at $710.

Enom's Club Drop supplemented their Top Ten domain with eLaw.net at $3,930 and BestPlace.com at $2,530. EarnedIncome.com brought them another $2,300 with ChinaBuy.com adding $2,009. Elsewhere, Moniker.com/DomainSystems.com reported iFlorida.com going for $3,600. Afternic added to their three Top Ten domains with AddX.com at $2,500. Afternic also sold Slice.tv for $330 (not a high price but notable for the extension).

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None of this week's reported sales were high enough to crack our Year To Date chart which currently has a $28,000 entry point. Here is the complete rundown of big winners so far in 2004: