Marktforschung.de went for �28,000 ($36,630)
to give Sedo the top rung on the big board and they claimed the
runner-up slot as well after collecting $30,000 for Stereos.com.
The other .de's that Sedo placed on the new chart were #5 Fallschirmspringen.de
("skydiving" in German), sold for �8,700
($11,383), and #6 Tensegrity.de at �8,000 ($10,465).
Tensegrity is a word from cellular biology that medical
dictionaries define as "the hypothesis that cells can behave like structures in which shape results from balancing tensile and hydrostatic forces".
Be sure to tell all your friends!
Though this column is about individual domain sales we have to
tell you about a massive $164 million dollar bulk domain
purchase announced
today. Seattle based Marchex, Inc. is
buying a portfolio of somewhere between 50,000-100,000 domains (the
exact figure was not released) from Name Development Inc., a
corporate entity that appears to represent domains owned by Ultimate Search, a pioneer in the PPC (pay
per click) industry. The Marchex announcement says the deal is
expected to close in the first quarter of 2005.
Eight of the ten domains on this week's chart went for five
figures, including 3rd ranked Free-Sex.com which changed
hands for $15,000 in a private sale. Enom's Club
Drop nailed down the #4 slot with MyCapitolOneCard.com
at $13,315. The Overture
number on that domain is very high - 6,127 with extension. That
was one of two Club Drop entries on the Top Ten. Afternic.com
scored twice as well and accounted for the remaining five-figure
domains with GlobalVoice.com and Twox.com each going
for $10,000.
The new extensions also had a good week with .biz, .info
and .us all scoring four-figure sales. The leader in that
group, NYC.biz, ranks among the four biggest .biz sales
reported this year. We'll have more on that in our New TLD section a
little later on. Right now let's take a look at this week's complete Top
Ten:
|
Domain
Name Journal's Top Ten
Reported Domain
Sales - Mon. Nov. 15, 2004 - Sun. Nov. 21, 2004
Euro to Dollar Conversion (� to $) is Based on
Rates in Effect Tue. Nov. 23 |
| |
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
| 1. |
Marktforschung.de
("market research" in German) |
�28,000
= $36,630 |
Sedo |
| 2. |
Stereos.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
| 3. |
Free-Sex.com |
$15,000 |
Private
Sale |
| 4. |
MyCapitolOneCard.com |
$13,315 |
Enom
Club Drop |
| 5. |
Fallschirmspringen.de
("skydiving" in German) |
�8,700
= $11,383 |
Sedo |
| 6. |
Tensegrity.de |
�8,000
= $10,465 |
Sedo |
7.
(tie) |
GlobalVoice.com |
$10,000 |
Afternic |
7.
(tie) |
Twox.com |
$10,000 |
Afternic |
9.
|
NetIndex.com |
�7,500
= $9,811 |
Sedo |
| 10. |
Keypads.com |
$9,607 |
Enom
Club Drop |
|
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. |
NetIndex.com ($9,811) and Keypads.com
($9,607) anchored the chart and contributed to very strong weeks
at Sedo and Club Drop. Sedo's list also included Geffroy.com at
$7,500 and a trio at $5,000 each; Client.com, Enagic.com
and 5B.com. Other .com winners there were BHFBank.com
�3,500 ($4,580), HRPC.com �2,400 ($4,483), Season.com $3,500
and MediaHelp.com at $3,488. As always Sedo scored
extra points with country codes too. Mark.de went for �3,500
($4,580) and Schneesicher.de (roughly translates to
"definite snow" in English) attracted a cool �3,000
($3,925). GoYellow.nl (Dutch country code) accounted for another
�3,000 ($3,925) sale.
Enom Club Drop's supporting cast included OldNationalBank.com
at $6,607, Body.net at $5,107 and AuctionPort.com
at $3,207. RealButt.com sat well with them too after going
for $3,030. Johansen.com ($3,007), PortablePC.com ($2,707)
and CanadaStamps.com ($2,007) rounded out the Club Drop
leader's list.
In addition to their two Top Ten entries, Afternic.com
rang up many more solid sales including VideoBox.com and SexTherapy.com
at $7,000 each. Sportsland.com brought in another $4,900,
followed by MovingUp.com ($4,688), XMovie.com ($4,488) and NetFiler.com
($4,000).
At SnapNames.com
ChristianMingle.com earned a heavenly $8,600. DogTicks.com
scratched out another $5,600 and NetLife.com added $5,288.
Snap also got $4,299 for Worklife.com, $4,100 for ThumbPost.com
and $1,400 for OQT.com.
Pool.com
netted at least 10 four-figure .coms ranging from $1,500 to
over $3,000, headed by CapitalOneCards.com and GothSex.com
at $3,100 each. Eutopia.com brought in $2,300,
followed by Conquerha.com at $1,550 and Motiva.com
at $1,540. WebDialer.com and Thehn.com were worth
$1,510 each and the trio of InteriorPaintColors.com,
Khaleh.com and EliteHipHop.com added $1,500 apiece.
Pool also had a nice .net sale, Kayak.net at $3,633.
There were also some lower level .net sales including DiscoverCard.net
($1,058) and Shock.net ($1,000) at Pool and Voom.net
($1,000) at Sedo. The best .org sale we heard about this
week was LN.org, sold by the Berube Company (BCompany.us)
in a private transaction for $1,800. Others of interest were UPF.org
($870) and Burundi.org ($777), both at Pool.
*****
Our Year To Date chart expands to 70 entries
this week to make room for Marktforschung.de and Stereos.com. Here is the complete
rundown of big winners so far in 2004:
|
Domain
Name Journal's Year-To-Date Top 70
Highest Reported
2004 Domain
Sales through Sun. Nov. 21, 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. |
Rugby.com |
$350,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 5. |
Smoking.com |
$325,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 6. |
Viajes.com
("travel" in Spanish) |
$300,000 |
Sedo |
| 7. |
Arab.com |
$225,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 8. |
VisitFlorida.com |
$186,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 9. |
Commerce.com |
$180,000 |
Sedo |
10.
(tie) |
Animation.com |
$150,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
10.
(tie) |
Beef.com |
$150,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 12. |
SSM.com |
$145,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 13. |
IQTest.de |
�123,625
= $147,635 |
Sedo |
| 14. |
TourismAustralia.com |
AUD
$201,000 = US$146,200 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 15. |
Sexkontakte.de
"Sex contacts" in German |
�110,000
= $141,175 |
Sedo |
| 16. |
MR.com |
$125,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 17. |
Truck.com |
$101,000 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 18. |
eCruise.com |
$100,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 19. |
Kreuzfahrten.de
"Cruises" in German |
�70,000
= $88,853 |
Sedo |
| 20. |
Kazalite.com |
$83,500 |
Pool |
| 21. |
Sedo.com |
$80,000 |
Private
Sale |
| 22. |
BackCountry.com |
$75,000 |
Private
Sale |
| 23. |
Boxen.de
"Boxing" in German |
�56,500
= $72,509 |
Sedo |
| 24. |
IFly.com |
$65,000 |
Sedo |
| 25. |
Stop.com |
$62,500 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
| 26. |
ClearDay.com |
$60,000 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 27. |
GolfCourses.com
|
$55,750 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
28.
tie |
FKK.de
|
�40,000
= $51,333 |
Sedo |
28.
tie |
Busen.de
"Bosom" in German |
�40,000
= $51,333 |
Sedo |
30.
tie |
Typing.com |
$50,000 |
GreatDomains |
30.
tie |
BoiseRealEstate.com |
$50,000 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
30.
tie |
Harmony.com |
$50,000 |
GreatDomains |
30.
tie |
Mirror.com |
$50,000 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 34. |
CarFinancing.com |
$46,000 |
Pool |
| 35. |
Hardcore.co.uk |
�25,000
= $45,951 |
Sedo |
| 36. |
Mingle.com |
$45,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 37. |
Meningitis.com |
$45,000 |
Private
Sale |
| 38. |
Banker.com |
$41,000 |
Sedo/Traffic
2004 |
39.
tie |
Robots.com
|
$40,000 |
GreatDomains |
39.
tie |
Claims.com |
$40,000 |
GreatDomains |
| 41. |
Mister.com
|
$38,800 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 42. |
Faces.com |
$38,700 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 43. |
Metropol.com |
�30,500
= $38,230 |
Sedo |
|
44.
|
Nackt.de
"Nude or Naked" in German |
�30,000
= $38,081 |
Sedo |
| 45. |
Marktforschung.de
("market research" in German) |
�28,000
= $36,630 |
Sedo |
| 46. |
FoodPoisoning.com |
$36,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 47. |
Fotos.com |
�30,000
= $35,793 |
Private
Sale |
| 48. |
WesternAustralia.com |
AU$50,000
= $35,178 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 49. |
Cairo.com |
$35,001 |
Sedo |
50.
tie |
SinglesTravel.com |
$35,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
50.
tie |
Miss.com |
$35,000 |
Afternic |
50.
tie |
Spamzilla.com |
$35,000 |
MarketEvolver |
| 53. |
Low.com |
$32,640 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
| 54. |
Refurbished.com |
$32,000 |
Pool |
| 55. |
CleanEnergy.com |
$31,950 |
Moniker
/ DomainSystems |
| 56. |
Humor.de |
�25,520
= $30,449 |
Sedo |
| 57. |
EducationEssentials.com
|
$30,375 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
| 58. |
Single.co.uk |
�24,600
= $30,341 |
Sedo |
| 59. |
DiscountDrugs.com |
$30,010 |
Namewinner |
| 60. |
Stereos.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
61.
tie |
Cocina.com
"kitchen/cooking in Spanish" |
$30,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
61.
tie |
Cursor.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
61.
tie |
WebsiteDevelopment.com |
$30,000 |
DotcomAgency |
61.
tie |
DCJobs.com |
$30,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
61.
tie |
CN.tv |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
61.
tie |
AntiDepressants.com |
$30,000 |
Private
Sale |
61.
tie |
Gray.com |
$30,000 |
GreatDomains |
61.
tie |
Actor.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
| 69. |
Infection.com |
$29,600 |
SnapNames |
| 70. |
NewYork.info |
�22,000 =
$28,086 |
Sedo |
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
The new extensions bounced back from a soft week last
week with a quintet of four-figure sales headed by one of the four
biggest .biz sales reported this year - NYC.biz which
went for $6,000 in a private sale. Guide.info took the
#2 slot after changing hands for $3,200 at DNForum.com.
.US got into the act too, tying for third with the $1,500
sale of Teen.us at Afternic. BVV.info shared that chart
position after selling for the same amount in a private
transaction.
Sedo contributed still another 4-figure sale to the
list with BreastCancer.info selling there at an even $1,000.
The balance of the chart was evenly divided between .us, .biz and
.info. Here is a look at the complete new extension list for the week
ending Nov. 21:
Domain
Name Journal's New TLD Great 8
Reported .info, .biz & .us Domain
Sales Nov. 15, 2004 - Nov. 21, 2004
Euro to Dollar Conversion (� to $) is Based on
Rates in Effect Tue. Nov. 23 |
| |
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
| 1. |
NYC.biz |
$6,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 2. |
Guide.info |
$3,200 |
DNForum |
3.
(tie) |
Teen.us |
$1,500 |
Afternic |
3.
(tie) |
BVV.info |
$1,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 5. |
BreastCancer.info |
$1,000 |
Sedo |
| 6. |
Stay.us |
$667 |
Afternic |
7.
(tie) |
Allgeau.biz |
�500 = $654 |
Sedo |
7.
(tie) |
Klebstoffe.info
("adhesives" in German) |
�500 = $654 |
Sedo |
Stay.us gave Afternic a second chart entry
at #6, while Sedo wound up with three on the list, including #7 Allgeau.biz
(a well-known region in Germany) and #8 Klebstoffe.info
("adhesives" in German). Cult.us just missed making
the cut after going for $600 in a private sale (the seller was Howard
Hoffman of PPCIncome.com
who also made the BVV.info sale charted above). Sedo's
other sales included Ultra.biz and Table.info at �400
($524 each) and Laurent.biz at �300 ($392). My
personal sales list this week included Branches.info at $381
and Rambo.biz at $350. Looking ahead to next week a
3-letter .biz sale (CKU.biz) is nearing completion at $1,000.
Only the transfer remains to be completed.
NYC.biz moves onto our Year-To-Date
New TLD chart this week at #18. Here are the top 35 new
extension sales reported through
Nov. 21:
|
Domain
Name Journal's Year-To-Date New TLD Top 35
Highest Reported 2004 .info, .biz & .us Domain Sales through
Nov. 21
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.
tie |
Gay.biz |
$9,500 |
Sedo |
7.
tie |
Vitamins.info |
$9,500 |
Afternic |
| 9. |
RioDeJaneiro.info |
$9,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 10. |
Stocks.us |
$8,062 |
Sedo |
| 11. |
Erickson.info |
$7,500 |
Moniker/
DomainSystems |
| 12. |
Party.info |
�6,000 = $7,166 |
Sedo |
| 13. |
Book.biz |
$7,000 |
Galcomm |
| 14. |
BDSM.info |
�5,500
= $6,947 |
Sedo |
| 15. |
Reifen.biz
"tires" in German |
�5,500
= $6,894 |
Sedo |
| 16. |
Vancouver.info |
�5,000
= $6,378 |
Sedo |
| 17. |
Party.us |
$6,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 18. |
NYC.biz |
$6,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 19. |
Beach.info
|
�5,000 = $5,972 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
Finanzen.info
("Finances" in German) |
�4,900
= $5,888 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
Steuer.info
("Tax" in German) |
�4,900
= $5,888 |
Sedo |
| 22. |
InvestmentFonds.info
("investment funds" in German) |
�4,750 = $5,673 |
Sedo |
| 23. |
Vacations.info |
$5,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
24.
tie |
Woman.info |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
24.
tie |
Michigan.info |
$5,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
24.
tie |
Minnesota.info |
$5,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 27. |
Erotica.info |
�4,000 = $4,913 |
Sedo |
| 28. |
KFZ.info |
�4,000
= $4,873 |
Sedo |
| 29. |
CityGuide.info |
�4,000 =
$4,773 |
Sedo |
30.
tie |
Meningite.biz
("Meningitis in French & Italian) |
$4,250 |
Sedo |
30.
tie |
Meningite.info
("Meningitis in French & Italian) |
$4,250 |
Sedo |
| 32. |
Grafik.info |
�3,500 = $4,249 |
Sedo |
33.
(tie) |
Houston.info |
$4,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
33.
(tie) |
Washington.info |
$4,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
33.
(tie) |
ETC.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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