Nothing But Net! Sedo Scores $100,000 For Net.net To Continue Their Hot Sales Streak   

by Ron Jackson  

As strong as they were, Sedo was not alone. All of our reporting venues (as well as several private sellers) had a lot to be happy about as buyers came out in droves to get December off to a great start. With Sedo taking 100K out of the market with Net.net and another $60,426 for the #2 domain, FreeCellPhones.com you might not think there would be a lot let over for everyone else. However this was one of those rare weeks where there were so many strong sales that a couple in five figures didn't even make the Top Ten.

SnapNames.com kicked off a strong week of their own with AccidentAttorney.com which placed 3rd at $30,100. In a private transaction, Edy Lee of CircleMail.com acquired OW.com for $22,250 to take the 4th slot (Edy was also the seller in a 2-character .com sale at Afternic.com that we will tell you about later). The 5th position went to NameWinner.com where DVDWorld.com changed hands for $20,020.

Enom's Club Drop kept Sedo from running the board on the second half of the chart by landing LeatherHandbags.com in the 8th slot at $15,407. Everything else belonged to Sedo. They closed out their list of chart winners with a .com, a German .de and a pair of British .co.uk domains. We'll let you check those out for yourself on the complete Top Ten below, then we'll run down a long list of additional impressive sales in the week ending Sunday, Dec. 5: 

As you can see above, Sedo continues to reap benefits from their international presence. The German word for "money" (in Geld.com) added over 20K to Sedo's bottom line. That very nice WhoIs domain in the German .de flavor was worth  $15,439 while Lucky.co.uk and Ass.co.uk gave the surging UK country code two more five figure chart winners.

Normally if a domain hits that level it earns a spot on the Big Board, but this week two in that lofty range fell a hair short. Matt Prince (known as Tigga on the popular domain forums) acquired Emul.com (147 with the extension in Overture) for $12,000 in a private transaction and SnapNames.com collected $10,200 for Lucid.com. 

SnapNames continues to benefit from being the exclusive outlet for expiring Network Solutions domains, as well as from their popular transparent auction system that lets bidders see who they are bidding against. As buyers flock to the venue, solid four figure sales piled up to the ceiling this week. Avance.com attracted $8,200, CarPaint.com made an $8,117 splash and Darlene.com added a lovely $6,900.

SnapNames' other winners included USTU.com at $6,300, Wanasa.com at $5,655 and ProStudio.com at $5,600. Toga.com looked natty at $5,301 and Snap was touched by AnnAngel.com at $5,200. Lifelong.com landed at $4,689, Bogeys.com holed out at $4,000 and OverweightPeople.com weighed in at $3,600. BassAngler.com reeled in $3,050 and Bizniz.com drummed up another $1,810. 

In addition to all of their charted domains, Sedo rang up several other big sales that would have hit the Top Ten most other weeks. Those included Flirt.co.uk at �5,000 ($9,725), Zopa.com at �7,000 ($9,398) and LiveCasino.com at $8,300. They also collected $4,600 for Meditation.org. 

Three other venues had sales of $9,000 or more including Enom's Club Drop. Their long hit list included Lemans.com at $9,009, SkateboardWheels.com at $5,607 and NameBelts.com at $3,909. The high traffic (1,115 with extension in OVT) EBaumesworld.com went for $3,810, WorkUniforms.com put $3,607 in the pay envelope and DomainDrop.com caught $3,307. ChristianBrothers.com put $3,007 in the collection plate and BillOreily.com (a very handsome 2362 with the extension in OVT) added $2,709. Also topping the 2K mark were NationCredit.com ($2,607), Hentaisha.com ($2,530) and Toysurs.com ($2,309). FinanceNews.com added $2,207 to the Club Drop report while TahoeCondo.com contributed a comfy $2,107 and CokeMuisc.com (a high traffic misspell) sipped the same amount.

At Pool.com LonelyWivesClub.com provided good company at $9,001. LiveTogether.com was next at $6,251 and NationalLiquidators.com raised $5,500. SpyGuide.com uncovered $5,000, JanDrug.com prescribed $4,000 and Chasseur.com added $3,500. Those were followed by a half dozen domains in the 2K range including FeelPorn.com ($2,660), AllShopping.com ($2,400) and DownloadStuff.com ($2,070). SmartRestore.com found $2,052 while HorseScope.com and HealthCareEmployment.com added $2,000 each. In other extensions, Lingo.net was worth $2,500, HiddenTower.net went for $1,560 and WIA.org brought in $1,365. 

Afternic.com was also part of the 9K club after selling FreeCreditRepair.com for an even $9,000. They also sold 2Q.com for $4,750 (the seller was Edy Lee who was the buyer of this week's #4 domain, OW.com). Afternic also scored with CJO.com at $4,150. At Moniker.com/DomainSystems.com, the trio of JobsInCleveland.com, JobsInColumbus.com and JobsInCincinnati.com went for a total of $16,500 (an average of $5,500 each). Chicago's Ira Zoot had one of the top private sales of the week, collecting $7,500 for ModernWatch.com. Meanwhile at Namewinner.com Bangbu.com pounded out $3,020 and Ammco.com brought in $2,820.

In the Pipeline: It looks like SnapNames.com is headed for another big week. An auction for SalesTraining.com just ended (Dec. 7) at a whopping $85,200. The high bidder is a reliable client so there seems little doubt that one will go through. In another big auction that ended at the same time, eTrust.com closed at $25,600. Next week's report is shaping up very well indeed for the SnapNames team.

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Our Year To Date chart gets three new members this week. The 800-pound gorilla, Net.net barges into the top 20, tied for 18th at $100,000. FreeCellPhones.com and AccidentAttorney.com also joined the party. Here is the complete rundown of reported sales above $28,000 thus far in 2004: