AutoLine.com Sells For Over $42,000 As Domain Sales Keep Running at Full Throttle

by Ron Jackson
  

Sedo's top contenders were drafting tighter than a NASCAR team as they zipped across the line is positions 2, 3, 4 and 5. Three of those four entries were country code domains, helping ccTLD's continue to rise in the domain world's hierarchy. #2 Pauschalreise.de ("package tour" in German) went for �19,500 ($25,117) while #4 Spiel.de ("game" in German) netted �14,000 ($18,032) and #5 Rock.co.uk rolled up �9,000 ($16,950). Sedo slipped #3 AdEurope.com into the middle of their lead pack, with that domain going for �15,000 ($19,321).

Then it was time for SnapNames to flex their muscles again. They rang up 5 of the last 6 chart entries to place an exclamation mark on a very impressive week for the Portland, Oregon powerhouse. Their hot streak down the stretch included #6 IAD.com at $13,010 and #7 Lesionado.com ("wounded" in Spanish) at $10,250. There were nine 5-figure domains on this week's Big Board and dozens of solid sales in the mid four-figure range, including several at that level on our New TLD chart.

We'll run down all of the action for you, but first let's take a look at the complete Top Ten reported sales for the week ending May 8:

SnapNames and Sedo shared the #8 position with the final two 5-figure sales on this week's list, eNote.com and DonsWorld.com which went for $10,000 each. SnapNames then anchored the chart with a pair of $7,500 travel domains; SwitzerlandVacation.com and DiscountAirlineTicket.com. Those half dozen chart entries were just the start of the SnapNames story this week. Their sales sheet also included DiscountWarehouse.com at $6,800, SelfPortrait.com at $6,534 and Waterfall.com at $5,831. NudeCelebrityPictures.com flashed another $5,655, while SacredGeometry.com kicked in $5,600 and Launch.org landed $5,100. 

The other winners at SnapNames included Microbes.com at $4,899, GuitarPedals.com at $4,850 and Snoop.net at $3,600. They also flew F16.com to a $2,350 payday and heard $2,000 worth of good news from BroadbandVoice.com.

Sedo also had a huge roster of high dollar sales, many of them in a sector they dominate, country code extensions. GlacierExpress.de iced �5,800 ($7,470), Telefonpassning.se ("telephone operator" in Swedish) rang up �4,000 ($5,153) and Madame.cz gave the Czech Republic ccTLD a rare four-figure sale at �3,000 ($3,863). Sedo scored with a couple of Indian domains as well. MobilePhones.in dialed up �1,500 ($1,932) and OnlineBanking.in deposited �1,000 ($1,288). They picked up another �1,000 ($1,288) for CityBank.be (Belgium's country code) and even completed a rare .name sale, collecting �700 ($901) for Posters.name!

Sedo also cranked up the .com sales machine, collecting �5,000 ($6,444) for the typo Hotlmail.com (182 with the extension in Overture) and �4,500 ($5,796) for VoyanceGratuite.com. 8P.com added another $5,556 while MEJ.com and Cusino.com each contributed $5,000. Another 3-letter domain, FZB.com added $2,500 and a pair of IDN .coms also changed hands; Clar�n.com at $2,300 and Dise�o.com at �600 ($773). A nice 2-character .org polished off the banquet with FT.org attracting �2,000 ($2,576). You'll be hearing more from Sedo in our New TLD section where they ran rampant again, rolling up 8 of this week's 9 chart entries.

A .net led the hit parade at Pool.com where Prom.net was the belle of the ball, ringing up $6,261. Lavallife.com brought $5,221, Merchandiser.com booked $5,109 and PaidInternships.com added $4,125. Someone went on an insurance domain buying binge as well, piling up LosAngelesAutoInsurance.com ($4,050), SanDiegoAutoInsurance.com ($3,800), SanDiegoCarInsurance.com ($3,700), SanFranciscoAutoInsurance.com ($2,050), SacramentoCarInsurance.com ($2,050), PhoenixAutoInsurance.com ($1,550) and PhoenixCarInsurance.com ($1,505).

Also making a splash at Pool were HorseRacingForms.com at $3,587, UltimateVacation.com at $3,300 and OneBody.com at $3,250. ColoradoRockyMountains.com hit a $2,800 peak, BilliardsClub.com pocketed $2,055 and CheapLeather.com split with $1,950. AmericanMusician.com chimed in with $1,730, Deckmasters.com commanded $1,650, BuyMedical.com and SilverBlue.com each contributed $1,600 and BloodSubstitute.com added $1,553. In other extensions, Jerk.net yanked $1,550 and GTP.net brought $1,410. Canada-based Pool continues to move .ca's as well. EmpireTheaters.ca went for $415 and YamahaMotors.ca rode off with $360.

At Afternic.com, $5,000 flowed from InStream.com, 3DScience.com discovered $4,637 and VOIPSoftware.com contributed $3,888. HotEscorts.com went home with $3,488, Comeback.org returned $2,888 and ABCWatch.com ticked off $2,300. UFIA.com added another $2,250, ContractorUSA.com brought in $2,190 and EcoStore.com banked an even $2,000. 

KWR.com was the top catch at Enom's Club Drop, going for $3,700. MP3Books.com brought in $1,600, DentalFreePlan.com extracted $1,500 and a typo domain, CapitolOneMortgage.com (69 with the extension in Overture) went for the same price. Ken Cunliffe of TopNames.com went shopping at BuyDomains.com and came home with SunZone.com ($5,600), SkateZone.com ($3,300) and JokeWorld.com ($2,000). 

In private transactions, Stuart Wood acquired Classification.com for $3,500, Ira Zoot of DigitalEstates.com sold RNNR.com for $3,000 and Brinkle.com sold FreeSpecialReport.com for $2,000. 

In the Pipeline: An auction for Bird.com ended at Afternic.com for a whopping $200,000 and early indications are that it is a legitimate bid. If it goes through it will be one of the top three reported sales of 2005. 

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Speaking of the year's top sales, Our Year-To-Date chart gets three new members this week, led by AutoLine.com which joins at #27. To keep our list at 75 domains, we upped the entry level to $18,750 this week. Here are the biggest winners so far in 2005:

New TLD Section

After a strong week last week, the new extensions stepped it up still another notch with the number of 4-figure sales rising from five last week to six this time out. .Info was the leading extension with 6 of the 9 chart entries (a tie for 8th accounted for the extra position). Sedo practically owned the chart, accounting for 8 of the 9 sales, including #1 Adventure.info at �2,500 ($4,708).

Pauschalreisen.info and Pauschalreise.info (the plural and singular versions of the German term for "package tour") finished 2nd and 3rd respectively at �3,500 ($4,507) and �2,800 ($3,606). Still another .info, the hyphenated New-York.info was next at $3,500. .Biz then made it's first appearance with Cheerleading.biz going for $1,605 at Pool (preventing Sedo from making a clean sweep of the chart).

All three of the new TLD's notched four-figure sales. .US did it with #6 WebCams.us at an even $1,000. Here's a look at the complete new extension leader's list for the week ending May 8: 

Howard Hoffman of PPCIncome.com sold #7 Thunderbird.info at Sedo for $800. Prepaid.info and Ohana.biz tied for 8th to anchor the chart at �500 ($612) each. Elsewhere, in private transactions Aaron Kluge sold LegalAdvice.us for $500 and OBGYN.us for $300. A couple of .biz domains also changed hands, Skater.biz at $405 and Paymaster.biz at $350.

We raised the minimum entry level on our New TLD Year-To-Date chart to $1,600 this week, but with five new entries the list still contains over 50 domains. Here are 2005's top reported new extension sales through May 8:

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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