On.com  Sells for $635,000 at Moniker/DomainSystems in the Biggest Domain Sale Reported Thus Far in 2006 

by Ron Jackson
  

Cahn said Moniker had recently purchased the name for an internal marketing project, but decided to sell it when this appropriate offer was received. Cahn added that PremiumTraffic.com will handle the parking and management of On.com until the new owner completes development of the domain.

The #2 slot on our new Top 20 goes to VideoClip.com, a domain that sold for $38,500 at Sedo.com. That was one of five entries Sedo placed on the Big Board and four of those landed in the first ten, including #10 Casino.hk, a Hong Kong domain that went for $15,000 in the week's largest country code sale. 

SnapNames.com also turned in a powerhouse performance this week, sweeping 10 of the 20 positions on the leader board, including #3 Doge.com at $20,550 and #4 CicuitCity.com, a typo that went for $20,250. Afternic.com landed a solid one-two punch with #5 NudeWives.com at $20,000 and #6 (tie) MO.org at $18,000. Moniker/DomainSystems also had multiple entries, with their $12,850 sale of #11 SportsMemorabilia.com kicking off the second half of the chart.

The only other non .com listed on this week's Top 20 was a very impressive IDN sale. Dave Wrixon of Chinese Domains Ltd. sent #14 東京.net ("Tokyo" in Japanese Kanji characters) to Bill Winans of IDNBrokers.com for $10,000 in a sale that was made at DNForum.com. 

14 domains sold for at least five figures this week. Here's a look at the complete chart for the week ending Sunday, March 12:

.Com Supporting Cast

As always, there were dozens of solid four-figure .com sales just off the chart. Sedo had their fair share of those with sales like Redora.com ($7,500) and DWDM.com (€6,000 = $7,209) gracing their roster. Others included Ozcelik.com at €3,950 ($4,746), DiosasCaseras.com at €3,000 ($3,604) and Turyap.com at $3,600. 

Also at Sedo, IronRoad.com rolled up $3,000, MortgageComparison.com and BroadbandEverywhere.com brought $2,500 each and Holzheizung.com ("wood heating" in German) sold for €2,000 ($2,403). You don't see many one-word .coms sell for under $2,000, but Fussy.com found a new home for just £1,100 ($1,921) at Sedo.

Back at SnapNames, CedarWood.com went for $7,406, SuperBowlRentals.com corralled $7,017 and Fendibags.com fetched $6,943. RestaurantLocator.com landed $6,700 and MagiCard.com pulled $6,500 out of the deck, trumping MagicCard.com which went for $6,444. Exitos.com left with $6,400, ChildShoes.com tried on $6,122 and MicroCAD.com drew $6,052.

Tubular.com tacked on $5,201 at SnapNames while MinkBlanket.com and HoustonRestaurant.com served up $5,100 each. JungleIsland.com and AquaShop.com added $4,900 each and AfricanElephant.com charged to $4,622. CharityWatch.com stopped at $4,544, Corrugated Packaging.com contained $4,500, SecureInternet.com locked up $4,211 and Pore.com posted $4,100.  

SnapNames had another 30 .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,800. You can check those out in the table below: 

At Afternic Hot2o.com and CareerNews.com delivered $6,000 each while tuition at TheTrafficSchool.com was $5,250. Tendency.com and Ameriquote.com booked $5,000 each, Actuality.com added $3,000 and MKQ.com deposited $2,985. AirAstana.com flew off with $2,750, MTY.com wound up at $2,400 and Roika.com coasted in with $2,200.

At Enom's Club Drop, Garnishes.com gathered $4,700 and CribMattresses.com was comfy at $3,300. Hoyas.com yielded $3,100, TennisVacation.com tallied $2,700 and FinancialLender.com banked $2,000.

In a pair of private sales, MetaFusion.com sold RedFM.com for $4,150 and Joshua Lin sold IDN domain 大分県.com ("Oita Prefecture" in Japanese characters) to fellow IDNForums.com member Edwin Hayward for $1,380.

Global Contenders (.biz, .info, .net & .org)

A sweet two-letter .org, MO.org headlined the Global Contenders list this week after going for $18,000 at Afternic. However, .net easily won the overall numbers game by racking up 14 of the 20 chart entries, including that $10,000 IDN we talked about earlier, 東京.net . .Net took the next three positions as well with #3 AntiAging.net ($5,027), #4 Domicilio.net ($3,688) and #5 VOIPTel.net ($3,619). .Org then returned with #6 Hug.org at $3,333. SnapNames sold both AntiAging.net and Hug.org and went on to claim 11 positions on the GC Top 20.

.Biz and .Info were also represented this week. .Biz scored with PartyBackgammon.biz, a domain that tied FBB.net for the 7th position at $2,500 each. Both of those domains were sold at Sedo. .Info has two chart entries, #9 Los-Angeles.info (sold for €2,000 = $2,402 in a private sale) and Daylight.info, tied for 14th after selling for $1,500 at Sedo.

Here's a complete look at the Global Contenders for the week ending March 12:

In addition to all of those charted sales, SnapNames had five more four-figure sales just off the leader board. They attracted $1,161 for eLearn.org and $1,150 for USTU.org, plus $1,124 for JuniorGolf.net, $1,114 for TruckParts.net and $1,051 for eLearn.net. 

At Afternic, MovieTrailers.net took in $1,000 and CGI-Proxy.net pulled the same amount at Sedo. Sedo also sold MauiHawaii.info for €670 ($805) and Snider.biz changed hands for $650 in a private sale.

Country Codes

Hong Kong raked in the biggest ccTLD pot this week, with Casino.hk going for $15,000 at Sedo. Speaking of big winners, Sedo swept all 12 positions on the new Country Code chart! Great Britain took the #2 slot with Educare.co.uk at £4,000 ($6,985).

Germany's .de is the world's second most popular extension and that pedigree showed through this week as the ccTLD rang up 7 charted domains, including numbers 3, 4 and 5 in a row. Zigarette.de inhaled €5,800 ($6,968), Prinzessin.de ("princess" in German) produced €5,000 ($6,007) and Aktien-Club.de ("stock club" in German) paid a €4,500 ($5,406) dividend.

America's country code, .US, was back again this week with #6 WebSolutions.us selling for a healthy $4,250. Taiwan and Laos also made it into the spotlight. #9 Presents.tw scored for the former, going for €1,950 ($2,343), while Hotels.la did the job for the latter, booking €1,400 ($1,682). Here's a look at the complete Country Code chart for the week ending March 12:

In sales just off the chart, Sedo sold Vacation.in (India's ccTLD) for €1,300 ($1,562), Exhibition.tw (Taiwan again) went for $850 and BusinessAttorney.us brought $667. Now that you're up to date on what happened over the past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all categories by visiting our Year To Date Charts page.

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