Quarter-Million
Dollar Sale of Malta.com and Largest .Info Sale Ever Reported
Headline This Week's Domain Market Action
by Ron Jackson
Rob Morrison's $250,000 purchase of
Malta.com was an easy winner in this week's domain sales race.
The deal, closed at Sedo.com,
ranks among the 12 largest sales reported so far this year. It is
also the second largest geo domain sale of 2006, trailing only Macau.com
which went for $550,000 in February.
Morrison, a well-known member at the DomainState.com
forum (where his handle is Rob), has had his eye on Malta.com
for some time. The domain represents an island nation in the middle
of the Mediterranean Sea that is very popular with tourists. Malta
is also a member of the European Union and uses English as one
of its two official languages (along with Maltese).
Sedo also made
news this week by handling the largest .info sale reported to
date. The new king of the .info hill is Casino.info, a
domain that attracted €28,000 ($35,127) to surpass the
previous leader, Camping.info which sold for $28,100
(also at Sedo) in March. Casino.info also ranks as the third highest
Global Contenders sale of the year, topped only by Sex.net
and Buy.net (you can see all of the Year-To-Date standings on
our YTD Charts
page).
Casino.info ranks #4 on this week's
all-extension Top 20 leader board. Monker.com/DomainSystems.com
claimed the second and third slots with FireplaceMantels.com
at $76,000 and PasadenaRealEstate.com at $44,187.
Sedo and Afternic.com
tied for the #5 position with a pair of $30,000 sales. Sedo's
entry was, appropriately enough, Tie.com, while Afternic
scored with GDIT.com. As a rare 3-letter word that also
represents a very popular product, we think the Tie.com buyer got an
exceptionally good deal.
Sedo had a very big week, claiming 8 of the
21 chart openings (there is one extra slot this week due to a tie
for the final position). Moniker/DomainSystems and SnapNames.com
each took four places. The leader at SnapNames was #7 Silence.com
at $25,750.
.Com dominated the TLD race,
sweeping 19 of the 21 positions. The other two spots went to a .co.uk
country code domain (#19 Mob.co.uk, sold for $9,187 at
Sedo) and a .net, ClimCalc.net, which tied for 20th after
selling for $9,101 at SnapNames. Here's a look at the
complete Big Board for the week ending Sunday, June 11:
The
DNJournal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. June 5, 2006 - Sun. June 11, 2006
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. June 13
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Malta.com
$250,000
Sedo
2.
FireplaceMantels.com
$76,000
Moniker/
DomainSystems
3.
PasadenaRealEstate.com
$44,187
Moniker/
DomainSystems
4.
Casino.info
€28,000
= $35,127
Sedo
5.
tie
Tie.com
$30,000
Sedo
5.
tie
GDIT.com
$30,000
Afternic
7.
Silence.com
$25,750
SnapNames
8.
SBP.com
$24,350
Moniker/
DomainSystems
9.
06.com
(zero six)
$20,000
Sedo
10.
Sable.com
$16,667
Sedo
11.
QuestionsAndAnswers.com
$13,750
SnapNames
12.
YourScreen.com
$11,500
Sedo
13.
CasinoTurbo.com
$11,000
Sedo
14.
AKuwait.com
3,000
KD = $10,377
KuwaitNET
15.
SnapSheets.com
$10,220
Moniker/
DomainSystems
16.
tie
Qool.com
$10,000
DNForum
16.
tie
AcadiaNationalPark.com
$10,000
Pvt
Sale
18.
BatteryCharger.com
$9,400
Enom's
Club Drop
19.
Mob.co.uk
£5010
= $9,187
Sedo
20.
tie
ClimCalc.net
$9,101
SnapNames
20.
tie
AsiaHotel.com
$9,101
SnapNames
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.
While Sedo, Afternic and Moniker monopolized most of
the chart entries, they did leave seats at the table for a few
others. KuwaitNET.net
sold AKuwait.com for 3,000 Kuwaiti dinars ($10,377), Qool.com
changed hands for $10,000 at DNForum.com
and Steve Imhof sold AcadiaNationalPark.com for the
same amount in a private transaction. Enom's Club
Drop also earned a spot with BatteryCharger.com
generating $9,400.
.Com Supporting Cast
SnapNames supplemented their four charted domains with
a boatload of solid four-figure sales including TurkeyTours.com
($8,577) and TravelBoston.com ($8,077). HarperCollege.com
admitted $7,299 and CityGear.com contributed
$6,977 while AffiliateSearch.com and RatTraps.com
snagged $6,600 each. CreditReportsFree.com fetched
another $5,300 and Nwatna.com kicked in $5,250.
Also at SnapNames, VHQ.com commanded $5,201,
CoolCoupons.com clipped $5,200 and CanalPlus.com
posted $5,100. iHomeLoans.com closed at $4,500,
LaptopProjector.com provided $4,310 and NaatWest.com
went for $4,200. Another 23 sales ranged from $2,000-$4,000. You can check those out in the table below:
Additional SnapNames Sales
Between $2,000-$4,000
Therese.com
$3,999
Toreadors.com
$2,500
FinancialGlossary.com
$3,295
TheRomp.com
$2,494
AllGreen.com
$3,100
QualityInnSuites.com
$2,473
AA1.com
$3,100
LaptopProjectors.com
$2,150
CountryWid.com
$2,911
Unveil.com
$2,106
CancerSurvivors.com
$2,900
IEEE1394.com
$2,094
FrozenSeafood.com
$2,855
LendingMoney.com
$2,072
SaltWaterPool.com
$2,747
PetsPartOfTheFamily.com
$2,051
MapOfOrlando.com
$2,713
InsuranceInvestigation.com
$2,038
VOIPReviews.com
$2,611
GarageConstruction.com
$2,012
YogaSchool.com
$2,604
Nursey.com
$2,000
AsianForYou.com
$2,555
Back at Sedo, Theories.com tested out at $8,000,
ColdMail.com returned a cool $7,500 and SearchDestination.com
found $5,500. Internet-Mall.com and BlurtIt.com
brought $5,000 each while OptimalImaging.com captured $4,900
and PartnerBank.com deposited $4,100.
The Afternic sales list included TradeWorld.com
at $7,080, SocialMail.com at $7,000 and Crawdaddy.com
at $5,556. Afternic added $2,500 for WebcamDates.com,
$2,250 for XPlayer.com and $2,200 for
DynaWind.com. Another trio that included VideoPay.com, eWiseNetwork.com
and ClickWebsites.com sold for $2,000 each.
Elsewhere, LittleAuthor.com booked $5,000
in a private sale and at Enom's Club Drop DesignerBathroom.com
drew $2,200.
Global Contenders
(.biz, .info, .net & .org)
Casino.info hit the Global
Contenders jackpot this week, easily topping our new chart
after going for €28,000 ($35,127) at Sedo in the
biggest .info sale reported to date. Though .info, as a newer
extension, doesn't have as many weekly sales as the longer
established .net and .org TLDs, the extension
has more than held it's own at the top of the Year-To-Date
chart. Three of the year's eight biggest Global Contender
sales are .infos, including Casino.info, Camping.info
(sold for $28,100 in March) and New-York.info
(sold for $22,864, also in March).
.Info had two other strong chart entries this
week as #4 Party.info sold for $7,500 at Sedo
and Won.info (which tied for 18th) went for $1,550
at SnapNames. .Org and .net divvied up the rest of the chart
with .org edging .net 9-8 in total number of entries on
the leader board. The .nets were led by #2 ClimCalc.net
at $9,101 while the point position for the .orgs was
held by #3 SWC2005.org at $7,901. Both of those
domains were sold at SnapNames.
Here's a complete look at the Global
Contenders list for the week ending June 11:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. June
5, 2006 - Sun. June 11, 2006 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. June 13
There were 8 more four-figure sales just off the
chart with SnapNames claiming 5 of those. Sat4U.net
notched $1,255 and Antennas.net received $1,107.
Combat-Ouvrier.org commanded $1,250, SavedByGrace.org
sold for $1,161 and FindJesusChrist.org
found $1,097.
At Sedo, LocaWeb.org went for €1,000
($1,254) and Archive.info attracted $1,200. HuntingMoon.com
sold Romancer.net for $1,200 (and also sold the
.com for the same price). Afternic had a couple of
three-figure sales with OON.info at $900 and EasyCash.biz
at $500.
Country Codes
Great Britain's .co.uk took the top
spot on our Country Code chart for the second week in a
row with Mob.co.uk going for £5,010 ($9,187) at
Sedo. Germany's .de and the European Union's new
.eu had the most overall chart entries with 5 each..De
took the 2nd and 3rd positions with Preview.de at €5,800
($7,276) and Food.de at €4,000 ($5,018). .EU
claimed the 5th and 6th slots with Briefkasten.eu ("mailboxes"
in German) at €3,150 ($3,952) and Seniorenheim.eu ("home
for the aged" in German) at €2,990 ($3,751).
Canada's .ca hasthree names on the new
list, led by #4 Teens.ca, acquired by Irex.ca
for 4,874 Canadian dollars ($4,382) in a private
transaction. Irex also bought Visas.ca and RVS.ca
(which tied for 12th) for 3,000 CAD ($2,698) each.
The only other countries represented this week
are France (.fr) and the United States (.us).
#11 Residences.fr went for €2,200 ($2,760) at
Sedo and
#16 HotelReservations.us booked $2,004 at GoDaddy's
TDNAM.
As usual, Sedo was the dominant venue in the ccTLD category,
claiming 12 of the 16 positions. Here's a look at the complete Country Code
list for the week ending June 11:
Country
Code Sweet 16
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales: Mon. June 5, 2006 - Sun. June 11, 2006 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. June 13
There were also some interesting three-figure
sales this week. NewYork.cc went for $999 on
Ebay and Irex.ca bought four more Canadian domains in a
package that averaged 1,012 CAD ($910) each. That group
included Motors.ca, Litigation.ca, ImmigrationLaw.ca
and Barrister.ca. That was a private sale as was a $565
deal for Physics.co.in. At TDNAM, Product.us produced
$893 and NoteBuyer.us brought $717.
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.
*****
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 who share their sales information
with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current
domain values. Richard
Meyer of DotCom
Group, LLC
also provides invaluable help
in collecting 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 night publication to give
you the freshest sales report in the industry.
Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.
