Voodoo.com
Casts a $300,000 Spell to Claim the Top Spot on This Week's Domain
Sales Chart
The $300,000 sale of Voodoo.com was
completed this week allowing that domain to ascend to the #1 spot on
our weekly Top 20 Chart. The name had been auctioned off by Aftermarket.com
at the Domainer
Mardi Gras conference in February and just closed.
Sedo also booked a six-figure sale,
banking €85,000 ($113,050) for a Spanish ccTLD
domain, Motor.es. That is the second highest country code
sale reported so far this year. Sedo had a blockbuster week overall,
claiming eight of the first ten spots on the Big Board and 14 of 20
entries overall.
Other than Aftermarket.com's #1 sale, the only
other venue represented in the first ten was NameJet.com
who sold #5 GoldPoker.com for $30,100. They added two
more on the second half of the chart.
By
Ron Jackson
Country code domains continue to show a lot
of strength as four ccTLDs earned positions on the all extension
leader board, including a pair of French .fr names in the
top ten; GuidePoker.fr ($26,600) and Amateurs.fr ($15,295).
Both of those names were sold at Sedo.
.Com swept all of the other
positions,
leaving the non .com Global TLDs shut out for the second week in
a row. It has been a slow year for the non .com gTLDs which have
been eclipsed by surging ccTLDs.
Here is how all of the
leaders stack up for the week ending Sunday, March 29:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. March 23, 2009 - Sun. March 29, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect March 31
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Voodoo.com
$300,000
Aftermarket.com/
DomainerMardiGras
2.
Motor.es
€85,000
= $113,050
Sedo
3.
BabyShop.com
$85,000
Sedo
4.
Bedo.com
$45,000
Sedo
5.
GoldPoker.com
$30,100
NameJet
6.
GuidePoker.fr
€20,000
= $26,600
Sedo
7.
SixNet.com
$20,100
Sedo
8.
QIY.com
$18,500
Sedo
9.
FashionUSA.com
$18,150
Sedo
10.
Amateurs.fr
€11,500
= $15,295
Sedo
11.
tie
Bilingual.com
$15,000
Moniker/
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. NY
11.
tie
LoanDepot.com
$15,000
AfternicDLS
13.
Nite.com
£9,900
= $14,157
Sedo
14.
SpearGuns.com
$14,000
Moniker/
DOMAINfest Global
15.
Kegeln.de ("skittles" in German)
€10,000
= $13,300
Sedo
16.
EZTV.com
$13,000
Sedo
17.
Farmtown.com
$12,300
Sedo
18.
WestHills.com
$10,600
NameJet
19.
EuroSex.com
$10,550
SnapNames
20.
Mouthguards.com
$10,100
NameJet
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. Our procedure for verifying the
accuracy of domain sales reports is available here.
Forthe many newcomers entering the domain
industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market.
If you do not understand why specific domain names command the
prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases.
We highly recommend that you do some basic research beforeyou buyanything! As a starting point we have
built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.
There were six more five-figure sales just off the
chart. Sedo had two more with Irate.com ($10,099) and KOD.com ($10,000). Also selling for an even $10,000 each were CurrentHealth.com
at the AfternicDLS,
HyperbarricChamber.com in a private sale and a pair of .nets;
Employment.net and Technology.net in sales finally
closed from Moniker's
live auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
New York last fall.
.Com Supporting Cast
Sedo had a bucket full of additional four figure
sales, from both their home site and from their GreatDomains.com
premium auction site. At GreatDomains they sold T0.com for $9,999
and Trish.com at $8,655, plus a long list of 3-letter
.coms including CTJ.com ($5,099), RIJ.com($5,099),
OTY.com ($4,600), QUS.com ($3,601), YRX.com
($3,000) and MQV.com ($2,999).
In other GreatDomains sales, Grown.com
grossed $4,101, Rebellious.com returned $3,601,
SinglesBars.com hooked up with $3,401 and Proposing.com
produced $2,000.
Back at Sedo's main site, BicycleParts.com
braked at $9,999, Trilux.com landed $9,500 and Homing.com
hauled in $9,000. Incidentally Trilux.com had been purchased
for just $3,090 at NameJet in April of last year, so that
domain more than tripled in the past 12 months.
InteractiveScience.com drew $7,500, Speculate.com
spawned $6,600 and Puzzl.com pulled $6,000.
Bookasaurus.com bit off $5,600 and four others;
eHoldings.com, GetWow.com, Obalon.com and PBank.com
deposited $5,000 apiece. VietSex.com added another $4,225.
Sedo had 16 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to
$3,600 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,600
stimulusplan.com
$3,600
coteacote.com
$2,750
flip-flops.com
$3,500
adslide.com
$2,500
iwfr.com
$3,500
iplaygame.com
$2,500
cansar.com
$3,333
zihua.com
$2,500
baixarjogos.com
$3,059
fit360.com
$2,300
ganjaland.com
$3,000
agclassified.com
$2,000
navitron.com
$3,000
businesssync.com
$2,000
ultimateservers.com
$3,000
quicksilverleasing.com
$2,000
Back at SnapNames HomeCredit.com closed at
$9,009, SliverDaddies.com cornered $9,000 and Scilly.com
sewed up $8,272. EnergyQuote.com generated $6,050,
Swingelifestyle.com located $4,500 and PedalPumping.com
pushed out $3,500. ComputerPlanet.com spun $3,333,
LargeFreinds.com (sic) flattened $3,104 and NaughtNightlife.com
nabbed $2,748. MannyRamirez.com drove home $2,166 and
Moony.com made $2,001.
NameJet returned with MortgageWeb.com ($8,905),
CheckIt.com ($7,101) and MiniHorses.com ($6,877). Caas.com
captured $6,700, Ringstones.com rang up $6,600
and AtlanticPower.com plugged in $6,200. HearingTest.com
discovered $6,000, YDI.com yielded $5,950, FindFurniture.com
fetched $5,900 and 8588.com dialed up $5,088.
NameJet had 23 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,907 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
NameJet .Com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,907
juejos.com
$4,907
fenderbenders.com
$2,855
webventures.com
$4,300
thrillrides.com
$2,711
cigoutlet.com
$4,000
investigo.com
$2,650
1555.com
$3,600
oldwine.com
$2,650
apics.com
$3,600
sedasayan.com
$2,522
depressione.com
$3,501
golfmagazines.com
$2,376
5222.com
$3,499
riverwood.com
$2,323
ecovacations.com
$3,350
forsaleby.com
$2,265
biomarkers.com
$3,116
littleweb.com
$2,200
jza.com
$3,100
marshland.com
$2,100
nextpbx.com
$3,100
airknife.com
$2,000
divorce-law.com
$3,026
At the AfternicDLS 4AutoInsurance.com
covered $8,500, HipIt.com clicked for $6,388 and
OneBody.com backed into $6,000. OuterEdge.com
and SerbiaAndMontenegro.com delivered $5,400 each
while two others; Lubeca.com and ConquestTravel.com
tacked on $5,000 apiece. EcoMap.com earned $4,588
and PersonalDesktop.com posted $4,488.
The AfternicDLS had 69 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000. You
can check those out in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .Com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
deff.com
$4,000
proloop.com
$2,500
zauberlehrling.com
$4,000
shimas
.com
$2,500
mcconsulting.com
$3,830
vacationview.com
$2,500
cellarwine.com
$3,800
sweatit.com
$2,488
imprime.com
$3,788
cvnetwork
.com
$2,475
conferencecalendar.com
$3,688
evernear
.com
$2,310
privatevacation.com
$3,688
goodbite.com
$2,300
fabrikat.com
$3,500
sqsp.com
$2,300
italiantouch.com
$3,388
surveillanceproducts.com
$2,240
dualcredit.com
$3,288
facultyhouse.com
$2,200
marylandcarinsurance.com
$3,288
talentconnection.com
$2,200
proweed.com
$3,188
smartertechnology.com
$2,190
fordentists.com
$3,054
cairocommunication.com
$2,188
bestjobintheworld.com
$3,000
designerclick.com
$2,188
mcgi.com
$3,000
needpower.com
$2,188
moderncity.com
$3,000
solarbound.com
$2,188
netpaper.com
$3,000
toysack.com
$2,167
privatepress.com
$3,000
psgaming.com
$2,088
usphonebook.com
$3,000
tulou.com
$2,088
reviewable.com
$2,888
1stclick.com
$2,000
coachbuilders.com
$2,800
allabouthim.com
$2,000
talentengine.com
$2,800
alliedadvisors.com
$2,000
arteka.com
$2,788
chequeprint
.com
$2,000
proximas.com
$2,788
doubledeals.com
$2,000
strategicmedical.com
$2,788
lightcity.com
$2,000
noreserves.com
$2,700
musicworx.com
$2,000
nightfair.com
$2,688
plando.com
$2,000
yogaexperts.com
$2,688
radioawards.com
$2,000
congoworld.com
$2,588
rapidpos.com
$2,000
debtmarket.com
$2,588
richandhappy.com
$2,000
ganart.com
$2,588
scorebig.com
$2,000
beiz.com
$2,534
snaptech.com
$2,000
americanbrands
.com
$2,530
visaprocessing.com
$2,000
supremecuisine.com
$2,521
wildnews.com
$2,000
modworks.com
$2,500
The AfternicDLS sold two others through
expanded promotion listings at Sedo; ServerPortal.com ($3,088)
and Endodontie.com ($2,316).
Elsewhere, Moniker closed the $7,500 sale of CelebrityWeddings.com
from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York auction and the $3,500 sale
of DiscountShops.com from their DOMAINfest Global auction.
They also moved MyLoveBook.com ($2,625) and VDepot.com
($2,099) through their online platform.
At RickLatona.com,
VancouverTravel.com booked $5,000 and BerkeleyLake.com
brought $2,000.
At GoDaddy
Auctions, SaveAmericanJobs.com secured $5,000
and Just4Moms.com chipped in $2,800.
Global Contenders
(.biz, .info, .mobi, .name, .net & .org)
The .nets owned the non .com Global
Contenders chart this week, sweeping 8 of the first 10 positions
and 12 of 20 overall. Employment.net and Technology.net
tied for the top spot at $10,000 each after being sold in
Moniker's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York live auction and finally closing
this week.
TPE.org slipped into a tie for the number 3
slot after selling at Sedo for $7,500. Another .org also
ranked among the top ten. That was #6 (tie) WorldShare.org at
$7,000 via the AfternicDLS. .Org charted four domains
overall.
The remaining openings went to a pair of .mobis,
a .info and a .biz. #14 Girokonten.info led
that group after attracting $3,791 at Sedo. Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending March 29:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. March
23, 2009 - Sun. March 29, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect March 31
There were several dozen additional four-figure GC
sales off the chart. Battleship.org docked at $2,600
at NameJet where BurkinaEmbassy-USA.org brought $2,106
and Sensitive.org detected $2,000. CLB.org
buttoned up $1,450 and Theospi.org added $1,009.
At Sedo Dobermann.net pinched $2,527, RemortgagesSource.info
soaked up $2,394 and $2,000 blossomed from BelmontHill.org.
Sedo had 16 more GC sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,999
that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo GC Sales Between $1,000 - $1,999
transfer.mobi
$1,999
meine.info
$1,329
hotelpascher.org
$1,995
usavisa.org
$1,300
veranstaltungstechnik.org
$1,995
revert.org
$1,250
hdb.net
$1,500
localtraffic.mobi
$1,225
joinme.org
$1,500
eha.biz
$1,131
paidsurveys.org
$1,500
kidnap.net
$1,051
hunger.net
$1,350
737.net
$1,000
badewannen.net
$1,330
freedomofthepress.org
$1,000
Sedo also sold a pair at their GreatDomains site, 6A.net
at $1,816 and QOM.net at $1,049.
At the AfternicDLS D4.net drew $2,500, OnTrade.net
trucked in $2,388 and PetSupply.net notched $2,100.
They had 16 more sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,088
that are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS GC Sales Between $1,000 - $2,088
kaching.net
$2,088
funnytshirt.net
$1,288
tvplus.net
$2,000
healthhome.net
$1,288
mardin.net
$1,950
helpforyou.net
$1,288
greenman.net
$1,700
traveltime.net
$1,288
knowledgepool.net
$1,688
insureamerica.net
$1,200
themarket.org
$1,430
integrityinstitute.org
$1,200
businesssecrets.net
$1,388
atlantistravel.net
$1,088
widenet.net
$1,388
gochat.net
$1,000
AfternicDLS also sold SportNews.net through an expanded promotion
listing at Sedo.
Elsewhere SnapNames sold HIZ.net for $1,800
and Moniker closed the $1,500 sale of Divorces.net
from their DOMAINfest Global auction.
Country Codes
The country codes logged still another big week with
a six-figure blockbuster and five more that cracked the five-figure
barrier. The $113,050 sale of Motor.es (Spain's
ccTLD) at Sedo is the year's second biggest country code sale (trailing
only FlatRate.de at $200,000).
You saw all of the five-figure ccTLD sales on the
all extension leader board at the top of this report. The highest
sale you haven't seen yet is a Spanish IDN, Mamá.es,
that ranks #7 after going for $7,500 at Sedo.
Germany's .de had more
entries than any other extension with 9, including a second IDN in
the first ten - Erdwärme24.de ("geothermal heating
24" in German) at $5,320 via Sedo. Sedo wound up
sweeping 23 of the 24 chart entries (the extra spots resulted from a
6-way tie for the final position).
Here is how all of the
country code top sellers stacked
up for the week ending March 29:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: March 23, 2009 - Sun. March
29,
2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. March 31
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Motor.es
€85,000
= $113,050
Sedo
2.
GuidePoker.fr
€20,000
= $26,600
Sedo
3.
Amateurs.fr
€11,500
= $15,295
Pvt
Sale
4.
Kegeln.de ("skittles" in German)
€10,000
= $13,300
Sedo
5.
Mamá.es
(IDN)
$7,500
Sedo
6.
ContentShop.de
€4,400
= $5,852
Sedo
7.
Chi.de
€4,000
= $5,320
Sedo
8.
Erdwärme24.de
(IDN) ("geothermal heating 24" in German)
€4,000
= $5,320
Sedo
9.
Waala.it
€3,750
= $4,988
Sedo
10.
AllThingsNice.co.uk
£3,000
= $4,290
Sedo
11.
Preisschlager.de ("price break" in German)
$3,999
Sedo
12.
tie
Direktplus.de
€3,000
= $3,990
Sedo
12.
tie
Muskulatur.de ("muscles" in German)
€3,000
= $3,990
Sedo
14.
Perruques.fr ("wigs" in French)
€2,900
= $3,857
Sedo
15.
Energiegewinnung.de ("energy extraction" in German)
There were dozens of additional four-figure
ccTLD sales off the chart and Sedo accounted for the bulk of those.
They had 44 more country code sales ranging
from $1,000 to $2,727. Those are listed in the table
below.
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,727
verlobungsringe.de
$2,727
gothique.fr
$1,596
clasificados.ec
$2,660
employeewellbeing.co.uk
$1,583
glückskinder.de
$2,660
darktube.de
$1,463
lebensversicherung24.de
$2,660
kimball.de
$1,397
qet.de
$2,394
farnell.pl
$1,394
cocina.tv
$2,328
einstein.fr
$1,330
aquariums.de
$2,261
gesundheitsportal24.de
$1,330
festspiele.eu
$2,261
jvn.fr
$1,330
poker.am
$2,261
shopwelt.ch
$1,330
sexes.ch
$2,181
teddyhamster.de
$1,330
gigsinscotland.co.uk
$2,145
estadio.es
$1,329
jma.co.uk
$2,145
p45.co.uk
$1,216
brassbeds.co.uk
$2,002
feierabendziegel.de
$1,197
lds.fr
$1,995
inhaltsangabe.de
$1,197
nextag.eu
$1,995
daniels.de
$1,131
softonic.nl
$1,995
hotel-harz.de
$1,131
softsonic.de
$1,995
countertenor.de
$1,064
urlaub-in-winterberg.de
$1,995
iant.de
$1,064
tellmewhere.de
$1,862
rapshit.de
$1,063
blitzwatches.co.uk
$1,716
bpos.co.uk
$1,060
anunciar.es
$1,663
najdi.eu
$1,033
brunnenbau.eu
$1,663
architektenhaftung.de
$1,024
Eslewhere the AfternicDLS sold GasSafety.co.uk
for $2,500 and two Polish ccTLDs changed hands in
private sales; GNB.pl at $1,744 and Twojaksiegarnia.pl
("your bookstore" in Polish)at $1,229.
If there are country code extensions you are not familiar
with, you can look up the nation each extension goes with here.
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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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 Domain Sales Center 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
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