High End of the Domain Aftermarket Takes a Breather - First Week With No Reported 6-Figure Sales Since Early February

For the first time in two months, no six-figure domain sales were reported this week. There were however hundreds of four and five figure sales, the price range favored by the small to medium sized business end users that are the most active buyers in today's aftermarket.

Our new Top 20 Chart is headed by Moniker.com's $60,000 sale of GayDating.com. SnapNames snagged the #2 slot with FootJob.com at $53,388. GoDaddy Auctions followed with an extremely high price for a 3-character .com, attracting $48,000 for LV1.com. 

Sedo then entered the fray with #4 ViewIt.com at $40,000 and they went on to sweep 12 of the 20 chart entries, more than any other venue. Sedo's hit list included five country code domains, led by #5 Action.de at $32,512. Three of the Sedo ccTLD sales that made the all extension leader board represented Montenegro's .me extension; Rock.me ($12,000), Pay.me ($11,501) and Test.me ($11,501). 

By Ron Jackson

After being shut out the past two weeks, the non .com global TLDs finally got back on the Big Board thanks to the GoDaddy Auctions sale of #14 AlMeethaq.net at $14,005 (Al Meethaq is the name of a liberal political party in Bahrain) and Sedo's sale of #19 Trading.info at $10,374.

.Com swept the remaining 13 chart entries. SnapNames had three of those including #6 BadGirl.com at $23,998 and #9 FBS.com at $16,000. FBS.com had previously changed hands a little over a year ago (in February 2008) through the DomainState.com forum for $25,000. It's unusual to see someone take such a substantial loss on a high quality 3-letter combination like that but, with the poor state of the general economy, cases like this are popping up more often in our database. Still the vast majority of repeat sales we have recorded show an increase over the price those names previously sold for. 

Here is how all of the leaders stack up for the week ending Sunday, April 5:

There were six more five-figure sales just off the chart. Four of those were from Sedo's recent auction of premium .me domains; Pick.me, Join.me and Bet.me at $10,099 each and TH.me at $10,000. Moniker closed the $10,000 sale for ToyRecalls.com from their DOMAINfest Global live auction and Acht.tv changed hands for $10,000 in a private sale. 

.Com Supporting Cast

The four-figure supporting cast of .com sales was led by SWH.com, a name that went for $8,012 at SnapNames. Their roster also included DomainInvesting.com ($6,500), AmeteurMatch.com ($5,928) and Bet360.com ($4,420). Wwsex.com drew $4,079, Laoying.com landed $2,823 and AsiaNuero.com notched $2,129. TheReds.com colored in $2,115, CamRush.com recorded $2,005, and Qiuchang.com chipped in $2,001.  

Sedo scored with HappyEnd.com ($8,000), Plages.com ($7,847) and ZFZ.com ($6,000). NaturalMedia.com distributed $5,653, Pornzapp.com zipped up $5,054 and two others; CamSluts.com and PoliceGrants.com posted $5,000 each. ZZR.com added another $4,900.

Sedo had 21 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,250 that are listed in the table below:

Back at GoDaddy Auctions,  ElectricGrills.com cooked up $7,235, SUDFTC.com secured $6,791 and Nicki.com nabbed $6,505. ExpressAutoParts.com pulled $4,005, BogotaCapitalMundialDelibro.com contributed $2,882 and SpectrumAnalyzer.com spawned $2,530.

At the AfternicDLS, NationalAffairs.com fetched $6,000, AdvertisingCopywriters.com rang up $5,971 and QuoteMax.com mined $5,375. FurnitureDepot.com displayed $5,275, BallsOfSteel.com rolled up $5,000 and SmallBusinessManagement.com doled out $4,788. GreenEffect.com ground out $4,500, SimpleWellness.com welcomed $4,125 and MobileAdvertisingNetwork.com delivered $4,051. 

The AfternicDLS had 59 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000. You can check those out in the table below:

The AfternicDLS also sold Selamta.com for $4,000 through an expanded promotion listing at Sedo. 

At NameJet, Noted.com captured $6,000, SeniorProm.com presented $4,900 and Conavi.com cornered $3,803. OFJ.com jolted $3,777, Liushi.com located $3,600 and Hammurabi.com brought $3,388.

Novosoft.com clicked for $3,200, CarLights.com illuminated $3,112 and RentFlat.com returned $3,111. Ealtor.com tallied $2,888, GrillCover.com garnered $2,700 and Kielbasa.com bit off $2,655. Clime.com clocked $2,500, RepublicMortgage.com banked $2,400 and ESHU.com yielded $2,292. PAHA.com penciled in $2,105 and SkiLodging.com slalomed to $2,000. 

Elsewhere, Theo Develegas sold DecalStudio.com for $4,500 while RickLatona.com moved Oddities.com for $2,800 and BookDealers.com for $2,000. Moniker also closed another DOMAINfest Global auction sale, booking $2,000 for LasVegasLimousines.

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

.Info had its best week of the year, taking the two spots of the top three on our new Global Contenders Top 20 chart, placing a third name in the first ten and claiming four positions overall. The .info charge was led by #2 Trading.info, sold at Sedo for $10,374. Agua.info ("water" in Spanish) washed ashore at #3 with an $8,300 sale at the AfternicDLS. Restposten.info ("remnants" or "remainders" in German) also reached the top half of the elite list, landing at #7 after a $4,988 sale at Sedo. 

.Net still had the most overall entries, taking 12 of the 20 chart positions including #1 with AlMeethaq.net at $14,005 via GoDaddy Auctions. #5 DogTraining.net went for $7,000 at the AfternicDLS.

.Org secured four slots on the board with #4 RegentsDegrees.org ($8,099 at NameJet) serving as the flagbearer for that extension. Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending April 5: