German
Country Code Domain Tops This Week's Top 20 Sales Chart With ccTLDs
Taking 6 Spots on the All Extension Leader Board
ccTLDs turned in another strong showing
this week, taking the top spot on our latest all extension leader board
and six of the 20 positions overall. Texel.de (German
country code) claimed the pole position after changing hands for €39,500
($56,090) at Sedo.com.
Sedo went on to sweep the top three spots and pile up a dozen chart
entries to lead all venues.
Their roster includes a matching .com set, AssuranceVie.com
and Assurance-Vie.com ("life insurance" in
French) that went for $43,500 each to share the #2 slot. Sedo
also accounted for four of the six country code sales on the Big
Board. The other two went to RickLatona.com
who scored with #8 Blog.eu (European Union ccTLD)
at $19,170 and #20 CheapCars.us (United States
country code) at $9,230. This is the second week in a row
that America's ccTLD made the all extension Top 20.
By
Ron Jackson
Only one non .com gTLD made the
elite this week and the surprise there is that it was not a .net
or a .org domain, the two extensions that normally dominate our Global
Contenders category. Instead a .info carried the GC
flag as #13 Bodybuilding.info went for $13,500
at Sedo.
The .coms, as usual, vacuumed up
every other position on the Top 20, taking 13 places overall.
Several venues had a hand in the .com charge including the AfternicDLS
with #4 SkyHarbor.com ($35,000), SnapNames.com
with #5 DegreePrograms.com ($31,555) and NameJet.com
with #6 EZMoney.com ($22,044).
The only venue other than Sedo and
RickLatona.com to record multiple chart entries was Moniker.com
who hit the daily double with a pair of three-word domains, #7 InstantPokerMoney.com
($20,350) and #9 TrafficTicketLawyers.com ($15,250).
Here is how all of the
leaders stack up for the week ending Sunday, July 26:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. July 20, 2009 - Sun. July 26, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect July 28
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Texel.de
€39,500
= $56,090
Sedo
2.
tie
AssuranceVie.com ("life insurance" in French)
$43,500
Sedo
2.
tie
Assurance-Vie.com ("life insurance" in French)
$43,500
Sedo
4.
SkyHarbor.com
$35,000
AfternicDLS
5.
DegreePrograms.com
$31,555
SnapNames
6.
EZMoney.com
$22,044
NameJet
7.
InstantPokerMoney.com
$20,350
Moniker
8.
Blog.eu
€13,500
= $19,170
RickLatona.com
9.
TrafficTicketLawyers.com
$15,250
Moniker
10.
SubNet.com
$15,000
Sedo
11.
Bcher.at
€10,100
= $14,342
Sedo
12.
GolfOnline.de
€10,000
= $14,200
Sedo
13.
Bodybuilding.info
$13,500
Sedo
14.
Engagement-Rings.co.uk
£7,000
= $11,550
Sedo
15.
Piecejointe.com
€7,500
= $10,650
Sedo
16.
CameraBags.com
$10,500
SnapNames
17.
tie
GameTheory.com
$10,000
Sedo
17.
tie
4Aces.com
$10,000
Sedo
19.
XS8.com
$9,999
Sedo
20.
CheapCars.us
€6,500
= $9,230
RickLatona.com
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
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SnapNames led the four-figure .com supporting cast with
Kneeboard.com at $8,240. Their list also included Pumped.com
at $5,750, MusicArchive.com at $4,710 and PDASoftware.com
at $4,500. Youmei.com kicked in $3,500, WatchMeNow.com
went for $3,300 and WirelessModem.com connected for $3,000.
Rounding out the SnapNames roster were Jinmi.com ($2,820), Weddington.com
($2,555) and Berlusconi.com ($2,472).
NameJet captured $7,900 with ColdWar.com
and $7,610 for Filth.com. JapaneseRestaurants.com
served up $6,600, VintageSex.com drew $5,488 and
Maldonado.com managed $5,199. NameJet had 30 more .com
sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,800. Those are listed
in the table below:
Additional
NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,800
babytshirts.com
$3,800
workaccident.com
$2,600
jeffs.com
$3,701
firestar.com
$2,555
transducers.com
$3,627
adherence.com
$2,522
Cosmeticdoctor.com
$3,588
yourquotes.com
$2,444
Solarheatingkits.com
$3,434
vieo.com
$2,410
photoflash.com
$3,400
thundercats.com
$2,401
tvphones.com
$3,200
photopack.com
$2,210
traveljamaica.com
$3,166
custombuckles.com
$2,200
alike.com
$2,877
scruff.com
$2,200
Amateurlivecam.com
$2,850
travelware.com
$2,111
mardigrasbeads.com
$2,766
travelromania.com
$2,101
deptofcorrections.com
$2,755
digitalcare.com
$2,100
litigationattorneys.com
$2,755
candystop.com
$2,099
informationage.com
$2,655
vector.net
$2,051
blackbag.com
$2,600
ezstore.com
$2,022
Back at the AfternicDLS MilitaryLawyers.com were
busy billing $7,500 while TradeMarkets.com and AdHelper.com
hauled in $6,400 each. RecipeX.com cooked up $5,800,
Piketon.com posted $5,188 and two others; Guitarrista.com
and WorldTech.com tacked on $5,000 each.
GroundCoffee.com brewed up $4,500, Eduall.com
corralled $3,900, PetSavvy.com unleashed $3,788
and Vetit.com delivered $3,588.
The AfternicDLS had 47 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $3,500. Those are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,500
centralwholesale.com
$3,500
elitesurveys.com
$2,200
idlv.com
$3,500
letsbuy.com
$2,200
westonranch.com
$3,388
wisdell.com
$2,200
Nafx
.com
$3,300
jabbermouth.com
$2,188
sharethespirit.com
$3,088
californiazinfandel.com
$2,160
foryourheart.com
$2,888
foodaffair.com
$2,100
therelationshipguide.com
$2,888
negen.com
$2,100
interest-rates
.com
$2,800
optiprint.com
$2,100
peruvianfood.com
$2,800
freelanceproductions.com
$2,088
puremedical.com
$2,800
peppermintpark.com
$2,073
macroeconomy.com
$2,700
beautyrules.com
$2,000
furnituresolution.com
$2,636
businesstelephonesystems.com
$2,000
chilifestival.com
$2,625
grandrapidsattorney
.com
$2,000
korper.com
$2,500
imprensa.com
$2,000
openpartners.com
$2,500
moneymindset.com
$2,000
rausa.com
$2,500
otdinc.com
$2,000
theskylab.com
$2,500
spitze.com
$2,000
medicalfirst.com
$2,488
sunriseautosales.com
$2,000
anexus.com
$2,400
teleconsult.com
$2,000
springgolf.com
$2,400
theeggman.com
$2,000
access-online.com
$2,388
urbanwar.com
$2,000
powermower.com
$2,300
velena.com
$2,000
PlusGames
.com
$2,250
yousupport.com
$2,000
startcenter.com
$2,240
The AfternicDLS also sold five domains through
other venues as part of their expanded promotion program. Using
Sedo JerseyPhoto.com fetched $2,616, MagicSports.com
spawned $2,175 and LimosUSA.com attracted $2,000.
At SnapNames FlyCool.com and HotelStrasbourg.com each
booked $2,088.
At Sedo EnergyPartners.com plugged in $7,500,
DomainHelper.com downloaded $7,100 and MarketingCafe.com
quaffed $6,995. Assicurazioniauto.com added $6,000.
SandySummers.com soaked up $5,008 and two others; BlackAtlas.com
and Encens.com clicked for $5,000 each.
Sedo had 24 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,970 that you can check out in the table below.
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,970
sentidos.com
$4,970
sending-flowers.com
$2,750
maggoo.com
$4,601
implante.com
$2,625
my18teen.com
$4,402
ivega.com
$2,500
theliberty.com
$4,200
offersoftheday.com
$2,500
8555.com
$3,600
seniormingle.com
$2,500
foro-descarga.com
$3,550
slwc.com
$2,450
wasserkocher.com
$3,550
garten-moebel.com
$2,391
metzgermeister.com
$3,451
jetstart.com
$2,200
allergien.com
$3,337
wevu.com
$2,003
dineflorida.com
$3,000
hotstove.com
$2,000
lxnewyork.com
$3,000
scaffoldtower.com
$2,000
soxon.com
$2,840
webrain.com
$2,000
Sedo's GreatDomains.com
site threw in another $2,601 for RockFM.com.
At GoDaddyAuctions.comFluWikie.com dispensed $7,010, PatentBlog.com
banked $2,760, CopyrightBlog.com cleared $2,605
and Anari.com notched $2,200.
Country Codes
As we noted at the top of this report, the Country Codes
flexed their muscles again this week placing six names on the
all extension leader board. You saw all those listed earlier. The
top ccTLD sales you haven't seen yet are a pair of names tied for #7
on our new Country Code Top 20 chart, 11x11.de (German
ccTLD and PokerWin.it (Italian country code) at €5,000
($7,100) each. Sedo booked both of those sales and went on to
sweep 17 of the 20 chart entries.
RickLatona.com took the three spots Sedo didn't,
including a pair of the sales that made the all extension leader
board you saw earlier. Their trio was rounded out by #15 AirlineTickets.co.uk
(British ccTLD) at $5,112.
Germany's .de had the most chart entries
with seven. Great Britain's .co.uk and the European
Union's .eu had three each and Italy's .it scored twice. Here is how all of the
country code top sellers stacked
up for the week ending July 26:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: July 20, 2009 - Sun. July 26,
2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. July 27
There were several dozen additional four-figure
sales off the chart and as usual Sedo accounted for the vast
majority of those. Their list included Anlage.24.de at $3,124
and a pair at $2,840 each; Deguisementenfant.fr and Heraeus.cn.
Hairy.tv brushed up $2,698, MWH.eu yielded $2,663
and Avery.es secured $2,627.
Sedo piled up 48 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging
from $1,000 to $2,500. Those are all listed in the table
below.
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,500
alamo.tv
$2,500
leveranciers.nl
$1,420
copy.me
$2,450
trial.at
$1,420
alquilerdecoche.es
$2,343
letmego.de
$1,350
edo.fr
$2,343
fit-gesund-schoen.de
$1,349
diacom.de
$2,272
forums.at
$1,349
konstantinopel.ch
$2,272
hutschopping.de
$1,349
superfan.de
$2,272
mobshop.co.uk
$1,320
trabajo.nl
$2,130
7stars.eu
$1,278
huhn.eu
$2,059
ipay.es
$1,278
combien.fr
$1,988
traffix.be.be
$1,278
codework.co.uk
$1,832
diaeten-labyrinth.de
$1,207
leuchten-lampen.de
$1,818
urlaubsbox.de
$1,207
motorsport24.de
$1,775
luxemagazine.nl
$1,149
888-poker.fr
$1,704
fortex.eu
$1,136
asialand.de
$1,704
neorauch.de
$1,136
bodyflying.de
$1,704
travelcube.it
$1,136
fotoland.de
$1,704
concreta.es
$1,120
termine.at
$1,562
arktiskreuzfahrten.de
$1,065
tilgin.de
$1,562
bgel.de
$1,065
handelssignale.de
$1,548
esba.eu
$1,065
bilco-europe.de
$1,500
exlibris.eu
$1,065
geschenkartikel.eu
$1,420
fahrzeugkonstruktion.de
$1,065
koolstuff.eu
$1,420
solarbox.de
$1,044
korkfliesen.de
$1,420
iceskates.us
$1,000
Elsewhere, RickLatona.com chalked up a pair of
solid .com.au (Australian country code) sales; Router.com.au
at $3,012 and Emails.com.au at $2,045.
If there are country code extensions in our report
that you are not
familiar with, you can look up the nation each extension goes with here.
Bodybuilding.info struck a $13,500
pose to lead this week's Global Contenders Top 20 chart. Sedo
made that sale and went on to sweep the first five spots, 7 of the
first 10 and 12 of 20 overall, more than any other venue.
.Nets claimed half of the chart entries
including #2 Phrases.net at $7,700 and #3 SOQ.net
at $7,140. The .infos were next with six in one of
that extensions best showings of the year. In addition to taking the
top spot, .info claimed there of the first six places including #5 118000.info
at $4,260 and #6 MCAT.info at $4,250.
.Org had to settle for three spots, led by #4
Loterias.org at $7,100, and the other opening went to .tel
as #8 Storage.tel tallied $3,950. Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending July 26:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. July
20, 2009 - Sun. July 26, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect July 28
There were several dozen additional four-figure GC
sales off the chart with the AfternicDLS selling the highest of
those through Sedo as part of their expanded promotion platform.
That was Gargano.org at $2,691. The AfternicDLS also
rang up $2,588 each for FrogDesign.net and Tronix.net.
CollegeOnline.org admitted $2,525, Getaways.net
generated $2,500 and Sauce.org savored $2,088.
The Afternic DLS had 24 more four-figure GC sales ranging from $1,000
to $2,000. You can check those out in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS GC Sales Between $1,000 - $2,000
beachhouses.net
$2,000
Buzzr.org
$1,265
biblical.org
$2,000
chinainformation.net
$1,200
recurve.net
$2,000
saalfeld.net
$1,200
carinsurancecompany.net
$1,988
artinvest.net
$1,188
freeautoinsurancequote.net
$1,888
directbroker
.net
$1,100
level8.net
$1,888
raisefunds.org
$1,100
extermination.org
$1,688
hazardinsurance.org
$1,088
gware.net
$1,688
tiffin.net
$1,088
pharmacytechniciancertification.net
$1,500
cashtoday.org
$1,000
homeinsurancerates.net
$1,488
hakki.net
$1,000
avendre.net
$1,400
iengineering.org
$1,000
onlineautoinsurance.org
$1,288
networkequipment.net
$1,000
Back at Sedo Heimkino.info cornered $2,556,
IPF.net nailed $2,414 and Stau.info found $2,201.
Jeux-Gratuits.org grabbed $2,130, Imenik.net notched
$2,000 and FreeClassifieds.net clicked for $1,791.
Sedo also scored with Navitel.net ($1,775), RSB.org
($1,645) and Public-Records.org ($1,600). Travemuende.net
added $1,579, StudentMinistry.org made $1,200
and HotelPortal.biz produced $1,136. Two others; Developpementdurable.org
and Extenze.org garnered $1,000 apiece.
At NameJet, IPPA.org pitched in $2,510, Grilling.net
barbecued $1,402 and two others; Tulsa.info and Previews.net
provided $1,210 each.
Elsewhere SnapNames collected $2,181 for AlaskaCruise.net
and GoDaddyAuctions picked up $1,116 for IEF-USA.org.
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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reports each week.
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