Strong
Week of Domain Sales Overcomes the Summer Doldrums With a Swift Kick
to the Cash Register
Summer is supposed to be the slow time
of the year, but this week someone apparently forgot to tell domain
buyers about that. We saw a solid group six-figure sales including
one that ranks as the 6th biggest transaction reported so far in
2009. Another is the biggest non .com global TLD sale of the year
to date.
Leading the pack is Server.com, a name
that commanded a eye-popping $770,000 at Sedo.com.
Only a quintet of seven-figure sales rank higher at this point in
the 2009 sales season. Sedo also sold #2 Jesus.net for $124,337
in the year's biggest non .com gTLD sale, easily topping the
previous leader Usenet.org, a name that changed hands for $100,000
in May.
Sedo's brokerage department sold Jesus.net
for Marc Brittan who for the past 12 years has been using the
names as a redirect to his main site at Christ.com. Marc told
me that Reinvent
Technology's Don Ham also played a key role by helping
break a negotiation stalemate and fulfill Brittan's wishes to send
the domain to a Christian buyer with good intentions for a domain
that Brittan said he bought in 1997 for registration fee. "Overall,
the negotiations went on for months, and would not have taken place
without the helpful comments from Don Ham," Brittan said.
By
Ron Jackson
Sedo sold still another six-figure domain
this week for $100,000, but due to the explicit nature of
that adult domain it is not one we can list on our mainstream
charts. There is another $100,000 sale on the all extension Top
20 Chart though, #3 iGuide.com, with that sale handled by
the AfternicDLS.
Sedo swept the next three positions with a
trio of names that included the week's highest country code sale, Loterie.fr
(French ccTLD meaning "lottery" in French) at €35,000
($50,400). Sedo also accounted for the other two country code
domains on the elite list as they piled up a remarkable 15 of the 20
chart entries, including 8 of the top 10.
Moniker.com
had a trio of charted domains including one of the two .orgs
on the Big Board, #16 (tie) OnlineEducation.org at $18,228
(the other was Sedo's $34,000 sale of #8 MotorcycleInsurance.org
- a deal that ranks among the year's top ten non .com gTLD sales).
The AfternicDLS also had multiple sales,
completing the daily double with #7 Cric.com at $45,000. Here is how all of the
leaders stack up for the week ending Sunday, August 2:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. July 27, 2009 - Sun. Aug. 2, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect August 4, 2009
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Server.com
$770,000
Sedo
2.
Jesus.net
$124,337
Sedo
3.
iGuide.com
$100,000
AfternicDLS
4.
OMG.com
$80,000
Sedo
5.
Enlargement.com
$56,000
Sedo
6.
Loterie.fr
€35,000
= $50,400
Sedo
7.
Cric.com
$45,000
AfternicDLS
8.
MotorcycleInsurance.org
$34,000
Sedo
9.
Flirten.com ("flirt" in German)
€20,620
= $29,693
Sedo
10.
4A.com
$24,000
Sedo
11.
Cloud.me
$22,500
Sedo
12.
Loteria.org
€15,000
= $21,600
Sedo
13.
Aileron.com
$21,000
Sedo
14.
Jonesboro.com
$19,000
Moniker/
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. SV
15.
WeightTraining.com
$18,751
Sedo
16.
tie
OnlineUniversities.net
$18,228
Moniker
16.
tie
OnlineEducation.org
$18,228
Moniker
18.
NextOnline.de
€12,000
= $17,280
Sedo
19.
OfficeShoes.com
$17,000
Sedo
20.
118000.com
£9,900
= $16,731
Sedo
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 four more five-figure sales off
the chart led by a two-letter IDN, Nü.com, that
changed hands for $13,900 in a private sale. Sedo had the
other three, scoring with Tatry.eu ($11,376), Binu.com
($10,080) and Create.net ($10,000).
.Com Supporting Cast
Sedo led the four-figure .com supporting cast with
Libel.com ($9,999) missing the five-figure mark by just $1. They
also picked up $7,500 from SCCO.com, $7,000 for
MyProtein.com and $6,912 for Ipsola.com. TeachWave.com
tacked on $6,000, $5,900 blossomed from
BeyondNature.com and two others, iVerified.com and WikiBaby.com
brought $5,500 each.
Sedo added $5,316 for Indiretta.com
and had 36 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $5,000 that you can check out in the table below.
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
generalpants.com
$5,000
centernet.com
$3,200
nemid.com
$4,752
cinecin.com
$3,197
rnow.com
$4,750
my-story.com
$3,168
yourecycle.com
$4,750
lavoo.com
$3,000
costumeshalloween.com
$4,500
romef1.com
$3,000
statis.com
$4,000
fashionchick.com
$2,550
nadorp.com
$3,888
blabberpod.com
$2,500
vxr.com
$3,871
displayvision.com
$2,500
isaura.com
$3,600
shoppingbank.com
$2,500
seniovita.com
$3,600
greenpatrol.com
$2,430
sunstrom.com
$3,600
herbsdirect.com
$2,310
tiertransporte.com
$3,600
wintermute.com
$2,222
lovebus.com
$3,500
gamedock.com
$2,200
alexanderag.com
$3,400
andaron.com
$2,000
sends.com
$3,400
newcarrentals.com
$2,000
shedate.com
$3,312
retireoverseas.com
$2,000
atipik.com
$3,240
scratchstars.com
$2,000
copycenter.com
$3,203
throwy.com
$2,000
Back at the AfternicDLS things were cooking with SWV.com
serving up $8,000, AddictsAnonymous.com dispensing $6,788
and Sapt.com securing $6,676. SDProperty.com
produced $6,500, ProJets.com provided $6,000
and RecipeX.com cooked up $5,800.
Tripzee.com trucked in $5,300 while
three others; AccreditedColleges.com, e-Stim.com and Japanisch.com
drew $5,000 apiece. RentAMovies.com returned
another $4,612.
The AfternicDLS had 83 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,388. Those are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,388
babymom.com
$4,388
athinneryou.com
$2,488
monkeymanagement
.com
$4,290
biggerbet.com
$2,488
onlinemessenger.com
$4,224
buyeronline.com
$2,488
creditcounselingcenters.com
$4,188
globenow.com
$2,488
hchp.com
$4,000
gardenvideo.com
$2,400
pwnage.com
$4,000
agpsolutions.com
$2,388
graphicdisplay.com
$3,810
lkbk.com
$2,300
saferbet.com
$3,688
newwebdesign.com
$2,250
evolutiontech.com
$3,588
carolinaprofessionalstaging
.com
$2,200
futurematters.com
$3,488
directbroker
.com
$2,200
flowerspot.com
$3,300
connect4free.com
$2,190
truestrength.com
$3,288
betsimple.com
$2,188
gamesandmusic.com
$3,240
builtspace.com
$2,188
newsgrabber.com
$3,188
oasisenergy.com
$2,188
cakecity.com
$3,000
allcamping
.com
$2,100
cleaninghouse.com
$3,000
xlmarketing.com
$2,100
connectsoftware.com
$3,000
coolbackup.com
$2,088
frauholle.com
$3,000
growkit.com
$2,088
quickbooking.com
$3,000
petplanner.com
$2,088
underclassmen.com
$3,000
schmucktraum.com
$2,088
myaide.com
$2,988
tribb.com
$2,088
red-zone.com
$2,988
netnova.com
$2,071
csch
.com
$2,970
synnet.com
$2,050
snyu.com
$2,944
runningforum
.com
$2,002
1hourprinting.com
$2,888
advancedglobal.com
$2,000
elchile.com
$2,888
barpromotions.com
$2,000
onlinesites.com
$2,888
boite.com
$2,000
ohrringe.com
$2,802
candycenter.com
$2,000
graphicsandlogos.com
$2,750
cashmark.com
$2,000
oakvilleproperty.com
$2,688
cncentral.com
$2,000
stockclass.com
$2,688
eworksheets.com
$2,000
internetmarketingspecialists.com
$2,600
fokkers.com
$2,000
ebookspublishing.com
$2,588
fruehling.com
$2,000
oceanfrontlistings.com
$2,588
globtrade.com
$2,000
thecareeradvisor.com
$2,588
jbtransport.com
$2,000
time4fun.com
$2,588
motherocean.com
$2,000
industrialelectrical.com
$2,530
quadrophenia.com
$2,000
visualpromotions.com
$2,510
schatzsucher.com
$2,000
advies.com
$2,500
sportscarguide.com
$2,000
patentcheck.com
$2,500
thetalkingcure.com
$2,000
satellitetvtoday.com
$2,500
vask.com
$2,000
warta.com
$2,500
Elsewhere, MediaOptions.com
sold 100Years.com for $8,500 and Pedasi.com for
$2,200 while Moniker marked up $5,915 for Vertify.com.
Country Codes
A quartet of five-figure ccTLD sales led the
charge on this week's Top 20 Country Code Chart. We listed
all of those in our section on the all-extension leaders at the top
of this report. The highest sale you haven't seen yet is #5 CasinoOnline.co.za
(South Africa's ccTLD) at $9,388 via Sedo, a venue
that swept 18 of the 20 chart entries,
Great Britain's .co.uk had the most chart
entries with six, led by #6 Auditors.co.uk at $8,891. Germany's
.de was next with four charted domains, including #7 PokerRegeln.de
at $8,064. The European Union's .eu was the only
other extension with multiples entries, scoring twice.
The other countries represented on the elite list
this week are Montenegro (.me), Canada (.ca), the British
Indian Ocean Territory (.io), China (.cn), Tuvalu (.tv)
and the United States (.us). Here is how all of the
country code top sellers stacked
up for the week ending August 2:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: July 27, 2009 - Sun. Aug. 2,
2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. Aug. 4
There were several dozen additional four-figure
sales off the chart and Sedo accounted for all but three of those.
Their roster included Xperts.de ($2,736), Muslim.us
($2,700) and Tarot.asia ($2,555). OnDemand.at
downloaded $2,448, OnlineGolf.dk chipped in $2,304
and two others, LaFamille.fr and Sound.at attracted $2,160
each.
Another pair, Yangtze.co.uk and CombinationLadder.co.uk
extended $2,113 apiece. Sedo piled up 34 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging
from $1,000 to $1,980. Those are all listed in the table
below.
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $1,980
whw.de
$1,980
weinimport.cn
$1,440
lokalteil.de
$1,944
cookware.us
$1,400
equity.us
$1,872
kirschkerne.de
$1,368
datenstick.de
$1,803
serviette.at
$1,368
personalbeschaffung.de
$1,800
cellulite.be
$1,296
bras.us
$1,751
w2k.de
$1,260
girokonto-ohne-schufa.de
$1,728
videowall.at
$1,257
jouets.be
$1,728
dsz.de
$1,181
pronostic.tv
$1,728
compass.fr
$1,152
king-of-pop.de
$1,714
infoball.de
$1,152
listenoire.fr
$1,584
jeuxoccasion.fr
$1,152
bitdefender.cn
$1,440
klq.de
$1,152
bohrfirma.eu
$1,440
adult.to
$1,080
epsychology.us
$1,440
glasdruck.de
$1,080
eurokamin.de
$1,440
xqs.de
$1,008
francosuisse.fr
$1,440
prezerwatywy.eu
$1,000
liste-noire.fr
$1,440
ucall.us
$1,000
Elsewhere, NetFleet.com.au
racked up three more Australian ccTLD sales. Homeopathy.com.au
posted $1,974, Necklace.com.au notched $1,050 and
Grow.com.au harvested $1,008 (all US $
amounts).
Fans of the Global Contenders, our nickname
for non .com gTLDs, popped the champagne this week to celebrate the
year's biggest sale in this category, Jesus.net at $124,337
through the brokerage services at Sedo. That blockbuster
helped the .nets take 13 of te 23 positions on our new Global
Contenders Top 20 Chart (the extra positions resulted from a
four-way tie for the final spot).
The .orgs also had a strong outing taking
nine chart entries including six that ranked among the top ten. That
left just one opening that was claimed by #16 Pattaya.info at
$3,168.
You saw all of the five and six figure GC sales in
the all extension section of this report. The highest sale you
haven't yet seen in this category is #7 RAR.net, sold at the
AfternicDLS for $7,000. The AfternicDLS went on to pile up 14
GC sales, more than any other venue.
Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending August 2:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. July
27, 2009 - Sun. Aug. 2, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Aug. 4
There were several dozen additional four-figure GC
sales off the chart with the AfternicDLS piling up the majority
of those. Their list included UKK.org ($2,388), HSDPA.org
($2,315) and ITBC.net ($2,129). Durable.net
delivered $2,106 and two others; GreenEnergySolutions.net
and HipHopClothing.net nabbed $2,088 each.
The Afternic DLS had 33 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
adrenaline.net
$2,000
homearts.net
$1,288
appnet.net
$2,000
leadfree.net
$1,250
bodyoil.org
$2,000
Dashboard
.info
$1,100
businessconsulting.net
$2,000
careweb.net
$1,088
earring.net
$2,000
luxuryhandbags.net
$1,088
familycentral.net
$2,000
muqdisho.net
$1,088
christiancollege.net
$1,750
systembuilder.net
$1,088
fashionmodels.net
$1,700
clare.net
$1,070
mynewchurch.org
$1,670
debtsettlementprogram.net
$1,000
gcls.net
$1,642
dietarysupplements.org
$1,000
petmedications.net
$1,600
discoveryschools.org
$1,000
studenci.net
$1,566
i-way.org
$1,000
acac.org
$1,500
omahanebraska.net
$1,000
quittingsmoking.org
$1,500
pointarena.net
$1,000
qlda.net
$1,411
realtones.net
$1,000
bluebadge.net
$1,288
tubing.net
$1,000
gcuc.net
$1,288
Back at Sedo Literatur.info landed $2,376
while three others; Gratisinserat.net, Schulrucksack.info
and Ecan.org kicked in $2,160 apiece. Ubrania.net
nailed $1,872, YouMove.net made $1,800 and Rise.net
reeled in $1,550.
Also at Sedo, Home-Mortgage.info fetched $1,499
with three others; Schultaschen.info, Uson.org and NER.net
drawing $1,440 each. Teachscape.net took in $1,430,
Prenotazioni.net preserved $1,224, Result.net
returned $1,051 and PersonalizedGifts.org unwrapped $1,000.
Elsewhere MediaOptions.com sold Ganja.org
for $1,500.
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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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.
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morning we publish the highest reported domain name
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