Two
More Six-Figure Sales Help Keep the Summer Aftermarket Engine
Humming
The high end of the domain market
continued to show signs of recovery this past week with two more
six-figure sales. Sedo.com
sold #1 WoodPellets.com for $115,000 and Alex
Alexander of BigLeads.com
bought OnlineEducation.com in an Ebay auction for $100,000
(While Ebay domain auctions have a checkered past, this one was
legitimate and the sale was confirmed with proper documentation).
We reported the $1.5 million sale
of DropShippers.com in our Lowdown
column last week. As most of you know, our charts are limited to
sales of domain names only. We cannot include developed websites
where the revenue stream created by operating a business makes up a
large part of the value of the asset - making it impossible to
determine the value of the domain name alone.
I have been in contact with both the buyer
and seller of DropShippers.com to try to determine whether or not
the ecommerce software that has been on the site for several years
(and went with the domain) constituted a business (the seller said
it is essentially an automated system that serves as an alternate,
more effective monetization method than domain parking. I am
currently getting some additional information on this point from the
buyer, including word on his future plans for the domain). I am also
going through the sales contract which I have a copy of. I expect
our vetting process to be completed in time to make a decision on
charting this sale next week.
By
Ron Jackson
Sedo had another remarkable week, sweeping
15 of the 20 positions on our new all extension leader board
including three of the top four and eight of the first ten,
including #3 Brax.com at $80,000 and #4 Farsi.com at
$75,000. SnapNames.com interrupted Sedo's run by claiming the
5th spot with Orgasms.com at $41,180.
The AfternicDLS
was the only venue other than Sedo to place multiple names on the Big
Board. They hit the daily double with #15 TheJob.com ($15,000) and
#17 (tie) Plaisir.com ($12,000). The AfternicDLS's bread and
butter has always been the mid-range favored by small to medium sized
businesses. They had another blowout week within that category,
piling up approximately $800,000 in total sales.
GoDaddy
Auctions also earned a spot on the elite list with #14 Pizzerias.com
delivering $15,005.
Five country code domains (all sold
by Sedo) joined the .com party on the Top 20. Three of those
landed on the top half of the chart; #7 Forums.de ($35,750),
#8 Payment.co.uk ($32,600) and #9 GoldPlatz.de ($31,460).
The non .com gTLDs also had one
representative on the leader board - #17 (tie) CGM.net at $12,000
via Sedo. Here is how all of the
leaders stack up for the week ending Sunday, August 23:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. Aug. 17, 2009 - Sun. Aug. 23, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect August 25, 2009
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
WoodPellets.com
$115,000
Sedo
2.
OnlineEducation.com
$100,000
Ebay
3.
Brax.com
$80,000
Sedo
4.
Farsi.com
$75,000
Sedo
5.
Orgasms.com
$41,180
SnapNames
6.
UDK.com
€28,600
= $40,898
Sedo
7.
Forums.de
€25,000
= $35,750
Sedo
8.
Payment.co.uk
£20,000
= $32,600
Sedo
9.
GolfPlatz.de
€22,000
= $31,460
Sedo
10.
Hugh.com
$25,000
Sedo
11.
Frisky.com
$20,000
Sedo
12.
JuegosFun.com
€12,000
= $17,160
Sedo
13.
Payments.co.uk
£10,000
= $16,300
Sedo
14.
Pizzerias.com
$15,005
GoDaddy
Auctions
15.
TheJob.com
$15,000
AfternicDLS
16.
Cool.eu
€10,000
= $14,300
Sedo
17.
tie
Plaisir.com
$12,000
AfternicDLS
17.
tie
CGM.net
$12,000
Sedo
19.
tie
e-Market.com
$11,500
Sedo
19.
tie
ChatBox.com
$11,500
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 seven more five-figure sales off the
chart. Sedo accounted for five of those; Photobox.se and Etsy.de
at $10,725 each and three others - Denpasar.com, CloudContainer.com
and Chanti.com at $10,000 apiece. SnapNames sold MesotheliomaLawyers.com
for $10,659 and the AfternicDLS moved Botes.com for $10,000.
.Com Supporting Cast
SnapNames had the top sale in the four-figure .com
supporting cast with EducationLottery.com at $9,999.
They also sold Ahmsi.com ($5,805), Singels.com ($4,150)
and FullSize.com ($3,400). BiodieselFuel.com added $3,080
and Reactions.com returned $2,700.
Back at Sedo, MeinName.com notched $9,295,
Guiafacil.com garnered $8,580 and JIZ.com drew $8,100.
Xhostar.com
hauled in $7,600 and two others, ArchiveCity.com and
PornographyAddiction.com went for $7,500 each.
ElektroAutos.coms plugged in $6,435,
CashBackCard.com captured $6,000 and Vlucht.com tacked on
$5,720.
HotSparks.com ignited $5,500, Deutschlandurlaub.com landed
$5,148,
Hotels-in.com booked $4,890 and QND.com corralled
$4,800.
Sedo had 26 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,000 that you can check out in the table below.
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
uboss.com
$4,000
1660.com
$2,301
recurve.com
$3,650
malariavaccine.com
$2,300
gofansgo.com
$3,500
everestah.com
$2,200
innovativebranding.com
$3,300
oomi.com
$2,100
dangdut.com
$3,050
beachresorthotel.com
$2,000
acrich.com
$3,000
cesspools.com
$2,000
jinqiao.com
$3,000
grandbahamashotels.com
$2,000
publicclouds.com
$3,000
hotelshonduras.com
$2,000
dealplace.com
$2,800
hotelstaipei.com
$2,000
cityforums.com
$2,750
kindconsumer.com
$2,000
lastminuteroom.com
$2,550
kroten.com
$2,000
instantclouds.com
$2,500
maxmotors.com
$2,000
voipon.com
$2,500
spinsports.com
$2,000
The AfternicDLS rang up sales at a furious pace this
week, adding $9,200 to the ledger for Apprentissage.com,
$8,900 for SecurityProfessional.com and $8,500
for SpringLine.com. Norvege.com nabbed $8,000, MuscleSupplements.com
pumped up $7,000 and ZapMe.com generated $6,888.
Entretien.com dusted off $6,500, Kaer.com
contributed $6,000 and Mouche.com munched on $5,700.
OrganicPotatoes.com peeled $5,588, SecuredCheckout.com
rang up $5,400 and DoYouGetIt.com got $5,250. OpenRoom.com
welcomed $5,000 and ArchitecturalDrafting.com drew up $4,688.
The AfternicDLS had 113 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,500. Those are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,500
cityvoice.com
$4,500
look4us.com
$2,250
saint-nectaire.com
$4,188
AnnArborHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
emailcampaigns.com
$3,888
BristolCarInsurance
.com
$2,125
productshot
.com
$3,850
CambridgeAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
dutrade
.com
$3,850
ChandlerAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
eagleinc.com
$3,650
CharlestonAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
cityofsantacruz.com
$3,500
ChattanoogaHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
TENNISMATCH
.com
$3,500
ClearwaterHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
autoboys.com
$3,409
ColumbiaAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
docteurs.com
$3,400
ColumbiaHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
organiclettuce.com
$3,388
FlintAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
staffalert.com
$3,388
GainesvilleAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
crmsuite.com
$3,300
GainesvilleHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
theoccasion.com
$3,300
HartfordHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
cvpt.com
$3,200
KnoxvilleAutoInsurance.com
$2,125
driedapples.com
$3,188
PasadenaAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
eyeofgod.com
$3,188
PasadenaHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
goldsupport.com
$3,188
PensacolaAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
hotspottravel.com
$3,188
ProvidenceAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
humantragedy.com
$3,188
ProvidenceHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
onlinecheckout.com
$3,188
ProvoAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
camescope.com
$3,000
SalemAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
gnnonline.com
$3,000
SpringfieldAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
myspinedoctor.com
$3,000
SpringfieldHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
vantagens.com
$2,988
SyracuseAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
lpgcars.com
$2,888
TallahasseeAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
collegereport.com
$2,788
TallahasseeHealthInsurance
.com
$2,125
industriallogistics.com
$2,788
TempeAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
zenis.com
$2,788
WacoAutoInsurance
.com
$2,125
groveschool.com
$2,700
hometowndirectory.com
$2,100
i-brochure
.com
$2,700
SUSTAINABLESUPPLY
.com
$2,100
colonscreening.com
$2,655
jobdiscovery.com
$2,088
DigitalCapsule
.com
$2,600
onglass.com
$2,088
careabroad.com
$2,588
organicfacts.com
$2,088
netbookers.com
$2,588
partnershipservices.com
$2,088
sportsyachts.com
$2,588
victorymart.com
$2,088
abeilles.com
$2,500
TweetRATINGS
.com
$2,001
aerialservices.com
$2,500
accidentbenefits.com
$2,000
africaines.com
$2,500
addictsanonymous.com
$2,000
capitalisme.com
$2,500
biopsie.com
$2,000
paristheatre.com
$2,500
businessmanagementsoftware.com
$2,000
xplorations.com
$2,500
congelateur.com
$2,000
coolprincess.com
$2,488
delicieux.com
$2,000
craigjames.com
$2,488
exclusiveevents.com
$2,000
organicdogproducts.com
$2,488
fiberspeed.com
$2,000
organicfruitjuice.com
$2,488
groseilles.com
$2,000
organicvegetablejuice.com
$2,488
happyweb.com
$2,000
implicitguide
.com
$2,475
mp3god
.com
$2,000
partage.com
$2,400
onsitemedia.com
$2,000
americanv.com
$2,388
patinoire.com
$2,000
bridgingthedivide.com
$2,388
photocall.com
$2,000
clubsavings.com
$2,388
poitrines.com
$2,000
taxipal.com
$2,388
sclerose.com
$2,000
onthealert.com
$2,364
SmartLikeME
.com
$2,000
destinationnetwork.com
$2,320
tribunaux.com
$2,000
coffeedrink.com
$2,288
zonesearch.com
$2,000
istandards.com
$2,250
The AfternicDLS had five more
sales from their expanded promotion platform that places listings at
other venues as well as their own. Using Sedo they sold INVT.com
($3,000), AltGlobal.com ($2,991) and KnockOn.com
($2,500), as well as LoveJewellery.com at $2,242 and
MusicMerch.com at $2,088.
At GoDaddy
Auctions, Chiangmai-Live.com lassoed $7,777 and
GoRentals.coms registered $2,005.
At Moniker.com,
MyDotcom.com commanded $5,425, LoadBalancers.com brought
$3,500 and HighlyRecommended.com clicked for $2,925.
Country Codes
The country codes enjoyed another very nice
outing this week with seven solid five-figure sales. Three of those
represented Germany's popular .de extension, two
carried the .co.uk flag for Great Britain while the European
Union (.eu) and Sweden (.se) each had one at this level.
These sales were all listed among the all extension leaders at the
top of this report.
The highest ccTLD sales you haven't seen yet were
posted by a pair of names that tied for 8th on the new Country
Code Top 20 chart at $8,580 each. Those were June.fr
(French ccTLD) and Travesti.es (Spain's country
code).
Sedo accounted for every sale in the top ten and
went on to sweep 19 of the 20 chart entries overall. They would have
scored a shutout if it weren't for the £4,500 ($7,335) sale
of #12 Toys.org.uk at theAcornDomains.co.ukforum.
Here is how all of the
country code top sellers stacked
up for the week ending August 23:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. Aug. 17, 2009 - Sun. Aug.
23,
2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. Aug. 25
There were dozens of additional four-figure ccTLD
sales off the chart with Sedo, as they always do, accounting for
the vast majority of those. Their line up included AdultFriendFinder.eu
at $5,005, Ozmo.cn at $5,000 and three others
at $4,290 each; Blog.fi, Practicus.nl and Vibratore.it.
GiftCard.es added $3,933 followed by a
five-name pack at $3,575 apiece that included Appartement-Paris.fr,
Casinos.com.br, eMarket.dk, Otto.pl and Wirmobil.de.
Sedo had 52 more ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000
to $3,475 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $3,475
lounger.de
$3,475
ngp.de
$1,429
testing.us
$3,100
p.ly
$1,429
parfumerie.eu
$2,932
mobileapps.co.uk
$1,386
postcodegids.nl
$2,932
yachtshop24.de
$1,359
null-sterne-hotel.de
$2,860
local-host.de
$1,287
rock.se
$2,860
centralheatingservices.co.uk
$1,263
intercept.de
$2,717
24stunden-service.de
$1,216
uniforms.eu
$2,574
eventmarkt.de
$1,216
barmbek.de
$2,360
hummervermietung.de
$1,216
handysohnevertrag.de
$2,217
boobs.us
$1,200
cloud.be
$2,145
tamilnadu.tv
$1,200
ordinateurs.be
$2,145
galabau-shop.de
$1,144
pflegelotse.de
$2,145
personalbarometer.de
$1,144
pokermagazin,ch
$2,145
centralheatinginstallers.co.uk
$1,141
rapcommunity.de
$2,145
thebestof.co.za
$1,100
voip-telefon.de
$2,145
adexchange.de
$1,073
videoseminar.de
$2,042
autowissen.de
$1,073
kledingboetiek.nl
$1,890
pflegelotse.eu
$1,073
crosstrainers.co.uk
$1,859
versext.de
$1,073
levensloopsparen.nl
$1,716
herd-schmitz.de
$1,044
reiseauge.de
$1,716
damenbekleidung.de
$1,030
entreprise-de-demenagement.fr
$1,430
xmpie.de
$1,022
goldzack.de
$1,430
bremskolbenrcksteller.de
$1,001
pianoladen.de
$1,430
biographi.es
$1,000
callgirls.eu
$1,429
ctr.lv
$1,000
mietwagenrundreisen.de
$1,429
numarkpharmacy.co.uk
$1,000
At NetFleet.com.auGeraldton.com.au and SexShop.com.au yielded $3,320
each, NetFax.com.au fetched $1,660 and four others; Babe.com.au,
Bracelet.com.au, Copywriting.com.au and GreenChoice.com.au
went for $1,245 apiece. These are all Australian
ccTLDS and the prices are all in U.S. dollars.
Elsewhere the AfternicDLS sold SkinCareProducts.de
for $1,800.
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.
A nice 3-letter .net paced the Global Contenders
packthese week, giving the category its only reported
five-figure sale - $12,000 via Sedo. .Info took the
runner-up spot and had two names among the first four on our new
Global Contenders Too 20 chart. #2 Gay.info found a buyer at $9,251
through SnapNames and #4 Finanzierung.info ("financing"
in German) banked $5,005 at Sedo. .Info also charted a third
name, #13 (tie) SecurityAdmin.info, at $2,500 though
Sedo.
.Net had the most overall chart entries with
11, including #3 Modelbau.net at $8,580. .Org
earned three places on the leader board, led by #6 Pathology.org
at $3,995 through GoDaddy Auctions.
Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending August 23:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Aug.
17, 2009 - Sun. Aug. 23, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Aug. 25
Domain
Sold
For
Where Sold
1.
CGM.net
$12,000
Sedo
2.
Gay.info
$9,251
SnapNames
3.
Modelbau.net
€6,000 = $8,580
Sedo
4.
Finanzierung.info ("financing" in German)
€3,500 = $5,005
Sedo
5.
Archivio.net
€2,940 = $4,204
Sedo
6.
Pathology.org
$3,995
GoDaddyAuctions
7.
INF.net
$3,950
Sedo
8.
tie
Live-Sex.net
€2,500 = $3,575
Sedo
8.
tie
Metabo.org
€2,500 = $3,575
Sedo
10.
InflatableBoat.net
$3,388
AfternicDLS
11.
StockPrices.net
$3,200
AfternicDLS
12.
PokerGame.org
$3,000
Sedo
13.
Mobit.net
$2,800
AfternicDLS
14.
Threatened.org
$2,588
AfternicDLS
15.
Einbaukchen.net
€1,800 = $2,574
Sedo
16.
tie
SecurityAdmin.info
$2,500
Sedo
16.
tie
WordpressTheme.org
$2,500
Sedo
18.
Haftpflichtversicherung.org ("liability insurance" in German)
There were several dozen additional
four-figure GC sales off the chart. The AfternicDLS, through an
expanded promotion listing at Sedo, had the highest of those with Bewerbungen.net
at $2,073. They also sold three others through Sedo; Fotograf.org
($1,791), BringIt.net ($1,750) and DigitalChurch.org
($1,350).
From their home base the AfternicDLS kept the hits
coming with Gravy.net ($2,001), Digipost.net ($1,988)
and Amerique.net ($1,900). Three other names went for $1,888
each; MyPop.org, SMLaw.net and Truste.net.
VIK.net added another $1,750.
The Afternic DLS had 25 more four-figure GC sales ranging from $1,000
to $1,700. You can check those out in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS GC Sales Between $1,000 - $1,700
videoclub.net
$1,700
krout.net
$1,200
housecleaners.net
$1,694
watchshop.net
$1,150
prenatalvitamins.net
$1,688
hireability.net
$1,088
windowcleaner.net
$1,556
speedypc.net
$1,088
windowcleaners.net
$1,544
bluff.org
$1,000
Keet
.net
$1,500
callindia.net
$1,000
takecontrol.org
$1,500
forcefield.org
$1,000
twill.net
$1,500
hostserver.net
$1,000
bonplan.net
$1,470
spanishtranslation.org
$1,000
localevents.net
$1,388
sures.net
$1,000
bcenter.net
$1,288
usgc.org
$1,000
imageworld.net
$1,250
viveros.net
$1,000
cleaningservice.net
$1,244
Back at Sedo, PokerCalculator.net totaled up $2,000,
FreeWebsiteTemplates.net nailed $1,950 and CRMSoftware.org
went for $1,931. EyeBank.org deposited $1,900,
SEOConsultant.net billed $1,800 and GenericViagra.net
dispensed $1,645.
Final.net found $1,450 while IR35.info
and MEC.biz sold for $1,430 each. Vault.biz
locked up $1,350, FailBlog.net bagged $1,216
and Interstore.info rang up $1,145.
Elsewhere, SnapNames plucked $1,701 for Plato.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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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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