Christian.com
Finds $600,000 in the Collection Plate, .Mobi Domain Goes for 6
Figures and $2.8 Million ccTLD Sale Comes to Light
The past week has been a very
interesting one for the domain aftermarket. Sedo.com
and RickLatona.com
announced they had worked together to get a $600,000 sale of Christian.com
completed. The buyer was Boris Kleiman, the same man who laid
out $1.1 million for Call.comlast
week. Kleiman told Domain
Name Wire that hes going to use the domain name for a
Christian social network and Christian encyclopedia. This sale
easily tops our new weekly Top 20 Domain Sales chart.
.Mobi also makes a rare appearance
near the top of the elite list with an impressive $135,000sale of Casino.mobi to Infomeda Ltd. that
was handled by Moniker.com.
Infomeda plans to use the name as an online portal, with
location-based information for bricks-and-mortar casino locations,
reviews of mobile casinos as well as "fun money"
casino-style games and gaming tools. This becomes the highest
non com gTLD of the year to
date, eclipsing Sedo's $124,337 sale of Jesus.net
last month.
We also learned this week about a huge
sale from last year that has just come to light. Dominik
Mueller first reported that Unister
GmbH paid 1,960,000 ($2,858,945 at
today's exchange rate) to acquire Shopping.de. Unister
operates other popular online portals such as News.de, Auto.de,
Geld.de (money in German) and Kredit.de. We have now added that
sale (which was handled by Sedo) to our list of 2008's
Top 100 sales where it ranks at the 3rd biggest sale last
year.
By
Ron Jackson
Sedo had another outstanding week,
having a hand in 8 of the top 10 sales and 16 of 20 overall. Their
hit listed included #3 BestPrices.com at $81,000 and
#4 WellnessHotels.com at $60,393. Sedo also accounted
for all six of the ccTLD sales that earned spots on the
all-extension leader board. All six were German .de domains,
led by #6 Hotel-Reservierung.de
("hotel reservations" in German) at $34,510.
The only non .com global TLD to make the
Big Board, other than Casino.mobi, was #20 Boerse.net ("stock exchange" in German),
a name that sold at Sedo for $12,375.
RickLatona.com had multiple chart
entries with a trio that included #5 BreastPump.com at $50,000.
The AfternicDLS
also took a Top 20 bow with #16 (tie) M88.com bringing $15,000.
Here is how all of the
leaders stack up for the week ending Sunday, Sept. 6:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. Aug. 31, 2009 - Sun. Sept. 6, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion ( to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Sept. 8, 2009
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Christian.com
$600,000
Sedo/RickLatona.com
2.
Casino.mobi
$135,000
Moniker
3.
BestPrices.com
$81,000
Sedo
4.
WellnessHotels.com
41,650
= $60,393
Sedo
5.
BreastPump.com
$50,000
RickLatona.com
6.
Hotel-Reservierung.de ("hotel reservations" in German)
23,800
= $34,510
Sedo
7.
Sued.com
$25,003
Sedo
8.
CharterAuction.com
$25,000
Sedo
9.
Schlafen.de ("sleep" in German)
17,000
= $24,650
Sedo
10.
DXB.com
$22,500
Sedo
11.
ToasterOvens.com
$20,000
RickLatona.com
12.
Amateure.de ("amateur" in German)
13,500
= $19,575
Sedo
13.
Kneipen.de ("bars or pubs" in German)
13,090
= $18,981
Sedo
14.
BFC.com
$18,400
Sedo
15.
Kiss.de
11,500
= $16,675
Sedo
16.
tie
M88.com
$15,000
AfternicDLS
16.
tie
Bobbie.com
$15,000
Sedo
18.
tie
MHotel.com
10,000
= $14,500
Sedo
18.
tie
DailyFinance.de
10,000
= $14,500
Sedo
20.
Boerse.net ("stock exchange" in German)
7,500
= $12,375
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 eight more five-figure sales
just off the
chart. Sedo had six of those; Shirts.nl ($12,180), E-Buy.com
($12,000), GermanFreeTV.com ($11,528), GameCoins.com
($10,500), EnterprisePlus.com ($10,000) and CountryCode.org
($10,000).
The AfternicDLS got a boost from SteamGenerator.com
at $11,600 and LuxuryNames.com
landed $10,000 for Private Airplane.com.
.Com Supporting Cast
RickLatona.com led the .com supporting cast with BoatClassifieds.com
at $9,500 and they also sold DomainForums.com for $6,500.
Sedo's supplemental list included Sheen.com
at $9,300, InternetRegistry.com at $9,000 and Gafasdesol.com
at $8,900. BellyRings.com brought $8,899, TopLife.com
lounged at $8,000 and Kreditrechner.com returned $6,090.
Neubox.com contained $6,000, MusicBase.com
drummed up $5,600, eChinese.com translated into $5,300
and Bewegtbild.com kicked in $5,075. Sedo had 35 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
2prices.com
$5,000
tldregistry.com
$3,399
electricworld.com
$5,000
coffretscadeaux.com
$2,900
e-navigation.com
$5,000
enervie.com
$2,850
europeanvacation.com
$5,000
foromac.com
$2,750
imagencorporal.com
$5,000
etfsettlement.com
$2,500
mwx.com
$5,000
exitpop.com
$2,500
qusic.com
$5,000
scrappage.com
$2,500
aroundme.com
$4,600
shyde.com
$2,500
thermodox.com
$4,550
tatilim.com
$2,500
infoperu.com
$4,350
worldestates.com
$2,500
neuce.com
$4,350
commercial-insurance.com
$2,055
alphamade.com
$4,205
becloud.com
$2,000
uniquecosmetics.com
$4,000
comret.com
$2,000
staufen.com
$3,988
fbtimes.com
$2,000
firstscreen.com
$3,625
hotelsjersey.com
$2,000
now-here.com
$3,625
londonhotelroom.com
$2,000
sfsports.com
$3,625
secretppc.com
$2,000
alitech.com
$3,500
Back at Moniker, 1Y.com went for $8,600,
FXQ.com cornered $4,475, SQN.com added $4,075
and MyBNB.com banked $2,500.
At SnapNames.com,
Jifen.com fetched $8,259, OpenNetwork.com
connected for $3,801 and two others; DanaAir.com and Shushu.com
shucked $2,700 each. AuroraCarInsurance.com covered $2,199
and WebPlaza.com posted $2,050.
The AfternicDLS was busy pumping out dozens of solid
four figure sales including Birdies.com and CreativeFactory.com
at $7,500 apiece and MuscleSupplements.com at $7,000.
TSHP.com tacked on $6,400, Transformar.com
found $6,000 and DigitalProductions.com produced $5,800.
Papert.com picked up $5,500, FreeQoutes.com
(typo) and MovieCamera.com captured $4,500 each while IRASolutions.com
came up with $4,088.
The AfternicDLS had 55 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,000. Those are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
classicgameroom.com
$4,000
Medijuana
.com
$2,600
letcorp.com
$4,000
underwaterconstruction.com
$2,600
satcourses.com
$4,000
gefrierschrank.com
$2,597
internshipabroad.com
$3,988
yourpurpose.com
$2,590
e-mt.com
$3,703
flirtlink.com
$2,588
edenspa.com
$3,500
kioskpos.com
$2,588
radiologytechnician.com
$3,500
loginpro.com
$2,588
virginiamoving
.com
$3,500
brandassociates.com
$2,570
allmates.com
$3,488
ndustry.com
$2,570
marginfree.com
$3,188
sleepsecure.com
$2,570
mensbest.com
$3,188
southernconstruction.com
$2,500
officialsponsor.com
$3,188
healthsol.com
$2,388
telecomgroup.com
$3,188
mystruggle.com
$2,388
secondreality.com
$3,151
solarnexus.com
$2,388
ibons.com
$3,000
usrecycling.com
$2,388
morea.com
$3,000
DestinationNetwork
.com
$2,320
ncbankruptcy
.com
$3,000
internationalfarming.com
$2,088
materialsource.com
$2,950
steelthread.com
$2,088
currencyconnect.com
$2,888
buildingvalue.com
$2,000
debtrelieve.com
$2,888
dotdesign.com
$2,000
exercisetraining.com
$2,870
extremehd.com
$2,000
theplayersedge.com
$2,800
fxdepot.com
$2,000
winfun.com
$2,800
inhomehealth.com
$2,000
dreamhomepro.com
$2,788
jeps.com
$2,000
stardollnetwork
.com
$2,750
justdigital.com
$2,000
admiralauto.com
$2,688
northwestfunding.com
$2,000
isomachine.com
$2,688
trouville.com
$2,000
savvysites.com
$2,688
The AfternicDLS also registered four sales utilizing
other venues as part of their expanded promotion platform. Using
Sedo, they moved GamingTech.com and GeneralIndex.com
at $2,800 each. Using SnapNames they found buyers for OrganicFashions.com
at $2,488 and OrganicGrains.com at $2,400.
LuxuryNames.com logged two other four-figure
sales, MicroLenders.com at $4,900 and LuxuryHoliday.com
at $3,000.
Country Codes
Germany's .de ran rampant on the County
Code Top 20 chart this week, sweeping the first six positions
and taking 10 of 20 places overall. Those first six domains all
broke the five-figure mark as did #7 Shirts.nl. We covered
all of those in the all-extension section at the top of this report.
The highest country code sale you haven't seen yet is #8 Documents.co.uk,
sold at Sedo for $8,250.
Great Britain's .co.uk and the
Netherlands' .nl each had three chart entries. The other
countries represented this week were Belgium (.be) and France
(.fr).
Sedo continued to dominate the ccTLD category,
sweeping 18 of the 20 chart entries. The two places they missed went
to a pair of Australian domains sold by NetFleet.com.au;
#12 Selby.com.au at 7,000AUD ($6,020) and Brothels.com.au
at 6,520AUD ($5,607).
Here is how all of the
country code top sellers stacked
up for the week ending Sept 6:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. Aug. 31, 2009 - Sun.
Sept. 6,
2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion ( to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. Sept. 8
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Hotel-Reservierung.de ("hotel reservations" in German)
There were several dozen additional four-figure ccTLD
sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all but three of those
sales. Their roster included Dresses.de ($3,263), Fermier.fr
($2,900) and CodeStudio.co.uk ($2,846).
AAAJobs.de and Optik24.de each drew $2,828,
PlatinMedia.de delivered $2,719 and EventSecurity.co.uk
kicked in $2,475.
Sedo had 32 more ccTLD sales ranging from $1,015
to $2,233 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,015 - $2,233
stufenmatten.de
$2,233
logomacher.de
$1,450
buydomainname.co.uk
$2,228
promotion.ch
$1,450
ibeda.cn
$2,204
roulette-casino.de
$1,450
enervie.de
$2,175
stellentreff.de
$1,436
onlinegolf.nl
$2,175
spirituallifecoaching.co.uk
$1,412
trading-software.de
$2,175
reintex.de
$1,378
fruitmachineonline.co.uk
$2,063
hessenmuehle.de
$1,269
cellin.de
$1,994
rss-newsfeed.de
$1,233
ingles.tv
$1,894
telefonsexkontakt.de
$1,218
essendia.de
$1,813
braintainment.co.uk
$1,208
kinderfahrad.de
$1,683
ecofon.de
$1,160
mobilerepair.de
$1,595
freedomcard.co.uk
$1,155
automobilnews.de
$1,450
troopers.de
$1,088
fsm.eu
$1,450
walz-kiddz.de
$1,088
geology.eu
$1,450
kernerlive.de
$1,015
keiko.fr
$1,450
teatral.es
$1,015
Elsewhere Netfleet.com.au sold Domestic.com.au
($1,376) and For.com.au ($1,097) while the AfternicDLS
moved FuelEfficiency.co.uk for $1,200.
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.
No doubt about the top gun in the Global
Contenders category this week. In addition to heading our weekly
Top 20 chart, Casino.mobi, at $135,000 via
Moniker.com, is also the highest non .com gTLD sale thus far this
year. Two other sales cracked the five-figure mark and we told you
about those in the all-extension section at the top of this report.
The highest GC sale you haven't seen yet is 15.net
at $9,999 through Sedo.com. They also sold 2T.net for $6,600
to take four of the top five positions on the leader board.
.Net had the most chart entries with 11,
followed by .org with six. .Info also had multiple
entries, scoring with #6 Funds.info ($6,500 via GoDaddyAuctions.com)
and #12 Assurances.info through Sedo.
Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending Sept. 6:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Aug.
31, 2009 - Sun. Sept. 6, 2009 Euro to Dollar Conversion ( to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Sept. 8
There were several dozen additional
four-figure GC sales off the chart. The AfternicDLS led that
group with CurrencyRates.org and Schreiben.net
("write" in German) at $2,500 each. They also sold SaferHome.net
($2,488), SPWeb.net ($2,390) and Progreso.net ($2,388).
The Afternic DLS had 18 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
camelion.net
$2,000
righttime.net
$1,488
T2c
.net
$2,000
BonPlan.net
$1,470
t2c.net
$2,000
iconsult.net
$1,388
steelhomes.net
$1,800
mastertech.net
$1,350
mailcall.org
$1,794
organicseo.net
$1,221
usbhub.net
$1,650
safeproducts.net
$1,088
framesdirect.net
$1,600
helse.net
$1,000
greennetwork.org
$1,500
logicsource.net
$1,000
naturalmed.net
$1,488
moneyzone.net
$1,000
At Sedo, Abilon.org and LCPS.org
deposited $2,430 each, FreePoker.info dealt out $2,200
and Trikots.info contributed $1,898. EBT.org generated
$1,700, Aequo.net notched $1,650 and Versicherungvergleich.org
drew $1,568.
Sedo also scored with PayOnline.org ($1,491),
Juegos-Gratis.info ($1,444) and You.info ($1,350). Huisarts.info
added $1,238, Doehring.org dispensed $1,235
and Object.net nailed $1,160.
Elsewhere LuxuryNames.com sold DefenseAttorneys.net
for $2,000 and two others; LuxuryCruise.net and
LuxuryCruises.net for $1,900 apiece. SnapNames.com sold MobileRealEstate.net
for $1,820. The AfternicDLS used Sedo's platform to pick up $1,516
for ChildRescue.org and GoDaddy Auctions rang up $1,005
for Compulsive.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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