Five
$50,000+ Sales Give Moniker/SnapNames Top Spots on This Week's
Domain Sales Chart
After a quartet of six-figure saleslast
week none broke free of five-figure gravity this week
but there were more solid sales in that range than usual - almost
enough to fill two Top 20 charts. Moniker/SnapNames
led the charge, sweeping the first five spots on our latest all
extension leader board with a quintet fronted by QuoteBaby.com
at $89,965.
Rounding out their fab five were Edens.com
at $70,000, a pair of names at $60,000 each (eMedia.com
and Write.com) and FijiIslands.com at $58,830.
Moniker/SnapNames put three more names on the second half of the
elite list to finish with eight charted domains, more than any other
venue.
UpMarketDNs.com
also had a nice outing, placing four geodomains among the week's top
ten reported sales. Blackburn.com, Leicester.com, Ulster.com
and Wolverhampton.com went for $25,000 apiece there to
tie for #7 on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart.
By
Ron Jackson
Sedo.com
took control on the second half of the Big Board, piling up five of
the final ten entries with a roster led by #11 Academi.com at
$24,208. Sedo also accounted for the only ccTLD on
this week's chart; #13 Done.co.uk at $23,000. The non
.com gTLDs were also limited to one chart entry, that being the
Moniker/SnapNames sale of #19 PolarBear.org at $17,825.
The only other venue with multiple chart entries was GoDaddyAuctions.
They hit the daily double with #6 2800.com at $30,000
and #16 InspiredGiving.com at $20,000. NameJet
also earned chart honors with #15 Sora.com at $21,300.
Here's how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday,
November 6:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 31, 2011 - Sun. Nov. 6, 2011 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Nov. 9, 2011
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
QuoteBaby.com
$89,965
Moniker/SnapNames
2.
Edens.com
$70,000
Moniker/SnapNames
3.
tie
eMedia.com
$60,000
Moniker/SnapNames
3.
tie
Write.com
$60,000
Moniker/SnapNames
5.
FijiIslands.com
$58,830
Moniker/SnapNames
6.
2800.com
$30,000
GoDaddyAuctions
7.
tie
Blackburn.com
$25,000
UpMarketDNs
7.
tie
Leicester..com
$25,000
UpMarketDNs
7.
tie
Ulster.com
$25,000
UpMarketDNs
7.
tie
Wolverhampton.com
$25,000
UpMarketDNs
11.
Academi.com
€17,800 = $24,208
Sedo
12.
CommercialProperties.com
$23,500
Moniker/SnapNames
13.
Done.co.uk
$23,000
Sedo
14.
RealEstateLaw.com
$21,500
Moniker/SnapNames
15.
Sora.com
$21,300
NameJet
16.
InspiredGiving.com
$20,000
GoDaddyAuctions
17.
tie
EduBlogs.com
$18,000
Sedo
17.
tie
Lanyard.com
$18,000
Sedo
19.
PolarBear.org
$17,825
Moniker/SnapNames
20.
Berrys.com
$17,750
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
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There were 18 more five-figure sales off the
chart led by a pair of $17,500 sales. Trademark Unlimited sold
Bridge.co.za for that sum in a private transaction while Sedo
moved HappyShop.com for the same amount. Sedo had six more at
this level including NewCompany.com ($16,320), Etudiants.com
($15,640) and KPI.com ($15,075). Comparable.com
added $15,000, HCT.com tallied $13,000 and CBonds.com
earned $10,000. At the AfternicDLSStrapless.com attracted $16,000 while StarBright.com
brought $10,000.
GoDaddyAuctions piled up six more sales in this range
led by HealthQuest.org ($13,000),
AutomatedScoring.com ($12,000) and VacationFinder.com ($11,900).
They sold three others; AbleBank.com, iWellness.com and JoinUp.com
for $10,000 each. Elsewhere, Moniker/SnapNames banked $13,150
for NightOwl.com and NameJet notched $11,100 for Jiuzhuang.com.
.Com Supporting Cast
Moniker/SnapNames led the four-figure .com
supporting cast with OYeah.com at $9,760. PregnancyForum.com
provided $8,750, Bangdan.com brought $7,002
and StartHub.com hauled in $6,500. BlackTomato.com
tacked on $5,500, Alright.com returned $4,400
and Gamevicio.com gained $4,000.
Also at Moniker/SnapNames, Xinbo.com zipped
up $3,901, SmokeSignals.com drew $3,521 and
Chillen.com chalked up $3,500. KeyRun.com
rang up $3,268, Ododoc.com delivered $2,500
and UsedStuff.com stacked up $2,350. YellowNet.com
yielded $2,100, FlaglerCounty.com clicked for $2,053
and Mingbao.com bagged $2,000.
Back at Sedo Shopfitters.com shouldered $9,540,
Latt.com landed $8,500 and ContentLocker.com
secured $8,000. AffiliateTraffic.com attracted
$7,155 while Euroestudios.com and Xeptor.com
deposited $6,800 each.
i60.com sold for $6,750, UKProperty.com
produced $6,556 and MSX.com captured $6,100.
GoPhone.com fetched $6,000, Citibet.com
booked $5,508, BeautyWrap.com reaped $5,500
and ChinaLighting.com lit up $5,168.
Sedo had 27 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
indico.com
$5,000
cloudftp.com
$2,900
jet-group.com
$4,896
cashmere-shop.com
$2,720
kidsin.com
$4,760
selbststaendige.com
$2,720
marcheauxpuces.com
$4,760
prepwork.com
$2,600
bogey.com
$4,755
lonar.com
$2,550
commerciaux.com
$4,216
marketmogul.com
$2,500
YJA.com
$4,012
vietshop.com
$2,500
drvisit.com
$4,000
topdream.com
$2,250
cloudssl.com
$3,790
linkies.com
$2,200
strandbar.com
$3,539
uabasketball.com
$2,200
shichi.com
$3,500
lingerie-femme.com
$2,176
srsly.com
$3,500
hotelsinfrance.com
$2,040
coparents.com
$3,400
edvardsen.com
$2,000
diseo.com
$3,000
At NameJet, CWW.com commanded $9,100,
UTT.com tallied $8,600 and eShield.com
eclipsed $8,400. Shige.com cleared $8,015, PetZone.com
penned in $7,601 and GiftsOnline.com greeted $7,300.
WebWriter.com went for $6,100, Cryogen.com
cracked $5,600 and STDTest.com revealed $4,804.
Blindfolds.com and Conformer.com found $4,100
apiece and Everstone.com corralled $4,066.
NameJet had 23 more four-figure .com sales ranging
from $2,000 to $3,800 that are listed in the table
below:
Additional
NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,800
seaborne.com
$3,800
bitsmart.com
$2,700
faceboke.com
$3,766
childseat.com
$2,650
powerlight.com
$3,700
buymed.com
$2,600
sous.com
$3,460
eprinters.com
$2,600
powr.com
$3,298
unnu.com
$2,600
ventureclub.com
$3,100
miamibeachflorida.com
$2,599
youshan.com
$3,100
energyacademy.com
$2,501
sunhost.com
$3,001
changxiu.com
$2,500
carbonblack.com
$3,000
hanyawanita.com
$2,432
anred.com
$2,900
gnmail.com
$2,400
hauls.com
$2,850
u56.com
$2,001
nhtsa.com
$2,800
At the AfternicDLS ProChallenge.com chipped in $8,343,
DAM.com cornered $6,500 and LaptopKeyboards.com
connected for $5,500. Four others; FabSolutions.com, KCBBG.com,
PoolTableFelt.com and WOYP.com posted $5,000 each.
TapInc.com took in $4,688, SwissJobs.com
clocked in at $4,588 and GameDayTickets.com dispensed $4,500.
DowntownCasino.com raked in $4,488 and EcoCleanse.com
scrubbed up $4,388.
The AfternicDLS had 73 more four-figure .com sales
ranging from $2,000 to $4,000 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
administrivia.com
$4,000
duoworld.com
$2,588
artplan.com
$4,000
eatlessmeat.com
$2,588
heavenlybeauty.com
$3,988
rentalco.com
$2,588
knighthawks.com
$3,950
sweetbid.com
$2,588
wellnesscommunity.com
$3,788
benno.com
$2,500
beautyessential.com
$3,770
CAMCARD.com
$2,500
federaldefenselawyers.com
$3,750
endurancetraining.com
$2,500
getbetternow.com
$3,588
velorum.com
$2,500
dealwarehouse.com
$3,500
scholarium.com
$2,488
medtrition.com
$3,500
dvstyle.com
$2,466
vialingua.com
$3,500
johntower.com
$2,388
businessinvietnam.com
$3,488
playachiquita.com
$2,388
trade2.com
$3,488
schoolofyoga.com
$2,388
liveinnanny.com
$3,250
seaandski.com
$2,388
littlesun.com
$3,188
webpara.com
$2,388
moodcast.com
$3,188
startmakingsense.com
$2,300
videri.com
$3,188
ubeonline.com
$2,250
zero-in.com
$3,102
i-support.com
$2,228
firstinvestmentbank.com
$3,088
1crm.com
$2,200
AirClassifier.com
$3,000
itready.com
$2,200
casinoblitz.com
$3,000
peptv.com
$2,200
computersavvy.com
$3,000
digitalli.com
$2,199
gotoasia.com
$3,000
brightlearning.com
$2,188
superbeta.com
$3,000
houseofsounds.com
$2,188
tutorialservices.com
$3,000
blacktechnology.com
$2,088
ultimateproposal.com
$3,000
globalinvestmentcommunity.com
$2,088
WirelessAlarmSystems.com
$2,995
pirateprincess.com
$2,088
hollywoodpitch.com
$2,988
DailyWeightLoss.com
$2,000
ahwllc.com
$2,950
furnitureclinic.com
$2,000
alloyservices.com
$2,888
keydental.com
$2,000
bbeat.com
$2,800
nutcases.com
$2,000
thebis.com
$2,800
PersonalCommerce.com
$2,000
mirrorframe.com
$2,788
retaillocations.com
$2,000
radiusinc.com
$2,788
rugimports.com
$2,000
shopkiosk.com
$2,788
uniqueu.com
$2,000
boomerbiz.com
$2,588
wildernesssports.com
$2,000
designaudit.com
$2,588
At UpmarketDNS.com StokeOnTrent.com and HomeCounties.com
changed hands for $7,000 each while six others; Dunstable.com,
ForestOfDean.com, HerneBay.com, Pennines.com,
Runcorn.com and SouthendonSea.com went for
$6,000 apiece.
Elsewhere Optimo.com
sold LuxeTravel.com for $5,000 while YummyNames
teamed up with the AfternicDLS to sell Taberna.com ($2,839)
and IRDI.com ($2,800).
Country Codes
Done.co.uk, theonly ccTLD to
make the all extension Top 20 chart you saw above, leads this week's
Country Code Top 20 Chart with that $23,000 sale we
told you about at Sedo. A nice South African ccTLD sale - Bridge.co.za
at $17,500 in a private transaction - claimed the #2 spot
with iDate.de rounding out the first three with an $8,160
sale at Sedo.
Sedo went on to sweep 19 of the 21 chart entries
(the extra spot resulted from a tie for the final position). Their
roster included #4 Stock.tv at $7,500 and a pair of
names that tied for #5; Elternwissen.de and Tweak.co.uk at
$5,440 each.
DomainLore.co.uk
helped break up the Sedo monopoly with their sale of #17 Injury-Lawyers.co.uk
at $3,341. .UK domains wound up taking five places on
the elite list - one less than Germany's popular .de extension.
Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked
up for the week ending November 6:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. Oct. 31, 2011 - Sun. Nov.
6, 2011 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Nov. 9, 2011
There were several dozen additional
four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all
of those. They banked $2,992 for Shift.fr, $2,856 for
Restaurant-Pass.de and $2,720 each for Pingu.ch
and Regiodate.nl.
Sedo had 37 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging form $1,020 to $2,448
that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,448
aisin.cn
$2,448
wanderschuh.de
$1,496
ipsolutions.co.uk
$2,385
zodiac.co.nz
$1,387
queja.es
$2,312
architectura.eu
$1,360
bauklötze.de
$2,040
chillum.co.uk
$1,360
cinderella.ch
$2,040
cork.it
$1,360
liner.ch
$2,040
kompany.de
$1,360
geschenke-dresden.de
$2,039
tecmedia-neuss.de
$1,360
dc.la
$2,000
hamburghotels.de
$1,359
mothercare.md
$2,000
lifta.ch
$1,340
happycar.de
$1,904
mobilefirst.de
$1,333
go.fm
$1,890
babyparking.it
$1,292
wahlbuch.de
$1,797
casinonet.de
$1,224
creativenetwork.co.uk
$1,789
eden.in
$1,200
prodeoadvocaat.nl
$1,618
fahrsilo.de
$1,088
socialyse.fr
$1,605
lampen-wittmann.de
$1,088
jobsincardiff.co.uk
$1,590
lifter.de
$1,074
bek.co
$1,500
mobilisiert.de
$1,020
hao.tv
$1,500
waterconditioners.co.uk
$1,020
hbb.tv
$1,500
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.
After a horrid week last week (with all
sales falling below $5,000), the non .com gTLDs bounced back
this week with a pair of five-figure sales that lead our new Top
20 Chart for this category. Those were PolarBear.org,
sold for $17,825 at Moniker/SnapNames, and HealthQuest.org
at $13,000 via GoDaddyAuctions.
The #3 slot went to Sedo for HotelReservation.net
at $9,500 and the AfternicDLS rounded out the first four with
Stonegate.net at $9,000. The AfternicDLS went on to
claim seven chart entries, more than any other venue.
The .nets won the race among extensions
claiming 12 places on the elite list with .orgs taking the
remaining eight. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the
week ending November. 6:
Non
.Com gTLDs Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Oct.
31, 2011 - Sun. Nov. 6, 2011 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Nov. 9, 2011
There were several dozen additional four-figure
non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by the Moniker/SnapNames
sale of RealEstateBrokers.net at $2,219. They also
sold WCTRS.org for $2,001 and FiberOptic.net
for $1,001.
Back at the AfternicDLS Bizmatch.net notched $2,188,
AdventureTV.net tuned in $2,000 and BusinessMBA.org
earned $1,797.
The AfternicDLS had 16 more four-figure non .com gTLD
sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,758 that are listed in
the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS Non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $1,758
citg.net
$1,758
irad.net
$1,200
antimony.net
$1,750
gyre.net
$1,188
bren.net
$1,500
hgar.org
$1,088
debtmasters.net
$1,500
wlda.org
$1,088
melander.net
$1,488
administrivia.net
$1,000
synergyweb.net
$1,488
brainwaves.org
$1,000
virtualbuilding.net
$1,288
eltern.org
$1,000
ccpe.net
$1,200
ilibrary.net
$1,000
At Sedo Roben.net returned $2,040, an IDN
- Kopfhörer.net - drew $2,039 and two others; NCRE.org
and Statt.net dispensed $2,000 each.
Sedo had 16 more four-figure non .com gTLD sales
ranging from $1,000 to $1,768 that are listed in the
table below:
Additional
Sedo Non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $1,768
stitch.biz
$1,768
schnupfen.org
$1,156
weddingcatering.net
$1,565
up2.net
$1,150
kindergeld.org
$1,467
o6.net
$1,049
scores.info
$1,428
bioidenticalhormones.org
$1,025
chicagoautoinsurance.net
$1,400
2help.org
$1,020
koch.info
$1,292
bedrijfskleding.net
$1,020
fotze.org
$1,210
zandvoort.biz
$1,020
adult-dating.org
$1,200
naxos.net
$1,000
At NameJet the winners included Hi5.net ($1,500),
FCP.org ($1,412) and NPD.net ($1,409). Rank.info reeled
in $1,210 and TNB.net buttoned up $1,105.
Elsewhere YummyNames teamed up with the AfternicDLS to
sell Orca.org for $1,901.
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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