Year's
1st Reported 7-Figure Domain Sale Headlines a Banner Week as DomainNameSales.com
Breaks the Ice
It took two months to break the
ice, but the year's first reported 7-figure domain sale is now in
the books. Frank Schilling's DomainNameSales.comdid the honors with PersonalLoans.com at an even $1,000,000.
That name topped a stunning hit list of February sales at the
firm that gave DomainNameSales.com 10 of the 20 entries on our new
all extension Top 20 Sales Chart, including 7 places in the top 10
(and those were just sales they were able to share with me - the
majority of their sales were subject to non-disclosure agreements).
Their list was mostly made up of company
owned domains but also included some names owned by others that were
sold through their platform, including #2 LOV.com, a domain
placed there by broker Maureen Sullivan, that changed hands
for $160,000.
By
Ron Jackson
Several other major sales venues also enjoyed banner weeks,
including Sedo.com
who reported logging more than $3.5 million in total sales
last week. Leading their ledger was #3 Kboing.com at a cool $150,000
and #5 LandmarkGroup.com at $50,000. Sedo went on to
pile up seven chart entries overall.
The AfternicDLS,
as they always do, also shared in the bounty. Though their sweet
spot is the mid four-figure price range favored by the SMB
market (small and medium sized business) that they target, they rang
up three of the week's highest reported sales, including #4 ApartmentListings.com
at $87,500. YummyNames
used the AfternicDLS platform to sell #15 (tie) Capitalists.com
at $20,000.
The .coms had a dominant week,
sweeping 16 of the 20 chart entries. The ccTLDs were next with
three, led by the DomainNameSales $45,000 sale of #6 (tie) Flu.ca
(Canadian country code). Sedo posted the other two charted ccTLD
sales, both German .de domains - #14 TEV.de at $20,250
and #17 Tanga.de at $18,359.
The non .com gTLDs were limited to
one spot on the Big Board and that was not one of the usual .net or
.org suspects. This time .pro grabbed the spotlight with #11 Tech.pro
at $25,500 in a sale handled by the AfternicDLS.
Here's how the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb.
26:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 20, 2012 - Sun. Feb. 26, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Feb. 29 2012
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
PersonalLoans.com
$1,000,000
DomainNameSales
2.
LOV.com
$160,000
DomainNameSales
3.
Kboing.com
$150,000
Sedo
4.
ApartmentListings.com
$87,500
AfternicDLS
5.
LandmarkGroup.com
$50,000
Sedo
6.
tie
Flu.ca
$45,000
DomainNameSales
6.
tie
Netech.com
$45,000
DomainNameSales
6.
tie
CocktailDresses.com
$45,000
DomainNameSales
9.
Mobb.com
$42,500
DomainNameSales
10.
SolarShingles.com
$40,000
DomainNameSales
11.
Tech.pro
$25,500
AfternicDLS
12.
e-Liquid.com
$25,000
Sedo
13.
GoldNecklaces.com
$24,000
DomainNameSales
14.
TEV.de
€15,000 = $20,250
Sedo
15.
tie
Capitalists.com
$20,000
YummyNames/
AfternicDLS
15.
tie
Missin.com
$20,000
DomainNameSales
17.
Tanga.de
€13,599 = $18,359
Sedo
18.
OxygenMeter.com
$17,000
DomainNameSales
19.
GraniteWorktops.com
£10,500 = $16,695
Sedo
20.
Y0.com (letter Y, number zero)
£10,000 = $15,900
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.
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prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases.
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It was such a good sales week we could
have filled a second Top 20 Chart with five-figure sales
and still had names left over. There were 23 more sales
at this level that did not make the elite list above but would
have charted in most other weeks.
DomainNameSales had more than half of those
including BirthdayCentral.com, PunchDrunk.com and VinylReplacementwindows.com
at $15,000 each. They also scored with WatchMyWatch.com
($12,500) and a trio of names at $12,000 apiece that
included BackpackingAustralia.com, HeartValveSurgery.com
and PritningUSA.com.
Also at DomainNameSales.com, DatabaseUSA.com drew
$11,500, KitchenTowels.com absorbed $11,000 and
ActiveConnection.com kicked in $10,500. Four
others; Aereos.com, DogFoodRecipes.com, TowTruckForSale.com
and EXO.org added $10,000 each.
At Sedo RomeApartments.com returned $15,000,
MedLaser.com landed $14,000 and Wayland.com went
for $11,475. CDNReviews.com and Sucre.com
tacked on another $10,000 apiece.
The AfternicDLS deposited $13,000 for Acuto.com
while MostWantedDomains.com
collected $12,500 each for WhiteTowels.com and CottonTowels.com.
BrightNames.com
also got into the acting, tuning into $11,000 with I-TV.com.
.Com Supporting Cast
As always there was a big supporting cast of solid
four-figure .com sales. The AfternicDLS, which logged close to $1.4
million in total sales last week, had two of the highest in
that group; BathSheets.com and Medicals.com at $9,000
apiece. SeedBed.com sprouted $8,800, LanguageClasses.com
translated into $8,500 and AskAlex.com answered
with $7,900.
AboutMeditation.com merited $7,500, WebBuilding.com
billed $7,288 and CIEC.com secured $7,200. SchoolActivities.com
attracted $7,000, Weet.com captured $6,400,
EngineeringPrograms.com produced $6,160 and LearningActivities.com
lassoed $6,010.
The AfternicDLS had 112 more four-figure .com sales
ranging from $2,000 to $5,988 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,988
tcaweb.com
$5,988
SmokeSmarter.com
$2,795
kidsunlimited.com
$5,500
intuitivetech.com
$2,750
academicscholarships.com
$5,400
lolv.com
$2,750
kher.com
$5,400
cleargain.com
$2,688
healingsound.com
$5,300
freshteam.com
$2,688
dcli.com
$5,177
totenkopf.com
$2,650
mediasociety.com
$5,100
executiveprogram.com
$2,588
deliciousbites.com
$4,788
golfcamera.com
$2,541
universityprograms.com
$4,788
docgroup.com
$2,500
educationsystem.com
$4,690
fairfielddevelopment.com
$2,500
divingsites.com
$4,588
gualeguaychu.com
$2,500
lightt.com
$4,588
humanprogress.com
$2,500
pawnloan.com
$4,500
pickie.com
$2,500
solot.com
$4,488
streetlogic.com
$2,500
artificiallight.com
$4,288
jackhibbs.com
$2,488
projectyouth.com
$4,288
meltex.com
$2,477
dealextra.com
$4,192
leadsmarketplace.com
$2,400
loveflorida.com
$4,170
connecttoo.com
$2,388
MetalworkingMachinery.com
$4,000
niceandnatural.com
$2,388
partyin.com
$4,000
studenttools.com
$2,388
fledglings.com
$3,947
thermalprocessing.com
$2,388
europafilm.com
$3,815
underthemoon.com
$2,388
spicecafe.com
$3,588
lm-group.com
$2,329
tribali.com
$3,588
bigtorch.com
$2,300
facedown.com
$3,500
educationcredit.com
$2,300
kineticresearch.com
$3,500
fundmyeducation.com
$2,300
designdeal.com
$3,477
findyourdouble.com
$2,288
flagcarrier.com
$3,477
typesoft.com
$2,274
marketpress.com
$3,399
blueking.com
$2,200
summercollege.com
$3,388
insertcoins.com
$2,200
datemart.com
$3,288
playerpad.com
$2,188
healthierlives.com
$3,288
shopoften.com
$2,188
businessgraph.com
$3,270
dressingmirror.com
$2,155
fluidworks.com
$3,200
allthingstexas.com
$2,088
2hop.com
$3,188
alternativelearning.com
$2,088
constructioninstitute.com
$3,188
jewishperspective.com
$2,088
duchesse.com
$3,188
sierrarock.com
$2,088
midatlantichealth.com
$3,188
smartdps.com
$2,088
unitedhumans.com
$3,188
toddlertech.com
$2,088
wackes.com
$3,188
beveledmirrors.com
$2,000
whatismeditation.com
$3,077
bfsm.com
$2,000
imspot.com
$3,050
contentanalysis.com
$2,000
atly.com
$3,000
DryRun.com
$2,000
boosterpro.com
$3,000
EASYFUNERAL.com
$2,000
clickdelivery.com
$3,000
fleetresources.com
$2,000
djpromotions.com
$3,000
ismay.com
$2,000
jabir.com
$3,000
isothermic.com
$2,000
KarateOutlet.com
$3,000
luxuryoutdoorliving.com
$2,000
expoprint.com
$2,999
pathwayschool.com
$2,000
classicdresses.com
$2,988
prosperitypower.com
$2,000
okfood.com
$2,988
purelyperfect.com
$2,000
pointacross.com
$2,950
saskatoonrealty.com
$2,000
lecoq.com
$2,889
seedcenter.com
$2,000
supernauts.com
$2,888
tangledroots.com
$2,000
trading247.com
$2,888
thinkchrist.com
$2,000
bettersafety.com
$2,800
yameo.com
$2,000
The AfternicDLS also teamed up with YummyNames to
sell Honeycombers.com and OdorStop.com for $2,500
each. YummyNames worked with GoDaddyAuctions to sell SepticTrucks.com
for $2,227.
Back at Sedo Mayan.com made $9,000,
Rocketeer.com lifted off with $8,500 and Awan.com
unwrapped $8,000. Sport-Zone.com unzipped $7,995,
CathayDragon.com commanded $6,750 and an IDN,
Badmöbel.com, corralled $6,604.
Knokkeheist.com delivered $5,400, CarProf.com
presented $5,130 and four others; AffiliatePartners.com,
EyeBox.com, NeckLift.com and Plazaazcapotzalco.com
posted $5,000 apiece.
Sedo had 41 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,820 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,820
klapprahmen.com
$4,820
trustedmail.com
$3,000
thingle.com
$4,671
deliverthis.com
$2,899
trustedad.com
$4,600
gutscheine24.com
$2,700
home-decoration.com
$4,500
massivholzmöbel.com
$2,700
capturepower.com
$4,373
buyorder.com
$2,550
facetowel.com
$4,200
cloudrocket.com
$2,500
sportkote.com
$4,059
lotteryapps.com
$2,500
grandwines.com
$4,050
neonalley.com
$2,500
investival.com
$4,050
superyachtbrokers.com
$2,500
sclips.com
$4,050
voilage.com
$2,450
neocreo.com
$4,000
teststreifen.com
$2,300
hoteltools.com
$3,795
iaqc.com
$2,250
cloudfolders.com
$3,790
kaitou.com
$2,250
lumbi.com
$3,700
musicskull.com
$2,200
alihall.com
$3,531
easycollect.com
$2,025
agoraworld.com
$3,500
frasescelebres.com
$2,000
hairextensionstore.com
$3,500
krida.com
$2,000
i-d-e-a.com
$3,500
medicaladministrativeassistant.com
$2,000
kangabox.com
$3,500
readymath.com
$2,000
400x.com
$3,000
teijin.com
$2,000
edupin.com
$3,000
DomainNameSales.com racked up some nice
four-figure sales to complement their charted domains that you
saw earlier. JewelryBuyer.com took a fancy to $8,000,
JetFlow.com flew to $7,800 and BookGift.com
unboxed $7,500 while LyonHeart.com and TravelAzerbaijan.com
docked at $5,500 apiece.
A logjam of nine domains at
$5,000 each followed. That group included AirShipper.com, CaseyKeyRealEstate.com,
CommercialDishwasher.com, DJBookings.com, Nazaha.com,
StartAWebsite.com, UsedTowTruck.com, Varusteleka.com
and WallpaperBackgrounds.com. DomainNameSales also moved WhatsOnDubai.com
($3,000) and BlueBras.com ($2,500).
The trio of five-figure ccTLD sales
you saw on the all extension Top 20 Chart at the top of this report,
led by Flu.ca at $45,000, fill the first three slots
in our latest weekly Country Code Top 20
Sales Chart. The highest sale from this category that you
haven't seen yet is #4 USA.me, a domain that changed hands
for $9,200 at Sedo.
Sedo, who went on to pile up 16 of the 20 chart
entries, rounded out the first five with Who.me at
$8,277. DomainLore.co.uk
prevented them from sweeping the next five too by claiming the #8
spot with BouncyCastleHire.co.uk for $6,519.
Sedo's romp through the second 10 was interrupted
only by a pair of Australian sales. VirtualPropertyExpert..com.ausold #12 MyLoan.com.au for $5,400 and NetFleet.com.au
moved #15 AllTrades.com.au for $4,882.
Germany's .de and Montenegro's .me
wound up tying in the race among extensions with each taking six
chart entries. Australia's .com.au was the only other TLD
with multiple entries taking two spots. Six other nations claimed
one place apiece.
Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked
up for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 26:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. Feb. 20, 2012 - Sun. Feb.
26, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Feb. 29, 2012
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1
Flu.ca
$45,000
DomainNameSales
2.
TEV.de
€15,000 =
$20,250
Sedo
3.
Tanga.de
€13,599 =
$18,359
Sedo
4.
USA.me
$9,200
Sedo
5.
Who.me
$8,277
Sedo
6.
TheFarm.cn
€5,900 =
$7,965
Sedo
7.
Giganet.de
€5,500 =
$7,425
Sedo
8.
BouncyCastleHire.co.uk
£4,100
= $6,519
DomainLore.co.uk
9.
Stocks.me
$6,399
Sedo
10.
tie
BudgetMobile.de
€4,000 =
$5,400
Sedo
10.
tie
Kulturaustausch.de ("cultural exchange" in German)
There were dozens of additional
four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all
but three of those with a list that included XNXX.si ($4,320),
Diabetes.me ($4,100) and two others at $4,050 each; KMO.de
and VIPCasino.it. An IDN, Schilddrüsenpraxis.de, added
another $4,016.
Sedo had 80 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging
from $1,000 to $4,000
that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $4,000
technology.me
$4,000
cam4.tv
$1,584
school.me
$3,600
barter.us
$1,550
bloodmoon.ru
$3,375
beddenenmatrassen.nl
$1,485
kinderwagens.be
$3,375
bag.me
$1,451
eqq.de
$3,240
swags.co.uk
$1,423
günstige-stromanbieter.de
$3,240
ferienhaus-ferienwohnung.at
$1,418
llc.me
$3,111
sync.cc
$1,400
pro-tec.de
$3,104
commerzbank.tv
$1,350
börse.tv
$2,700
ebuero.ch
$1,350
valenciana.es
$2,700
klima-häuser.de
$1,350
vintageshop.nl
$2,700
lechocolat.fr
$1,350
eroveiling.nl
$2,633
neverasportatiles.es
$1,350
venture.me
$2,550
prosource.co.uk
$1,350
domaintools.co
$2,500
trainertipps.de
$1,350
a4.de
$2,430
xnxx.gr
$1,350
gezondgids.nl
$2,410
nura.ch
$1,283
asia.me
$2,401
retargeting.nl
$1,250
science.me
$2,350
anticaduta.it
$1,215
iffp.de
$2,228
mihaela.eu
$1,215
cdm.ch
$2,160
voyanceenligne.fr
$1,215
thecounter.co.uk
$2,067
nla.eu
$1,202
foto.st
$2,050
buycoins.co.uk
$1,193
industriehallenbau.de
$2,025
annas.ch
$1,148
moebel24.at
$2,025
marmeladenshop.de
$1,148
rundumshaus.de
$2,025
spielstand.de
$1,148
whiskey.me
$2,025
videoweb.ch
$1,148
casino-online.ca
$2,000
nly.us
$1,100
ray.at
$1,958
s0.de
$1,080
d.gy
$1,900
supersalute.it
$1,073
software.me
$1,850
accidentclaims.co
$1,050
euromotor.de
$1,823
vacation.me
$1,049
pickmeup.de
$1,755
dachwohnung.de
$1,049
rollo-shop.de
$1,755
ltl.de
$1,049
wigs.me
$1,755
kindererziehung.eu
$1,040
grafikschule.de
$1,754
uwf.de
$1,027
holidaysthailand.co.uk
$1,620
meingeschirrspüler.de
$1,013
greatgame.nl
$1,607
musikblog.ch
$1,013
luckypenny.de
$1,607
done.es
$1,000
socialme.de
$1,607
plopsalanddepanne.be
$1,000
cuernavaca.org.mx
$1,600
sgn.me
$1,000
Elsewhere, TAC.us changed hands for $1,977
in a private transaction and NetFleet.com.au sold QU.com.au
for $1,599 and InsuranceQueensland.com.au for $1,540.
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 quartet of five-figure sale set the pace
forthe non.com gTLDs this week. Those were listed in
the all extension section earlier, so the highest sale from this group that you haven't seen yet is
#5
on our new Non .com gTLD Top 20 Chart - EIE.org, a
domain that went for $7,000 through the AfternicDLS.
Sedo wound up taking the most chart entries, piling
up 13 places on the leader board including a trio of .orgsthat
filled positions 6, 7 and 8; One4One.org ($5,000), Home-Security.org
($4,590) and Sox.org ($4,250).
The .orgs wound up easily winning the extension race with 10
charted domains compared to just 5 for the .nets. The
five remaining spots were split up between five different
extensions, .pro, .biz, .mobi, .xxx and .info,
with each taking one.
Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, Feb. 26:
Non
.Com gTLDs Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Feb.
20, 2012 - Sun. Feb. 26, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Feb. 29, 2012
Domain
Sold
For
Where Sold
1.
Tech.pro
$25,500
AfternicDLS
2.
Nettolohnrechner.org ("net salary calculator in German)
There were several dozen additional four-figure
non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by Sedo's sales of LoveBug.org
and Snowball.net at $2,500 apiece. HalongBay.info brought
$2,230, CFDTrading.org added $1,889 and an IDN,
Imóveis.net, notched $1,800.
Also at Sedo, Artist.info and TravelAsia.org
drew $1,500 each. GGA.org generated $1,450 and
two others; Spirulinebio.org and Windows-Forum.info
fetched $1,350 apiece. Nachos.org swallowed $1,200,
OOM.info found $1,188 and Bols.org banked $1,000.
Back at the AfternicDLS, Kiai.net contributed
$2,413 while three others; Benu.net, BuiltToLast.org
and SalesCall.net clicked for $2,088 each.
The AfternicDLS had 26 more four-figure sales in this
category ranging from $1,000 to $2,000. Those are listed in the
table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS Non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,000
cyrano.net
$2,000
bdl.net
$1,400
ifocus.net
$2,000
bluehill.net
$1,288
freeagent.org
$1,937
injurycare.net
$1,288
vocalmusic.org
$1,888
tavora.net
$1,275
termiteinspection.net
$1,800
jnu.net
$1,250
blca.net
$1,796
leadin.org
$1,250
christiandrugrehab.net
$1,788
webcontent.net
$1,250
paintit.net
$1,788
parallelogram.net
$1,200
smartcenter.net
$1,720
tapioca.net
$1,200
nrec.net
$1,688
helloit.net
$1,088
quantumsolutions.org
$1,588
alef.org
$1,000
wbz.net
$1,500
careinnovations.org
$1,000
sapphirerings.org
$1,450
commercialinteriors.net
$1,000
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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