Busy
Sales Week Topped by Two 6-Figure Deals Including One That Ranks
Among The Year's Five Biggest Sales
Flowers aren't the only things
blossoming this spring- domain sales also seem to be busting
out all over. This past week was led by two six-figure sales
including one that ranks as the 5th biggest transaction reported so
far in 2012. That is PhoneMarket.com, a name that
sold at Sedo.comfor $180,000.
Also breeching the six-figure barrier this
week was #2 AFW.com, a domain that American Furniture
Warehouse purchased through GoDaddyAuctions
for $125,000. That name was previously owned by a financial
consulting firm.
GoDaddyAuctions also reported selling Psoriasis.com
for $350,000, however that is a fully developed and
operational ecommerce
website, so cannot be viewed as a domain only sale.
A big .xxx sale takes the #3 slot
on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Domain Sales
Chart. FootFetish.xxx was sold directly by the ICM
Registry (who operates the extension) for $89,000.
That is the second biggest non .com gTLD sale reported so far in
2012 (topped only by last month's sale of CDN.net for $185,000).
By
Ron Jackson
Rounding our the first five are a pair of $50,000 ccTLD sales;
App.me,(sold by GoDaddyAuctions, and Jeu.tv ("Game"
in French), a name that MostWantedDomains.com
brokered for the seller, Legacy Fund LLC. Those two sales
also rank as the 5th biggest country code sales reported year to
date, so every category - .coms, non .com gTLDs and ccTLDs - had YTD
top ten sales in a banner week across the aftermarket.
GoDaddyAuctions piled up nine of the 20 chart entries with a
group that included #6 Cicero.com at $40,000. That was
one of 14 .coms on the elite list. The ccTLDs had the next biggest
group, taking five places on the Big Board (four of those on the top
half of the chart) including #7 HomeLoanCalculator.com.au,
sold for $37,339 byNetFleet.com.au.
The non .com gTLDs only had one representative - that big .xxx
sale at #3.
Sedo claimed five chart entries including one of the ccTLDs that
reached the top ten - #8 HB.de at $34,320. The AfternicDLS
also took multiple positions with a hand in three charted
sales.
In addition to all of the five and six figure sales on the leader
board, there were another 13 five-figure sales off the chart (those
are listed under the Top 20 list). Here's how the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday,
April 1:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. March 26, 2012 - Sun. April 1, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect April 4, 2012
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
PhoneMarket.com
$180,000
Sedo
2.
AFW.com
$125,000
GoDaddyAuctions
3.
FootFetish.xxx
$89,000
ICM Registry
4.
tie
App.me
$50,000
GoDaddyAuctions
4.
tie
Jeu.tv ("game" in French)
$50,000
MostWantedDomains
6.
Cicero.com
$40,000
GoDaddyAuctions
7.
HomeLoanCalculator.com.au
36,251 AUD = $37,339
NetFleet.com.au
8.
HB.de
€26,000 = $34,320
Sedo
9.
CloudServers.com
$32,010
GoDaddyAuctions
10.
Weights.com
$32,000
Sedo
11.
Software.com.co
€20,000 = $26,400
Sedo
12.
tie
LoveBug.com
$25,000
GoDaddyAuctions
12.
tie
ParkMe.com
$25,000
GoDaddyAuctions
14.
CloudApp.com
$24,000
GoDaddy Auctions
15.
ToteBag.com
$23,000
DomainNameSales
16.
HomeStays.com
$22,000
Sedo
17.
HealthKick.com
$21,000
AfternicDLS/
GoDaddyAuctions
18.
549.com
$20,800
AfternicDLS
19.
Adjara.com
$19,000
AfternicDLS
20.
Adven.com
$18,541
GoDaddyAuctions
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 13 more five-figure .com sales
off the chart, led by the $16,500 sale of KwikSave.com at
DomainNameSales.com.
Sedo logged 9 more sales at this level including Reisen.pl
($15,180), ChildCare.co
($14,000), CheapestLoans.co.uk ($13,200) and TouristTube.com
($12,000). HealthySpot.com added $11,739, Zonacursos.com
commanded $10,560 and TYP.com tacked on $10,099.
Two others, Zoney.com and Bazingo.com kicked in $10,000
each.
Elsewhere, emall.ca
sold StudyOnline.ca for $15,000 in a private
transaction while the AfternicDLS moved DRMG.com and
Flexible.net for $10,000 apiece.
.Com Supporting Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of
four-figure sales with GWN.com ($9,999), Ildefonso.com
($9,900) and WoodTurning.com ($9,500). They also scored
with ManToMan.com and TeamSun.com at $8,000 each
while GTRadial.com rang up another $7,950.
CoinInvest.com drew $7,260, Vitrier.com
captured $7,000 and two others; Augencentrum.com and Morgins.com
corralled $6,600 apiece. Bambou.com brought $6,402 and
Kurong.com closed at $6,290.
Sedo had 55 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $6,000 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $6,000
fertilab.com
$6,000
harborcrest.com
$2,888
indianvideos.com
$6,000
gartenwerkzeug.com
$2,640
justwin.com
$5,250
tronas.com
$2,640
chemicalsupplies.com
$5,000
duftkerzen.com
$2,513
devzero.com
$5,000
advantage360.com
$2,509
precogs.com
$5,000
discit.com
$2,508
copyservices.com
$4,800
powertools.com
$2,508
purplerock.com
$4,620
vpn-service.com
$2,500
citadelplaza.com
$4,500
richtexteditor.com
$2,499
connectrade.com
$4,500
roofdeck.com
$2,499
3dstorm.com
$4,000
cityfibre.com
$2,385
customs-broker.com
$4,000
quickstaffing.com
$2,353
mountkellet.com
$4,000
govintage.com
$2,250
rout.com
$4,000
smarthomeenergy.com
$2,250
5euros.com
$3,960
chococity.com
$2,249
abeilles.com
$3,960
tegatech.com
$2,244
mescourses.com
$3,960
homebinder.com
$2,100
localmed.com
$3,828
consulted.com
$2,046
cloudclient.com
$3,500
datecity.com
$2,000
mileshouse.com
$3,500
dayhelp.com
$2,000
anrys.com
$3,300
drgene.com
$2,000
chintonic.com
$3,300
findar.com
$2,000
hyla.com
$3,300
fixfashion.com
$2,000
cruisetravelinsurance.com
$3,000
fraq.com
$2,000
inboxpro.com
$3,000
miquan.com
$2,000
metabolictest.com
$3,000
travor.com
$2,000
pingup.com
$3,000
zuci.com
$2,000
webwiki.com
$3,000
At the AfternicDLS LocalQuotes.com locked up $9,000,
NetLab.com dissected $8,200 and LasVegasBootCamp.com
collared $7,600. BeachEscape.com attracted $6,500,
HealthyFit.com fetched $6,500 and Arcard.com
clicked for $6,200.
PhysicsForum.com and LocalRealEstate.com
landed $6,000 each while Hybridge.com hauled in $5,600.
FirstMiles.com merited $5,520 and CPGH.com
delivered $5,250.
The AfternicDLS had 94 more four-figure .com sales
ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
tradequest.com
$5,000
allthethings.com
$2,500
easyfriend.com
$4,588
contractingplus.com
$2,500
camq.com
$4,500
dfwplasticsurgery.com
$2,500
generalmed.com
$4,500
expofilms.com
$2,500
messagevault.com
$4,300
firstaidclasses.com
$2,500
makeyou.com
$4,288
fittedwardrobes.com
$2,500
geekexchange.com
$4,188
instantmobile.com
$2,500
gaole.com
$4,000
silverlogic.com
$2,500
JobCharts.com
$4,000
sterlingpointe.com
$2,500
socialchina.com
$4,000
trueplan.com
$2,500
voyou.com
$4,000
primeandbond.com
$2,488
realextreme.com
$3,888
themedicalschool.com
$2,488
prodigylearning.com
$3,800
bodyliner.com
$2,470
bluebe.com
$3,677
marriageministries.com
$2,388
userprovisioning.com
$3,677
wesellautos.com
$2,388
eblife.com
$3,572
intreat.com
$2,370
sellingtime.com
$3,390
budgetsites.com
$2,350
joinusnow.com
$3,388
phoria.com
$2,350
wearx.com
$3,388
yogaforkids.com
$2,302
worldvox.com
$3,388
openquiz.com
$2,300
opticart.com
$3,300
DealPromotion.com
$2,295
statex.com
$3,288
openspa.com
$2,288
theheroine.com
$3,288
buddybroker.com
$2,285
dikr.com
$3,250
iqlu.com
$2,200
grpweb.com
$3,188
activeinbox.com
$2,188
pcperks.com
$3,188
fleadeals.com
$2,188
styluspens.com
$3,188
filterchange.com
$2,159
filemix.com
$3,050
healthsustainability.com
$2,149
arps.com
$3,000
chinasys.com
$2,100
dermatox.com
$3,000
openhouseamerica.com
$2,100
dogcompany.com
$3,000
affordablealternative.com
$2,088
ellips.com
$3,000
datatrading.com
$2,088
fjmc.com
$3,000
eventdome.com
$2,088
jewelryandbeauty.com
$3,000
neomarkets.com
$2,088
leci.com
$3,000
saveshopping.com
$2,088
hopecentre.com
$2,960
schedulemeeting.com
$2,088
goodoffice.com
$2,888
sprintdata.com
$2,088
scanshipping.com
$2,888
whitehousefellows.com
$2,072
orangeteam.com
$2,825
angelears.com
$2,000
pecore.com
$2,800
compensationlaw.com
$2,000
marketpilot.com
$2,788
everywordmatters.com
$2,000
nighttour.com
$2,788
GOPinion.com
$2,000
reviewstop.com
$2,788
materialdesign.com
$2,000
totalcell.com
$2,788
remitir.com
$2,000
supplierbuyer.com
$2,588
rockdoc.com
$2,000
vertigomusic.com
$2,588
skinvision.com
$2,000
ecosistem.com
$2,540
squido.com
$2,000
The AfternicDLS also teamed up with YummyNames
to sell HairAndMakeup.com ($2,975), StudentLinkup.com
($2,302), WashHouse.com ($2,210) and VitalityClinic.com
($2,000).
At NoktaDomains
CicekEvi.com (Turkish for "flower house") sold for $7,000,
TowelSets.com dried off $5,460 and Festgeldzinsen.com
found $5,000. Kuehlschrank.com dusted off $3,500,
TowelSet.com socked away $3,360 and SmartBars.com
bottled $2,599. BeSports.com bagged $2,280 and
two others; PaddedPanty.com and Runik.com returned $2,000
apiece.
Elsewhere DomainNameSales.com took in $4,000 for Liftrucks.com.
Country Codes
The country codes were rocking this week,
piling up eight five-figure sales including two of the year's five
biggest in this category - App.me and Jeu.tv at $50,000
each. Those five-figure sales (all noted in the all extension
section above) fill the first eight slots on our new Country Code Top 20
Sales Chart. The biggest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet is #9 CarHireInsurance.co.uk
at $9,900 via Sedo.
Sedo rounded out the top ten with CamcorderInfo.de
at $6,072 and went on to sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries.
They kicked off the second ten with a nice .US sale, Foc.us
at $6,000. The buyer already has a website
up selling a product called Foc.us, making the domain a perfect fit
for them.
Germany's .de won the extension race
with five chart entries followed by Great Britain's .co.uk
with three. Beyond that there was a lot of diversity on this week's
chart with 12 different TLDs represented.
Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked
up for the week ending Sunday, April 1:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. March 26, 2012 - Sun.
April 1, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect April 4, 2012
There were dozens of additional
four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by the ExcellentDomains.ca
sale of WFC.ca for $4,294.
Sedo accounting for the
vast majority of the other sales with a list that included
Laserontharen.nl ($4,290), Spreed.jp ($4,000) and NachtTV.nl
($3,960). Sedo had 55 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging
from $1,000 to $3,828
that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $3,828
vegan.eu
$3,828
uncover.me
$1,550
gewinnspielwelt.de
$3,432
pio.ch
$1,452
theme.co
$3,400
simbabwe.at
$1,452
attorneys.me
$2,750
28thamendment.us
$1,321
pressekonferenz.de
$2,706
dnl.eu
$1,320
hämatit.de
$2,640
geldtransporter.de
$1,320
malachit.de
$2,640
iwi.be
$1,320
salomon.se
$2,640
select.gr
$1,320
druckvergleich.de
$2,574
superfly.fr
$1,320
printvergleich.de
$2,574
versen-ems.de
$1,320
toponlinecasino.co.uk
$2,499
groenteland.nl
$1,313
swareflex.de
$2,376
f8.cz
$1,307
tenant.co.uk
$2,376
regenschirme.eu
$1,271
ftl.tv
$2,310
machinery.tv
$1,250
helpline.nl
$2,310
ipay.in
$1,200
selbstverwaltung.de
$2,244
rgh.co
$1,200
systempartner.de
$2,138
registrierdich.de
$1,188
miseenscene.fr
$1,980
csgroup.eu
$1,187
ngm.fr
$1,980
amigosauto.es
$1,122
trefle.be
$1,980
telesecretaire.fr
$1,122
cylindre.fr
$1,848
werkzeug-zentrum.de
$1,122
vonroll.in
$1,848
localsolicitor.co.uk
$1,113
akkuschrauber.at
$1,650
klassenphotos.de
$1,109
alles-echt.de
$1,650
bastuck.ch
$1,056
reise.cz
$1,650
gutesgeld.at
$1,030
solarcompanies.co.uk
$1,590
aura.tv
$1,000
climber.de
$1,584
cuando.co
$1,000
madeintheuk.co.uk
$1,583
At NetFleet.com.au Certitude.com.au and Hivemind.com.au
sold for $3,966 apiece, LFI.com.au yielded $1,700,
BuyLifeInsurance.com.au added $1,446 and FootOrthotics.com.au
deposited $1,133.
Elsewhere, the AfternicDLS sold BSF.co for $2,000
and NoktaDomains moved AdultDatingSites.co.uk for $1,600.
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.
FootFetish.xxx stole the show inthe non .com gTLDs
category with that $89,000 sale we told you about at the
top of this report. Only one other sale from this group reached five
figures - Flexible.net at $10,000 through the
AfternicDLS. The first five on our new weekly Non .com gTLD Top 20 Chart
is filled out by Phys.org ($6,000 at the AfternicDLS),
Spielturm.info ($5,547 at Sedo) and Downloads.info
($5,512, also at Sedo).
Sedo piled up 10 of the 20 chart entries with a
roster that included #6 MusicZone.net at $5,000. The
AfternicDLS also had a very strong with nine charted domains
including #7 Principles.org at $4,888.
The .nets won the extension race with 12
charted domains followed by .org with 5. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, April 1:
Non
.Com gTLDs Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. March
26, 2012 - Sun. April 1, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect April 4, 2012
There were several dozen additional four-figure
non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by the AfternicDLS sale
of Huan.net at $2,360. They also sold SearchHub.org
for $2,288 and Akra.org for $2,088.
The AfternicDLS had 31 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
malpracticeinsurance.net
$2,000
businesstrade.org
$1,288
modelagency.org
$2,000
netprofit.org
$1,288
pssi.org
$2,000
travelweek.net
$1,288
springboard.net
$2,000
yourquote.net
$1,288
appliedintelligence.net
$1,990
edlc.net
$1,188
bioinfo.org
$1,888
wikido.org
$1,121
americanhero.net
$1,750
strikeforce.org
$1,100
SmallLoans.net
$1,700
werkstatt.net
$1,088
learngermanonline.net
$1,688
consideritdone.net
$1,000
ridgewood.net
$1,688
multipack.org
$1,000
llab.org
$1,500
pressoffice.net
$1,000
payper.net
$1,500
redfire.net
$1,000
turquoisejewelry.net
$1,500
retailspace.net
$1,000
deliverit.org
$1,488
treasurebox.net
$1,000
swissnet.net
$1,488
webpsychology.org
$1,000
CLOUD-COMPUTER.org
$1,400
The AfternicDLS also teamed up with YummyNames to sell
GirlChat.net for $1,421.
At Sedo Vess.org generated $2,000, BellaRoma.net
booked $1,900 and Birthstone.net brought $1,850.
Sedo had 20 more four-figure sales in this category
ranging from $1,000 to $1,716. Those are listed in the
table below.
Additional
Sedo Non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $1,716
finanziert.org
$1,716
online-advertising.org
$1,320
kostenlose-kreditkarte.org
$1,716
airportparking.info
$1,288
domnet.net
$1,600
cacaniqueis.net
$1,250
cesenatico.org
$1,584
massageparlors.org
$1,200
cser.org
$1,584
autoecoles.net
$1,188
filmzitate.net
$1,550
grps.org
$1,099
kunstgras.net
$1,500
bazingo.net
$1,000
newsbreak.net
$1,500
bazingo.org
$1,000
propiedades.org
$1,500
jobswap.net
$1,000
comparateurassurance.net
$1,320
ready.biz
$1,000
At NoktaDomains MeditationMusic.net drummed up $1,250,
Autokindersitze.net nabbed $1,200 and Impressum.net
produced $1,100.
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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