George
Kirikos Uncovers Three Blockbuster Sales Totaling Over $1.1 Million
With That Trio Filling the Top Spots on This Week's Sales Chart
I was away covering theT.R.A.F.F.I.C.
2012conference through Wednesday of this week. That
pushed the publication schedule for this weekly column back three
days, resulting in this rare Saturday release of our weekly domain
sales report.
You may recall hearing about some very
nice domain names, Challenge.com, VI.com and RH.com.
being sold this year at prices that were either undisclosed or
unverified, preventing us from charting them. That changed this week
when George Kirikos,
who knows his way around financial reports and SEC filings
better than anyone I know of in this business, found the prices
of those domains in recent SEC filings made by the purchasing
companies.
The numbers were very impressive with Visaluspaying $500,000 for Challenge.com and
$325,000 for VI.com and Restoration
Hardware shelling out $304,000 for RH.com
in a deal brokered by MediaOptions.com.
Those three sales fill the first three spots on our latest weekly
all extension Top 20 Sales Chart and they all rank
among the ten biggest sales reported so
far this year.
Yet another six-figure sale was reported
this week - Fahrrad.com at $117,000 in a deal handled
by Sedo.
Chad Wright's Webquest.comrounded out the first five with their $85,000 sale of
Adrenaline.com.
By
Ron Jackson
Sedo piled up eight chart entries
including three of the four ccTLD sales on this week's leader
board. The country code contingent was led by their sale of #10 Online-Casinos.at
at $31,200. The non-Sedo ccTLD sale on the elite list was #15
CentralCoast.com.au, sold by NetFleet.com.au
for $24,684.
The non .com gTLDs were limited to one
entry on the Big Board - #19 82.net at $17,905 via GoDaddyAuctions. The other 15 spots went to .coms
including the first nine charted sales in a row. DomainNameSales
had a hand in four of the top .com sales with a group led by #7 AustinHomes.com
at $40,000.
Chart honors also went to DomainMarket.com
for #6 Upper Peninsula.com at $55,000, DomainAdvisors.com,
who shared the $30,000 sale of #11 (tie) FashionPlate.com
with DomainNamesSales, and Afternic
who sold #18 DemocraticCapitalism.com for $20,000.
Here is how the sales leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, Oct. 7:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 1, 2012 - Sun. Oct. 7, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Oct. 12, 2012
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Challenge.com
$500,000
Pvt Sale
2.
VI.com
$325,000
Pvt Sale
3.
RH.com
$304,000
MediaOptions
4.
Fahrrad.com
€90,000 = $117,000
Sedo
5.
Adrenaline.com
$85,000
Webquest
6.
UpperPeninsula.com
$55,000
DomainMarket
7.
AustinHomes.com
$40,000
DomainNameSales
8.
Vadi.com
$37,000
Sedo
9.
CasinoFloor.com
$32,500
Sedo
10.
Online-Casinos.at
€24,000 = $31,200
Sedo
11.
tie
Backsplash.com
$30,000
Sedo
11.
tie
FashionPlate.com
$30,000
DomainAdvisors/
DomainNameSales
13.
FileLocker.com
$27,500
DomainNameSales
14.
Design.eu
€19,000 = $24,700
Sedo
15.
CentralCoast.com.au
24,200 AUD = $24,684
NetFleet.com.au
16.
PowerIce.com
$21,000
DomainNameSales
17.
Brasile.it
€15,601 = $20,281
Sedo
18.
DemocraticCapitalism.com
$20,000
Afternic
19.
82.net
$17,905
GoDaddyAuctions
20.
Militaria.com
€12,500 = $16,250
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 ten more five-figure sales just off
the chart with Sedo posting seven of those including Namorar.com.br
($15,000), Township.com ($13,733) and MobileRecharge.com
($13,000). They also moved GiftBag.com for $12,000,
MyBags.co.uk for $10,920, Space.travel for $10,500
and Roamly.com for $10,000.
Elsewhere DomainMarket.com sold HybridFiber.com
for $10,500 and Davras.com for $10,000
while DomainNameSales distilled $10,000 from Moonshiner.com.
.Com Supporting Cast
Afternic led the supporting cast of
four-figure .com sales with DriedFood.com at $8,996.
They added $8,000 for MarketingIT.com, $7,500
for StockMarketing.com and $6,406 for TOMC.com.
VGRE.com drew $5,400 while five others; KIBS.com,
Londone.com, MovieRage.com, ReviveAmerica.com
and UltraRunner.com returned $5,000 each. Reys.com
chipped in another $4,700.
The AfternicDLS had 81 more four-figure
.com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,500 that are
listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
artup.com
$4,500
arpeggi.com
$2,500
digitalinteriors.com
$4,500
bitesized.com
$2,500
rrws.com
$4,500
bolf.com
$2,500
constructionmanual.com
$4,288
cloudtravel.com
$2,500
alwaysinmotion.com
$4,250
indexdesign.com
$2,500
schoolofministry.com
$4,188
maketomorrowtoday.com
$2,500
roomsinc.com
$4,088
onlinedomains.com
$2,500
seabord.com
$4,000
qsbk.com
$2,500
tange.com
$3,900
searchjokes.com
$2,500
fixitchicks.com
$3,860
smwireless.com
$2,500
cpah.com
$3,750
storagesolution.com
$2,500
conservativeinvestment.com
$3,588
techimpact.com
$2,500
dhsassoc.com
$3,588
thriveinternational.com
$2,500
philanthropycenter.com
$3,588
lainternacional.com
$2,488
rbworld.com
$3,588
undeniabletruth.com
$2,488
supremegallery.com
$3,588
bitlist.com
$2,400
clickfinance.com
$3,500
brandbin.com
$2,395
homecoverage.com
$3,500
channelgood.com
$2,395
santier.com
$3,422
parkingalert.com
$2,395
overdriver.com
$3,300
ledconsultant.com
$2,388
doctorbox.com
$3,088
loopworks.com
$2,330
aerowheels.com
$3,000
expressionsoftime.com
$2,284
doingsomething.com
$3,000
steamsterilizer.com
$2,202
hylux.com
$3,000
designprintgo.com
$2,200
thepaintedlady.com
$3,000
sohostudios.com
$2,200
topcrew.com
$3,000
educateasia.com
$2,188
topseeds.com
$3,000
kindredkids.com
$2,188
westcoastproperties.com
$3,000
radiationalert.com
$2,188
groupcomp.com
$2,988
rhinoplastycenter.com
$2,188
accelerateventures.com
$2,595
naturesjoy.com
$2,144
sc2u.com
$2,595
geniusbox.com
$2,115
breezeworks.com
$2,588
intercambialo.com
$2,115
conservativeinvestments.com
$2,588
premierpaints.com
$2,088
conversionlab.com
$2,588
singleaccess.com
$2,088
covenantblessings.com
$2,588
citycommercial.com
$2,000
covenantpartner.com
$2,588
historicresource.com
$2,000
heritagelodge.com
$2,588
icenightclub.com
$2,000
totaldeck.com
$2,588
minikino.com
$2,000
lasvegasteetimes.com
$2,577
printmodels.com
$2,000
templeofboom.com
$2,577
technologyevents.com
$2,000
comerico.com
$2,527
Back at Sedo Playverse.com plucked $8,500,
MovieOrganizer.com assembled $6,500 and Neighbour.com
notched $6,000. PTZ.com posted $5,300, Vanuden.com
captured $5,150 and three others; CoolReads.com, TheElectric.com
and WeSendIt.com delivered $5,000 apiece. HotelMobi.com
welcomed $4,550 and JuanVicini.com booked $4,400.
Sedo had 25 more four-figure
sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,900 that are
listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,900
assurancequad.com
$3,900
crownlake.com
$2,400
visico.com
$3,800
daygamepua.com
$2,395
isdx.com
$3,500
webmasterlounge.com
$2,360
foodstart.com
$3,250
travauxpublics.com
$2,340
seechina.com
$3,000
floridacommunitybank.com
$2,200
tmeeting.com
$3,000
searchpoems.com
$2,100
reisen-usa.com
$2,925
fashionpeak.com
$2,000
bettingaffiliates.com
$2,700
hcgdietclinic.com
$2,000
33996.com
$2,600
keenmind.com
$2,000
baconnation.com
$2,500
myhorsehistory.com
$2,000
bestbackups.com
$2,500
performancepowdercoating.com
$2,000
streetsmartz.com
$2,500
raap.com
$2,000
wexinc.com
$2,500
DomainNameSales (DNS) sold Addvertising.com
for $5,000 and 1969Camaro.com for $3,500
while DomainAdvisors.com used the DNS platform to sell AirConditioningContractor.com
($6,000), MalibuSurfBoards.com ($4,200) and CarrolltonProperties.com
($3,500). GoDaddyAuctions used DNS to find buyers for CancerShop.com
($3,000), MathPak.com ($2,500) and OregonCoastWeddings.com
($2,000).
YummyNames
teamed up with Afternic to sell IXOU.com for $4,277
and Capillus.com for $2,695 and they also sold DataOptions.com
and FloridaBreeze.com on their own for $2,000 each.
The ccTLDs had a very solid week led by the
half dozen five-figure sales we listed in the all extension
section above. Those fill the first six slots on our new
weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart.
The biggest sale in this category that you haven't
seen yet is #7 Farm.co at $8,000 via Sedo. They
went on to sweep 18 of the 20 chart entries, including 9 of the top
10. Only NetFleet.com.au with #3 CentralCoast.com.au
at $24,684 and DomainShopper.com
with #17 Cameo.tv at $5,000 kept Sedo from running the
ccTLD table.
Great Britain's .co.uk easily won the extension race with
six chart entries. The European Union's .eu was the only
other TLD with multiple chart entries, scoring twice. In a
remarkably diverse week, the remaining 12 posts were divided between
12 different extensions.
Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked
up for the week ending Sunday, Oct. 7:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. Oct. 1, 2012 - Sun. Oct.
7, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Oct. 12, 2012
There were several dozen
more
four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all
but four of those with a roster led by an IDN, StarCasinò.it,
at $3,250. F.gy added $2,750 followed by a
five-name logjam at $2,600 each that included CloudMail.de,
ECU.it, Elektronikdienstleister.de, Pizza24.dk
and Vacancesscolaires.fr.
Sedo had 36 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging
from $1,000 to $3,096
that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,340
pair.it
$2,340
finegoods.ru
$1,300
rechtdoor.nl
$2,321
iluv.fr
$1,300
foulards.fr
$1,950
immobilienmakler-vergleich.de
$1,300
gigolos.de
$1,950
las-vegas.fr
$1,300
mein-wunsch.de
$1,918
motoking.de
$1,300
funkmikrofone.de
$1,892
pfauenhof.at
$1,300
cheforma.it
$1,755
serverdown.de
$1,300
slotmaschinen.de
$1,755
ultra-definition.de
$1,300
eventticker.de
$1,677
yem.nl
$1,300
voke.be
$1,625
druckerplanet.de
$1,274
maxdb.de
$1,560
vermoegensteuer.de
$1,238
navidadonline.es
$1,560
beef.eu
$1,170
ostsee-klinik.de
$1,560
seppelfricke.it
$1,170
tumedico.es
$1,560
redpoint.ch
$1,105
allo-credit.fr
$1,555
tourbillon.fr
$1,040
nationalcarrental.ind.in
$1,500
bonaire-exclusief.nl
$1,008
bouwmarkttotaal.nl
$1,495
cairns.com.cn
$1,000
duftrosen.de
$1,443
informationweek.co.uk
$1,000
At DomainLore.co.ukSU.co.uk contributed $2,818, Achieve.co.uk
clicked for $2,441 and Splashbacks.co.uk kicked in $1,079.
Elsewhere Afternic sold VillasCostaBrava.co.uk
for $1,150.
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.
The non .com gTLDs were led by a pair of
five-figure sales, 82.net at $17,905 through
GoDaddyAuctions and a rare .travel sale - Space.travel
- at $10,500 via Sedo. The next six spots on our latest weekly Non .com
gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart all went to .nets, led by #3 MB.net
at $7,100 (through NameJet)
and #4 JPA.net at $6,000 (via Afternic).
Afternic piled up 10 chart entries to lead all
venues. Sedo was next with six led by #5 (tie) MailOrderBride.net
at $5,000. DomainNameSales also took a share of the #5 slot
with CalgaryRealEstate.net at $5,000.
The .nets easily won the extension race with
13 chart entries. The .orgs were further back than usual this
week with five, led by #9 TheGallery.org at $2,888.
.Travel had the other two with #18 (tie) Bangkok.travel at $2,000
joining Space.travel.
Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, Oct. 7:
Non
.Com gTLDs Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Oct.
1, 2012 - Sun. Oct. 7, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Oct. 12, 2012
There were several dozen more four-figure sales off the
chart led by Afternic's sales of Sigis.net at $1,977, SynergyConsulting.net
at $1,888 and Dressers.org at $1,800.
The AfternicDLS had 20 more four-figure non
.com sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,775. Those are listed in the
chart below:
Additional
AfternicDLS Non .com Sales Between $1,000 - $1,775
safeoffice.net
$1,775
ispguide.net
$1,288
izy.net
$1,688
nstyle.net
$1,288
wellnessproducts.net
$1,650
areyouready.org
$1,277
labware.net
$1,617
hodson.net
$1,277
nyweb.org
$1,600
meanwell.net
$1,200
laley.org
$1,477
startyourengines.net
$1,088
originaloysterhouse.net
$1,477
timemaster.net
$1,088
enertec.net
$1,400
informedchoice.net
$1,042
usec.org
$1,322
elgreco.net
$1,000
structuralengineering.net
$1,300
ideally.org
$1,000
Back at Sedo Databook.net brought $1,499,
Arbeitsmediziner.org generated $1,301 and two others; Dejardefumar.org
and Simulateurpretimmobilier.net, notched $1,300 apiece.
Inbound.net booked $1,208, Traduttore.net nabbed $1,200,
Bourse-en-Ligne.net landed $1,105 and Themes.info
fetched $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.
*****
As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies,
private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale
made through any channel. To contribute information and help make
this column better, just drop a note to [email protected].
We truly appreciate the industry leading
companies who share their sales information
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.
Every Wednesday we publish the highest reported domain name
sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us
their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that
information and write this article to give
you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry.
Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.