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Editor's Note: The offices of some of our major sales data suppliers will be closed untuil after New Year's Day and they will be unable to send in sales reports this week as a result. So, there will be no new sales column this week. Instead we will bring you fully up to date with a double length column covering two weeks worth of sales that will be out at the end of next week. Offices will be re-opening Jan. 2-3 so we will collect sales data those days, then publish our next column on Friday evening, January 4. That will cover the final two weeks of the 2012 sales season.

DomainNameSales Goes on a Tear With a Hand in  EVERY ONE of This  Week's 11 Biggest Domain Sales

It should be a very Merry Christmas at DomainNameSales.com (DNS). The domain aftermarket sales platform founded by industry legend Frank Schilling simply shot the lights out this past week either solely or jointly ringing up ALL of the 11 biggest sales and 16 of 20 on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart

Two of those sales hit six figures including #1 Line.com at $118,000 and #2 Glamorous.com, sold by DomainAdvisors.com on the DNS platform for $115,000. DomainNameSales posted 10 chart entries on their own, including #3 Fobo.com ($57,500), #4 LifePrograms.com ($55,000) and #5 Zebu.com ($40,000)

DNS also helped DomainAdvisors pile up six charted sales, including #8 BuyGoldBullion.com at $25,400 and #9 (tie) RGP.net, the week's biggest non .com gTLD sale, at $25,000

By Ron Jackson

Only Afternic and Sedo were able to keep DNS and DomainAdvisors from monopolizing the charts as each of those venues put two names on the leader board. Afternic scored with #12 (tie) PokerNight.com at $20,000 and #18 BestTime.com at $15,000. Sedo's winning pair was #12 (tie) ULink.com at $20,000 and the week's top ccTLD sale, #19 Matik.ch at $14,630

The country codes and the non .com gTLDs each had two representatives on the elite list. The second ccTLD was #20 Catalyst.ca, sold at DomainNameSales for $14,000. The second non .com gTLD was #17 Grab.net, sold by DomainAdvisors on the DNS platform for $17,000. The .coms swept the remaining 16 positions.

Here is how the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Dec. 16:

The DN Journal Top 20 
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 10, 2012 - Sun. Dec. 16, 2012
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 19, 2012

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. Line.com $118,000 DomainNameSales
2. Glamorous.com $115,000 DomainNameSales/
DomainAdvisors
3. Fobo.com $57,500 DomainNameSales
4. LifePrograms.com $55,000 DomainNameSales
5. Zebu.com $40,000 DomainNameSales
6. FirstNames.com $30,000 DomainNameSales
7. ArrestRecord.com $27,500 DomainNameSales
8 BuyGoldBullion.com $25,400 DomainNamesSales/
DomainAdvisors
9.
tie
CDKeys.com $25,000 DomainNameSales
9.
tie
RGP.net $25,000 DomainNameSales/
DomainAdvisors

11. SpinalDecompression.com $22,000 DomainNameSales/
DomainAdvisors
12.
tie
PokerNight.com $20,000 Afternic
12.
tie
ULink.com $20,000 Sedo
14. CloseoutJewelry.com $19,000 DomainNameSales/
DomainAdvisors
15.
tie
DrainCleaning.com $18,000 DomainNameSales
15.
tie
RBOT.com $18,000 DomainNameSales
17. Grab.net $17,000 DomainNameSales/
DomainAdvisors
18. BestTime.com $15,000 Afternic
19. Matik.ch €11,000 = $14,630 Sedo
20. Catalyst.ca $14,000 DomainNameSales

Keep in mind that these are the highest value cash only 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.

For the 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 before you buy anything! As a starting point we have built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were 11 more five-figure sales just off the chart, led by Flukes.com, a name that sold at DomainNameSales.com for $13,000. They also moved PharmacySoftware.com and HotelResevations.co.uk for $11,000 each and teamed up with DomainHoldings.com to sell ClubConnect.com for $11,000

DomainNameSales also helped DomainAdvisors.com sell three more names - Empati.com for $10,500 plus GiftWear.com and BackPain.net for $10,000 apiece.

Elsewhere, Sedo banked $12,000 for Dermagen.com, $11,790 for SexShop.at and $10,000 for Brinicle.com while Afternic.com collected $11,500 for LowTestosteroneTherapy.com

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with MachinePark.com at $9,310. AutoRadar.com and QINS.com added $8,500 each. GOSF.com generated $7,500 while Nuget.com and ZNV.com drew $7,000 apiece

HYEC.com hauled in $6,500, PanoramaTV.com tuned in $5,985 and Economies.com contributed $5,950. 2PG.com kicked in $4,800 and Genuss.com captured $4,655. Sedo had 31 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,500 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
letstour.com $4,500   yaaya.com $3,000
thebabyshop.com $4,500 autoinsurequotes.com $2,800
kroemker.com $4,250 quintosol.com $2,650
itzies.com $4,200 mastercommerce.com $2,613
souten.com $4,200 careertown.com $2,595
pharmacyacademy.com $4,000 uablog.com $2,595
captio.com $3,990 mypetnet.com $2,527
contactive.com $3,990 biodegradable-polymers.com $2,500
novamobili.com $3,658 gbdd.com $2,500
mafiainc.com $3,392 gemguys.com $2,500
couponfrenzy.com $3,250 ipesoft.com $2,500
fonctionnaire.com $3,192 secretwords.com $2,195
swisstours.com $3,100 pagefoundation.com $2,132
asiafit.com $3,010 chinaemployer.com $2,100
affordableusedcars.com $3,000 inmyworld.com $2,000
mianma.com $3,000  

Back at Afternic SBSC.com corralled $8,800, AlarmMan.com sounded $7,500 and Tonnet.com took in $7,088. JustGeeks.com grossed $7,000, DoctorLogic.com dispensed $6,500 and two others, Synomics.com and CollegeBands.com drummed up $5,500 each.

ScienceVillage.com welcomed $5,479, SMBCNikko.com notched $5,400, MFAR.com made $5,188 and PaloAltoKitchens.com cooked up $5,100. Afternic had 95 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Afternic .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
kickstarted.com $5,000   washit.com $2,588
modellista.com $5,000 zaconsulting.com $2,588
woodcreek.com $5,000 lacox.com $2,550
fullwin.com $4,990 artofplay.com $2,500
StoneBlade.com $4,800 basice.com $2,500
xaris.com $4,800 CHECKMUSIC.com $2,500
gamenavigator.com $4,600 contemporarydoors.com $2,500
ohge.com $4,588 eatravel.com $2,500
truesolution.com $4,500 myyachtclub.com $2,500
BombCalorimeter.com $4,400 polc.com $2,500
qipp.com $4,388 rombaut.com $2,500
ingas.com $4,188 BetOrder.com $2,495
metalearn.com $4,188 databite.com $2,488
4mt.com $4,000 imsdirect.com $2,488
allnew.com $4,000 wealthsuite.com $2,488
animagi.com $4,000 nationalfacility.com $2,400
GoldAgency.com $4,000 secundarios.com $2,400
smashenterprises.com $3,891 yanked.com $2,400
amitycollege.com $3,777 tonweb.com $2,397
dentaldeal.com $3,750 spacedesigner.com $2,340
getwinedirect.com $3,677 surroundspeaker.com $2,300
advisorbridge.com $3,588 velimir.com $2,300
anysmart.com $3,588 airambulanceassociation.com $2,288
stopinfluenza.com $3,588 intertrainment.com $2,200
clincare.com $3,500 alpharecycling.com $2,188
betteragents.com $3,488 imsonline.com $2,100
aerosun.com $3,400 renoexchange.com $2,100
tondre.com $3,400 betterpractice.com $2,088
exactpro.com $3,377 kingdomclub.com $2,088
qnbn.com $3,277 modernmommy.com $2,088
smartfactory.com $3,200 ownforless.com $2,088
tradingadvisors.com $3,200 therapyequipment.com $2,088
heffa.com $3,125 disneyproductions.com $2,050
domainyes.com $3,088 emergencyproductions.com $2,029
beyondwater.com $3,000 christianclark.com $2,000
biara.com $3,000 crosscommunity.com $2,000
healthinsurancedaily.com $3,000 holthoff.com $2,000
jointrx.com $3,000 hotelvideoguide.com $2,000
lafina.com $3,000 impactscience.com $2,000
taskmail.com $3,000 medicaldistributor.com $2,000
vipshopping.com $3,000 metroswimming.com $2,000
affinitypartnerships.com $2,988 mobet.com $2,000
digikiosk.com $2,792 Parku.com $2,000
cciworld.com $2,787 proapps.com $2,000
leaddeal.com $2,723 secureschools.com $2,000
customerlifecycle.com $2,688 uncoated.com $2,000
ComicsZone.com $2,660 walkright.com $2,000
orangewow.com $2,588  

Afternic also helped YummyNames sell two domains - CaptureLife.com for $3,000 and Reductiveness.com for $2,500.  

DomainNameSales sold NewYearsCruises.com for $8,500, Loppers.com for $7,000 and CanadianCloset.com for $6,000. Two others, AgentRankings.com, and PumpTrucks.com posted $5,000 apiece while InvestingUSA.com returned $4,000.

HowToPreach.com commanded $3,900, AsphaltPlant.com produced $3,000 and two others, MilitaryATV.com and Kartable.com cornered $2,500 each. SouthFloridaSoccer.com netted $2,200 and Auralgan.com gained $2,000

DomainAdvisors used the DNS platform to sell WirelessEarphones.com ($5,000), PhotoChute.com ($4,500) and IBelieveInLove.com ($4,000). They also moved ShowKit.com ($3,900) and BeachViewRealty.com ($2,900) there. 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by the quartet of five-figure sales you saw in the all extension section above - with Sedo's $14,630 sale of #1 Matik.ch leading the pack. The biggest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is #5 on this week's Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart - that is Sedo's $7,847 sale of InMedia.ru. #6 Register.to was right behind with a $7,500 sale at SellDomains.com

Sedo sold five names for $6,650 apiece that filled out the rest of the top ten and they went on to sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries. NetFleet.com.au was one of the other three venues that claimed places on the leader board. They did it with #16 Counselling.com.au at $4,704.

Germany's .de won the extension race with five chart entries. Two other TLDs had two apiece - Russia's .ru and Belgium's .be. In a very diverse week, 11 different TLDs shared the 11 remaining spots. Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Dec. 16:

Country Code Top 20
 Highest Reported ccTLD  Sales: Mon. Dec. 10, 2012 - Sun. Dec. 16, 2012
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 19, 2012

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. Matik.ch €11,000 = $14,630 Sedo
2. Catalyst.ca $14,000 DomainNameSales
3. SexShop.at €9,000 = $11,970 Sedo
4. HotelReservations.co.uk $11,000 DomainNameSales
5 InMedia.ru €5,900 = $7,847 Sedo
6. Register.to $7,500 SellDomains.com
7.
tie
BestSecret.ru €5,000 = $6,650 Sedo
7.
tie
Dosettes.fr €5,000 = $6,650 Sedo
7.
tie
EuroSlots.de €5,000 = $6,650 Sedo
7.
tie
Kunstauktionen.de €5,000 = $6,650 Sedo
7.
tie
Literaturegeschichte.de €5,000 = $6,650 Sedo

12. BabyShop.pl €4,900 = $6,517 Sedo
13. JB.be €4,700 = $6,251 Sedo
14. PartyPoker.be $5,500 Sedo
15. Daniels.co $5,000 Sedo
16. Counselling.com.au 4,480 AUD = $4,704 NetFleet.com.au
17. Schaden24.de €3,500 = $4,655 Sedo
18. ZenDesk.com.br $4,500 Afternic
19. Ceramtec.es €3,000 = $3,990 Sedo
20. Maschinenpark.de €2,618 = $3,482 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were several dozen more four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by Sedo's $3,392 sale of Bestattung.ch. They also moved DatingPlanet.nl and StarGames.sk for $3,225 each and Pferdesteuer.de for $3,165

Sedo had 33 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $3,000
euroflag.eu $3,000   fanshop.es $1,463
sh.hu $3,000 game.org.uk $1,397
torrentz.ch $3,000 helenenhof.de $1,397
upp.fr $2,993 crotec.de $1,330
claires.nl $2,899 mäusefalle.de $1,330
bauherrenhaftpflicht.de $2,727 social-tv.de $1,330
ooo.co.uk $2,616 wom.fr $1,330
aml.de $2,394 ghod.de $1,297
james-rizzi.de $2,394 sofawelt.de $1,266
porn.je $2,087 adventskalender.eu $1,197
swisstel.ch $1,995 massageamsterdam.nl $1,197
mdc.co.uk $1,956 universel.fr $1,197
meinfranken.de $1,819 boekenmarkten.nl $1,064
cityenergy.ru $1,663 campinginitaly.de $1,064
key.org.uk $1,630 darueber.de $1,064
einkaufswagen.de $1,596 hol.ly $1,000
spanienurlaub.at $1,596   

NetFleet.com.au sold seven more Australian domains including PD.com.au at $3,094 and RP.com.au at $2,234. ToysOnlineAustralia.com.au added $2,074, Spin.com.au yielded $1,668 and BrisbaneAccommodation.com.au booked $1,245. RainwaterTanks.com.au contained $1,223 and OV.com.au clicked for $1,091.

Elsewhere Afternic sold i-Fix.co.uk for $1,900. DomainLore.co.uk sold Stretch.co.uk for $1,710 and OwnThisDomain.co.uk sold EIF.org.uk for $1,304

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

Non .com gTLDs (.biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org, .asia, .pro & .tel)

A trio of five-figure sales, including one that ranks among the year's 20 biggest in this category, led the non .com gTLDs this week. That was RGP.net, a name that DomainAdvisors sold on the DomainNameSales platform for $25,000. You saw all of those five-figure sales in the all extension section above, so the highest sale from this group that you haven't seen yet is #4 on our new weekly Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Chart - that is Traspaso.net at $5,320 via Sedo.  

Afternic rounded out the first five with ePhone.net at $4,889 and they went on to sweep the next seven positions as well (all with .nets). Overall, Afternic piled up 15 of the 21 chart entries (the extra spot resulted from a tie for the final position.

The .nets went on a rampage this week, sweeping 19 of the 21 chart entries in the extension's nest performance of the year. The other two spots went to .orgs. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Dec. 16:

Non .Com gTLDs Top 20
 Highest Reported Non .Com Global TLD  Sales 
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Dec. 10, 2012 - Sun. Dec. 16, 2012
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 19, 2012

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. RGP.net $25,000 DomainNameSales/
DomainAdvisors
2. Grab.net $17,000 DomainNameSales/
DomainAdvisors
3. BackPain.net $10,000 DomainNameSales/
DomainAdvisors
4. Traspaso.net €4,000 = $5,320 Sedo
5. ePhone.net $4,889 Afternic
6. Coisa.net $4,388 Afternic
7.
tie
ArtPad.net $4,188 Afternic
7.
tie
Traversa.net $4,188 Afternic
9. Supo.net $3,688 Afternic
10. HealthShop.net $3,100 Afternic

11. DJW.net $2,750 Afternic
12. GoldCup.net $2,600 Afternic
13. Stamm.net $2,500 Sedo
14. Composit.net $2,488 Afternic
15. TheMonastery.net $2,200 Sedo
16. Shootings.org $2,188 Afternic
17. eBeam.net $2,100 Afternic
18.
tie
GreenOak.net $2,088 Afternic
18.
tie
Maslo.net $2,088 Afternic
20.
tie
Attention.org $2,000 Afternic
20.
tie
SideJob.net $2,000 Afternic

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

Domain Name Industry Newsletter

There were over two dozen more four-figure sales off the chart led by three Afternic sales; ProTool.net ($1,900), BetterTomorrows.org ($1,888) and Mondiale.net ($1,800).  

Afternic had 18 more four-figure non .com gTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,700 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Afternic non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $3,000
likeminded.net $1,700   securitymanagement.net $1,350
righthererightnow.org $1,688 worldware.net $1,340
pharmashop.net $1,675 computerz.org $1,249
alira.net $1,488 fiio.net $1,149
natf.net $1,429 duramed.net $1,088
linkages.org $1,400 aris.info $1,077
flexmail.net $1,395 flink.org $1,050
betterpractice.net $1,388 illumi.net $1,000
jeunesse.net $1,388 localartists.org $1,000

At Sedo Zeitraffer.info fetched $1,729 while BestHelp.mobi and Zeitraffer.net notched $1,463 each. Swag.xxx nailed $1,400, Fertiggaragen.org drew $1,329 and HealthInsure.org added $1,299. Debud.org brought $1,200, DiamondWholesale.net attracted $1,125 and Banken.org secured $1,065. Kering.net claimed $1,064 while eMailMarketingServices.net and PropertyNetwork.net produced $1,000 apiece.  

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. 

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.

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