A Two-Letter .com That Commanded $2.7 Million in the Year's 2nd Biggest Sale Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart

The domain aftermarket had another solid outing this week with the year's second biggest sale (and its third 7-figure transaction) topping our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. That $2.7 million blockbuster sale of KK.com, handled by Moniker/SnapNames brokers John Mauriello and Kevin Kopas, has been exceeded in 2013 only by Igloo.com's $4.7 million sale of another 2-letter .com, IG.com, in September. 

While KK.com was the clear headliner, it wasn't the only market star this week. DomainNameSales.com (DNS) scored big with #2 Ride.com at $325,000 and Moniker/SnapNames rang the bell yet again with #3 LSN.com at $100,000. Rounding out the first five were another DNS sale, #4 Couplet.com at $40,000, and Sedo's $39,150 sale of ClassicTrader.com. 

You may have noticed a pattern there. All of the leaders were .coms and  the .com dominance went even deeper as the world's most popular TLD turned in its most overpowering performance of the year, sweeping 19 of 20 chart entries. The lone exception was the Moniker/SnapNames sale of #16 Tag.me at $19,700.

By Ron Jackson

While that left the ccTLDs with just one chart entry, that was one better than the non .com gTLDs, who were shut out. It was a particularly slow week for the latter category as it had no five-figure sales at all (the highest reported sale in the group was Immo.info at $6,001 via Moniker/SnapNames).

DomainNameSales won the race among venues, having a hand in eight charted sales including five of the top ten. Sedo had their usual strong outing with five entries on the elite list and Go Daddy/Afternic filled four slots (two of those shared with DomainNameSales). Moniker/SnapNames was the only other venue with multiple chart entries, laying claim to three places on the Big Board.

Chart honors also went to BidLease.com for the $25,000 sale of #12 RedPocket.com and to MostWantedDomains.com for their $17,500 sale of #18 BasicMath.com.  

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 10:

There were 20 more five-figure sales just off the chart led by Sedo's $16,000 sale of IQ360.com. They also moved CleanSmoke.com ($15,000), GenesisCapital.com ($13,875) and ParkHotels.com ($13,500). MiamiWaterSports.com spawned another $13,000 while TripleJump.com and Baguette.com brought $11,999 each. C2It.com added $11,500, Sportnieuws.nl nabbed $10,799 and Baterias.com banked $10,500. Adesa.eu added another $10,000. 

DomainNameSales drew $15,000 for Justing.com and $10,000 apiece for three others - GildedCage.com, GradTrip.com and PetProof.com. DNS also worked with Go Daddy/Afternic to sell DigSite.com for $12,000 and Go Daddy/Afternic collected $10,000 for EvaSportswear.com.

Moniker/SnapNames notched $14,006 for Aishedes.com and $11,750 for Peep.me. Elsewhere, Brands-and-Jingles.com banked $10,000 for Great.ly. 

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with a hand in two $9,999 sales. They rang up one on their own with YRA.com and worked with Go Daddy/Afternic on the second for   LocalLawyer.com (Sedo and Go Daddy/Afternic also shared the $6,000 sale of Cantex.com).

Sedo's hit parade continued with Morza.com at $9,500, ROXR.com at $8,800 and CarMatch.com at $8,500. Richtigspielen.com corralled $8,100, GlobalExpat.com posted $7,800 and two others, Motog.com and Numio.com, captured $7,500 each. Another pair, RelevantSolutions.com and ZhangGroup.com garnered $7,000 apiece. 

IQOnline.com unlocked $6,740 while FQQ.com and LuxuryRehabCenter.com kicked in $6,500 each. Fahnenmast.com made another $6,025. Sedo had 41 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 that are listed in the table below:

 Back at DomainNameSales SheridanAustralia.com clicked for $9,500, CoreStrengths.com cornered $8,300 and PetDrugstore.com dispensed $7,800. ShopHampton.com hauled in $4,500, PassionConferences.com produced $4,300 and two others, Clulu.com and OhioHauntedHouses.com, scared up $3,500 apiece.

I-Rank.com returned $3,300, UnemploymentAppeals.com yielded $3,000 and ThatsMyBoy.com booked $2,750. RMHomes.com and TheCleanAirStore.com dusted off $2,500 each while MediaFuse.com and SurvivalWater.com guzzled $2,000 apiece. DomainNameSales also worked with Go Daddy/Afternic to sell RichieHouse.com for $5,000. 

At Moniker/SnapNames PokerUS.com raked in $7,566, Matamata.com managed $5,149 and Brillio.com braked at $5,051. 

Moniker/SnapNames had 16 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,900 that are listed in the table below:

At Go Daddy/Afternic Tires4Less.com tallied $7,000, EWAO.com claimed $5,046 and three others - BeyondWealth.com, PriceMob.com and VirtualThings.com - went for $5,000 each. CHSW.com and SouthCarolinaStateFair.com fetched $4,888 apiece while HL8.com added $4,800. 

DreamIndia.com drew $4,750, Enseada.com docked at $4,622 and ShowSoftware.com secured $4,519. Go Daddy/Afternic had 70 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,500 that are listed in the table below:

Elsewhere Fat City Properties sold KidRated.com for $4,000 and eOptimized.com for $2,500 and GenericDomainMarket.com teamed up with Go Daddy/Afternic to sell BrainstormTech.com at $3,499. 

 Country Codes

There were several more four-figure non .com gTLD sales off the chart With Go Daddy/Afternic ringing up the highest of those - ParksInPeril.org ($1,925), TCHC.org ($1,675) and two others - LED.info and UCPA.org - at $1,525 apiece.

TOSC.org generated $1,500 followed by AllOfTheAbove.org ($1,300), FreeThink.org ($1,200) and SchoolOfRock.org ($1,199). PlatinumMarketing.net added $1,088, SBO.net nabbed $1,076 and two others - 7000.net and Lumens.org - lit up $1,000 each. 

At Sedo Identified.net deposited $1,550, Wettanbieter-Vergleich.net pulled $1,350 and Speles.org gained $1,080. Aerztepfusch.net fetched $1,079, Agent.info negotiated $1,050 and Lunascape.org locked in $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.