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While it was quiet at the high end this
week, two older blockbuster sales came to light for the first
time. The exact prices paid for those could not be pinned down
tightly enough for us to chart them, but they provide further
examples of the many big sales that are done off the radar.
The largest of those appears to be the
sale of JD.com to a Chinese e-commerce giant (commonly known
as JingDong), which George Kirikos uncovered
while poring through the new owner's SEC
filing. Kirikos found a line item at the end of 2012
that showed the company had spent more that $5.2 million on
domains that year. JD.com wasn't the only domain they bought but it
was easily the most valuable. That led to speculation that
JD.com may have represented as much as $5 million of the total
spent.
The second seven-figure sale that
came to light was brought to our attention by George Hong of Guta.com
who let us know about a
Chinese report from a reliable source who said that VIP.com sold for
$2 million last year. Hong said, "VIPShop.com
bought VIP.com and rebranded itself with that name a few months
back. The exact sale price was revealed in a recent Weibo.com post
from respected blogger 龚文祥,
who has over 200,000 followers." The blogger cited
employees at VIP.com as his source for the $2 million price and
while we believe the report is accurate, we can't chart it
without better documentation. Thanks to both George Hong and George
Kirikos for digging out these reports and passing them along so we
could share them with you.
Now
back to our regular programming! Here is how all of the sales leaders
stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 16:
|
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 10, 2014 - Sun. Feb. 16, 2014
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $)
is Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 19, 2014
|
| |
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
|
1. |
GoodNeighbors.com |
$25,000 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
|
2. |
OCG.com |
€16,500 = $22,770 |
Sedo |
|
3. |
Appliances.com.au |
$20,454 |
Drop.com.au |
4.
tie |
1FirstBank.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
4.
tie |
Diamonds.info |
$20,000 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
4.
tie |
Reklam.net |
$20,000 |
AlanAdlari |
|
7. |
7Sins.com |
$19,700 |
Sedo |
|
8. |
BangladeshOnline.com |
$18,000 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
|
9. |
45Degrees.com |
$17,000 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
|
10. |
NonstopFlights.com |
$16,629 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
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|
11. |
TheMattressStore.com |
$16,000 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
|
12. |
LocalContent.com |
$15,088 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
|
13. |
Appid.com |
$13,999 |
Sedo |
|
14. |
EasyMarkets.com |
$12,500 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
|
15. |
PorkRinds.com |
$11,500 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
|
16. |
PrimeTime.de |
€8,092 = $11,167 |
Sedo |
|
17. |
7-TV.com |
€7,500 = $10,350 |
Sedo |
18.
tie |
EasyMortgages.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
18.
tie |
Lock.co |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
18.
tie |
NetLotto.com |
$10,000 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
|
|
|
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.
|
|
CLICK
HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.
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.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales
with JNBank.com at $9,999. SK-Energy.com
generated $8,800, Mintai.com made $8,500
and CheveuxBeaute.com banked $8,280. ForTheLoveOfCheese.com
and DigitalDeath.com each dealt $8,000 blows. Nokas.com
notched $7,980, MyNM.com kicked in $7,900
and AppIdea.com clicked for $6,900. YoFam.com
fetched $6,748 and CreditAssist.com contributed $6,000.
Sedo had 56 more four-figure .com sales
ranging from $2,000 to
$5,999 that are listed in the table below:
| Additional
Sedo.com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,999 |
| africandreams.com |
$5,999 |
|
worldofmakeup.com |
$3,000 |
| exchange24.com |
$5,519 |
tagrr.com |
$2,988 |
| rachat-or.com |
$5,479 |
soselect.com |
$2,895 |
| tapsmart.com |
$5,382 |
onegiftcard.com |
$2,795 |
| respectjamaica.com |
$5,300 |
silgas.com |
$2,759 |
| seventv.com |
$5,175 |
accidentsolicitors.com |
$2,714 |
| dronetoys.com |
$5,000 |
dogly.com |
$2,700 |
| motrix.com |
$5,000 |
readygrill.com |
$2,695 |
| snypr.com |
$5,000 |
mackechnie.com |
$2,665 |
| trademanager.com |
$4,830 |
looktea.com |
$2,595 |
| myporno.com |
$4,500 |
wonderlandcasino.com |
$2,595 |
| naturalium.com |
$4,500 |
danishpastry.com |
$2,550 |
| outspoken.com |
$4,500 |
247nameserver.com |
$2,500 |
| vidsy.com |
$4,500 |
thead.com |
$2,500 |
| miads.com |
$4,140 |
toryblog.com |
$2,495 |
| towelie.com |
$4,139 |
butanehashoil.com |
$2,295 |
| vadon.com |
$4,100 |
saycommunications.com |
$2,295 |
| brood.com |
$4,077 |
trugaming.com |
$2,295 |
| bcdgroup.com |
$4,000 |
cinemaseats.com |
$2,188 |
| bondagewebcams.com |
$4,000 |
rtec.com |
$2,149 |
| missionwellness.com |
$4,000 |
eventcrm.com |
$2,100 |
| thinkflow.com |
$4,000 |
geeksheep.com |
$2,095 |
| lifecoins.com |
$3,650 |
computercase.com |
$2,077 |
| nicolasmaduro.com |
$3,450 |
severedepression.com |
$2,077 |
| entio.com |
$3,250 |
ufosightings.com |
$2,077 |
| agenday.com |
$3,150 |
aaapoker.com |
$2,000 |
| open-erp.com |
$3,000 |
pesla.com |
$2,000 |
| pulpstation.com |
$3,000 |
twentyfour-seven.com |
$2,000 |
Back at Go Daddy/Afternic CheapBroadway.com
brought $8,900 while CapitalCredit.com and HardDriveRepair.com
rang up $8,000 each. AegisInsurance.com covered $7,500,
Gosstroy.com gained $7,000 and NiagraUSA.com
yielded $5,485.
Three others - 7379.com, EagleInc.com and
Orli.com - lanced $5,000 apiece while PremierMatch.com
and SipAndSizzle.com sold for $4,999 each.
Go Daddy/Afternic had 107 more four-figure
.com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,800
that are
listed in the table below:
| Additional
Go Daddy/Afternic .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,800 |
| ce21.com |
$4,800 |
|
capacityservices.com |
$2,688 |
| TATASOLAR.com |
$4,750 |
gridsquad.com |
$2,688 |
| agilewise.com |
$4,500 |
inker.com |
$2,650 |
| revelmedia.com |
$4,500 |
RelatedWebsites.com |
$2,640 |
| taggler.com |
$4,500 |
ARTherapy.com |
$2,600 |
| cord-blood.com |
$4,388 |
Creative-Works.com |
$2,588 |
| fxgate.com |
$4,300 |
denvercounseling.com |
$2,588 |
| startingpoints.com |
$4,295 |
excessit.com |
$2,588 |
| macrx.com |
$4,188 |
deertrax.com |
$2,500 |
| diytax.com |
$4,088 |
exqu.com |
$2,500 |
| conversis.com |
$4,000 |
gamestocks.com |
$2,500 |
| grabyourdream.com |
$4,000 |
getinvest.com |
$2,500 |
| motortimes.com |
$4,000 |
indianachevy.com |
$2,500 |
| netleaseproperties.com |
$4,000 |
lingoland.com |
$2,500 |
| pplife.com |
$4,000 |
pokerpassport.com |
$2,500 |
| spacewars.com |
$4,000 |
sellersedge.com |
$2,500 |
| tutormarket.com |
$4,000 |
sfshipyard.com |
$2,500 |
| vfinity.com |
$4,000 |
texasbankruptcy.com |
$2,500 |
| investorz.com |
$3,988 |
therapeas.com |
$2,500 |
| brandwiki.com |
$3,888 |
tuneage.com |
$2,500 |
| blulagoon.com |
$3,829 |
BlogZing.com |
$2,499 |
| endetail.com |
$3,819 |
fingerprintpayment.com |
$2,495 |
| achievethedream.com |
$3,688 |
flipdaddy.com |
$2,495 |
| medkits.com |
$3,688 |
divaldi.com |
$2,450 |
| realfoundation.com |
$3,688 |
MSBLEGAL.com |
$2,400 |
| powerfishing.com |
$3,588 |
propertiesinmotion.com |
$2,400 |
| ServiceWebsites.com |
$3,545 |
utahsurgical.com |
$2,400 |
| estateguru.com |
$3,500 |
medicaledge.com |
$2,395 |
| healthyhomecompany.com |
$3,500 |
schnabeltier.com |
$2,388 |
| IrishApps.com |
$3,500 |
tileelements.com |
$2,388 |
| seamlessflooring.com |
$3,500 |
medkinect.com |
$2,350 |
| MachineryAppraisals.com |
$3,495 |
asken.com |
$2,300 |
| staffdiscount.com |
$3,488 |
customclubfitting.com |
$2,225 |
| wisdomgarden.com |
$3,400 |
attorneyintexas.com |
$2,200 |
| thinkmarket.com |
$3,388 |
referralbook.com |
$2,200 |
| budgetbroadband.com |
$3,288 |
dialanywhere.com |
$2,188 |
| changecommunication.com |
$3,288 |
ombudsperson.com |
$2,177 |
| drinkfit.com |
$3,250 |
saltysweet.com |
$2,077 |
| onesandzeros.com |
$3,200 |
2016themovie.com |
$2,036 |
| nanoexpressnews.com |
$3,051 |
BelHotel.com |
$2,000 |
| bestvaporizer.com |
$3,050 |
bfpz.com |
$2,000 |
| outdoorvoices.com |
$3,050 |
churchball.com |
$2,000 |
| ardholdings.com |
$3,000 |
dotcomwebdesign.com |
$2,000 |
| blowingrockfurniture.com |
$3,000 |
freebucks.com |
$2,000 |
| canadianexpress.com |
$3,000 |
globalsure.com |
$2,000 |
| MerchantGuard.com |
$3,000 |
hempclothes.com |
$2,000 |
| purecomedy.com |
$3,000 |
hempfarms.com |
$2,000 |
| resultsnutrition.com |
$3,000 |
hopnet.com |
$2,000 |
| runningworldwide.com |
$3,000 |
mobstore.com |
$2,000 |
| worldwidedog.com |
$3,000 |
niam.com |
$2,000 |
| nationalpestcontrol.com |
$2,999 |
rockrewards.com |
$2,000 |
| xhail.com |
$2,888 |
royalauto.com |
$2,000 |
| apartmentready.com |
$2,800 |
tradekings.com |
$2,000 |
| employeereferralprogram.com |
$2,726 |
|
Elsewhere, Flippa.com
sold FlappyBirds.com for $6,760, AlanAdlari.com
moved Ucakbilet.com for $6,000 and Taksijet.com
for $2,500 and GenericDomainMarket.com
sold MobileAppsCompany.com through Sedo for $3,499.
Country
Codes
The ccTLDs were led by the three five-figure sales you saw in the all extension section above
with Appliances.com.au setting the pace at $20,454.
The biggest sale from this
category that you haven't seen yet is #4 on our latest Country Code Top
20 Sales Chart. That is Ja.ma, a domain that Sedo
sold for $9,188. Butter.co.uk rounded out the
first five with a $9,018 sale at DomainLore.co.uk.
Sedo rang up 7 of the next 8 biggest sales and
wound up sweeping 16 of 20 chart entries overall. Go
Daddy/Afternic had one of the top ten sales that Sedo missed,
banking $5,000 for #10 Awake.us.
Germany's .de won the extension race with
seven charted sales. Colombia's .co was next with three
and Great Britain's .co.uk had two. Here is how the
country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb.
16:
|
|
|
Country
Code Top 20
Highest Reported ccTLD
Sales: Mon. Feb. 10, 2014 - Sun. Feb. 16, 2014
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $)
is Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 19, 2014 |
|
| |
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
| 1. |
Appliances.com.au |
$20,454 |
Drop.com.au |
|
2. |
PrimeTime.de |
€8,092
= $11,167 |
Sedo |
| 3. |
Lock.co |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| 4. |
Ja.ma |
$9,188 |
Sedo |
| 5. |
Butter.co.uk |
£5,400 = $9,018 |
DomainLore.co.uk |
| 6. |
Kijk.nu |
€5,950
= $8,211 |
Sedo |
| 7. |
Briefkastenlage.de |
€5,000
= $6,900 |
Sedo |
| 8. |
GRA.co |
€4,900
= $6,762 |
Sedo |
| 9. |
Querformat.de |
€3,800
= $5,244 |
Sedo |
10.
tie |
Awake.us |
$5,000 |
Go
Daddy/Afternic |
10.
tie |
C.ly |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
|
|
| 12. |
MedCampus.de |
€3,500
= $4,830 |
Sedo |
| 13. |
SFP.ch |
€3,200
= $4,416 |
Sedo |
| 14. |
Prince.co.uk |
£2,300
= $3,841 |
DomainLore.co.uk |
| 15. |
Lyrics.pk |
$3,799 |
Sedo |
16.
tie |
Entdecke.de |
€2,500
= $3,450 |
Sedo |
16.
tie |
Handwerkerwelt.de |
€2,500
= $3,450 |
Sedo |
16.
tie |
Natural-Gas.de |
€2,500
= $3,450 |
Sedo |
| 19. |
Acouphene.fr |
€2,300
= $3,174 |
Sedo |
| 20. |
Lineup.co |
$2,999 |
Sedo |
|
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HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts. |
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There were dozens of additional four-figure
ccTLD sales off the chart led by Sedo's sales of Bushcraft.de
($2,760), GBD.eu ($2,759) and DDD.cc ($2,756).
Sedo had 35 more
four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,505 that
are listed in the table below:
| Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,505 |
| yellowjersey.co.uk |
$2,505 |
|
kyani.nl |
$1,587 |
| lojas.pt |
$2,484 |
xvideos.com.pl |
$1,500 |
| instar.fr |
$2,483 |
akkutausch.de |
$1,478 |
| gjeldsfri.no |
$2,450 |
deinshirt.de |
$1,380 |
| foreverliving.de |
$2,070 |
lgg.de |
$1,380 |
| spielemarkt.de |
$2,056 |
energywatch.eu |
$1,377 |
| casino777.at |
$2,000 |
online-casinos.ch |
$1,377 |
| chs.cn |
$2,000 |
produkttests.de |
$1,366 |
| stertil.cn |
$1,999 |
jogging-online.de |
$1,354 |
| stoba.cn |
$1,999 |
gastronomie-profi.de |
$1,311 |
| fender.mx |
$1,800 |
collect.tv |
$1,200 |
| 1.vu |
$1,700 |
aszendent.de |
$1,104 |
| theapp.co.uk |
$1,662 |
aeo.pl |
$1,027 |
| mail.vc |
$1,656 |
donnecercauomo.it |
$1,000 |
| moeglich.de |
$1,655 |
kujo.co |
$1,000 |
| unitedprint.pt |
$1,655 |
omega-3.cn.cn |
$1,000 |
| bookit.gr |
$1,642 |
taboola.fr |
$1,000 |
| grafischer-notdienst.de |
$1,642 |
|
Elsewhere Go Daddy/Afternic moved Boat.me
($2,500), Bally.it ($2,399), Vert.co ($1,800),
HelpDesk.us ($1,750) and Weba.us ($1,000) while
Flippa.com sold Fit.io ($1,950) and Save.co.nz
($1,050) and DomainLore.co.uk unloaded Shortlet.co.uk
($1,196).
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)
We have a tie at the top of our latest
weekly Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. Diamonds.info
and Reklam.net changed hands for $20,000. each. Go
Daddy/Afternic handled the Diamonds.info sale while the
Reklam.net sale went through AlanAdlari.com (who had two more
top ten sales including #4 Yemet.net at $9,200)
Sedo rounded out the first five with #3 LIF.org
at $9,888 and #5 (tie) Collateral.org at $8,500.
Go Daddy/Afternic shared that #5 slot with their $8,500
sale of Cubicles.net.
This week's chart also includes a sprinkling of new
gTLDs with #8 Tire.guru ($5,250), #18 Street.photography
($2,840) and #20 Finde.singles ($2,760). Old hand .net
easily won the extension race though, piling up 11 chart
entries.
Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders
stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 16:
|
|
|
Non
.Com gTLDs Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Feb.
10, 2014 - Sun. Feb. 16 2014
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $)
is Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 19, 2014 |
|
| |
Domain |
Sold
For |
Where Sold |
1.
tie |
Diamonds.info |
$20,000 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
1.
tie |
Reklam.net |
$20,000 |
AlanAdlari |
|
3. |
LIF.org |
$9,888 |
Sedo |
| 4. |
Yemek.net |
$9,200 |
AlanAdlari |
5.
tie |
Collateral.org |
$8,500 |
Sedo |
5.
tie |
Cubicles.net |
$8,500 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
| 7. |
HCE.net |
$7,888 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
| 8. |
Tire.guru |
$5,250 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
| 9. |
Dream.pro |
$5,000 |
Pvt Sale |
| 10. |
Anket.net |
$4,000 |
AlanAdlari |
|
|
| 11. |
Spore.net |
$3,488 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
12.
tie |
Crecer.net |
$3,388 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
12.
tie |
IDidIt.org |
$3,388 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
| 14. |
Kredit-ohne-schufa.net
|
€2,230 = $3,077 |
Sedo |
| 15. |
HardDriveRecovery.net |
$3,000 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
| 16. |
Orrageez.net |
$2,995 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
| 17. |
CBOS.net |
$2,988 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
| 18. |
Street.photography |
$2,840 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
| 19. |
BabyNames.info |
$2,800 |
Go Daddy/Afternic |
| 20. |
Finde.singles |
€2,000 = $2,760 |
Sedo |
|
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HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.
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There were a few dozen additional four-figure sales off
the chart with Go Daddy/Afternic landing the majority of those with
a roster than included HealthCoach.net at $2,500.
Go Daddy/Afternic had 20 more four-figure non .com
gTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,100 that are listed in the table below:
| Additional
Go Daddy/Afternic Non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 -
$2,100 |
| housemusic.org |
$2,100 |
|
newyorkcity.guru |
$1,325 |
| propertyfinder.net |
$2,000 |
whitelion.net |
$1,288 |
| newshealth.net |
$1,990 |
whatspossible.org |
$1,200 |
| oregon.bike |
$1,982 |
metadata.guru |
$1,035 |
| ecoserv.net |
$1,700 |
humanitas-international.org |
$1,025 |
| energyiq.org |
$1,596 |
mp3bible.org |
$1,025 |
| vdi.guru |
$1,525 |
queens.guru |
$1,025 |
| clutterersanonymous.org |
$1,500 |
inventory.guru |
$1,003 |
| xbb.net |
$1,500 |
bitpay.info |
$1,000 |
| medicalreview.org |
$1,400 |
collectorsfirearms.net |
$1,000 |
Sedo answered with Myuni.org at $2,500,
FQ.biz at $2,400 and GetBack.net at $2,200.
GAGroup.net notched $1,900, Simulation.net
drew $1,500 and RedDiamond.net returned $1,449.
Recruitment-Software.org went for $1,200, SFO.info
found $1,188 and two others - Boatshed.info and Democrates.org
delivered $1,000 each.
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
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