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The 3-Letter .Com Beat Goes On - They Bag 11 of the Top 20 Spots on Our Latest Sales Chart

I'm back from a vacation break and little has changed on the domain sales front since I left - 3-letter .coms are still ruling the roost. 11 of the top 20 sales on our latest all extension chart are 3-letter .coms including five of the top seven entries. 

This column will bring you completely up to date on all of the sales reported since my last column two weeks ago. We're also expanding the all extension leader board from the usual 20 positions to 40 to accommodate the double dose of data. (One other note -  I just got back Wednesday, so  this column was pushed back to a Friday night release. Next week we will be back on the usual Wednesday evening release schedule). 

Now let's get down to business - and there is a lot of it to cover. It starts with another big sale from broker Tracy Fogarty at eNaming.com. She took the top spot on the leader board by closing a $140,000 deal for 95.net. That is the biggest non .com gTLD sale reported so far this year and also one of the year's 25 biggest sales regardless of category. 

By Ron Jackson

The 3-letter .coms then began their run with a quartet of sales from broker George Hong of Guta.com, including #2 YYB.com at $68,000 and three others from him that were part of a five-name logjam tied for the # 3 position. Those were MFF.com, YFF.com and YYH.com at $50,000 each. 

Sedo notched yet another at the same price with NBT.com. Michael Berkens's MostWantedDomains.com joined the party at the #3 position with TheStores.com at $50,000. MWD went on to put three more names on the chart, including two on the top half of the elite list - #11 GetStuffDone.com at $40,000 and #14 BeFirm.com at $35,000. Guta.com also added two more to the first 20 - both of those 3-letter.coms - with #9 YYM.com going for $47,000 and #12 YCY.com collecting $37,000.

NameJet contributed three domains to the 3-letter .com rout with VEO.com ($36,000), EXX.com ($30,000) and KEO.com ($25,000). All landed on the top half of the Big Board and they helped NameJet pile up 13 chart entries overall.

With the 3-letter .coms running amok (also aided by Flippa's $17,000 sale of PWU.com) the .coms swept 37 of the 40 chart entries. In addition to 95.net, the only exceptions were #20 (tie) Commercial.property at $25,000 via DomainNameSales.com in the biggest new gTLD sale reported so far this year and Sedo's $20,000 sale of #23 (tie) A5.net.

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, June 7:

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The DN Journal Top 40 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 25,2015 - Sun. June 7, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect June 12, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. 95.net $140,000 eNaming
2. YYB.com $68,000 Guta
3.
tie		 MFF.com $50,000 Guta
3.
tie		 YYF.com $50,000 Guta
3.
tie		 YYH.com $50,000 Guta
3.
tie		 NBT.com $50,000 Sedo
3.
tie		 TheStores.com $50,000 MostWantedDomains
8. AOAO.com $49,900 Sedo
9. YYM.com $47,000 Guta
10. Draftboard.com $45,000 eNaming
11. GetStuffDone.com $40,000 MostWantedDomains
12. YCY.com $37,000 Guta
13. VEO.com $36,100 NameJet
14. BeFirm.com $35,000 MostWantedDomains
15.
tie		 EXX.com $30,000 NameJet
15.
tie		 LNTV.com $30,000 Sedo
17. NKZ.com €26,002 = $29,382 Sedo
18. 1280.com $26,010 NameJet
19. DailyLottery.com $25,101 NameJet
20.
tie		 Commercial.property $25,000 DomainNameSales
20.
tie		 KEO.com $25,000 NameJet
20.
tie		 OKBank.com $25,000 Sedo

23.
tie		 A5.net $20,000 Sedo
23.
tie		 RockMyWorld.com $20,000 MostWantedDomains
25. Enclosure.com $19,500 Sedo
26. FiletMignon.com $19,000 NameJet
27. 1085.com $18,200 NameJet
28. SpecialOffer.com $18,100 Flippa
29.
tie		 PWU.com $17,000 Flippa
29.
tie		 Vapebot.com $17,000 Sedo
31. 7179.com $15,000 Sedo
32. Wangan.com $13,920 NameJet
33. Endorsed.com $13,500 Sedo
34. Mete.com $12,320 NameJet
35. Floridian.com $10,877 NameJet
36. Desheng.com $10,750 Sedo
37.
tie		 3920.com $10,600 NameJet
37.
tie		 3960.com $10,600 NameJet
39. RandomStranger.com $10,279 Sedo
40. 6674.com $10,200 NameJet

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 Top Sales Charts

Click Link Below for
The All-Time Top 20 All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
 (2003 to Now)

There were three more five-figure sales off the chart with Sedo ringing up all of those, banking $10,170 for Pulses.org, $10,043 for Roasted.de and $10,000 for CallOfBooty.com.

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo also led the .Com Supporting Cast of four-figure sales with Cruzero.com at $9,605. QBrushes.com added $9,000, Miracl.com made $8,000 and Ario.com commanded $7,345. Mitsai.com drew $7,000, ResultsCoaching.com rang up $6,779 and Akross.com kicked in $5,700.

Three others - PlaceBet.com, TouchPhone.com and Trendfly.com - fetched $5,650 each. DTen.com and NurseApps.com dispensed $5,500 apiece. Sedo had 97 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
acturus.com $5,000   vrlove.com $2,750
art2life.com $5,000 americanmails.com $2,744
faverate.com $5,000 fizzl.com $2,744
instamotion.com $5,000 carfund.com $2,700
travelator.com $5,000 bigza.com $2,619
voipin.com $5,000 testgarage.com $2,619
vowe.com $5,000 aspglobal.com $2,500
vrart.com $5,000 hapod.com $2,500
memocare.com $4,900 lascena.com $2,500
dermique.com $4,800 n3b.com $2,500
wondertv.com $4,800 soulcore.com $2,500
blumenversand.com $4,746 craftmatters.com $2,495
tours24.com $4,519 arnaa.com $2,395
kuendigen.com $4,407 laserrenewal.com $2,395
villaibiza.com $4,407 mysidekicks.com $2,395
flatjack.com $4,294 silviaolmedo.com $2,395
learnloop.com $4,000 bubblejob.com $2,369
royalfinance.com $4,000 statewideplumbing.com $2,345
p-k.com $3,900 adabi.com $2,260
minaa.com $3,800 sharebet.com $2,260
appsimply.com $3,650 surfvideos.com $2,260
etoyou.com $3,600 gorillo.com $2,259
signs-online.com $3,600 culion.com $2,222
eyeplus.com $3,560 bestva.com $2,195
dotstay.com $3,500 urbanfree.com $2,195
paracelsica.com $3,390 222200.com $2,147
wies.com $3,390 casajoya.com $2,147
verycheap.com $3,300 22275.com $2,133
petful.com $3,295 careerave.com $2,119
investinturkey.com $3,277 copybet.com $2,119
visitingcard.com $3,263 cherryservers.com $2,100
fapflicks.com $3,150 sweetist.com $2,100
gchn.com $3,140 citylogin.com $2,095
addevent.com $3,000 beingroup.com $2,000
carhoo.com $3,000 betready.com $2,000
edumi.com $3,000 directionary.com $2,000
joytour.com $3,000 elfio.com $2,000
soultrade.com $3,000 happyidiot.com $2,000
penderie.com $2,999 infoasturias.com $2,000
mraya.com $2,994 kingtea.com $2,000
turfology.com $2,988 prakatanalu.com $2,000
abcmed.com $2,910 qomm.com $2,000
recyclesolar.com $2,900 quotemybusiness.com $2,000
partbuy.com $2,895 rjmedia.com $2,000
wirelessservices.com $2,895 sterlinglabs.com $2,000
everydayvalue.com $2,886 strongid.com $2,000
d-face.com $2,825 thewineshow.com $2,000
dutchcoffee.com $2,825 tyjr.com $2,000
lottis.com $2,800  

Sedo also sold SendItLater.com for GenericDomainMarket.com (GDM) at $3,499. GDM got the same price for ShareAway.com at GoDaddyAuctions.

Back at NameJet TaxShelter.com collected $9,566, 4782.com dialed in $9,500 and 1443. com found $9,377. GreenInvestments.com grossed $9,100, 1403.com corralled $8,850 and BusinessRadio.com tuned in $8,792.

The four-digit domains continued to pay off with 1435.com at $8,650 and 4061.com at $7,280 while VIPJob.com slipped in between those two at $7,920. Xianba.com banked $7,000, Gadzooks.com gathered $6,655 and CouncilBluffs.com captured $5,866. 

NameJet had 60 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,601 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,601
glucosemeters.com $5,601   ccba.com $2,905
citywidehomeloans.com $5,300 glucosemeter.com $2,855
medicalsoftware.com $5,300 maoma.com $2,805
ovoo.com $5,200 temy.com $2,700
safebanking.com $5,200 tohe.com $2,700
counterterrorism.com $5,099 3888888.com $2,620
kerri.com $5,099 kechi.com $2,620
wlwl.com $5,020 biaoding.com $2,610
moviez.com $5,000 immix.com $2,600
mostaza.com $4,901 roofcare.com $2,550
551188.com $4,800 duvi.com $2,540
slanted.com $4,766 infinitymedia.com $2,525
9nn.com $4,520 laona.com $2,521
businesswear.com $4,102 01d.com $2,510
costamaya.com $4,102 tejo.com $2,500
gusa.com $4,100 superiorliving.com $2,468
partyzone.com $4,100 cookoo.com $2,422
collected.com $3,850 tmcs.com $2,377
stockspot.com $3,811 vantix.com $2,342
loveday.com $3,601 atvrentals.com $2,300
trainingonline.com $3,557 comz.com $2,300
insulinpumps.com $3,411 markman.com $2,235
lianchang.com $3,411 purpletree.com $2,205
golfsmart.com $3,356 cstar.com $2,100
hamish.com $3,300 primaryplus.com $2,100
chatly.com $3,175 siteplanner.com $2,100
oooa.com $3,055 santis.com $2,016
warpath.com $3,055 ii4.com $2,009
jukai.com $3,000 kangaroom.com $2,001
oldtime.com $2,933 wagyusteaks.com $2,000
At Flippa.com FashionableHats.com donned $8,000, MediaInfo.com clicked for $7,520 and Missed.com hit $6,000. SalesAgents.com secured $3,400, LightShow.com lit up $3,350 and Fije.com claimed $3,050. FileMarket.com followed at $2,750, Assurer.com cultivated $2,650 and MusicKing.com drummed up $2,500. ITAssistant.com detected $2,450, DoubleOven.com baked $2,260 and Wuxo.com went for $2,200.

In a pair of private transactions Martin Reznik sold StarVR.com for $7,500 and David Myre got the same amount from a Silicon Valley Real Estate agent for SVRE.com. 

Elsewhere, Afternic sold three .co.com domains - RealEstate.co.com for $6,000, News.co.com for $5,500 and Booking.co.com for $3,980. Also Domains90210.com moved NGCF.com for $2,900. 

Country Codes

It was an odd couple of weeks for the ccTLDS in that only one five-figure sale was reported in a category that usually has several every week. That left the door open for Roasted.de to take the top spot on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart with a $10,043 sale at Sedo who swept the first five chart entries (and 14 of 20 places overall).

Sedo's hit list included #2 Investigazioni.it at $9,040 and #3 Optimize.me at $8,000. Book.cc ($7,956) and FussballNews.de ($7,910) rounded out the first five. NameJet finally interrupted the Sedo run with #6 JZ.tv at $6,800. Between the two of them, Sedo or NameJet filled every chart position except #18, taken by InformationStart.nl with their $4,315 sale of DubaiHotel.nl. 

.TV won a tight extension race nipping Germany's .de  five chart entries to four. Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, June 7:

Country Code Top 20 Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 25, 2015 - Sun. June 7, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect June 12, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Roasted.de €8,888 = $10,043 Sedo
2. Investigazioni.it €8,000 = $9,040 Sedo
3. Optimize.me $8,000