Sedo
rounded out the first five with a four-letter.com - Newy.com
- at a cool $66,000. Only three domains on the entire chart
ran longer than 6 letters.
The only two non .com domains on the Big
Board - both ccTLDs - were also short acronyms. UnicDomains.com
had a very nice Canadian country code sale, getting $30,000 for
#7 AHS.ca and Heritage Auctions secured $20,000 for
#13 (tie) SEO.co.
Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com
helped fuel the .com onslaught by selling #6 Arabesq.com for $34,000.
Mann said he has purchased that domain for just $300 in 2009.
In a related note this week, given the
interest in prices that have been (and are being) paid for
ultra-short .com domains, Leap.com's
George Kirikos, who is a master at finding domain sales
information buried in financial filings, made an interesting
discovery regarding HL.com. International investment bank Houlihan
Lokey (HL) acquired that domain back in 2007 for an undisclosed
price. Fast forward to 2015 where we now have HL filing to go
public, requiring release of an S-1
statement.
In that report Kirikos found a $303,000
entry for a "Domain Name" in the listing of goodwill and
intangible assets. George told us, "That $303,000 is for both
2014 and 2015, demonstrating that they've not been depreciating
it. So, I think with 95% certainty, the $303K was the price used
when the domain name was purchased and that the domain name was
most likely HL.com." Further evidence of that is the entry uses
the phrase "Domain Name" in singular, rather than
the plural "Domain Names".
In 2007 that price would have fallen in
the middle of the range paid for the eight two-letter .com domains
on that
year's Top 100 Chart. They ranged from just $100,000
for VN.com to $500,000 each for AZ.com and LI.com.
While $303,000 is certainly not chump change it would have been a
real bargain for Houlihan Lokey by today's 2-letter .com standards.
Most people would look at 2007's $500,000 ceiling as today's
2-letter .com floor.
Thanks to George for his always
outstanding spadework. Now back to how the sales leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, July 19:
HealthInsurance Services, Inc
eHealthInsurance Services, Inc
eHealthInsurance Services, Inc
The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. July 13,2015 - Sun. July 19,
2015
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect July 22, 2015)
|
|
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
1. |
QE.com |
$554,000 |
eNaming/MediaOptions |
2. |
9595.com |
$180,000 |
Pvt Sale |
3. |
Tie.com |
$125,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
4. |
BOP.com |
$80,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
5. |
Newy.com |
$66,000 |
Sedo |
6. |
Arabesq.com |
$34,000 |
DomainMarket |
7. |
AHS.ca |
$30,000 |
UnicDomains |
8. |
Donna.com |
$24,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
9. |
IGL.com |
$23,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
10. |
Philae.com |
$22,000 |
Sedo |
|
11.
tie |
MovieQuotes.com |
$20,500 |
Sedo |
11.
tie |
VapeClub.com |
$20,500 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
BVF.com |
$20,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
13.
tie |
Frisco.com |
$20,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
13.
tie |
SEO.co |
$20,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
16. |
MJU.com |
$19,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
17. |
IXA.com |
$18,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
18. |
VMR.com |
$17,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
19. |
FIQ.com |
$16,500 |
Heritage Auctions |
20. |
GXM.com |
$15,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
|
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 eight more five-figure sales off the
chart including a nice 2-letter .net sale at Heritage Auctions
where QV.net.went for $15,000.
Sedo secured seven more sales at this level led by another
3-letter .com - EKC.com at $15,500. HelloEnglish.com
added $15,000, Perfectha.com posted $14,820 and Tfax.com
fetched $11,000. Three others - CareerGuide.com, CDLP.com
and Flone.com - drew $10,000 each.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .Com Supporting Cast of four-figure
sales with EleventhHour.com at $9,999, DBag.com
brought $8,000, ePharm.com fetched $7,500 and TruHotels.com
booked $6,750.
FootMercato.com fetched $6,540, TackleWorld.com
went for $6,000 and MaderaGroup.com made $5,500. Destur.com
drew $5,450, Envios.com added $5,449, VRSales.com
kicked in $4,905 and SalonWholesale.com sold for $4,158.
Sedo had 24 more four-figure .com sales ranging
from $2,000 to $3,975 that are listed in the table
below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,975 |
smooz.com |
$3,975 |
|
sinplus.com |
$2,500 |
my-brand.com |
$3,815 |
etnagroup.com |
$2,295 |
slotstorm.com |
$3,815 |
wandatour.com |
$2,244 |
vytek.com |
$3,679 |
longstayhotels.com |
$2,200 |
plandecampagne.com |
$3,270 |
foot-anglais.com |
$2,180 |
guomaowang.com |
$3,200 |
cheap-hotel.com |
$2,179 |
epado.com |
$3,000 |
dinosaursforkids.com |
$2,126 |
microh.com |
$3,000 |
ovah.com |
$2,100 |
tigerbites.com |
$3,000 |
shimokita.com |
$2,095 |
sparkanalytics.com |
$2,900 |
snap4u.com |
$2,000 |
messtronik.com |
$2,725 |
suffolkpd.com |
$2,000 |
hitcell.com |
$2,695 |
typoh.com |
$2,000 |
Country
Codes
AHS.ca set the pace for the
ccTLDs this week. That $30,000 sale by UnicDomains is the
biggest Canadian country code sale reported so far this year and
also the biggest 3-letter sale in any ccTLD. It
also ranks among the 15 biggest country code sales of any kind thus
far in 2015 (the ccTLD YTD Top 100 is the second
chart on the page linked to).
The $20,000 sale of SEO.co at
Heritage Auctions (like AHS.ca, a name that made the all
extension Top 20 chart you saw earlier) fills the #2 slot on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Chart.
A pair of $8,175 sales at Sedo followed with Etichetta.it
and Stier.de each drawing that amount. Sedo rounded
out the first five with TimeShare.co.uk at $7,800.
Germany's .de won the extension race with
seven chart entries, followed by .co with four. No other
TLD had more than one place on the leader board. Here is how the
country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, July
19:
|
Country
Code Top 20 Chart
Highest Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. July 13, 2015 - Sun. July 19, 2015
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect
July 22, 2015) |
|
|
Domain |
Sold For
|
Where
Sold |
1. |
AHS.ca |
$30,000 |
UnicDomains |
2. |
SEO.co |
$20,000 |
Heritage Auctions |
3.
tie |
Etichetta.it |
€7,500 = $8,175 |
Sedo |
3.
tie |
Stier.de |
€7,500 = $8,175 |
Sedo |
5. |
TimeShare.co.uk |
£5,000 = $7,800 |
Sedo |
6. |
Buddy.co |
$7,500 |
Sedo |
7. |
Selfies.de |
€6,500 = $7,085 |
Sedo |
8. |
777.pt |
€6,000 = $6,540 |
Sedo |
9. |
MobileBanking.com.br |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
10. |
Bewegungsfreunde.de |
€4,000 = $4,360 |
Sedo |
|
11. |
Dufour-Yachts.com.cn |
$4,000 |
Sedo |
11. |
Obst-Berlin.de |
€3,000 = $3,270 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
Love.st |
$3,000 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
Starship.co |
$3,000 |
Sedo |
15. |
Psychotherapie-Hamburg.de |
€2,400 = $2,616 |
Sedo |
16. |
Abgelaufen.de |
€2,200 = $2,398 |
Sedo |
17. |
Groove.co |
$2,250 |
Sedo |
18. |
Wein-kiste.de |
€2,000 = $2,180 |
Sedo |
19. |
Kahr.at |
€1,999 = $2,179 |
Golem.eu |
20. |
Kuhl.eu |
€1,949 = $2,124 |
Golem.eu |
CLICK
HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts. |
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There were several more four-figure
sales off the chart led by Sedo's $1,744 sale of StarModels.eu.
They also picked up $1,635 apiece for Bewegungsfreunde.at
and GFT.co.
Sedo had 14 more four-figure ccTLD sales
ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 that are listed in
the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $1,500 |
therefectory.co.uk |
$1,560 |
|
cook.cc |
$1,248 |
partizan.co.uk |
$1,558 |
cvo.co.za |
$1,150 |
gaps.de |
$1,400 |
hochsee.de |
$1,090 |
digitalpr.nl |
$1,363 |
perkins-engines.eu |
$1,090 |
mustervollmacht.de |
$1,308 |
bio-gewuerze.de |
$1,079 |
carrera.tv |
$1,299 |
lava.me |
$1,000 |
l5.cc |
$1,280 |
smartthings.co.uk |
$1,000 |
Elsewhere, BIA.us changed hands for $1,477
in a private transaction.
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 (.net, .org, .biz,
.info & others, including new gTLDs)
It was slow going for the non .com gTLDs though
they did get a nice five-figure sale in QV.net, a name
that went for $15,000 at Heritage Auctions. No others
reached that range though the #2 domain on our latest Non
.Com gTLD Top Sales Chart came close with Sedo selling UPL.org
for $9,888.
Still only ten sales total were reported for the
entire category with Sedo booking all but one of those. They
rounded out the first five with UTZ.org ($7,500), JH.biz
($1,638) and UBX.info ($1,635).
Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders
stacked up for the week ending Sunday, July 19:
Non
.Com gTLDs Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. July 13, 2015 - Sun. July 19, 2015
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect
July 22, 2015) |
|
|
Domain |
Sold
For |
Where Sold |
1. |
| |