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George Kirikos Uncovers Another Huge Sale That Ranks Among the Year's Top Ten

By relentlessly digging through corporate SEC filings George Kirikos has uncovered so many previously unreported major sales I lost count long ago. Suffice it to say that our annual Top 100 Charts would look a lot different without the spadework he's done. George did it again this week while looking through a report filed by Wave Systems Corp (WSC) who had gone into bankruptcy. WSC owned the top tier domain name, Wave.com, that was quietly auctioned off by the court, bringing $420,000 - a number George confirmed through an April order made by the bankruptcy court.

That makes Wave.com the biggest sale, by far, reported this week as well as 8th biggest sale reported so far this year. George believes the price would have been considerably higher if the auction had been more widely publicized and I agree with him on that. 

There are a lot of companies that would benefit mightily from the name. Kirikos noted that in his city alone, Toronto, there is a company named Wave that has 1.7 million customers in more than 200 countries and it's a firm that has also raised $20 million in funding - more than enough to nail down what would have been an invaluable asset for them. Instead the domain is now owned by New York City based Chime Inc. who is using it to run a money transfer service. 

By Ron Jackson

The next highest sale on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart went to Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com where he sold GodOfIsrael.com for $24,888. DomainMarket also sold #19 (tie) TheGodOfIsrael.com to the same buyer for $6,000.

Sedo filled the next six positions in a row, starting with #3 Slither.com at $22,600. They followed with  the week's biggest non .com gTLD sale, #4 Santa.org at $13,500. Sedo's run also included the week's biggest ccTLD sale, #6 TimeShares.ca at $11,800.

There were three more country code sales on the Big Board, all posted by Sedo, including another one in the top ten - #8 4U.de at $11,187. The non .com gTLDs had two more entries (in addition  to Santa.org) - #10 Equals.net ($8,800 at Sedo) and #12 Diamonds.club ($8,246 at GoDaddy). 

The .coms scored their latest win with 13 of the 20 charted sales. Scott Alliy's Allied Internet Solutions helped the .com cause with #9 EventIndustryNews.com at $9,000, as did SnapNames with their $7,750 sale of #14 Sunil.com.

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, August 21, 2016:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Aug. 15, 2016 - Sun. Aug. 21, 2016
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect August 24, 2016)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Wave.com $420,000 Pvt Sale
2. GodOfIsrael.com $24,888 DomainMarket
3. Slither.com €20,000 = $22,600 Sedo
4. Santa.org $13,500 Sedo
5. SalesManagementSoftware.com $12,377 Sedo
6. TimeShares.ca $11,800 Sedo
7. GreenVita.com €10,000 = $11,300 Sedo
8. 4U.de €9,900 = $11,187 Sedo
9. EventIndustryNews.com $9,000 Allied Internet
Solutions
10. Equals.net $8,800 Sedo

11. Pizza.gr €7,721 = $8,725 Sedo
12. Diamonds.club $8,248 GoDaddy
13. ShopLite.com $8,000 Sedo
14. Sunil.com $7,750 SnapNames
15. Newable.com $7,500 Sedo
16. Quiz.us $7,250 Sedo
17. TalentStars.com $7,000 Sedo
18. LavaMusic.com $6,999 Sedo
19.
tie		 ShopBeyond.com $6,000 Sedo
19.
tie		 TheGodOfIsrael.com $6,000 DomainMarket

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

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

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .Com Supporting Cast of four-figure sales with Cybertek.com at $5,597. That domain had just been purchased for $2,755 at NameJet in June so the buyer doubled their money in just two months. Also at Sedo, HappySticks.com stacked up $5,500, Dossen.com drew $5,085 and NutriDepot.com notched $4,700.

Lingu.com landed $4,520, Diavita.com deposited $4,294 and Rocro.com returned $4,200. Perlego.com posted another $4,181 and Doolim.com commanded $4,100. Sedo had 16 more sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
ultragames.com $4,000   cryofuel.com $2,600
diolite.com $3,880 immipro.com $2,600
pinox.com $3,500 snarktheater.com $2,500
ajpe.com $3,499 yourhealthmagazine.com $2,500
statusmoney.com $3,200 urbanmatter.com $2,499
sevensound.com $3,108 moxleys.com $2,495
reedpro.com $2,999 6cam.com $2,200
nethoster.com $2,825 iglaze.com $2,000

SnapNames sold four others. Wenxing.com went for $4,600, PixelFactory.com posted $2,700, 8My.com made $2,450 and ThinkPHP.com produced $2,024. 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by four sales you saw on the all extension leader board above with two of those - TimeShares.ca and 4U.de - reaching five figures. The highest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is #5 on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Include.io, a domain that Park.io sold for $5,000.

Sedo swept 14 of the 20 chart entries with a roster that included #6 Klement.de at $4,520. Park.io claimed four spots including #7 Debit.io at $4,200. That left one spot each for Catawiki.com with #11 (tie) Conditie.nl at $3,390 and DomainLore.co.uk with #20 Mighty.co.uk at $1,599. 

Germany's .de won the extension race with seven chart entries, followed by The British Indian Ocean Territory's .io with four.  Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, August 21, 2016:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Aug. 15, 2016 - Sun. Aug. 21, 2016
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect August 24, 2016)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. TimeShares.ca $11,800 Sedo
2. 4U.de €9,900 = $11,187 Sedo
3. Pizza.gr €7,721 = $8,725 Sedo
4. Quiz.us $7,250 Sedo
5. Include.io $5,000 Park.io
6. Klement.de €4,000 = $4,520 Sedo
7. Debit.io $4,200 Park.io
8.
tie		 KreditSupermarkt.de €3,500 = $3,955 Sedo
8.
tie		 Photobus.de €3,500 = $3,955 Sedo
10. Teddy.me $3,500 Sedo

11.
tie		 Conditie.nl
("condition" in Dutch)		 €3,000 = $3,390 Catawiki
11.
tie		 Sclip.de €3,000 = $3,390 Sedo
13. Pad.re $2,979 Sedo
14. Photos.de €2,500 = $2,825 Sedo
15.
tie		 31.eu €2,499 = $2,824 Sedo
15.
tie		 CX.cx €2,499 = $2,824 Sedo
17. SoftwareLab.de €2,100 = $2,373 Sedo
18. Consultants.io $1,950 Park.io
19. Ogar.io $1,700 Park.io
20. Mighty.co.uk £1,211 = $1,599 DomainLore.co.uk

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

In another four-figure sale off the chart DomainLore.co.uk sold Babble.co.uk for $1,151.

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)

The non .com gTLDs were led by the three sales your saw on the all extension leader board earlier, with Santa.org setting the pace at $13,500. The biggest sales from this group that you haven't seen yet are a pair names that tied for #4 on our latest weekly Non .com gTLD Top Sales Chart. Those are Sedo's $5,000 sale of HotDeals.net and Domainora.com's sale of Pages.pro at the same price. 

GoDaddy wound up with the most chart entries - eight in all - thanks to a nice group of .club premium domain sales including two that tied for #7 at $4,123 each - Care.club and Trip.club. Sedo also had an excellent outing with seven charted sales. 

With the .CLUB Registry releasing all of their July premium sales this week, .club easily won the race with 11 charted sales. Here is how the non .com gTLD sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, August 21, 2016:

Non .Com gTLDs Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Aug. 15, 2016 - Sun. Aug. 21, 2016
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect August 24, 2016)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Santa.org $13,500 Sedo
2. Equals.net $8,800 Sedo
3. Diamonds.club $8,248 GoDaddy
4.
tie		 HotDeals.net $5,000 Sedo
4.
tie		 Pages.pro $5,000 Domainora
6. Ascensia.net €3,900 = $4,407 Sedo
7.
tie		 Care.Club $4,123 GoDaddy
7.
tie		 Trip.club $4,123 GoDaddy
9. Sevens.org €3,000 = $3,390 Sedo
10. ICP.net $2,999 Sedo

11.
tie		 Giants.club $2,635 Name.com
11.
tie		 Hub.club $2,635 PDR Ltd.
13. Swift.club $2,530 Dynadot
14. Enbrel.xyz $2,500 Sedo
15.
tie		 Edward.club $2,473 GoDaddy
15.
tie		 Lust.club $2,473 Go Daddy
15.
tie		 Roman.club $2,473 Go Daddy
15.
tie		 Style.club $2,473 Go Daddy
15.
tie		 Tom.club $2,473 Go Daddy
20. Healthvi.org $1,631 SnapNames

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

 

There were two more four-figure sales off the chart - both at SnapNames where sold Ergodox.org for $1,350 and Sirenian.org went for $1,051. 

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. 

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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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