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Another Short .Com Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart But This One is Different

We've become used to seeing short .com domains at the top of our weekly domain sales chart, especially of the 3-letter or 3-number variety. However, 3-character .coms (a mix of letters and numbers) rarely land that high. Those domains do have value but seeing one go as high as HG7.com did this week at SnapNames.com - $60,001 - is almost unheard of. While you will likely be surprised by the price, you won't be surprised to hear that the domain went to China where so many other short .coms have migrated over the past couple of years.

The runner-up spot on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart went to Sedo for their $45,000 sale of Defiant.com. Short .coms filled the rest of the first five as well. BQDN.com sold #3 DTP.com for $44,000 and #4 2021.com for $43,000 while SnapNames scored again with #5 Xitong.com at $38,006.

The next four spots on the Big Board all went to non .com gTLDs with two new gTLDs in that quartet. Sedo had the top sale in that group with #6 Apuestas.net ("bets" in Spanish) going for €29,000 ($30,740). Following in order were OP.media ($20,500 at Synergy.media), Act.Today (a Magnum Domains listing that sold for $20,000 at DomainAgents.com) and MobileHomes.org ($18,800 at Sedo).

By Ron Jackson

Broker Sharjil Saleem completed a trio of .com sales at $18,000 apiece that rounded out the top half of the elite list. Those helped the .coms sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries. Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com also contributed to the .com charge with #15 StrongRoots.com at $13,600 and #18 DestinationsInternational.com at $9,888. Mann told us he bought the first name for $200 in 2012 and got the latter one for $69 in 2011.

The ccTLDs were limited to just one chart entry this week. That went to Sedo for #19 G.cx at $8,368.

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, February 19, 2017:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 13, 2017 - Sun. Feb. 19, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 22, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. HG7.com $60,001 SnapNames
2. Defiant.com $45,000 Sedo
3. DTP.com $44,000 BQDN
4. 2021.com $43,000 BQDN
5. Xitong.com $38,006 SnapNames
6. Apuestas.net
("bets" in Spanish)		 €29,000 = $30,740 Sedo
7. OP.media $20,500 Synergy.media
8. Act.today $20,000 DomainAgents
9. MobileHomes.org $18,800 Sedo
10.
(tie)		 4018.com $18,000 Sharjil Saleem
10.
(tie)		 6408.com $18,000 Sharjil Saleem
10.
(tie)		 Yizhe.com $18,000 Sharjil Saleem

13. Zome.com $14,000 Sedo
14. TheNewInternet.com $13,999 Sedo
15. StrongRoots.com $13,600 DomainMarket
16. Rapiddo.com £10,000 = $12,500 Sedo
17. EstoyBien.com $10,000 Sedo
18. DestinationsInternational.com $9,888 DomainMarket
19. G.cx €7,894 = $8,368 Sedo
20. Elium.com $8,000 Sedo

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

DomainMarket.com led the .com supporting cast of four figure sales with Icram.com at $7,910. They added $6,800 for InfiniteCare.com and $6,000 for TheMandrake.com.

SnapNames banked $7,500 for Bingdu.com, $4,999 for Broadcastr.com and $4,510 for 53332.com. Rexia.com returned $3,218, AY8.com drew $3,138, Hopla.com hauled in $3,038 and Kastatus.com corralled $2,500. 

Back at Sedo, Yegoo.com yielded $6,625, Elastika.com captured $6,000 and SohoMarket.com made $5,194. Sedo had 42 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
acepictures.com $5,000   s1s.com $3,450
roanokecity.com $5,000 symbiosys.com $3,300
thedimensiongroup.com $5,000 trovacase.com $3,300
tnaa.com $5,000 userfactor.com $3,180
broadcastr.com $4,999 plasmanorm.com $3,074
canadiancitizenship.com $4,775 farya.com $3,000
snapbank.com $4,500 feedad.com $3,000
scholo.com $4,150 display-solutions.com $2,995
fundrite.com $4,134 instaauto.com $2,650
samfex.com $4,134 rewolf.com $2,500
taival.com $4,134 solicity.com $2,500
trattori.com $3,988 speev.com $2,500
alnl.com $3,959 inspireink.com $2,250
brainsupport.com $3,900 amasing.com $2,200
t-h-c.com $3,800 factures.com $2,120
izara.com $3,710 ledotron.com $2,120
huwen.com $3,604 32a.com $2,000
finalign.com $3,600 bitace.com $2,000
okrobot.com $3,550 fieldbridge.com $2,000
anytour.com $3,500 unseat.com $2,000
niceonline.com $3,500 wellness-coach.com $2,000

Elsewhere Logan Flatt sold TiresNearMe.com to the Bridgestone tire company for $2,488. 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by their lone entry on the all extension leader board that you saw above - G.cx at $8,368 via Sedo. Sedo went on to sweep 14 of the 15 sales reported in this category including all of the top ten. They filled the runner-up slot on our latest weekly Country Code Top Sales Chart with Harmonie.de at $5,300 and #3 with Loving.ly at $4,999.

Golem.eu had the only non-Sedo entry after selling #15 Anthem.be for $1,059. 

Germany's .de won the extension race with three chart entries. The remaining 12 were split between 10 different TLDs in an extraordinarily diverse week. Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, February 19, 2017:

Country Code Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 13, 2017 - Sun. Feb. 19, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 22, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. G.cx €7,894 = $8,368 Sedo
2. Harmonie.de €5,000 = $5,300 Sedo
3. Loving.ly $4,999 Sedo
4. VisionDirect.com.ru $4,875 Sedo
5. Autohaus.me €4,400 = $4,664 Sedo
6. Steam.co.uk £3,300 = $4,125 Sedo
7. Paulpaula.de €3,000 = $3,180 Sedo
8. Xfree.de €2,999 = $3,179 Sedo
9. Schindler.co.uk £2,316 = $2,895 Sedo
10. Allevatori.it €2,500 = $2,650 Sedo

11.
tie		 Good.io $2,499 Sedo
11.
tie		 GWB.eu €2,250 = $2,385 Sedo
13. Angulus.cn $2,000 Sedo
14. Faceted.cn $2,000 Sedo
15. Anthem.be €999 = $1,059 Golem.eu

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

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 bounced back with four five-figure sales this week, all of which made the all extension Top 20 you saw earlier. Apuestas.net ("bets'' in Spanish) led the way at $30,740 to take the top spot on our latest weekly Non. com gTLD Top Sales Chart. 

The biggest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is #5 Hosted.net at $3,510 via Sedo.

The .nets led the extension race with four chart entries. New gTLDs took five spots but they came in five different extensions. Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, February 19, 2017.

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When the domain you need is taken...

Non .Com gTLDs Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 13, 2017 - Sun. February 19, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 22, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Apuestas.net
("bets" in Spanish)		 €29,000 = $30,740 Sedo
2. OP.media $20,500 Synergy.media
3. Act.today $20,000 DomainAgents
4. MobileHomes.org $18,800 Sedo
5.  Hosted.net $3,510 Sedo

6.
(tie)		 Altassian.net $3,000 SnapNames
6.
(tie)		 Phone.parts $3,000 Sedo
8. Specs.info €2,666 = $2,826 Sedo
9. NewHome.net $2,200 Sedo
10. Messezimmer.info €2,000 = $2,120 Sedo
11. Local.express $1,500 Pvt Sale
12. NTV.news $1,000 Pvt Sale

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

 

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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