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Seven-Figure Blockbuster Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart - Top 20 Includes 7 ccTLDs

The year's second 7-figure domain sale was reported this week when serial entrepreneur and angel investor Jason Calacanis revealed he sold 20.com to an unidentified Chinese buyer for $1,750,000. NameExperts.com broker Joe Uddeme represented Calacanis is the deal. Calacanis had acquired the domain for just $75,000 in 2006. This is the second biggest sale reported so far this year, trailing only the $1,820,000 sale of 01.com that we reported on February 1st.

The runner-up spot on our latest all-extension Top 20 Sales Chart went to another ultra-short .com. Sharjil Saleem brokered the $115,000 sale of J5.com to claim that slot and that wasn't his only big hit this week. Sharjil also moved 16.net for $60,000 in one of the top five non .com gTLD sales reported so far in 2017. 

This was also a very good week for the ccTLDs who piled up seven entries on the Big Board. Four of those, including the two biggest country code sales, were Italian .it domains that came to light when Nidoma.com updated us on all of their sales from the past three months. Their list included #4 SOS.it at $22,363 (one of the year's 10 biggest ccTLD sales to date) and #5 Launch.it at $17,122.

By Ron Jackson

Sedo accounted for the other three ccTLD sales, as well as the only other non .com gTLD sale on the elite list (#13 Vector.org at $8,999). Added to their seven charted .com sales, Sedo wound up sweeping 11 of the 20 chart entries. Their roster was led by #6 ColorStreet at $16,000 and #7 Porn4K.com at $15,000.  

The .com effort (11 chart entries in all) was also aided by #11 Karamel .com (sold by AuthorityDomains.co.uk through GoDaddy Auctions) at $9,888 and #14 LovelyPepa.com (moved for $7,500 on the Above.com Marketplace). 

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, April 16, 2017:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. April 10, 2017 - Sun. April 16, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect April 19, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. 20.com $1,750,000 NameExperts
2. J5.com $115,000 Sharjil Saleem
3. 16.net $60,000 Sharjil Saleem
4. SOS.it €20,900 = $22,363 Nidoma
5. Launch.it €16,002 = $17,122 Nidoma
6. ColorStreet.com $16,000 Sedo
7. Porn4K.com $15,000 Sedo
8. Casa.de €12,500 = $13,375 Sedo
9.
tie		 QFun.com $10,000 Sedo
9.
tie		 THMCC.eu $10,000 Sedo

11. Karamel.com $9,888 AuthorityDomains.co.uk/
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12. Wein24.com €8,941 = $9,567 Sedo
13. Vector.org $8,999 Sedo
14. LovelyPepa.com $7,500 Above Marketplace
15. TMHCC.fr €6,999 = $7,489 Sedo
16. SmartPhones.it €6,201 = $6,635 Nidoma
17.
tie		 C4U.com $6,000 Sedo
17.
tie		 OrganicCannabis.com $6,000 Sedo
19. Toelettatura.it €5,500 = $5,885 Nidoma
20. ChinaChina.com $5,800 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.

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.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four figure sales with Gazelli.com at $5,500 and two others - Hiplace.com and Oriels.com - at $5,000 each. BankerTrust.com added $4,939, ServiceSquad.com secured $4,800 and NovemGroup.com notched $4,600.

Orijin.com kicked in another $4,500, Versand.com drew $4,130 and Aquanix.com dispensed $4,025. Sedo had 20 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000 that are listed in the table below.

Additional Sedo .com gTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
mmashop.com $4,000   beautycool.com $2,777
agro-invest.com $3,500 eastnine.com $2,688
airseva.com $3,500 greenvalleyhomes.com $2,500
chakrabalance.com $3,000 stylorama.com $2,140
forexdaily.com $3,000 allmixconcrete.com $2,000
horrorflix.com $3,000 bgarden.com $2,000
xpressdelivery.com $3,000 epicbeauty.com $2,000
vicron.com $2,999 lotterymaryland.com $2,000
yourpress.com $2,870 slugfest.com $2,000
dolore.com $2,800 triggerz.com $2,000

Back at Nidoma.com, four domains - Anelli.com, Bracciali.com, Collane.com and Orecchini.com - chalked up $4,120 apiece. TripGame.com garnered $2,568, Praticamente.com produced $2,140 and ApartmentsFlorence.com attracted $2,033.  

Elsewhere, SuccessClick sold FireRobot.com ($4,600), SolarTable.com ($4,200) and RobotRide.com ($3,200). 

Country Codes

As I noted above it was a big week for the ccTLDs who put seven domains on our all extension Top 20. The biggest sales in this category that you haven't seen yet are a pair of names that tied for #8 on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. Those were Dela.de and Sportube.it at $4,815 each, both via Sedo (who piled 11 chart entries overall).

Rounding out the top ten was 123Movies.co.uk, a name that went for $4,800 on the Above.com Marketplace.

With Nidoma (who is an Italian company based in Gerrmany) releasing three months worth of sales this week, .it cruised to an easy win in the extension race with 11 chart entries. Germany's .de was the only other TLD with multiple entries, claiming three spots on the leader board.  

Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, April 16, 2017:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. April 10, 2017 - Sun. April 16, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect April 19, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. SOS.it €20,900 = $22,363 Nidoma
2. Launch.it €16,002 = $17,122 Nidoma
3. Casa.de €12,500 = $13,375 Sedo
4. TMHCC.eu $10,000 Sedo
5. TMHCC.fr €6,999 = $7,489 Sedo
6. SmartPhones.it €6,201 = $6,635 Nidoma
7. TMHCC.it €5,000 = $5,350 Sedo
8.
tie		 Dela.de €4,500 = $4,815 Sedo
8.
tie		 Sportube.it €4,500 = $4,815 Sedo
10. 123Movies.co.uk $4,800 Above Marketplace

11 Log.in €4,000 = $4,280 Sedo
12. GreenChef.cn $4,000 Sedo
13. Mujerunica.mx $3,950 Sedo
14. Farmamed.it €3,600 = $3,852 Nidoma
15. Endlich-Daheim.de €3,015 = $3,226 Sedo
16. Darshan.it €3,000 = $3,210 Nidoma
17.
tie		 Imbianchino.it €2,750 = $2,943 Nidoma
17.
tie		 Pinacoteca.it €2,750 = $2,943 Sedo
17.
tie		 Raccontierotici.it €2,750 = $2,943 Nidoma
20. Novacasa.it €2,440 = $2,611 Nidoma

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were several more four-figure sales off the chart led by Nidoma's $2,580 sale of Puzzl.es. They added $2,140 for Giovannasbiroli.it. Nidoma had 14 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,019 to $1,958 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Nidoma ccTLD Sales Between $1,019 - $1,958
intono.it $1,958   obtain.it $1,072
magoni.it $1,632 easybaby.it $1,070
upnews.it $1,394 imperoitaliano.it $1,070
pagineutili.it $1,285 rosalia.it $1,070
dietetico.it $1,189 yogo.it $1,060
john.it $1,072 instruct.it $1,051
nnn.it $1,072 leap.it $1,019

Back at Sedo Ituv.de drew $2,518, OKO.de delivered $2,140 and MGT.io tallied $2,100.

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 and others, including new gTLDs)

Sharjil Saleem's big $60,000 sale of 16.net (one of the year's five biggest in this category) gave the non .com gTLDs something to cheer about - and they needed it. Only five other sales were reported for the entire group - all of those generated by Sedo with a pair of .orgs leading the way. #2 Vector.org went for $8,999 and #3 HRDG.org banked $4,950.

Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, April 16, 2017.

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Non .Com gTLDs Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. April 10, 2017 - Sun. April 16, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect April 19, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. 16.net $60,000 Sharjil Saleem
2. Vector.org $8,999 Sedo
3. HRDG.org $4,950 Sedo
4. HomeKit.net $2,995 Sedo
5. Vipre.net €2,150 = $2,301 Sedo
6. Effortless.org $2,000 Sedo

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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