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Travelzoo Books Year's Biggest Domain Sale to Date Banking $2.89 Million for Fly.com 

In the biggest domain sale reported so far in 2017, a $2.89 million dollar deal for Fly.com has come to light thanks to George Kirikos who found the transaction in TravelZoo's 1Q-2017 SEC filing (the sale is noted on page 6 of the filing). TravelZoo originally acquired the domain for $1.76 million (as we reported in 2009) so the sale netted them a handsome profit of more than $1 million (only the domain name was included in the sale to an undisclosed buyer and WhoIs privacy continues to  shielded their identity). As George noted when he sent me the information, the sale is further proof that a quality domain name is an asset rather than an expense. 

The Fly.com sale is more than $1 million higher than the previous 2017 chart leader - 01.com, a name that VIP Brokerage sold for $1,820,000 in February - and is, or course, the runaway winner on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. Sedo filled the next two slots with Piech.com at $79,000 and SeaCapital.com at $49,000. 

RightOfTheDot.com and NameJet.com released a large batch of completed sales from their live and online domain auction at the 2017 NamesCon conference for the first time. Two of those sales rounded out the first five with DPT.com going for $42,000 and Beginning.com for $29,000. Their sales filled eight entries on the leader board including the week's biggest ccTLD sale - #15 (tie) 89.tv at $9,000. 

By Ron Jackson

Sedo had the only other country code sale on the Big Board - #20 GSHS.co.kr at $7,000, as well as the only non .com gTLD on the elite list - #14 Carts.net at $9,850.

The .coms swept everything else. The .com cause was helped by Tuoky.com's $23,000 sale of #7 (tie) QEL.com, DomainMarket's $12,500 sale of #11 Harvest Properties.com and DomainsNext.com's $8,500 sale of FC8.com.  

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, April 30, 2017:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. April 24, 2017 - Sun. April 30, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 3, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Fly.com $2,890,000 Pvt Sale
2. Piech.com $79,000 Sedo
3. SeaCapital.com $49,000 Sedo
4. DPT.com $42,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
5. Beginning.com $29,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
6. CYI.com $26,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
7.
tie		 Archeology.com $23,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
7.
tie		 QEL.com $23,000 Tuoky
9. BackInjury.com $14,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
10. Rootless.com $13,800 Sedo

11, HarvestProperties.com $12,500 DomainMarket
12. CoolShirts.com $11,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
13. Starface.com €10,000 = $10,900 Sedo
14. Carts.net $9,850 Sedo
15.
tie		 89.tv $9,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
15.
tie		 Diginut.com $9,000 Sedo
17. FC8.com $8,500 DomainsNext
18. MountainElectronics.com $8,000 DomainMarket
19. FreeChecking.com $7,100 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
20. GSHS.co.kr $7,000 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

The RightOfTheDot/NameJet auction produced the highest sale in the .com supporting cast of four figure sales with Infections.com going for $6,500. Dolares.com drew $5,200, HouseAlarms.com secured $5,000 and Rawo.com went for $4,100.

Mudslide.com made $4,000, NNNK.com kicked in $3,750 and HomeNetworking.com connected with $3,700. ParmesanCheese.com chalked up $3,500, IronCurtain.com closed on $3,100 and Receivable.com returned $3,000. AdultClub.com added $2,250 while OPID.com and ForexBusiness.com fetched $2,000 each. 

Back at Sedo, GottaLive.com landed $5,999, Sintomas.com sold for $5,900 and Salesology.com commanded $5,341. Pinna.com and TravelVisas.com added $4,500 apiece while Flist.com contributed $4,360. Ibilet.com brought $3,950, GrandProjects.com produced $3,850 and Quebuscas.com corralled $3,814.

Sedo had 27 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,500 that are listed in the table below.

Additional Sedo .com gTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $3,500
brainshock.com $3,500   novakane.com $2,888
dekorando.com $3,270 vimedi.com $2,725
drvpn.com $3,270 cwcco.com $2,500
ss1.com $3,259 dragonboating.com $2,500
hrks.com $3,225 livear.com $2,500
radiobox.com $3,150 wehappy.com $2,500
kioscos.com $3,134 usflagco.com $2,499
onlinestudy.com $3,100 aztecplumbing.com $2,077
deletenow.com $3,000 financialconsulting.com $2,077
zebrahome.com $3,000 inabox.com $2,077
acefab.com $2,999 paycafe.com $2,000
brandedstuff.com $2,899 poofi.com $2,000
diamondlinks.com $2,899 rileyrose.com $2,000
tradeswitch.com $2,899  

Elsewhere LegalBrandMarketing.com sold WebsiteAttorney.com and WeedLawyer.com for $5,000 each. 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by the two entries you saw on the all extension leader board above with 89.tv setting the pace at $9,000. Sedo filled the next four spots on our latest weekly Country Code Top Sales Chart with a quartet let by a Korean domain, GSHS.co.kr at $7,000 and followed by Jogging.fr at $6,540.

Sedo went on to sweep 14 of the 19 chart entries. DomainLore.co.uk got on the board with #18 Joanne.co.uk at $1,271 and Golem.eu scored twice, filling the final two slots with a pair of .eu domains.

Germany's .de won a tight TLD race with three chart entries. Four other TLDs had two each. Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, April 30, 2017:

Country Code Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. April 24, 2017 - Sun. April 30, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 3, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. 89.tv $9,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
2. GSHS.co.kr $7,000 Sedo
3. Jogging.fr €6,000 = $6,540 Sedo
4. Meridian.co $6,000 Sedo
5. Impact.ai $4,999 Sedo
6. DV.tv $4,500 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
7. Marcus.fr €3,980 = $4,338 Sedo
8. Elettra.it €3,100 = $3,379 Sedo
9. Freelancers.de €2,999 = $3,269 Sedo
10. Bergfreunde.it €2,750 = $2,998 Sedo

11 Twin.de €2,550 = $2,780 Sedo
12. Augenaerzte-Muenchen.de €2,400 = $2,616 Sedo
13. Zup.io $2,500 Sedo
14. HotelDelft.nl €2,250 = $2,453 Sedo
15. Tip.in €2,028 = $2,211 Sedo
16. Aierji.cn $2,000 Sedo
17. Joanne.co.uk £985 = $1,271 DomainLore.co.uk
18. BigCity.eu €1,069 = $1,165 Golem.eu
19. Huts.eu €999 = $1,089 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 and others, including new gTLDs)

The non .com gTLDs were led by their lone entry on the all extension leader board you saw earlier - Sedo's $9,850 sale of Carts.net.  The next eight entries on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top Sales Chart all came from the RightOfTheDot/NameJet auction with a pair of .nets - Bargain.net and Gaming.net - leading that group at $6,500 apiece. 

RightOfTheDot/NameJet swept 12 of 14 entries overall with the other two spots going to Sedo. The .nets easily won the extension race with nine chart entries,. No other TLD has more than one.

Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, April 30, 2017.

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Non .Com gTLDs Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. April 24, 2017 - Sun. April 30, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 3, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Carts.net $9,850 Sedo
2.
tie		 Bargain.net $6,500 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
2.
tie		 Gaming.net $6,500 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
4. Rental.net $4,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
5. Antique.net $3,500 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
6. Leadership.net $3,202 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
7. 420.shop $3,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet

8. Factory.net $3,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
9. Business.broker $2,500 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
10.
tie		 MyGarden.net $2,000 Sedo
10.
tie		 Visitor.org $2,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
12. Silver.club $1,500 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
13. TownHomes.net $1,310 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
14. Shoes.xyz $1,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet

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. 

Domain Name Industry Newsletter

 

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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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