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Buckley Media Group & BQDN Broker 6-Figure Sales in Impressive Week for Domain Aftermarket

It seems appropriate that Valentine's Day was one week ago considering how much love domain buyers showed for premium names over the past seven days. Two of them commanded six-figure prices including one that ranks as the 2nd biggest confirmed sale of the new year. That was a $335,000 sale of Inspection.com to AsiaInspection brokered by Kate Buckley (BuckleyMediaGroup.com). 

Kate Buckley

 Kate said, "My client, KATNAMES, and I agreed that the global Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC) industry was our best bet. We had many conversations with top players in this multi-billion dollar industry,  all of whom had much to benefit from acquiring this global brand. It was soon clear to us that AsiaInspection had the most to gain from this acquisition—both offensively and defensively. Happily, they agreed.” 

KATNAMES added, “We were thrilled that a worthy company in the TIC space capitalized on this

authoritative domain for its intrinsic category-defining value as well as its protective value. More importantly, it was a great upgrade for a company with roots in Asia, but now present in more than 50 countries. Despite many suitors, they were the best positioned to leverage this powerful domain.”

By Ron Jackson

The sale continued a hot streak Ms. Buckley has been on for the past two years. She had two of the 20 biggest domain sales reported in 2016 and followed that up with three of the top 25 sales in 2017 (led by Refi.com at $500,000). With her latest blockbuster coming so early in 2018 she could be headed for her biggest year yet.  

BQDN.com's James Booth also had reason to celebrate. He not only banked $100,000 for the #2 sale on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart - Jones.com - he put three more domains on the elite list with two of those joining Jones.com in the top ten. Booth absorbed $51,000 with #3 Sponge.com and wolfed down $23,000 more with #10 Fajita.com. 

Sedo had a hand in two sales that rounded out the first five, moving OCX.com and VideoDesign.com for $50,000 apiece. Sedo sold the latter name for Michael Mann's DomainMarket. Sedo and DomainMarket each had six more charted sales in addition to the one they collaborated on. Sedo's haul included #6 1MY.com at $39,600 while #7 Sambro.com at $30,000 helped fuel a big week for DomainMarket.

.Coms swept 15 of the 20 chart entries, including the first 11 in a row. The ccTLDs claimed four places with CatchTiger.com's $21,582 sale of #12 Biologisch.nl ("biological" in Dutch) setting the pace for the country code domains. That left just one spot for the non .com gTLDs that was filled by Sedo's $15,000 sale of #16 Stealth.org. 

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for week ending Sunday, February 18, 2018:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 12, 2018 - Sun. Feb. 18, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 21, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Inspection.com $335,000 Buckley Media Group
2. Jones.com $100,000 BQDN
3. Sponge.com $51,000 BQDN
4.
tie		 OCX.com $50,000 Sedo
4.
tie		 VideoDesign.com $50,000 DomainMarket/Sedo
6. 1MY.com $39,600 Sedo
7. Sambro.com $30,000 DomainMarket
8.
tie		 LesDeux.com $25,000 DomainMarket
8.
tie		 RentalsDirect.com $25,000 DomainMarket
10. Fajita.com $23,000 BQDN

11. BreakBread.com $22,000 Sedo
12. Biologisch.nl
("biological" in Dutch)		 €17,546 = $21,582 CatchTiger
13.
tie		 Dense.com $19,000 BQDN
13.
tie		 LocalFoodTours.com $19,000 DomainMarket
15. SpartansGroup.com $17,900 DomainMarket
16. Stealth.org $15,000 Sedo
17. GoldStandardService.com $14,888 DomainMarket
18. Employment.co.uk $14,499 Sedo
19.
tie		 JK.de €10,000 = $12,300 Sedo
19.
tie		 ProShop.it €10,000 = $12,300 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)

There were 5 more five-figure sales off the chart, all posted by Sedo. They sold Robotics.ai for $12,000 and Hausman.com for $11,250 and moved three others - APMA.com, HostCloud.com and Medterra.com - for $10,000 apiece.

.Com Supporting Cast

DomainMarket led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with Medsina.com and Treeti.com at $9,888 each. IndependentSolarEnergy.com added $7,250, Conversy.com collected $4,888, UnlimitedLawnCare.com landed $4,000 and FreedomHeart.com attracted $2,888. 

Back at Sedo, HKMI.com commanded $9,500 while 6NG.com and SlotFactory.com fetched $9,000 apiece. Akhdar.com drew $8,800, Hostai.com connected for $8,000 and HostBank.com booked $7,995. 

Deftli.com deposited $6,580, Payera.com produced $6,150 and Soundry.com secured $6,089. Metraj.com managed $6,000 and Icedu.com clicked for $5,900. Sedo had 29 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
cature.com $5,000   sierralab.com $3,560
coffeesoft.com $5,000 fxbb.com $3,500
reedscrossing.com $5,000 todomuebles.com $3,444
vlsn.com $5,000 iglooenergy.com $3,075
cgar.com $4,888 nextpro.com $3,000
radai.com $4,500 fans4u.com $2,500
chainme.com $4,495 talamh.com $2,500
activos.com $4,305 zzmoney.com $2,430
minestream.com $4,182 infinitehealth.com $2,360
hrsaas.com $4,059 delivergreen.com $2,200
bethemaster.com $3,995 refr.com $2,100
hotelrankings.com $3,995 jobstrade.com $2,000
thehospital.com $3,895 momentumsocial.com $2,000
vipdad.com $3,888 smartshe.com $2,000
gowallett.com $3,845  

 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by the quintet of 5-figure sales you saw on the all extension leader board above with Biologisch.nl leading the charge at $21,582. The highest sales in this category that you haven't seen yet are a pair of names tied for #6 on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. Those are Conciergerie.fr and ProShop.ch at $9,225 each - both via Sedo.

Sedo went on to sweep 19 of the 20 chart entries, rounding out the top 10 with Pigs.co.uk ($7,200), Fellow.co ($5,999) and Touristiker.de ($5,535).

Germany's .de won a close extension race with four chart entries. Great Britain's .co.uk and Switzerland's .ch were next with three each. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 12, 2018 - Sun. Feb. 18, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 21, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Biologisch.nl
("biological" in Dutch)		 €17,546 = $21,582 CatchTiger
2. Employment.co.uk $14,499 Sedo
3.
tie		 JK.de €10,000 = $12,300 Sedo
3.
tie		 ProShop.it €10,000 = $12,300 Sedo
5. Robotics.ai $12,000 Sedo
6.
tie		 Conciergerie.fr €7,500 = $9,225 Sedo
6.
tie		 ProShop.ch €7,500 = $9,225 Sedo
8. Pigs.co.uk $7,200 Sedo
9. Fellow.co $5,999 Sedo
10. Touristiker.de €4,500 = $5,535 Sedo

11. NOS.io $5,500 Sedo
12. Hottinger.ch €3,500 = $4,305 Sedo
13. UPK.ch €3,490 = $4,293 Sedo
14. UVM.io $4,288 Sedo
15. Sexkontakt.at €3,333 = $4,100 Sedo
16. Webdesign-Agentur.de €2,875 = $3,536 Sedo
17. Esky.fr €2,799 = $3,443 Sedo
18. Seitenspruenge.de €2,780 = $3,419 Sedo
19.
tie		 LOL.to $3,188 Sedo
19.
tie		 Tasks.co.uk $3,100 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were more four-figure sales off the chart led by Sedo's sales of Zone.fi ($3,075), ESF.co.uk ($3,024) and Painters.co.uk ($2,650). They added $2,601 for Picks.co.uk and $2,550 for Efficiency.co.uk. Sedo sold five others - Daex.co, Fremdgeh.de, Halt.in, Seitenspruenge.ch and Webgo.eu - for $2,460 each. Blaser.ru returned $2,150 and Wox.in went for $2,000.

Elsewhere, DomainLore.co.uk sold 10.uk for $2,240, MVC.co.uk for $1,610 and GoldShop.co.uk for $1,470. Also Bazoda.com sold Kisses.at for $2,000 through their Efty.com landing page.

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 - Stealth.org at $15,000. That was one of only eight sales reported in this category this week with all eight of those booked by Sedo.

GameKeys.net took the runner-up spot at $9,700, followed by PWB.org at $8,800. The .nets and .orgs divided all of the chart entries except one that went to a new gTLD, #8 Advanced.fund at $2,030.

Here is how the non .com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 18, 2017:

Non .Com gTLDs Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 12, 2018 - Sun. Feb. 18, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 21, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Stealth.org $15,000 Sedo
2. GameKeys.net $9,700 Sedo
3. PWB.org $8,800 Sedo
4. XAB.net $5,000 Sedo
5. Diecast-Hobbies.net $3,880 Sedo
6. BlockchainGame.org €2,499 = $3,074 Sedo
7. Oppo.net $2,999 Sedo
8. Advanced.fund $2,030 Sedo

Domain Name Industry Newsletter 

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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