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A .Com Mastermind Topped This Week's Chart But a Bad Country Code Domain Was Just a Step Behind 

I know it sounds intriguing but it's probably not quite what you think. The mastermind in question, who tops our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart, is not a person - it's a name - Mastermind.com - one that changed hands for $275,000 in a sale uncovered by Elliot Silver at DomainInvesting.com (at that link Elliot also has a video that broker Daryl Lopes directed him to in which the buyer explains why he spent  275K to get the domain). The deal was handled by broker Tracy Fogarty at eNaming.com. 

Now, about that bad domain that took the #2 spot on the leader board. It wasn't bad in the sense that the domain was not good - in fact, it is a very good domain that happens to be Bad.de - a German ccTLD that a long-time friend of ours,  Christoph Grüneberg, sold through Sedo for a whopping €119,000 ($138,040). That makes Bad.de the biggest country code sale of the year to date and that's really good! Bad.de replaces Music.ai at the top of our YTD Top 100 Country Code Chart, a position Music.ai has held since January when it sold for $101,500.

The Bad.de sale sent Sedo off on a tear that saw them sweep 17 of the 20 chart entries overall, including #3 EBF.com at $30,500 and #4 Feinschmecker.de at $24,360. DomainMedia.ca rounded out the first five with yet another ccTLD sale, Westleaf.ca at $20,166. The country codes had a great week in general, taking three of the top five sales and eight places on the Big Board overall. Grit Brokerage added to the ccTLD's hot hand with their $19,000 sale of #7 Acorn.me.

By Ron Jackson

The non .com gTLDs got into the act too. They took three spots on the elite list, all booked by Sedo, with a trio led by a new gTLD - #11 AR.studio at $15,720. The other two were #16 (tie) Cred.net at $10,000 and #18 (tie) CFL.org at $9,999.  

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, September 9, 2018:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Sept. 3, 2018 - Sun. Sept. 9, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 12, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Mastermind.com $275,000 eNaming
2. Bad.de €119,000 = $138,040 Sedo
3. EBF.com $30,500 Sedo
4. Feinschmecker.de €21,000 = $24,360 Sedo
5. Westleaf.ca CAD 26,190 = $20,166 DomainMedia.ca
6. Truskin.com $19,500 Sedo
7. Acorn.me $19,000 Grit Brokerage
8. Vegas.co $18,500 Sedo
9. Trade.co €15,000 = $17,400 Sedo
10. Bitsea.com $16,000 Sedo

11. AR.studio £12,000 = $15,720 Sedo
12. VQX.com €12,200 = $14,152 Sedo
13. FYAT.com €12,075 = $14,007 Sedo
14. HubSpace.com €10,000 = $11,600 Sedo
15. VIPWomen.com €9,990 = $11,588 Sedo
16.
tie		 Cred.net $10,000 Sedo
16.
tie		 Duyan.com $10,000 Sedo
18.
tie		 Better.io $9,999 Sedo
18.
tie		 CFL.org $9,999 Sedo
20. Namensaufkleber.de €8,400 = $9,744 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

Click Link Below for
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 Heartly.com at $8,000 and three others - AAmerica.com, Covering.com and ExoticBox.com - at $7,000 each. B4G.com bagged $6,960, ERCE.com earned $6,844 and Camlust.com landed $6,500.

Hakkipilke.com posted $6,174, BB2B.com banked $6,000 and two others - EDDU.com and XNDO.com - captured $5,800 apiece. Treefield.com fetched another $5,500. 

Sedo had 27 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,999 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,999
6lack.com $4,999   regalin.com $3,001
vitaler.com $4,838 trendworthy.com $3,000
adsforyou.com $4,640 breadandco.com $2,772
dvinos.com $4,524 forecastable.com $2,500
telans.com $4,524 dataconfidence.com $2,499
bettter.com $4,010 deeroptics.com $2,353
easy-software.com $4,002 caxino.com $2,320
wagen.com $3,770 warrior1.com $2,300
app1e.com $3,700 tasteandexplore.com $2,195
seeplus.com $3,500 fairfix.com $2,000
flexiplas.com $3,499 landscapedepot.com $2,000
entrepreneur101.com $3,250 lavalabs.com $2,000
fixnetwork.com $3,200 yoursteel.com $2,000
hotelatelier.com $3,016   

Elsewhere, Pozer.com ($5,000) and CVHero.com ($2,000) were sold on the Efty.com platform and  BrandsTek.com moved ShipGet.com for $5,000.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were of course led by that huge $138,040 sale of Bad.se at Sedo, along with the seven other country code sales you saw on the all extension leader board above. The biggest sales in this category that you haven't seen yet are a pair of names that tied for #9 on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. Those are Sedo's sales of Badprofi.de and Webschmoeker.de at $8,700 each.

Sedo went on to sweep 18 of 20 places overall including the entire second ten with a roster that included #11 SportArt.de at $7,192. That was one of nine German .de domains on the chart, giving that TLD an easy win in the extension race. 

Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, September 9, 2018:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Sept. 3, 2018 - Sun. Sept. 9, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 12, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Bad.de €119,000 = $138,040 Sedo
2. Feinschmecker.de €21,000 = $24,360 Sedo
3. Westleaf.ca CAD 26,190 = $20,166 DomainMedia.ca
4. Acorn.me $19,000 Grit Brokerage
5. Vegas.co $18,500 Sedo
6. Trade.co €15,000 = $17,400 Sedo
7. Better.io $9,999 Sedo
8. Namensaufkleber.de €8,400 = $9,744 Sedo
9. 
tie		 Badprofi.de €7,500 = $8,700 Sedo
9. 
tie		 Webschmoeker.de €7,500 = $8,700 Sedo

11. SportArt.de €6,200 = $7,192 Sedo
12. Künstler.de (IDN) €5,700 = $6,612 Sedo
13. Permission.co $6,000 Sedo
14. Win.gg $5,000 Sedo
15. Healthcare.co $4,999 Sedo
16. BlueCity.de €3,800 = $4,408 Sedo
17. Bussgeld-Katalog.de €3,500 = $4,060 Sedo
18. VegasCasino.co.uk £3,000 = $3,930 Sedo
19. ZENB.nl €3,000 = $3,480 Sedo
20. GTP.ch €2,990 = $3,468 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were five additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart, all booked by Sedo, with Barrett.co.uk leading that group ay $3,210. Holiday.co added $2,850 and Datacom.co secured $2,778. Doi.ng drew $2,777 and GetMe.in made $2,320.

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 the three sales you saw on the all extension leader board at the top of this report with AR.studio setting the pace at $15,720 via Sedo. The biggest sales in this group that you haven't seen yet are a pair of names tied for #4 on our latest Non .com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. Those are 360.global and Server.global at $8,000 each.

Only 14 sales were reported from this category and eight of those were .global domains sold by the new gTLD .GLOBAL Registry. Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, September 9, 2018:

Non .Com gTLD Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Sept. 3 , 2018 - Sun. Sept. 9, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 12, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. AR.studio £12,000 = $15,720 Sedo
2. Cred.net $10,000 Sedo
3. CFL.org $9,999 Sedo
4.
tie		 360.global $8,000 .GLOBAL Registry
4.
tie		 Server.global $8,000 .GLOBAL Registry
4.
tie		 BLU.global $4,800 .GLOBAL Registry
4.
tie		 Dynamic.global $4,800 .GLOBAL Registry
4.
tie		 ISL.global $4,800 .GLOBAL Registry
9. BLX.org $4,500 Sedo
10. Mrs.global $4,300 .GLOBAL Registry
11. DPills.info $2,800 Sedo
12. Logi.net $2,000 Sedo
13. Seattle.global $1,200 .GLOBAL Registry
14. Victoria.global $1,200 .GLOBAL Registry

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

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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