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Mega Sale of Medidata.com Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart and Ranks #3 Year to Date 

Master domain sales sleuth George Kirikos uncovered another blockbuster this week - a $600,000 purchase of the domain Medidata.com made by public company Medidata Solutions Inc., a provider of cloud-based software solutions for clinical research in life sciences. Kirikos reported the sale, made in the first quarter of this year, in a post on his recently launched FreeSpeech.com blog. As he has done so many times in the past, Kirikos uncovered the sale while examining an SEC filing (page 14) made by the company. Over the years we have sent so many hat tips George's way for finding eye popping sales, we probably should just give him the hat! 

In addition to topping our latest week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart, Medidata.com now ranks #3 on our Year to Date Top 100 Sales Chart. It is also one of biggest sales of a "coined term" domain (this one a merging of the words medical and data) that we've ever seen. 

Sedo filled the next two spots on this week's leader board with Presale.com at $45,444 and the week's biggest ccTLD sale, Hero.eu at $32,480. Rounding out the first five are ApexMoon.com's $30,000 sale of Druid.com and a $27,000 sale of Atiko.com made through Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com.

By Ron Jackson

The .coms swept 14 of the 20 chart entries with the ccTLDs and non .com gTLDs claiming thee slots each. Two of those country code sales settled in the first six after OptimalNames.com moved Voice.io for $25,000 via GoDaddy. Sedo accounted for all three of the non. com gTLDs names on the Big Board with #13 (tie) Happy.info at $10,000 leading that trio. Sedo hit the honor roll like a hurricane, piling up 16 of the 20 entries overall including a sweep of the final 14 entries. 

Here's a look at how all of the sales leaders stacked for the week ending Sunday, May 12, 2019:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 6, 2019 - Sun. May 12, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 15, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Medidata.com $600,000 Pvt Sale
2. Presale.com $45,444 Sedo
3. Hero.eu €29,000 = $32,480 Sedo
4. Druid.com $30,000 ApexMoon
5. Atiko.com $27,000 DomainMarket
6. Voice.io $25,000 OptimalNames/
GoDaddy
7. RedCircle.com $17,000 Sedo
8. Nuuday.com $15,000 Sedo
9. Veridic.com €12,000 = $13,440 Sedo
10. ModernAnimal.com €11,000 = $12,320 Sedo

11. Centure.com $12,000 Sedo
12. Ejemplos.com
("examples" in English)		 €10,000 = $11,200 Sedo
13.
tie		 Happy.info $10,000 Sedo
13.
tie		 MyMontage.com $10,000 Sedo
13.
tie		 NetDesk.com $10,000 Sedo
13.
tie		 YouGrow.com $10,000 Sedo
17. Invariant.net $9,000 Sedo
18. Helena.org $8,000 Sedo
19. Peer2Peer.com $7,000 Sedo
20. Alberta.co $6,500 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

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with WeeBeastie.com at $6,118, Prototrade.com at $5,600 and BeanBagChairs.com at $5,559. They followed those with a seven-domain logjam in which InclusiveHealth.com, InfernoSystems.com, LotosGroup.com, Madvisor.com, Novanatura.com, ProstateSmart.com and SoccerGround.com went for $5,000 apiece.

Sedo had 21 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,980 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,980
medicalpet.com $4,980   art-make.com $2,800
novaluce.com $4,950 formularc.com $2,692
fixtech.com $3,870 smartsurf.com $2,500
coffeetrucks.com $3,800 youscholar.com $2,500
escr.com $3,800 doctrina.com $2,499
bv-auctions.com $3,559 celeriq.com $2,395
qq-online.com $3,500 kithub.com $2,250
eduwell.com $3,000 iheartdental.com $2,000
plusmore.com $3,000 illinoiscasino.com $2,000
artview.com $2,999 vanparys.com $2,000
flexbet.com $2,850   

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were, of course, led by that trio of sales you saw on the all extension leader board at the top of this report, with Sedo's $32,480 sale of Hero.eu setting the pace. That is also one of the top 10 country code sales reported so far this year (ranking #10 on our ccTLD YTD Top 100 Sales Chart). 

Still, it was a relatively slow week for the ccTLDs overall with only 11 sales reported from this group. The biggest one you haven't seen yet is #4 on our latest Country Code Top Sales Chart. That is Sedo's $5,600 sale of FixIt.be. They also rounded out the first five with RowingBlazers.mx at $5,000.

Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, May 12, 2019:

Domain Name Industry Newsletter

Country Code Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. May 6, 2019 - Sun. May 12, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 15, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Hero.eu €29,000 = $32,480 Sedo
2. Voice.io $25,000 OptimalNames/
GoDaddy
3. Alberta.co $6,500 Sedo
4. FixIt.be €5,000 = $5,600 Sedo
5. RowingBlazers.mx $5,000 Sedo

6.
tie		 Boxy.io $3,250 Sedo
6.
tie		 Leya.co $3,250 Sedo
8. Indizio.de €2,600 = $2,912 Sedo
9. MasterNode.fr $2,500 Sedo
10. Trance.tv $2,000 Pvt Sale
11. Brainstorm.tv $1,500 Uniregistry

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

Domain Name Industry Newsletter

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)

Like the ccTLDs, the Non .com gTLDs had only 11 sales reported this week and like the ccTLDs they were led by three domains that you saw on the all extension leader aboard above with Happy.info at $10,000 via Sedo creating the biggest smile.

The highest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #4 on our latest weekly Non.com gTLD Top Sales Chart. That is Forcon.net at $4,368. Sedo made that sale and also rounded out the first five with RealID.org at $3,649.

Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, May 12, 2019:

Non .Com gTLD Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales - Mon. May 6, 2019 - Sun. May 12, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 15, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Happy.info $10,000 Sedo
2. Invariant.net $9,000 Sedo
3. Helena.org $8,000 Sedo
4. Forcon.net €3,900 = $4,368 Sedo
5. RealID.org $3,649 Sedo
6. Cybex.net $3,250 Sedo
7. PayOne.net €2,800 = $3,136 Sedo
8. SuperFoods.net $2,500 Sedo
9.
tie		 Optima.global $2,400 .GLOBAL Registry
9.
tie		 Future.club $2,000 NameCheap
11. Original.club $1,500 GoDaddy

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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