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Domain Sales Explode with 6 Six-Figure Sales Igniting the Blast - Year's 2 Biggest ccTLD Sales to Date Helped Fuel the Fire 

With one of America's biggest holidays - Independence Day (July 4) - sending a lot of people off to the beach or to their barbecue grills early last week, we had so little sales information come in we decided to just wait and combine two weeks of information into one column this week. Turns out that was all just the calm before the storm. Like fireworks on the 4th, a remarkable explosion of big sales lit up the aftermarket sky over the past few days. One of them, Michael's Castello's $1.5 million sale of Room.com, was the subject of our latest Cover Story, published yesterday (July 9). 

That one won't be charted for awhile because the the company that bought it will be paying the balance over time - but we still wound up with the year's most bountiful all extension Top 20 Sales Chart - one blessed with a half-dozen six-figure sales, the year's two biggest ccTLD sales to date and one of the year's top five non .com gTLD sales. There were so many five-figure sales we could have filled two charts with them. Sedo set off the biggest blast with a £390,000 ($487,500) sale of BettingOdds.com. A UK-based gaming company bought the domain and they already have a Coming Soon splash page on it - but no information beyond that yet. 

By Ron Jackson

The #2 spot on the elite list went to the year's biggest 3-letter .com sale to date - NCC.com at $300,000. It was another feather in the cap of Mark Thomas at VIPBrokerage.com, who already had the year's 2nd biggest sale to date in California.com at $3 million in January (you can see all of the year's Top 100 Sales to date here).

Sedo stepped back into the spotlight with an $188,000 sale of #3 Crystals.com as well as a deal they worked on with Nidoma.com to complete the year's biggest ccTLD sale to date - #4 Viajes.es ("travel" in Spanish) at €147,000 ($166,110). Sedo broker Frank Tillmanns represented the buyer while Nidoma CEO Simone Ferracuti was on the seller's side of that one.

Another huge ccTLD sale rounded out the first five. Industry veteran Ned O'Meara at VPE Pty Ltd. brokered the AUD $168,300 (USD $117,810) sale of #5 Pay.com.au, making it 2019's 2nd biggest country code sale to date. Ned happened to be the guy who sold this domain to the current seller a few years ago. O'Meara was also already acquainted with the buyer so both parties wanted him to handle the negotiations.

The hits just kept on coming with BQDN's sales of #6 Role.com at $100,000 and #7 8T.com at $87,000. The latter one just became part of chart history.  8T.com is also the #8 sale at $76,000! How can that be? It went down like this...8T.com was sold in last month's NameJet/RightOfTheDot auction at NamesCon Europe for $76,000. Just days later, BQDN Founder James Booth, representing the buyer, found another investor in China who was willing to pay $87,000 for the domain,  so it was sold again, giving the initial buyer a quick, tidy $11,000 profit (less commissions). Booth did the exact same thing with another auction purchase. After his client (the same one who bought 8T.com) bought 2197.com in Lisbon for $19,500, Booth moved it on to China for $27,000, ringing up another quick, high profit flip. As if all of that wasn't enough, Booth also brokered a sale of Wind.com this week. While he can't disclose the exact price paid he indicated it went in the mid six-figure range.

In yet another notable sale this week, Sedo sold #9 HorseRacing.net for $60,000 in the fourth biggest non .com gTLD sale posted so far this year. Here's a look at how all of the sales leaders stacked for the week ending Sunday, July 7, 2019:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. July 1, 2019 - Sun. July 7, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect July 10, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. BettingOdds.com £390,000 = $487,500 Sedo
2. NCC.com $300,000 VIP Brokerage
3. Crystals.com $188,000 Sedo
4. Viajes.es €147,000 = $166,110 Nidoma/Sedo
5. Pay.com.au AUD 168,300 = $117,810 VPE Pty Ltd
6. Role.com $100,000 BQDN
7. 8T.com $87,000 BQDN
8. 8T.com $76,000 NameJet/ROTD/
NamesCon Europe
9. HorseRacing.net $60,000 Sedo
10. BEQ.com €50,000 = $56,500 Sedo

11. IT.de €49,000 = $55,370 Sedo
12. Manuka.de €45,000 = $50,850 Sedo
13. Inherit.com $38,000 BQDN
14.
tie		 Flit.com $35,000 BQDN
14.
tie		 Ploy.com $35,000 BQDN
16. DT.ca $29,000 UnicDomains/Above
Marketplace
17. 2719.com $27,000 BQDN
18. SUX.com $24,000 NameJet/ROTD/
NamesCon Europe
19.
tie		 Replicate.com €20,000 = $22,600 Sedo
19.
tie		 Singleboersen.com €20,000 = $22,600 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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There were 19 more five-figure sales off the chart led by NameJet's $22,100 sale of MotorcycleLegalFoundation.com. They added $18,180 for TimePieces.com and $16,000 for BoatSafe.com. FPay.com brought $15,500 (the name had been picked up on NameJet in April for just $6,101), OverlandPark.com posted $11,312 and Amarc.org made $10,100. As noted earlier, NameJet also teamed up with ROTD to sell 2719.com in the NamesCon Europe auction for $19,500, with BQDN (representing the buyer), quickly flipping that for $27,000 in the sale you saw at #17 on the chart above).

Sedo rang the bell six more times with a group led by Longdai.com at $19,385, DigitalPrinting.ie at $18,080 and Omnibiotic.com at $16,500. Surplus.net tacked on $15,000 while Savu.com sold for $12,313 and Finder.co collected $10,000.

Elsewhere, BQDN.com banked another $22,000 for Classify.com and $11,500 for Mannequin.com. SnapNames snared $20,000 for eBiz.com and $16,702 for FashionCareers.com, Phil Harris sold DX.media for $20,000, the .GLOBAL Registry gained $14,500 for Travel.global in a deal brokered by Mark Ghoriafi and MediaBranding.com sold Alex.tv via Uniregistry for $10,166.

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with OSXR.com at $9,999 and Timata.com at $9,888. 4589.com added $9,100 and Lupot.com went for $9,040. Tempr.com tacked on $8,800, SexyGame.com attracted $8,000 and three others - Cisedu.com, Gurv.com and Nanosalad.com - notched $7,500 apiece.

Butec.com tallied another $7,119 followed by another trio - including JustSpeak.com, MultiTap.com and WTMC.com - at $7,000 each. Sedo had 60 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,900 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $6,900
freshportal.com $6,900   sushii.com $3,550
apato.com $6,500 sportygames.com $3,500
cozycozy.com $6,500 msfixit.com $3,488
gotrademark.com $6,500 sparkmusic.com $3,200
knowd.com $6,500 opdc.com $3,164
bmi-calculator.com $5,885 parcelpost.com $3,125
velvio.com $5,537 gowel.com $3,000
edflex.com $5,500 myhormones.com $2,999
mtrf.com $5,500 soundshelf.com $2,995
clarofibra.com $5,000 mobbeauty.com $2,990
hiretimes.com $5,000 onegem.com $2,875
petcremations.com $5,000 deconfianza.com $2,825
wholesalemarijuana.com $4,999 nevaline.com $2,800
cashforscrapcars.com $4,995 adoptearly.com $2,795
fitness-nation.com $4,995 interfreight.com $2,599
carriercompany.com $4,972 citeduvin.com $2,500
meepl.com $4,900 garywhite.com $2,500
myacai.com $4,800 vetsonly.com $2,500
dnamed.com $4,600 xenova.com $2,500
bromeo.com $4,520 hollistic.com $2,499
dayy.com $4,520 kasimira.com $2,499
brive.com $4,500 rowdytiger.com $2,499
toolrebel.com $4,500 sunlion.com $2,450
vabs.com $4,500 swiftraise.com $2,395
ali-baba.com $4,393 hospital2home.com $2,340
choozy.com $4,000 seattleconcrete.com $2,225
nboard.com $4,000 localcondition.com $2,200
snoozi.com $4,000 musclefit.com $2,150
ojohome.com $3,650 allswellhomes.com $2,000
lightcompanies.com $3,600 inhouserecruiter.com $2,000

In more completed sales from the NameJet/ROTD auction at NamesCon Europe, Crying.com commanded $9,100, 18Holes.com chipped in $8,000 and SolarPaint.com produced $6,000. BitcoinMarket.com made $5,200, FIBR.com fetched $3,800 and Though.com captured $2,100. They also reported a couple of sales from the NamesCon Global Remix online auction - IronOre.com at $4,999 and GayFriends.com at $3,333.

NameJet also reported their monthly website sales where InfoNet.com clicked for $8,455, Hitco.com hauled in $6,900 and DataForge.com hammered out $6,100. MyTrack.com crossed the finish line at $5,556, SchoolWebPages.com posted $5,102 and WorldRealEstate.com returned $4,560.

Zealth.com kicked in $4,100, ZEXT.com drew $3,900 and Netfin.com found $3,433. Pampering.com paid $3,400, 170170.com dialed up $3,309 and BioSafety.com secured $3,222. NameJet had 23 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,188 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,188
comway.com $3,188   zhongsu.com $2,400
johnmcphee.com $3,100 synergistics.com $2,399
bluegrid.com $3,057 eesl.com $2,333
breeg.com $2,999 goldenmedia.com $2,311
worldtimes.com $2,800 ramblings.com $2,303
pthc.com $2,655 valleygroup.com $2,265
treco.com $2,655 rlife.com $2,200
bitlending.com $2,600 ammado.com $2,100
primemover.com $2,599 canad.com $2,100
yukan.com $2,560 61335.com $2,000
thetrend.com $2,513 73115.com $2,000
urbanspaces.com $2,450  

NameJet's sister site at Web.com, SnapNames, also reported their monthly sales. Their roster included eBall.com at $4,600, AdValorem.com at $4,000 and P16.com at $3,902. LoudCrowd.com disrupted $3,600, QBSXW.com claimed $3,401 and WorkingClassAmericans.com earned $3,095. Reilu.com rang up $2,875, AllForYou.com yielded $2,627, CoinAcademy.com collected $2,284 and Wizzle.com wangled $2,250.

Elsewhere, EmpireNames.com sold Bgain.com for $4,995, DomainTheory.com moved Farmcraft.com for $4,295 and Hitnamer.com banked $2,625 for ForAnxiety.com.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs had such a good week you've already seen their ten biggest sales at the top of this page where the heavyweights play. Five of them made the all extension Top 20 Chart, led by the year's best $166,110 sale of Viajes.es, and five more were listed among the additional five-figure sales below the main chart. The latter group included a nice Canadian domain sale with UnicDomains picking up $29,000 for #5 DT.ca on the Above.com Marketplace.

The biggest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is #11 on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Sedo's $7,345 sale of Casino-Bonus.de. Sedo went on to sweep the entire second half of the leader board en route to taking 16 of 20 places overall, including #12 EOM.de at $6,780.

Germany's .de easily won the extension race with six  chart entries. No other extension had more than two. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, July 7, 2019:

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Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. July 1, 2019 - Sun. July 7, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect July 10, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Viajes.es
("travel" in Spanish)		 €147,000 = $166,110 Nidoma/Sedo
2. Pay.com.au AUD 168,300 = $117,810 VPE Pty Ltd
3. IT.de €49,000 = $55,370 Sedo
4. Manuka.de €45,000 = $50,850 Sedo
5. DT.ca $29,000 UnicDomains/Above
Marketplace
6. Singleboersen.de €20,000 = $22,600 Sedo
7. Longdai.cn $19,385 Sedo
8. DigitalPrinting.ie €16,000 = $18,080 Sedo
9. Alex.tv $10,166 MediaBranding/
Uniregistry
10. Finder.co $10,000 Sedo

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11. Casino-Bonus.de €6,500 = $7,345 Sedo
12. EOM.de €6,000 = $6,780 Sedo
13. Lifts.co.uk £5,000 = $6,250 Sedo
14. RowingBlazers.com.br $6,000 Sedo
15. FTA.eu €4,620 = $5,221 Sedo
16. Flash.in €4,500 = $5,085 Sedo
17. Plastiq.it $5,072 Sedo
18. OnlineCasino.pe $5,000 Sedo
19. Ves.co $4,960 Sedo
20. Aktien-Magazin.de €4,250 = $4,803 Sedo

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There were 28 more four figure sales off the chart, with Sedo ringing up 23 of those including IDN Kühlkette.de at $4,393, RRB.io at $3,999 and three others - Gartenpavillons.de, Katowice.de and Track.tv - at $3,390 each.

Sedo had 18 more at this level that are listed in the table below:  

Additional Sedo .ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $3,300
inplace.de $3,300   giochidimatematica.it $2,500
lio.li $3,300 contigo.io $2,499
loveware.de $3,300 variable.co $2,495
impactful.co $2,999 e-handwerk.de $2,260
svakom.de $2,966 futurepack.eu $2,260
kiss.fr $2,825 gebrauchtwagen-ankauf.de $2,260
meinbusen.de $2,825 wellness.jp $2,100
pro360.de $2,825 automation.kr $2,000
suur.eu $2,809 tesy.cn $2,000

DomainTheory.com racked up three sales in this group with Quiver.io at $3,250, Covr.io at $2,888 and Moxi.io at $2,650. Elsewhere, SpotOnDomain.com moved DoorHandles.co.uk for $3,750 and DomainLore.co.uk landed $2,570 for Genuine.co.uk.

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 above - HorseRacing.net at $60,000.  However they had four more five-figure sales that were only overshadowed because there was so much strong competition this week. The biggest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #6 on our latest weekly Non .com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart - that is Sedo's $8,800 sale of EXR.org.

It was a big week for the .orgs as they piled up nine chart entries to easily win the extension race. #7 NFSMI.org ($6,678) and #10 Bed.org ($6,000) were among the domains leading the .org charge.

Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, July 7, 2019:

Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales - Mon. July 1, 2019 - Sun. July 7, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect July 10, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. HorseRacing.net $60,000 Sedo
2. DX.media $20,000 Pvt Sale
3. Surplus.net $15,000 Sedo
4. Travel.global $14,500 .GLOBAL Registry
5. Amarc.org $10,100 NameJet
6. EXR.org $8,800 Sedo
7. NFSMI.org $6,678 NameJet
8. Coin.bet €5,500 = $6,215 Sedo
9. Signal.art $6,040 Sedo
10. Bed.org $6,000 NameJet/ROTD/
NamesCon Europe
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11. Artbrut.org €5,000 = $5,650 Sedo
12. Babylon.global $4,800 .GLOBAL Registry
13. Judo.net $4,600 Sedo
14. NevadaLawHelp.org $4,500 NameJet
15. GRO.org $3,500 NameJet/ROTD/
NamesCon Europe
16.
tie		 Sustainable.solutions $3,000 Sedo
16.
tie		 UWU.org $3,000 Sedo
18. Bonilla.org $2,899 Sedo
19. HCI.net $2,588 NameJet
20. Corp.global $2,400 .GLOBAL Registry

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Five others were just off the chart, with Sedo's $2,157 sale of Vertix.org leading that quintet. NameJet sold LightingPrize.org for $2,150 and Suite101.net for $2,008 while GoDaddy moved MileHigh.club and Odin.club for $1,500 each.

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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