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This Week Produced the Year's Two Biggest Domain Sales to Date with Pair Totaling Over $1 Million

The coronavirus is wreaking havoc with lives and economies around the globe but the virtual world of the Internet has fared much better as more and more people have to do their business and communicating online. Just this week the two biggest domain sales reported so far this year closed with one bringing in over a half million dollars and the other coming close to that. 

Sedo led the hit parade with 2020's new sales leader, OA.com at a cool $614,940. The #2 domain on or latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart is also an ultra-short one, this one coming from the numeric camp. That was James Booth's $415,000 sale of 151.com for DomainBooth.com. That sale gives Booth three of the five biggest sales reported so far in 2020.

The #3 spot went to geodomain giant Fred Mercaldo of GeocentricMedia.com who moved Kenosha.com for $75,000 in a direct sale. The buyer was Jim Gourley Jr.,  the owner of Kenosha-based business Bone Dry Products Inc. The domain now redirects to the company's site.

The ccTLDs continue to perform very well, putting four names on the Big Board this week, three of which reached the top ten. That group was led by Sedo's $49,950 sale of #4 Perfectos.be (a Belgian domain). The ccTLDs also got a boost from NamePros member Donnied79 (an industry veteran who prefers using his forum handle to his personal name). He banked $32,500 for his sale of DIY.TV.

By Ron Jackson

Last week the .coms had only six entries on the Top 20 chart, the fewest we have ever seen - but this week they came roaring back in their usual dominant form, sweeping 15 of the 20 chart entries. Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com played a part in the surge, selling #5 LivingClassics.com for $49,888. BetterNames.com used Afternic to put another in the top ten - #8 PlanToGrow.com at $24,500. However, it was Sedo who led the rout, putting 11 .coms on the honor roll while piling up 15 of the 20 chart entries overall. Their roster included the only non .com gTLD on the leader board, #14 Mockmain.net at $10,100. 

Here's how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, March 15, 2020:  

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. March 9, 2020 - Sun. March 15, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect March 18, 2020)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. OA.com €554,000 = $614,940 Sedo
2. 151.com $415,000 DomainBooth
3. Kenosha.com $75,000 Pvt Sale
4. Perfectos.be €45,000 = $49,950 Sedo
5. LivingClassics.com $49,888 DomainMarket
6. DIY.TV $32,500 Donnied79 (NamePros)
7. Auden.com £25,000 = $29,000 Sedo
8. PlanToGrow.com $24,500 BetterNames/Afternic
9. Five.co €18,500 = $20,535 Sedo
10. Carizona.com $16,888 Sedo

11. Groundies.com $15,000 Sedo
12. Aware.io €9,900 = $10,989 Sedo
13. Pressio.com $10,500 Sedo
14. Mockmain.net $10,100 Sedo
15.
tie		 Adtix.com $10,000 Sedo
15.
tie		 WowCasino.com $10,000 Sedo
17. Educon.com $9,999 Sedo
18. Actus.com €9,000 = $9,990 Sedo
19. Jozz.com $9,000 Sedo
20. DrivingBusiness.com $8,500 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

The .com supporting cast of four-figure sales was led by Sedo's $8,325 sale of Vizzle.com. They added $7,999 for Writerpreneur.com, $7,777 for GorillaInsurance.com (begging the question - how many people have a gorilla they need to insure!?) and $7,700 for CPYou.com.

Froot.com fetched $7,500 while LoanExperts.com and UpShares.com kicked in $6,500 each. StartBoss.com commanded $5,940 and E-MTB.com kicked in $5,550. Sedo rang up 36 more sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
freeball.com $5,000   comunica.com $3,329
nemport.com $4,999 greenslope.com $3,325
digitalreef.com $4,995 businessoftheyear.com $3,000
varen.com $4,951 irenewilliams.com $3,000
canada-eta.com $4,800 modsol.com $3,000
a76.com $4,750 wolfwagner.com $3,000
madecon.com $4,700 elemprendedor.com $2,999
nchrist.com $4,662 vinmail.com $2,900
rubylabs.com $4,500 dinzler.com $2,899
luxecasino.com $4,345 60p.com $2,850
yesauto.com $4,125 batlah.com $2,799
comparefreebets.com $4,060 phone4you.com $2,700
justquiz.com $4,000 you-design.com $2,609
intropay.com $3,885 camerabags.com $2,500
vozi.com $3,750 fontmarket.com $2,500
withall.com $3,500 frostgiant.com $2,500
divines.com $3,488 gelsmart.com $2,500
gamestracker.com $3,480 evety.com $2,300

Elsewhere, Aset.com sold HoleCover.com for $2,500 and Growlific.com collected $2,200 for DIYFishing.com.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs had another excellent week with a quartet of five-figure sales, all of which you saw on the all extension leader aboard above, Sedo's $49,950 sale of Perfectos.be set the pace for the country code field. The highest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #5 on  on our latest weekly Country Code Top Sales Chart. That is another Sedo sale, StarCasino.co.uk at $8,004.

Sedo went on to sweep 16 of the 18 chart entries including #6 WST.de at $6,604. DomainLore.uk was one of only two venues that breeched the Sedo line. They picked up $1,160 for #18 Ideal.uk.

Germany's .de scored another win in the extension race with five chart entries. No other TLD had more than two. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, March 15, 2020:

Country Code Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. March 9, 2020 - Sun. March 15, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect March 18, 2020)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Perfectos.be €45,000 = $49,950 Sedo
2. DIY.TV $32,500 Donnied79 (NamePros)
3. Five.co €18,500 = $20,535 Sedo
4. Aware.io €9,900 = $10,989 Sedo
5. StarCasino.co.uk £6,900 = $8,004 Sedo
6. WST.de €5,950 = $6,605 Sedo
7. Stack.eu €5,823 = $6,464 Sedo
8. Migo.io $4,330 Sedo
9.
tie		 BetCheck.com.br €3,500 = $3,885 Sedo
9.
tie		 Toni.es €3,500 = $3,885 Sedo

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11. OnlyFans.de €3,380 = $3,752 Sedo
12. OnlineDating.it €3,200 = $3,552 Sedo
13. Mobilae.de €3,000 = $3,330 Sedo
14. Libaixiao.cn $3,000 Sedo
15.
tie		 Green-Cleaning.de €2,500 = $2,775 Sedo
15.
tie		 Kochbox.de €2,500 = $2,775 Sedo
17. Magic.ly $2,501 Sedo
18. Ideal.uk £1,000 = $1,160 DomainLore.uk

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

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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 that $10,100 Sedo sale of Mockmain.net that you on the all extension leader board above. The the highest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is #2 on our latest Non. Com gTLD Top Sales Chart - that is another Sedo sale - Medic.org at $6,800.

Joy Antony used Uniregistry to sell #3 Basket.app for $6,000. Sedo the rounded out the first five with BSDS.org at $4,999 and Create.berlin at $3,330.

Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending ending Sunday, March 15, 2020:

Non .Com gTLD Top 10 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales - Mon. March 9, 2020 - Sun. March 15, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect March 18, 2020)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Mockmain.net $10,100 Sedo
2. Medic.org $6,800 Sedo
3. Basket.app $6,000 Uniregistry
4. BSDS.org $4,999 Sedo
5. Create.berlin €3,000 =$3,330 Sedo
6. Mapa.global $3,120 Afilias
7. AdLab.net $2,800 Sedo
8. GBG.org $2,750 Sedo
9. AHCC.net $2,499 Sedo
10.
tie		 Safe.club $2,000 GoDaddy
10.
tie		 Smyle.app $2,000 Sedo
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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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