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Sedo
Senior Broker Dave Evanson has had so many
six-figure sales over the years it must be getting hard to
remember them all! Still, I'm sure being at the top of
our all extension Top 20 Sales Chart never gets old
for anyone who sells domains. Dave makes his latest trip to
the penthouse after brokering a $148,000 deal for Memento.com.
That was the only six-figure sale reported over the past two
weeks (we have been releasing new reports every other week
during the current Covid-19 pandemic). Another
industry pioneer who is widely known as a .com guy, DomainMarket.com
Founder Michael Mann, claimed the #2 spot, but this
time he did it with a ccTLD. That was Dance.co at
a cool $58,000 with the domain
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already being
put to use
by its buyer, an electric bicycle subscription service with
big growth plans.
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The
non .com gTLDs also had a big score this week with Sedo's $45,000
sale of #3 Movies.net. That also ranks as one of the six
biggest non .com gTLD sales of the year
to date and one of 2020's three biggest .net sales
to date.
Sedo
rounded out the first five with a pair or .coms, FlappyBird.com
at $35,000 and Medicannabis.com at $25,770 - and
they were just getting started. Like a baseball team playing in an
empty stadium (due to the pandemic), Sedo had the field to themselves
as few other venues issued sale reports. That, and a combination of
their own solid sales, cleared the way for Sedo to sweep every
remaining chart entry (one, #12 (tie) SA.global at $12,500,
was closed there by Afilias broker Mark Ghoriafi). Sedo's haul included all 11 of the .coms on the
leader board, four of the five ccTLDs and all four of the non .com
gTLDs.
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By Ron
Jackson
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The
non .com gTLDs had two entries in the top ten
with #7 Reality.app at $24,000 joining Movies.net.
The ccTLDs also put two sales on the top half of the
elite list with #9 Sistems.de at $23,000
accompanying Dance.co. Before
we go to the new charts, I want to tell you about some
big previously unreleased historical domain sales
that were discovered since our last report. This came
about after the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
(SEC) launched a new full text search engine that
gives researchers access to corporate documents going
all the way back to the year 2000. Previously,
you couldn't go further back than the past four years.
We learned about this new development from George
Kirikos, the master of uncovering
previously unknown blockbuster sales. George
immediately put the new search function to work and
found documentation of a $2,125,000 sale of Delta.com
in 2000 (we didn't start tracking, documenting and
charting domain sales until the fall of 2003). George
found many other notable sales that he shared on his
blog at FreeSpeech.com,
along with news about the SEC's expanded search engine
capabilities. That prompted others to start digging
too and allowed James
Iles to uncover a $1.3 million sale
of Banks.com that Sedo made in 2006 (it was
likely under an NDA at the time bit SEC filings are
public records). NameBio
discovered that Telecom.com was sold by Symmetricom
to Deutsche Telekom in 2007 for $700,000
and DomainInvesting's
Elliot Silver dug up a $500,000 sale of Aladdin.com
in 2004. Kirikos also found a document that indicates Shift.com
was purchased by Insurance Acquisition Corp.
for $385,000 in 2015. Great
work by everyone involved and kudos to George for
spreading the word about this valuable new tool. We
will be adding the newly discovered sales that qualify
to our annual
Top 100 Charts that started with 2004 and
add a new list in the archive for verified pre-2004
sales that can now be verified thanks to this expanded
search capability. Now
back to the immediate business at hand! Here's how
all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending Sunday, July 19, 2020: |
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. July 6, 2020 - Sun. July 19, 2020
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect July 22, 2020) |
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Domain |
Sold For
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Where
Sold |
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1. |
Memento.com |
$148,000 |
Sedo |
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2. |
Dance.co |
$58,000 |
DomainMarket |
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3. |
Movies.net |
$45,000 |
Sedo |
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4. |
FlappyBird.com |
$35,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Medicannibis.com |
$25,770 |
Sedo |
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6. |
SelectBet.com |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
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7. |
Reality.app |
$24,000 |
Sedo |
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8. |
AICA.com |
$23,550 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Sistems.de |
€20,000
= $23,000 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Mond.com |
€16,300
= $18,745 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Avesina.com |
€15,000
= $17,250 |
Sedo |
12.
tie |
Ruby.co |
$12,500 |
Sedo |
12.
tie |
SA.global |
$12,500 |
Afilias/Sedo |
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14. |
Morus.com |
$12,000 |
Sedo |
15.
tie |
Anywhere.io |
€10,000
= $11,500 |
Sedo |
15.
tie |
Bookshop.es |
€10,000
= $11,500 |
Sedo |
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17. |
Dekhlo.com |
$11,000 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Rsmall.com |
$10,350 |
Sedo |
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19. |
Takarakuji.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Farming.org |
$9,500 |
Sedo |
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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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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) |
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.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of
four-figure sales with Wein-Kaufen.com at $6,325
and BYFI.com at $6,000. EveryDaily.com
added $5,900, Bellissa.com brought $5,750
and Aineko.com notched $5,635.
SaveLive.com secured
another $5,500, PSTLV.com drew $5,175 and Pluggy.com
plucked $5,116. Three others - AnyHome.com, Batri.com
and JetProfessionals.com - produced $5,000 apiece.
Sedo had 42 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,800 that are
listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,800
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| jobsagency.com |
$4,800 |
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equitylist.com |
$2,999 |
| xpanse.com |
$4,800 |
lendreach.com |
$2,990 |
| zsha.com |
$4,643 |
plugandtrade.com |
$2,899 |
| blueanvil.com |
$4,623 |
kontacto.com |
$2,875 |
| sexnord.com |
$4,600 |
smartrepair.com |
$2,875 |
| sensevision.com |
$4,487 |
abengineering.com |
$2,500 |
| simplifyd.com |
$4,287 |
exofit.com |
$2,500 |
| findigo.com |
$4,000 |
media7.com |
$2,500 |
| nationalopinion.com |
$3,988 |
peepclub.com |
$2,500 |
| agenthq.com |
$3,864 |
polypoly.com |
$2,500 |
| flexapps.com |
$3,800 |
togetherall.com |
$2,500 |
| velaxa.com |
$3,695 |
medecal.com |
$2,474 |
| f63.com |
$3,600 |
powerscene.com |
$2,400 |
| toonslate.com |
$3,465 |
viralis.com |
$2,200 |
| goimmo.com |
$3,450 |
wholster.com |
$2,155 |
| skinscreener.com |
$3,300 |
planlytics.com |
$2,065 |
| playjoker.com |
$3,220 |
ainova.com |
$2,000 |
| uniup.com |
$3,220 |
bazaraa.com |
$2,000 |
| airterra.com |
$3,000 |
epicpa.com |
$2,000 |
| inowell.com |
$3,000 |
hlpy.com |
$2,000 |
| peyce.com |
$3,000 |
qlabels.com |
$2,000 |
Country Codes
The ccTLDs are doing
a happy dance this week after that $58,000 sale of Dance.co
at DomainMarket.com. That was one of five five-figure sales in
this category that made the all extension leader board above and fill
the first five spots on our latest
Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. The biggest sale in this group
that you haven't seen yet is Sedo's $9,494 sale of Creati.ng.
Sedo went on to sweep 19 of
the 20 chat entries in the country code category that they have
dominated for the past 20 years. Their roster included six German .de
sales, including #7 GearBest.de at $8,050, to lead that
popular TLD to another win in the extension race.
Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up
for the two weeks ending Sunday, July 19, 2020:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. June 22, 2020 - Sun. July 5, 2020
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect July 8, 2020) |
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Domain |
Sold For
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Where
Sold |
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1. |
Dance.co |
$58,000 |
DomainMarket |
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2. |
Sistems.de |
€20,000
= $23,000 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Ruby.co |
$12,500 |
Sedo |
4.
tie |
Anywhere.io |
€10,000
= $11,500 |
Sedo |
4.
tie |
Bookshop.es |
€10,000
= $11,500 |
Sedo |
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6. |
Creati.ng |
€8,256
= $9,494 |
Sedo |
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7. |
GearBest.de |
€7,000
= $8,050 |
Sedo |
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8. |
BC4U.co.uk |
£5,000
= $6,350 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Nutriscore.de |
€5,300
= $6,095 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Cheddar.me |
$4,999 |
Sedo |
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11.
tie |
EnVogue.fr |
€4,200
= $4,830 |
Sedo |
11.
tie |
Plombier.ch |
€4,200
= $4,830 |
Sedo |
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13. |
MHZ.fr |
€3,700
= $4,255 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
Annonsera.se |
€3,500
= $4,025 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
Datenschutzerklaerung.de |
€3,500
= $4,025 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
Nutri-score.de |
€3,500
= $4,025 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
Oct.de |
€3,500
= $4,025 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
Poolbauer.de |
€3,500
= $4,025 |
Sedo |
19.
tie |
Hotel.tw |
$4,000 |
Sedo |
19.
tie |
PosterStore.nz |
$4,000 |
Sedo |
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There were dozens of additional four-figure ccTLD
sales in this category led by Sedo's sales of Four-E.de
at $3,838 and two others - Dian.tv and LuisAcerano.cn
- at $3,500 each. OOO.de added $3,450 and Dieheizung.de
delivered $3,163.
Sedo had 21 more ccTLD sales ranging from $2,000
to $3,000 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
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| autorun.com.au |
$3,000 |
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videocall.ch |
$2,519 |
| asap.us |
$2,995 |
coger.mx |
$2,500 |
| easyversichert.de |
$2,875 |
flight.li |
$2,500 |
| hubone.de |
$2,875 |
tundra.io |
$2,500 |
| supersuper.de |
$2,875 |
carabo.de |
$2,300 |
| hostingpartner.de |
$2,874 |
goimmo.de |
$2,300 |
| hosting-partner.de |
$2,874 |
Prom.co.uk |
$2,070 |
| hearts.ch |
$2,864 |
coger.com.mx |
$2,000 |
| poolheizung.de |
$2,588 |
monitor.uk |
$2,000 |
| bush.co.uk |
$2,541 |
slotomania.ru |
$2,000 |
| wachmacher.de |
$2,530 |
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Elsewhere, Giant.domains
sold OpenBank.no for $2,288 while DaaZ.com
moved Juju.in and Payg.in at $2,000 each. DomainLore.uk
also got into the act with Assured.co.uk at $1,715
and ShortBreaks.co.uk at $1,530.
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
also had some winners to point to this time around the track, led by
that $45,000 sale of Movies.net at Sedo - one of
the four sales from this category that you saw on the all extension
leader board earlier. The biggest sales from this group that you
haven't seen yet are a pair from Sedo that tied for #5 on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top
20 Sales Chart at $9,000 each. Those were InsuranceClaim.net
and YJJT.info.
.CLUB won the TLD
race by piling up seven chart entries led by an $8,100 sale of Singles.club
at Sedo and a $7,000 sale of Value.club at GoDaddy.
.GLOBAL also had a good outing with four charted sales from Afilias,
led by #3 SA.global, a domain that Mark Ghoriafi of
Afilias brokered, then closed on the Sedo platform.
Here is
how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks
ending ending Sunday, July 19, 2020:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales - Mon. June 22, 2020 - Sun.
July 5, 2020
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect July 8, 2020)
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Domain |
Sold For
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Where
Sold |
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1. |
Movies.net |
$45,000 |
Sedo |
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2. |
Reality.app |
$24,000 |
Sedo |
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3. |
SA.global |
$12,500 |
Afilias/Sedo |
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4. |
Farming.org |
$9,500 |
Sedo |
5.
tie |
InsuranceClaim.net |
$9,000 |
Sedo |
5.
tie |
YJJT.info |
$9,000 |
Sedo |
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7. |
Singles.club |
$8,100 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Value.club |
$7,000 |
GoDaddy |
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9. |
Sun.global |
$5,200 |
Afilias |
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10. |
People.pro |
$4,000 |
Sedo |
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11. |
TCM.global |
$3,380 |
Afilias |
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12. |
AMA.global |
$3,120 |
Afilias |
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13. |
Leaper.net |
$3,000 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Hentai.xyz |
$2,200 |
Sedo |
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15. |
Insider.club |
$2,000 |
Tucows |
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16. |
Thai.club |
$1,830 |
NameCheap |
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17. |
Cocktail.club |
$1,540 |
Google |
18.
tie |
Beat.club |
$1,500 |
GoDaddy |
18.
tie |
Victory.club |
$1,500 |
GoDaddy |
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20. |
168.club |
$1,000 |
Names.club |
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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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