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Editor's Note: During the current Covid-19 pandemic we have been publishing the domain sales report every other week. The latest report from September 30, 2020 is below. The next column will be released Wednesday evening, October 13, 2020. We review current conditions at the start of each month in anticipation of resuming our usual weekly release schedule as soon as possible.

3-Letter .Com Changes Hands for $720,000 in the Biggest Domain Sale Reported So Far This Year

It is always an accomplishment to top one of our weekly all extension Top 20 Domain Sales Charts but Keith Trost has taken it a step further than that. By selling NAS.com for $720,000 in a private transaction, Trost also now holds the biggest domain sale of the entire year to date. As has been the case with so many two and three letter .com sales, this one went to a buyer in China. That is the highest price paid for a 3-letter .com since EKO.com sold for $1.5 million in October 2019. As of this writing the buyer has not yet changed the nameservers, so we don't know if the domain will be used as a business site or held as a domain investment. 

Brian Harbin at GritBrokerage.com claimed the #2 spot on this week's leader board with a $89,999 sale of FactoryOutlet.com. That helped the .coms sweep 13 of the 20 chart entries but the ccTLDs also had a very strong outing, filling five slots including four of the top 10. A pair of sales at Sedo led the country code parade with #3 Blog.co.uk going for €54,000 ($63,180) and #5 WowCasino.co.uk raking in £23,750 ($30,638). Park.io also aided the country code effort with a $28,888 sale of Tiger.io.

With the .coms and ccTLDs feasting on 19 positions overall, that left just one spot for the non .com gTLDs that went to a new gTLD, #15 Com.review that went for €12,000 ($14,040) at Sedo. The only sales venue with multiple chart entries, other than Sedo, was AbdulBasit.com who hit the daily double with #7 LivingLabs.com at $25,888 and #16 GeoComm.com at $13,500. Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com also scored with #11 Biotoc.com at $15,915.

Thanks to George Kirikos we also learned about a notable historical sale this week. George found the details about a $105,000 sale of Fomo.com in 2018 on a GetLatka.com blog post as well as in a You Tube discussion about the deal that he noted on Twitter. We have placed that sale on our 2018 Top 100 Chart where it took over the #72 position.

 

 

 

 


        
 
     By Ron Jackson

Here's how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020:

The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Sept. 14, 2020 - Sun. Sept. 27, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 30, 2020)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. NAS.com $720,000 Pvt Sale
2. FactoryOutlet.com $89,999 GritBrokerage
3. Blog.co.uk €54,000 = $63,180 Sedo
4. Trajectory.com $50,000 Sedo
5. WowCasino.co.uk £23,750 = $30,638 Sedo
6. Tiger.io $28,888 Park.io
7. LivingLabs.com $25,888 AbdulBasit
8. OneCare.com $25,000 Sedo
9. Dalmatia.com $22,800 Sedo
10. Republic.de €13,920 = $16,286 Sedo
11. Biotoc.com $15,915 DomainMarket
12.
tie
FetchCare.com $15,000 Sedo
12.
tie
FreedomTrading.com $15,000 Sedo
14. StarAtlas.com $14,999 Sedo
15. Com.review €12,000 = $14,040 Sedo
16. GeoComm.com $13,500 AbdulBasit
17. Huetten.de €9,000 = $10,530 Sedo
18. InvisibleCommerce.com $9,888 Sedo
19. CloudAutomation.com $9,500 Sedo
20. Marzo4.com $9,450 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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.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with Globis.com at $9,360 and Leore.com at $9,200. Two others - Monta.com and Orandaya.com drew $7,999 apiece. Tanze.com took in $6,962, ZetaCloud.com claimed $6,903 and KSSystems.com sold for $6,500. Chabako.com chalked up $6,435 and World-Finance.com collected $6,000.

Sedo had 61 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,995 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,995

olddear.com $5,995

 

buglink.com $2,850
nixio.com $5,800 neveon.com $2,795
gameflavor.com $5,265 americancricket.com $2,500
hyperco.com $5,160 emrit.com $2,500
dutyfreak.com $5,000 experdent.com $2,500
flexplay.com $4,999 gedan.com $2,500
workwatch.com $4,888 supplyx.com $2,500
novapath.com $4,750 inteliwell.com $2,499
buildbid.com $4,500 eternitymedia.com $2,400
tecas.com $4,500 ezport.com $2,400
scentcard.com $4,460 games101.com $2,400
easybot.com $4,100 rydermedia.com $2,399
hearthis.com $4,095 l1g.com $2,340
modernvaccines.com $4,000 thefail.com $2,300
mybacon.com $4,000 debont.com $2,200
copybook.com $3,900 morrowcare.com $2,200
weinhotels.com $3,900 shoppingtab.com $2,200
citrusclub.com $3,888 fintive.com $2,180
forkliftrental.com $3,680 esportsbattle.com $2,150
nationalfleetservice.com $3,542 squadzone.com $2,114
citizenbase.com $3,500 al-baik.com $2,100
socialfans.com $3,500 beenut.com $2,000
superelectric.com $3,450 coswell.com $2,000
shopzy.com $3,342 echeloncap.com $2,000
virtualos.com $3,300 heartrhythm.com $2,000
jobnote.com $3,000 kiefy.com $2,000
labmixer.com $2,999 magazzini.com $2,000
summittappliance.com $2,998 renne.com $2,000
biogaming.com $2,995 saferfireworks.com $2,000
zerobroker.com $2,925 sterlingoaks.com $2,000
ttmotorsports.com $2,899  

Elsewhere, AbdulBasit.com moved MicroBladingTraining.com for $3,500 and WeAreLiberty.com at $2,988. Meanwhile, Media Code LLC sold PrintMarketplace.com via Afternic for $2,500.

Country Codes

As I noted in the all extension section above, the ccTLDs had an excellent outing with five five-figure sales, led by ccTLD chart topper Blog.co.uk at $63,180 via Sedo. The biggest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #6 on our latest ccTLD top 20 Sales Chart. That is a $9,297 sale of DIYLegals.co.uk posted by DomainLore.uk

As usual, Sedo took the lion's share of chart entries - 13 in all. In addition to Domain Lore, four other venues claimed chart entries this week. DaaZ.com sold #9 Incense.in ($7,740), DNC.com.au moved #15 (tie) TLE.com.au ($5,000) and Vinodr.com used Afternic to sell IHP.co ($4,777). #15 (tie) UnionCity.ca was also sold in a private transaction for $5,000.

 Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. Sept. 14, 2020 - Sun. Sept. 27, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 30, 2020)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Blog.co.uk €54,000 = $63,180 Sedo
2. WowCasino.co.uk £23,750 = $30,638 Sedo
3. Tiger.io $28,888 Park.io
4. Republic.de €13,920 = $16,286 Sedo
5 Huetten.de €9,000 = $10,530 Sedo
6. DIYLegals.co.uk £7,207 = $9,297 DomainLore.uk
7. Maze.co $7,999 Sedo
8. PPE.uk £6,200 = $7,998 DomainLore.uk
9. Incense.in £6,000 = $7,740 DaaZ.com
10. EternalLife.tv $7,500 Sedo
11. MPX.de €5,800 = $6,786 Sedo
12. QR.io $6,500 Sedo
13. BetSport.de €5,200 = $6,084 Sedo
14. LifeGoals.de €5,000 = $5,850 Sedo
15.
tie
TLE.com.au $5,000 DNC.com.au
15.
tie
UnionCity.ca $5,000 Pvt Sale
17. Fiverr.sg $4,999 Sedo
18. IHP.co $4,777 Vinodr.com/Afternic
19. Yeti.de €4,000 = $4,680 Sedo
20. Beem.me £3,500 = $4,515 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were dozens of additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart, led by Sedo's sale of Betreuteswohnen.de at $4,446. They added $4,211 for Adamy.eu and $4,044 for WeMatch.de.

Sedo had 27 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $2,340 to $4,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,340 - $4,000

emergent.ai $4,000   mobilityplus.de $2,925
pocketbook.at $4,000 november.nl $2,925
proto.me $4,000 window-fashion.nl $2,925
where.by $4,000 wowme.de $2,925
wagens.de $3,960 casinocruise.de $2,750
incite.ws $3,950 pizzaofen.de $2,714
rausch.fr $3,509 mediate.io $2,625
fasting.de $3,466 betsport.be $2,457
contour-design.de $3,218 betsport.fr $2,457
frankcasino.de $3,218 betsport.nl $2,457
beauftragter.de $2,925 broadcast.uk $2,400
casigo.de $2,925 bike-outlet.de $2,340
immobilienexpose.de $2,925 mundo.de $2,340
medicalguide.de $2,925   

Back at DomainLore.uk, Rev.co.uk returned $4,322, EquityRelease.uk rang up $4,193 and three others - NX.uk, HealthCheck.uk and Bars.co.uk banked $2,064 apiece. Influencers.uk kicked in $2,000, Elevate.uk landed at $1,961 and Warrior.co.uk went for $1,489. Extreme.uk yielded $1,129, Finance.org.uk fetched $1,109, BucketList.uk contained $1,107 and Fact.uk found $1,032.

At DaaZ.com AreYou.in notched $1,935 and Truly.in tallied $1,400 and at DNC.com.au Ikigau.com.au drew $1,000.

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 reported five-figure sale - Com.review at $14,040 via Sedo. They went on to sweep the first three spots on our latest Non. Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart, adding #2 EstatePlanning.org at $7,430 and #3 Wonder.art at $6,300

In the end, Afilias wound up with the most chart entries overall, piling up 10 spots with a roster led by a trio of $5,200 sales that tied for #4. Those were B2B.global, DR.blue and Phoenix.global. Afilias' .bet TLD won a tight extension race with five charted sales. .Global claimed four and .CLUB had three.

Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending ending Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020:

Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales - Mon. Sept. 14, 2020 - Sun. Sept. 27, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 30, 2020)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Com.review €12,000 = $14,040 Sedo
2. EstatePlanning.org $7,430 Sedo
3. Wonder.art $6,300 Sedo
4.
tie
B2B.global $5,200 Afilias
4.
tie
DR.blue $5,200 Afilias
4.
tie
Phoenix.global $5,200 Afilias
7.
tie
FullTraffic.net $5,000 Sedo
7.
tie
Super.studio $5,000 Sedo
9. Config.pro £3,500 = $4,445 Sedo
10.
tie
ClassicCar.club $4,000 GoDaddy
10.
tie
Honey.club $4,000 GoDaddy
12. People.club $3,287 RU-Center
13.
tie
AJ.bet $3,250 Afilias
13.
tie
DM.bet $3,250 Afilias
13.
tie
SN.bet $3,250 Afilias
13.
tie
Touch.global $3,250 Afilias
17. DG.bet $3,125 Afiliias
18. Union.global $3,120 Afilias
19. XO.bet $3,000 Afilias
20. Freigeist.net $2,800 Sedo

There were over two dozen additional four-figure sales off the chart led by a pair of Afilias sales - Future.llc and Venta.global at $2,600 each. They also sold Toys.black at $2,160 and Director of Premium Sales Mark Ghoriafi used Sedo to move Com.global at $2,000.

In other Afilias sales, BAI.llc and Cats.llc commanded $1,950 apiece, Swap.global drew $1,560, Houston.blue brought $1,300 and two others - Democrat.vote and Republican.vote - sold for $1,170 each. Shop.llc chipped in another $1,080 and Music.bio booked $1,048.

Back at Sedo, TippingPoint.net produced $2,500, JustWatch.org went for $2,400 and two others -  HOI.group and Stoke.net - notched $2,340 apiece. LRB.org and Vidence.tech tacked on $2,200 each, Vereinsbesteuerung.info fetched $2,177 and Slim.shop attracted $2,000.

There were also more sales on the .CLUB front with a quintet of $1,500 sales made via GoDaddy. Those included Handsome.club, MillionDollar.club, Port.club, Salad.club and Stereo.club.

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

 *****

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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