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Last
week I hosted three State of the Industry panel
discussions at the 2021 NamesCon
Online conference, including one that featured
some of the industry's leading Domain Brokers. That
panel included Sedo
Senior Broker Dave Evanson who has logged so many chart
topping sales over the years I've lost count. In fact, when I
introduced Dave in that session, I joked that he visited our
charts so often we keep a spare bedroom just for him at
our office! I barely got the words out of my mouth before Dave
was back in touch after the conference to let me know he had
just closed a whopping $450,000 sale of ZAG.com!
So, yep, once again, he is the King of the Hill on our latest
bi-weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. That also
ranks as the second biggest sale reported so
far in 2021 (only Rick Schwartz's blockbuster sale
of GoBet.com at $850,000 has been higher).
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On another front, while we rarely report
on sales made under non-disclosure agreements (because they can't be
charted and no one other than the parties directly involved, knows
what the price was), we do occasionally make an exception. One of
those rare exceptions happened at the start of this week when three
of the industry's all-time top brokers handled the sale of one the
best domains on the Internet - Home.com. Long-time partners Larry
Fischer (GetYourDomain.com)
and Ari Goldberger (DomainsForSale.com)
represented the seller (Anything.com) while Andrew Miller
(ATMHoldings.com)
represented the buyer, the Fairway Independent Mortgage Company,
who is already putting
that great name to use. While
Ari and Larry could only confirm the sale was made they were barred
from even hinting at the price but this one of those domains that some
would argue is priceless. I am virtually certain that if the price
was
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released
it would rank among the ten biggest
cash domain sales ever reported. At this point in time
that would put it between the $6.7 million paid for #10 Z.com
and the $30 million paid for #1 Voice.com. Whatever the
number was, it was no doubt a true blockbuster and we couldn't be
happier to see Larry, Ari and Andrew log their latest landmark sale.
(Left
to right): Larry Fischer, Ari Goldberger and Andrew Miller Speaking
of landmark sales, some new details emerged this week about the 2015
sale of Lending.com. While the price was never announced,
master domain sleuth George Kirikos uncovered some interesting
evidence in SEC filings that strongly indicates the buyer paid $5,422,000
for that domain. You can read what George found in this Twitter
thread. The buyer has not given confirmation of the price
but if they do we will place that sale on the appropriate charts in
our Domain Sales Archive. Now,
back to the immediate business at hand in what has been a very busy
couple of weeks. While the .coms again took the majority of
positions on the new Top 20 Chart, they ran into much stiffer
competition than usual, including a ccTLD onslaught that put
six country code domains on the elite list. The $50,000 sale of
#2 Domain.io by Mark Ghoriafi at MrPremium.com
led the ccTLD charge. The non .com gTLDs also showed strength
with a trio of domains on the honor roll, led by Sedo's $20,000
sale of #8 Sin.net. Meanwhile,
the .coms kept scoring with hits like the $39,995 sale of
BeElectric.com that Hiren
Patel at Quality Names made via Afternic.
Hiren said he bought the name for just $860 a little over a year ago!
You might recall that Hiren is also the guy who sold ElectricCars.com
for $180,000 last year. Another especially
interesting thing on this week's chart - by now you have probably
heard a lot of chatter about the new social media app, Clubhouse (an
audio only platform that currently requires an invitation and is only
available for the iPhone). A lot of domain people are raving about how
Clubhouse can bring the industry much wider recognition and
also boost domain sales. Right on cue, the first charted
domain sales ever transacted via Clubhouse are on this
week's chart. NamesCon President Soeren von Varchmin sold #18 Greece.
de for $13,246 with 100% of the proceeds from the domain he
donated going to the EFK.org
(Entrepreneurs For Knowledge) school foundation that NamesCon
supports. In a second Clubhouse sale, Aishwin Vikhona sold #20 RL.org
to MediaOptions.com Founder Andrew Rosener for $13,000.
It does look like this Clubhouse thing could be the start of something
very big (as you will see the in Non .Com gTLD section of this article
later - Clubhouse is also having a huge impact on the sale of premium .CLUB
domains).
Here's a look at how
all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending Sunday, January 31, 2021:
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 18, 2021 - Sun. Jan. 31,
2021
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb. 3, 2021) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
ZAG.com |
$450,000 |
Sedo |
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2. |
Domain.io |
$50,000 |
MrPremium.com |
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3. |
BeElectric.com |
$39,995 |
QualityNames/Afternic |
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4. |
BetterCare.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
31op.com |
$29,500 |
SnapNames |
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6. |
LGW.com |
$26,500 |
Sedo |
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7. |
Flitterwochen.de
("honeymoon" in German) |
€20,000
= $24,000 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Shes.com |
$22,722 |
NameJet |
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9. |
Sin.net |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
10.
tie |
GolfNews.com |
€15,000
= $18,000 |
Sedo |
10.
tie |
Pay.do |
$18,000 |
Sedo |
10.
tie |
Tourist.it |
€15,000
= $18,000 |
Sedo |
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13. |
NHood.com |
$17,850 |
Shane
Kinsch |
14.
tie |
BetBuy.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
Fook.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
Limitless.net |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
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17. |
Digitale.com |
$14,522 |
NameJet |
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18. |
Greece.de |
$13,246 |
Clubhouse |
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19. |
Invest.es |
€11,000
= $13,200 |
Sedo |
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20. |
RL.org |
$13,000 |
Clubhouse |
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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
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There were 12 more five-figure sales off the
chart led by Sedo's sales of Seagreen.com at $13,000,
MUX.org at $12,999 and CelebrityAgent.com
at $12,600. Sedo added $12,500 each for Safir.com
and YJHFW.net, and another $12,000 apiece for
three more - Comunit.com, Favi.de amd FFP2.de.
GoDaddy booked $12,058 for Mob.tv
while SnapNames
sold YH123.com for $12,022 and 63388.com
for $10,240. In addition to the two they had on the chart, NameJet
notched another one with ICTSD.org at $10,500.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast
of four-figure sales with a $9,900 sale of MarketingAdvisor.com.
They added $9,618 for Peached.com, $9,360 for
Junited.com and $9,335 for GCNTech.com.
The hits just kept on coming with WrestlingEdge.com at $9,000,
Kulibaev.com at $8,500 and three others - CodeSync.com,
IPMed.com and Marbled.com - at $8,000
apiece.
Tevio.com
tacked on $7,950, Illig.com commanded $7,800
and Arnolds.com kicked in $7,750. Carefi.com
fetched another $7,700 and Blasty.com blew
through $7,420. Sedo had 84 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $7,000 that
are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $7,000
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| e-fleet.com |
$7,000 |
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cryptowhite.com |
$3,000 |
| katoon.com |
$6,500 |
defitoday.com |
$3,000 |
| andsisters.com |
$6,165 |
lifemedicine.com |
$3,000 |
| jungl.com |
$6,000 |
samedayfurniture.com |
$3,000 |
| pixagon.com |
$6,000 |
selfstoragedepot.com |
$3,000 |
| gangland.com |
$5,866 |
vip-club.com |
$3,000 |
| binanceus.com |
$5,800 |
soorce.com |
$2,995 |
| 42dot.com |
$5,760 |
universityofhunting.com |
$2,988 |
| malawigold.com |
$5,500 |
usxd.com |
$2,988 |
| campella.com |
$5,400 |
techfors.com |
$2,888 |
| s-ray.com |
$5,395 |
megawide.com |
$2,799 |
| bussimulator.com |
$5,300 |
brandip.com |
$2,750 |
| yourator.com |
$5,250 |
hardworku.com |
$2,750 |
| deimer.com |
$5,000 |
velikden.com |
$2,724 |
| winetaster.com |
$5,000 |
jlabel.com |
$2,700 |
| thefuror.com |
$4,888 |
rakiza.com |
$2,699 |
| evolvesummit.com |
$4,880 |
fitnesshome.com |
$2,682 |
| linkstack.com |
$4,800 |
agobay.com |
$2,640 |
| 24slots.com |
$4,777 |
fuckforfree.com |
$2,640 |
| toptom.com |
$4,488 |
roysgrill.com |
$2,599 |
| japanesewhiskey.com |
$4,250 |
trackpanda.com |
$2,595 |
| interzero.com |
$4,000 |
claso.com |
$2,500 |
| mascaras.com |
$4,000 |
cuccoo.com |
$2,500 |
| nhtechnologies.com |
$4,000 |
guidetoretirement.com |
$2,500 |
| power300.com |
$3,995 |
maccabingo.com |
$2,500 |
| ringbee.com |
$3,900 |
shkorea.com |
$2,500 |
| nailtips.com |
$3,899 |
opensustainability.com |
$2,499 |
| wcranch.com |
$3,899 |
petalmusic.com |
$2,495 |
| tagmaps.com |
$3,840 |
44290.com |
$2,450 |
| vanis.com |
$3,750 |
orderdata.com |
$2,450 |
| inetsoftware.com |
$3,721 |
sanluis.com |
$2,450 |
| wellnessregistry.com |
$3,688 |
amanita.com |
$2,400 |
| appearanz.com |
$3,500 |
maav.com |
$2,400 |
| carecenter.com |
$3,500 |
stationdesk.com |
$2,395 |
| rayintelligence.com |
$3,500 |
marktuan.com |
$2,350 |
| ryleigh.com |
$3,499 |
safemi.com |
$2,288 |
| sageranch.com |
$3,499 |
starnotes.com |
$2,200 |
| sebastiaan.com |
$3,495 |
storeshare.com |
$2,200 |
| hk-finance.com |
$3,480 |
snaatch.com |
$2,195 |
| flearning.com |
$3,300 |
freeusenet.com |
$2,152 |
| accupulse.com |
$3,295 |
mentalrehab.com |
$2,095 |
| carlocker.com |
$3,200 |
wheellocker.com |
$2,000 |
Back at NameJet, DigitalCard.com
drew $9,840, SanFranciscoHomes.com welcomed
$9,751 and Vanco.com captured $9,750. ChainData.com
chalked up $9,500, GreenwichHomes.com attracted $9,008
and G-G.com generated $6,775.
AmericanDreams.com woke
up with $6,002 on the nightstand, CooperTools.com carved
out $5,873 and EspressoRoyale.com sipped $5,349.
GreenPois0n.com (yes that is a zero not an
"O") grossed $5,100 and Walco.com went
for $5,039.
NameJet had 36 more four-figure
.com sales ranging from $2,002 to $4,926 that are
listed in the table below:
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Additional
NameJet .com Sales Between $2,002 - $4,926
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| thetemple.com |
$4,926 |
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publicitas.com |
$3,000 |
| equusite.com |
$4,607 |
tirp.com |
$2,988 |
| findmyip.com |
$4,600 |
fireworksafety.com |
$2,987 |
| cornstarch.com |
$4,500 |
rockstar69.com |
$2,730 |
| delph.com |
$4,360 |
docunet.com |
$2,714 |
| alibabas.com |
$3,999 |
healingfoods.com |
$2,625 |
| reip.com |
$3,925 |
probert.com |
$2,477 |
| usup.com |
$3,800 |
tremplocounty.com |
$2,400 |
| globalized.com |
$3,602 |
biotimeinc.com |
$2,289 |
| totalfinance.com |
$3,600 |
cashhere.com |
$2,257 |
| theclock.com |
$3,499 |
ambitus.com |
$2,238 |
| mashpeewampanoagtribe.com |
$3,450 |
ambienti.com |
$2,168 |
| yourwish.com |
$3,310 |
emotionalwellness.com |
$2,102 |
| redrain.com |
$3,300 |
obsentinel.com |
$2,100 |
| yepnopejs.com |
$3,250 |
waterfloss.com |
$2,051 |
| lendingservice.com |
$3,225 |
bcoz.com |
$2,012 |
| mjco.com |
$3,101 |
answ.com |
$2,010 |
| centurioncapital.com |
$3,001 |
timson.com |
$2,002 |
At NameJet's Web.com sister
site, SnapNames, Greenlite.com gave $7,000 a go, Nutrasystem.com
secured $5,272 and Credilife.com landed $4,995.
Trimed.com dispensed $4,835, Seaton.com
sold for $4,718 and Bacai.com bagged $4,655.
Haopengyuou.com yielded $4,204, Fernand.com
found $4,125 and Mechanik.com made $4,066.
SnapNames had 45 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,029 to $3,734
that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
SnapNames .com Sales Between $2,029 - $3,734
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| moloco.com |
$3,734 |
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aviatorfarms.com |
$2,695 |
| suncheon.com |
$3,705 |
3dcad.com |
$2,613 |
| eveda.com |
$3,700 |
qyqy.com |
$2,601 |
| parentcoach.com |
$3,700 |
flowfund.com |
$2,600 |
| adaptech.com |
$3,475 |
crosspoles.com |
$2,595 |
| qrng.com |
$3,450 |
girlcrew.com |
$2,468 |
| bridgelink.com |
$3,444 |
wirelessdesign.com |
$2,460 |
| summersale.com |
$3,408 |
cupidscorner.com |
$2,395 |
| aireflow.com |
$3,395 |
jianqiang.com |
$2,395 |
| primewest.com |
$3,350 |
ezhi.com |
$2,319 |
| custombottle.com |
$3,347 |
hrsystems.com |
$2,300 |
| lookuppage.com |
$3,299 |
transcendtherapeutics.com |
$2,295 |
| edgedigital.com |
$3,138 |
fountainofhealth.com |
$2,274 |
| earthnow.com |
$3,103 |
tagsystems.com |
$2,250 |
| kinderland.com |
$3,000 |
gallerydirect.com |
$2,211 |
| huyen.com |
$2,990 |
usarealestate.com |
$2,115 |
| intelligentworld.com |
$2,923 |
decisiontech.com |
$2,097 |
| brandtrack.com |
$2,906 |
outdoorfirepit.com |
$2,092 |
| dakon.com |
$2,850 |
coinworker.com |
$2,050 |
| asecure.com |
$2,800 |
hongque.com |
$2,050 |
| mediasky.com |
$2,800 |
saintfranciscare.com |
$2,050 |
| leafmask.com |
$2,795 |
bisoo.com |
$2,029 |
| survie.com |
$2,746 |
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Elsewhere, Mike Bradley
sold BitFinancial.com through Uniregistry for $7,999,
Fine Domains moved 3DBible.com via Afternic
for $6,860, DaaZ.com
sold TonLabs.com for $4,888, XYNames.com
rang up $3,500 for CashMyHome.com and DNC.com.au
claimed $2,000 for CubbyClub.com.
Continue
to Page 2 for the ccTLD and Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Charts and
all other sales reported in those categories over the past two weeks.
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