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A Quartet of 6-Figure Sales Top This Week's Chart as Domains Remain Hot Commodities

As we near the end of a boom year for domains, the aftermarket is continuing to run at full throttle. Just as we were publishing our previous bi-weekly report, we were able to break the news that IT.com had been sold in a $3.8 million deal. No details were available at the time but we were able to gather them over the following days and provide the full story in our Lowdown section last week. IT.com will be paid for over a 24-month period so it is not eligible for charting yet, but the dollar value of the transaction is the highest that has been publicly reported so far this year. 

Over the past two weeks, we continued to see solid sales daily, including a quartet of six-figure 

sales that lead our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. A big 3-letter .com sale set the pace with TBC.com attracting $375,000 in a private transaction. Portugal.com completed a powerful one-two punch after Sedo Senior Broker Dave Evanson closed a $350,000 sale of that top tier geo domain (the latest in a long string of high end 2021 sales for Dave who already had one the year's biggest in Angel.com at $2 million).

 

Sedo filled the #3 spot as well with a solid $250,000 sale of Laced.com.  The six-figure group was completed by James Booth (the seller's broker in that $3.8 million IT.com deal), who added another feather to his cap with #4 Chronic.com at $150,000.  James also charted a second top ten sale this week wit #10 Vartana.com at $33,000

 

The week's biggest non .com sale was #5 ETH.paris, a name that DomainSmoke.com Founder Dennis Tinerino sold for $50,000 through DAN.com. That's the highest known sale in the .paris extension to date. Dennis shared the full story behind the transaction in a NamePros interview with Bob Hawkes that was published today. That was one of three non .com gTLDs to earn spots on the Big Board. The others were DNGear's $34,888 sale of #9 Squid.xyz and Sedo's $32,000 sale of ShopLocal .org.

The ccTLDs had their usual strong outing as well, placing four names on the elite list. Three of those are .co domains, led by the $35,000 sale of #8 Novo.co via Epik.com. The fourth was IT.com's purchase of #16 (tie) IT.kz at $25,000 in a private transaction. That was one many ccTLD versions of "IT" that the new owners of IT.com have acquired this year to be part of their new domain registration platform.

Everything else went to the .coms who got a boost from three SnapNames sales, led by #7 eCigarette.com at $39,788. The owners of Skand.fi also aided the .com cause by acquiring #13 Skand.com for $27,000 in a private transaction and Braden Pollock at LegalBrandMarketing.com weighed in with a $20,000 sale of #20 Gaining.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           By Ron Jackson

Some other interesting domain sales information came to our attention this week thanks to Igor Furdyk, a veteran domain broker who is also the Project Manager at Intis Telecom (the buyer of IT.com) and Head of Sales for IT.com's  new domain registration service. Igor told us about three big .ru sales he was aware of - two from earlier this year - Dom.ru at $1,676,400 and Games.ru at $1 million.  He said Market.ru had also been sold last year for approximately $1 million. Igor did not broker those sales so we don't have the documentation we would need to chart them but I do consider him to be a very reliable source. These sales were also reported by Russian language media outlets.

Of course, when you talk about historical domain sales, George Kirikos's name is almost always part of the conversation and that is the case again this week. On his Twitter feed, George reported finding two six-figure sales while examining a 2020 SEC filing. Those were IHSAdvantage.com at $250,000 and EventConnect.com at $100,000. The filing described those as approximate numbers so we don't have an exact number to chart but they are obviously well worth noting. The price for IHSAdvantage.com might look high but a previous use as a hotel booking site that George pointed out may have played into that valuation.

Now on to the immediate business at hand. Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, November 7, 2021:

The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 25 -  Sun. Nov. 7, 2021
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Nov. 10, 2021)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. TBC.com $375,000 Pvt Sale
2. Portugal.com $350,000 Sedo
3. Laced.com $250,000 Sedo
4. Chronic.com $150,000 James Booth
5. ETH.paris $50,000 DomainSmoke/DAN
6 CPartner.com $39,888 Sedo
7. eCigarette.com $39,778 SnapNames
8. Novo.co $35,000 Epik
9. Squid.xyz $34,888 DNGear
10. Vartana.com $33,000 James Booth
11. ShopLocal.org $32,000 Sedo
12. Homeify.com $28,000 SnapNames
13. Skand.com $27,000 Pvt Sale
14. Luxcity.com $26,995 Sedo
15. APOL.com $25,499 SnapNames
16.
tie
IT.kz $25,000 Pvt Sale
16.
tie
Joyful.co $25,000 Epik
18. Calven.com $22,000 Sedo
19. INF.co €17,500 = $20,300 Sedo
20. Gaining.com $20,000 LegalBrandMarketing/
Brand Bucket

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 25 more five-figure sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for 16 of those including Crypter.com at $18,000Liven.de at $17,400 and a pair that went for $15,500 each - MeloMelo.com and PocketHealth.com. Kleiderschrank.de delivered $13,804, TreeHaus.com hauled in $12,900 and two others - CMeta.com and Stuehle.de - added $12,760 apiece.

Also at Sedo, Serpent.io sold for $12,000, Jinjer.com drew $11,588 and DigitalWatch.com went for $10,882. Bamby.com banked another $10,500, ETH.cards collected $10,440 and MetaOnline.com landed $10,092. Two others - CyrptoNinjas.com and Hisk.com - kicked in $10,000 each.

Elsewhere, IT.com bought IT.ae for $18,000 in a private transaction, James Booth sold MarvelLabs.com for $16,500 and Onsero.com for $10,000, NameJet moved OEMS.com ($14,444), Laborers.com ($13,623) and ProjectLiberty.org ($10,501), SnapNames scored with iRecall.com at $10,500 and Ecriture.com at $10,249 and Epik rang the ball again with Marqeta.co at $10,000.

 .Com Supporting Cast

NameJet  led the .Com supporting cast of four-figure sales with WholesaleBedding.com at $9,999. Vova.com added $9,888, PressureCooker.com produced $5,300 and TYPY.com commanded $5,250. HealthStory.com attracted $4,788, Soth.com sold for $4,750 and Borna.com brought $4,650. CottonClub.com closed at $4,544 and ReedleyExponent.com returned $4,500.

NameJet had 30 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,001 to $4,211 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,001 - $4,211

thedogcafela.com $4,211   pressurecookers.com $2,500
maniacworld.com $4,200 buildcash.com $2,470
platinumbank.com $4,033 binkie.com $2,438
mywc.com $4,002 codetest.com $2,412
afthunderbirds.com $3,851 skene.com $2,406
wallettoken.com $3,700 floorpads.com $2,373
gingerlily.com $3,628 sevyn.com $2,355
ovox.com $3,557 qtso.com $2,350
freshpicked.com $3,506 professionalcoach.com $2,304
appsplayground.com $3,387 soundsmith.com $2,272
databig.com $3,320 neopharm.com $2,255
domainnamesale.com $3,200 credx.com $2,200
globio.com $3,048 gsystem.com $2,200
kbab.com $2,888 labell.com $2,002
oldblue.com $2,679 balloonbouquets.com $2,001

Back at Sedo, KMeta.com made $9,995, Leatec.com landed $9,900 and Marimonti.com clicked for $9,888. Two others - 49G.com and Enjoy-Hotels.com - booked $9,000 each. Serlog.com contributed $8,700 and HYSE.com captured $8,000 while BetVerse,com and TokenScope.com tacked on $7,500 apiece.

Sedo had 73 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,999 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $6,999

franchiselab.com $6,999   roog.com $3,800
renew-it.com $6,888 powerfulchain.com $3,799
hyperbyte.com $6,380 emotioneering.com $3,596
birthdaygift.com $6,106 blackinsure.com $3,500
cosmore.com $6,000 avolib.com $3,480
roxia.com $5,995 usd77.com $3,480
aktech.com $5,900 hqlax.com $3,300
baltona.com $5,800 amorbox.com $3,295
nakarte.com $5,500 zimura.com $3,250
txnews.com $5,500 genosec.com $3,199
e101.com $5,250 helloholo.com $3,000
befuck.com $5,000 himam.com $3,000
cryptodash.com $5,000 oddswizard.com $3,000
pornoid.com $5,000 efficientcloud.com $2,999
trethewey.com $5,000 crelaw.com $2,995
wealthly.com $5,000 9ut.com $2,900
yande.com $5,000 bidver.com $2,850
h2ready.com $4,950 opticoolfluid.com $2,800
cashlesspayment.com $4,888 loomarts.com $2,665
sqdr.com $4,880 bestfuneralhomes.com $2,500
ecreditdaily.com $4,850 chainance.com $2,500
digital-coach.com $4,640 fc98.com $2,500
kitesurfer.com $4,524 thinktim.com $2,500
bauta.com $4,500 nicebling.com $2,499
petitknit.com $4,499 investingbydesign.com $2,340
glampervan.com $4,395 phbit.com $2,245
halcyonhouse.com $4,375 upossible.com $2,200
decatch.com $4,199 metaversetechnology.com $2,199
sigmaview.com $4,099 visitiq.com $2,199
albatech.com $4,060 chessnuts.com $2,150
kubus.com $4,060 gamergrid.com $2,100
apilo.com $4,000 pufs.com $2,050
cryptocasinobonus.com $4,000 animalhotels.com $2,000
madeinnorway.com $4,000 apartner.com $2,000
metaconverse.com $3,950 metaservice.com $2,000
mechconnect.com $3,899 monninger.com $2,000
eumetra.com $3,885  

At SnapNames PowerServices.com generated $9,551, Aleron.com rang up $9,287 and Chattel.com chalked up $8,012. Nexsys.com secured $7,750, Medicade.com dispensed $6,916 and BitNova.com bagged $6,850. VRCO.com corralled $6,756, ElectronCash.com deposited $6,513 and TitanTech.com tallied $5,559. SLUA.com claimed another $5,550 and MBASchool.com enrolled $5,050.

SnapNames had 53 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,007 to $4,603 that are listed in the table below:

Additional SnapNames .com Sales Between $2,007 - $4,603

quicklab.com $4,603   vyker.com $2,895
vgen.com $4,600 forevertexas.com $2,788
becken.com $4,434 tombolo.com $2,700
recraft.com $4,211 gonzalezconsulting.com $2,595
xpresspay.com $4,140 mtblack.com $2,595
maxter.com $4,044 cloudproject.com $2,549
oneworldcommunications.com $3,988 upliftprogram.com $2,531
smarttix.com $3,980 kirner.com $2,522
betterprice.com $3,825 netint.com $2,503
wwlaw.com $3,718 asklava.com $2,499
xviperonec.com $3,715 coinarts.com $2,495
blazingfast.com $3,679 firstresort.com $2,450
aerocentral.com $3,595 wyzard.com $2,438
drinkwine.com $3,556 lonestarrealty.com $2,354
teaway.com $3,547 clabo.com $2,351
guildsmen.com $3,499 michaelspencer.com $2,300
divisionthree.com $3,488 snapanalytics.com $2,274
btcfaucet.com $3,423 casavida.com $2,205
sealtec.com $3,400 moontree.com $2,200
acrylicaquariums.com $3,314 metapays.com $2,195
prorisk.com $3,300 mintconditions.com $2,188
sixtypercent.com $3,295 kimpo.com $2,151
beerguide.com $3,250 roberthill.com $2,120
builderbuy.com $2,995 666111.com $2,112
diavolezza.com $2,995 ibfs.com $2,055
traveldreams.com $2,950 snacken.com $2,007
studiobox.com $2,901  

Elsewhere, Anna Bastian sold DRVApes.com via Uniregistry for $9,500 while DomainSmoke.com used DAN.com to close a $3,500 sale of WeDoTV.com.

...and We are NOT DONE YET!

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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