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Multi-Million $ Sale of Forge.com Charges to Top of New DNJournal Chart - $550,000 Sale Follows

We're heading down the home stretch in the 2021 domain sales season and the story line remains the same it has been the since the year began - the domain aftermarket is still on fire. The $2,202,000 sale of Forge.com that we told you about in our Lowdown section last weekend headlines our latest bi-weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart with a $550,000 sale of Lender.com in the #2 spot. 

George Kirikos uncovered that sale of Forge.com to private securities marketplace Forge Global. As regular readers know, no one has done a better job of finding and reporting previously unknown blockbuster sales than George. He also pointed us to second 7-figure transaction involving BitBuy.com this week. 

That one can't be charted because the deal involved both cash and equity components. Still,  the purchase by Bitbuy, one of Canada’s largest crypto trading platforms, is well worth noting with the seller receiving $1.5 million (US) and a warrant for approximately $2.8 million (Canadiian) in either equity or cash upon exercise of the warrant which will occur within one year after the transfer of the domain. There is further reporting on that deal here.

Earlier this week, Elliot Silver at DomainInvesting.com broke the news about the $550,000 sale of Lender.com made by Brandforce broker Stephen Byrne. That one helped the .coms sweep the first five spots on the new leader board, with the first four all being one-word dictionary domains, including another six-figure sale, #3 Regional.com at $106,888 via SnapNames. #5 TheKingdom.com, snapped the one-word string with a $39,999 sale at NameMarket.com.

The .coms piled up 12 of the 20 chart entries overall with NameJet accounting for three of those. The new Namecheap Market also aided the .com cause with a $20,221 sale of Namey.com, as did Tim Keller who sold #14 (tie) www360.com for $20,000 in a private transaction.

Both the non .com gTLDs (with five charted sales) and the ccTLDs (with three on the Big Board) also continued to thrive in this bountiful market. #6 Regal.co led the country code contingent with a £25,000 ($33,250) sale at Sedo. Dynadot set the pace for the non .com gTLDs with a pair of Ethereum-related domains. They banked $30,000 apiece for ETH.black and ETH.pink as those two tied for the #7 spot. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           By Ron Jackson

Here is a look at how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, December 19, 2021:

The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 6 -  Sun. Dec. 19, 2021
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 22, 2021)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Forge.com $2,202,000 Pvt Sale
2. Lender.com $550,000 Brandforce
3. Regional.com $106,888 SnapNames
4. Scrip.com $44,060 SnapNames
5. TheKingdom.com $39,999 NameMarket
6 Regal.co £25,000 = $33,250 Sedo
7.
tie
ETH.black $30,000 Dynadot
7.
tie
ETH.pink $30,000 Dynadot
9. Uran.com €25,000 = $28,250 Sedo
10. Masons.com $26,555 NameJet
11. TaxSoftware.com $25,000 NameJet
12. IN.club $22,500 GoDaddy
13. Namey.com $20,221 Namecheap Market
14.
tie
Pharmaflex.com $20,000 Sedo
14.
tie
www360.com $20,000 Pvt Sale
16.
tie
Ante.xyz $19,888 DNGear/Afternic
16.
tie
Cameo.xyz $19,888 DNGear/Afternic
18. Claim.co £14,950 = $19,884 Sedo
19. Fit.in €15,000 = $16,950 Sedo
20. CryptoCon.com $16,050 NameJet

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 17 more five-figure sales off the chart including a pair of $15,000 sales at Sedo where Kosma.com and UnityProject.com went to new owners. Sedo added $11,000 for Serecon.com and $10,000 for WhiteAngel.com.

Elsewhere, Manj.com went for $15,000 in a deal that Jeff Garbutt at PrimeLoyalty.com brokered for seller Francine Callahan.

DNGear posted two more .xyz sales - Daylight.xyz at $14,888 via Dan.com and Wilde.xyz at $13,000 through Afternic

SnapNames notched four more in this range including CarNet.com at $14,552, QuantumIntelligence.com at $14,169, AquaJet.com at $11,222 and GoWithTheFlow.com at $11,082. Sister site NameJet notched $14,055 for Telenova.com, $11,500 for BolsaDeMulher.com and $10,100 for KevinWarwick.com.

Also, hitting the five-figure mark were SAV.com, where Power.xyz sold for $10,050, the Namecheap Market where Meta.stream made $10,001 and Namoxy.com where Tier.org tallied $10,000.

 .Com Supporting Cast

SnapNames led the .Com supporting cast of four-figure sales with DealersNearMe.com at $9,999. They added $8,575 for Careers-in-Business.com, $7,256 for BusinessPoint.com and $6,569 for Whoa.com. Prium.com produced $5,850, Binter.com bagged $5,600 and WeRoom.com welcomed $5,099.

BikeSport.com braked at $5,024, QCraft.com created $4,800 and OK99.com notched $4,608. Amphion.com fetched another $4,600 and Habiterre.com tacked on $4,595. TravelAmerica.com and VisionDigital.com drew $4,205 apiece while TaxpayerServiceCenter sold for $4,183

SnapNames had 41 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,006 to $3,999 that are listed in the table below:

Additional SnapNames .com Sales Between $2,006 - $3,999

devapi.com $3,999   cosman.com $2,454
tanvir.com $3,976 appsales.com $2,450
qfinancial.com $3,956 65u.com $2,405
playmo.com $3,700 5thpeak.com $2,395
vaishali.com $3,680 cascadehuts.com $2,387
redtide.com $3,389 inpos.com $2,325
seohero.com $3,303 salescode.com $2,305
nftfire.com $3,295 vitalux.com $2,250
caries.com $3,211 happyvision.com $2,214
globalelectronics.com $3,112 organicvillage.com $2,199
vondra.com $3,111 inkco.com $2,150
sprice.com $3,099 cestari.com $2,130
timeimage.com $2,816 rxdrug.com $2,106
oddmanout.com $2,812 dickapedia.com $2,095
firstkick.com $2,787 metadigit.com $2,051
electricsolutions.com $2,506 executiveproperties.com $2,050
coloso.com $2,501 onlinetalk.com $2,012
shortstoriesforkids.com $2,499 bodybike.com $2,008
astroturismo.com $2,488 comor.com $2,007
kohman.com $2,488 clca.com $2,006
sepidarsystem.com $2,486   

Back at SnapNames's sister site, NameJet, HumanHead.com swallowed $9,361, IBIG.com commanded $8,028 and CDLTraining.com secured $7,752. McWilliams.com made $6,500, Pandi.com posted $6,333 and Nerea.com collected $6,294. SocialResearch.com discovered $6,000 while Armet.com and FHAHomeLoans.com landed $4,999 each. AnalToys.com cracked $4,600 and Steingraber.com grossed $4,001

NameJet had 28 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,900 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $3,900

bailer.com $3,900   qacademy.com $2,464
calluna.com $3,608 deepy.com $2,379
kaxo.com $3,600 humaninnovation.com $2,356
gfarmalabs.com $3,409 ttest.com $2,250
salesportal.com $3,104 bofas.com $2,170
brandnews.com $3,100 foodsteps.com $2,158
turath.com $2,855 faucetbox.com $2,149
sleepmd.com $2,700 ecla.com $2,089
dsuite.com $2,600 ledart.com $2,053
protoverse.com $2,555 mendobrew.com $2,048
topdatingsites.com $2,536 surprisesurprise.com $2,038
happyproject.com $2,500 vinergy.com $2,023
udis.com $2,500 fundtrade.com $2,012
pet1.com $2,499 unitedbet.com $2,000

At Sedo ChipGirl.com chalked up $9,888, Summiteer.com climbed to $9,703 and SocialCurrent.com soaked up $7,995. GCTV.com tuned in $7,500, Unboxings.com revealed $6,650 and FixHealthCare.com dispensed $6,501.

ShopK.com captured $6,100 while IndustrialCabinets.com and Platonica.com plucked $6,000 each. Three others - CannabisBit.com, Goobne.com and Magnetor.com - closed at $5,000 apiece.

Sedo had 23 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,900 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $4,995

betdoge.com $4,995   transformagency.com $3,000
dopecode.com $4,995 movoc.com $2,950
realtyverse.com $4,960 pnwq.com $2,600
realtormetaverse.com $4,500 hawkinsight.com $2,522
trustchange.com $4,393 jocksports.com $2,500
digizen.com $4,181 shellybeach.com $2,500
novoverse.com $3,885 marcommedia.com $2,450
plugenergy.com $3,600 dietload.com $2,380
atakent.com $3,525 copperstudio.com $2,200
heimr.com $3,277 metaromance.com $2,000
rylty.com $3,202 revby.com $2,000
interalloy.com $3,000  

Elsewhere, Dynadot harvested $6,200 from MyMetaFarm.com, $5,988 for StreamNBA.com and $2,895 for DrakoMedia.com. JVBO.com added $2,183, Nasul.com inhaled $2,155 and SteamMLB.com banked $2,025.

Namoxy.com also put another one on their ledger with a $3,799 sale of NewDayHealthCare.com.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were, of course, led by the trio of five-figure sales you saw on the all extension leader board above. The long-time giant in this category, Sedo, accounted for all three of those with Regal.co at $33,250 setting the pace on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart.

Sedo went on to sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries, including #4 BlueNet.de at $8,475. SnapNames rounded out the first five with Emergent.io at $5,766

In that same way that Sedo is the dominant sales platform in the country code arena, Germany's .de has consistently put up the most sales in the TLD race. That was again true this time around the track with .de claiming seven chart entries. The only others with multiple entries were .io with there and .co with two (of course, .co really made theirs count by taking the top two spots on the elite list).

 Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, December 19, 2021::

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. Dec. 6 -  Sun. Dec. 19, 2021
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 22, 2021)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Regal.co £25,000 = $33,250 Sedo
2. Claim.co £14,950 = $19,884 Sedo
3. Fit.in €15,000 = $16,950 Sedo
4. BlueNet.de €7,500 = $8,475 Sedo
5. Emergent.io $5,766 SnapNames
6. TMRRW.de €4,500 = $5,085 Sedo
7. AlarmZentrale.de €4,000 = $4,520 Sedo
8. Poplar.co $4,399 Namoxy
9. CoachingBusiness.de €3,750 = $4,238 Sedo
10. Cosabella.de €3,500 = $3,955 Sedo
11. Kreator.io $3,950 Dynadot
12. Useful.io $3,800 NameJet
13. LearnEnglish.ca $3,050 Namecheap Market
14. F2.cc $3,000 Sedo
15.
tie
PremiumBackup.de €2,500 = $2,825 Sedo
15.
tie
VitalMedizin.ch €2,500 = $2,825 Sedo
17. Plenitude.it €2,099 = $2,372 Sedo
18.
tie
BestVital.de €2,000 = $2,260 Sedo
18.
tie
Cadis.eu €2,000 = $2,260 Sedo
18.
tie
CNext.de €2,000 = $2,260 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

In a couple of sales just off the chart, Namoxy.com moved Percept.co for $1,995 and Dynadot sold CryptoInvetsor.io for $1,426.

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)

Things have really been heating up in the non .com gTLD world in these closing weeks of 2021. That group racked up ten five-figure sales over the past two weeks, led by the Ethereum twins - ETH.black and ETH.pink - at $30,000 apiece via Dynadot. We posted all of the five-figure sales in the all extension section above, so the biggest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is the #11 domain on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. That was a $9,888 sale of Shipyard.xyz that DNGear made via Dan.com.

DNGear, owned by Swetha Yenugula, put a half dozen sales on the new leader board. Those, coupled with additional ones from Sedo and SAV.com, gave .xyz an easy win in the extension race with eight charted sales. The only other TLDs with multiple chart entries were .org and .art with two each.

Here is is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending ending Sunday, December 19, 2021:

Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Dec. 6 -  Sun. Dec. 19, 2021
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 22, 2021)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1.
tie
ETH.black $30,000 Dynadot
1.
tie
ETH.pink $30,000 Dynadot
3. IN.club $22,500 GoDaddy
4.
tie
Ante.xyz $19,888 DNGear/Afternic
4.
tie
Cameo.xyz $19,888 DNGear/Afternic
6. Daylight.xyz $14,888 DNGear/Dan.com
7. Wilde.xyz $13,000 DNGear/Afternic
8. Power.xyz $10,050 SAV.com
9. Meta.stream $10,001 Namecheap Market
10. Tier.org $10,000 Namoxy
11. Shipyard.xyz $9,888 DNGear/Dan.com
12. Mags.xyz $7,888 DNGear/Afternic
13. Date.art $7,500 DNSPod
14. Frame.art $6,000 Dynadot
15. Scarface.net $5,999 Sedo
16. Pain.clinic $5,500 Dynadot
17.
tie
2.tel $5,000 Sedo
17.
tie
EcoClean.group $5,000 Dynadot
19. Cherry.xyz $4,400 Sedo
20. GenerationRescue.org $4,387 SnapNames

There were over two dozen more four-figure sales off the chart led by Dynadot's sales of Moviefi.net at $4,380 and Sportfi.net at $3,911. They added $1,919 for Block.game, $1,597 for ETH.gift and $1,533 apiece for Gifts.click and Toonget.net.

SAV.com scored with Lawyers.xyz at $3,849 and two others in that TLD - Attorneys.xyz at $1,898 and Catholic.xyz at $1,610 (Royce Hood was the buyer of each of those domains).

SnapNames picked up $3,310 for GACollege411.org and $3,020 for EELink.net. MicroEnterpriseWorks.org went for $2,800, K12Science.com discovered $2,601 and DCH.org delivered $2,173.

At NameJet NACA.net notched $3,200, Sketch.org drew $2,506 and USAHistory.info found $2,350. MichenerMuseum.org made $2,206, AidsQuilt.org sewed up $2,159 and Curee.org rang up $2,100. Gnr8.biz banked another $2,088 and WFMH.org sold for $2,000.

Elsewhere, Afternic booked $3,000 for Expunge.law and Sedo got the same amount for 3D.global. Sedo also scored with MyPOS.app ($2,875), The.law ($2,700) and Didi.art ($1,200).

Now that you're up to date on what happened over the past two weeks, 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 other Wednesday we publish the highest reported domain name sales reported to us over the preceding two weeks. Thanks to those data contributors we are able to produce the industry's most comprehensive sales report. 

Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.

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