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After a banner
year for the domain aftermarket in 2021, the big question
everyone had going into the new year was "will the
boom continue?" We still have a long way to go in
2022 but after the first full quarter of the year, digital
assets continue to be shining stars in a world
beset by a horrifying war and lingering supply chain issues
that have ignited inflationary pressures that are impacting
economies around the world. In just the past two weeks
since our last bi-weekly domain sales report, we have seen
three of the year's 10 biggest
reported sales (and five that reached six
figures), three of the 10 biggest ccTLD sales and five
of the 10 biggest non .com gTLD sales!
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A
whopping $950,000 sale of Biontech.com that just
closed led the charge. That private sale was not supposed to
be made public but the details leaked out with Elliot
Silver, Domain
Authority and George
Kirikos the first to report and break additional
news about the deal on Twitter. George found a key bit of
information, discovering that "other related assets"
mentioned in the sale documentation amounted to nothing more
than a recently registered typo of the domain (bionetch.com)
that was of no value. I noticed in the published documentation
that industry veteran Alexander Schubert represented
the seller in the transaction, so congratulations to Alexander
for his role in helping get the deal done.
Sedo
Senior Broker Dave Evanson also reeled in a big fish
- closing a $550,000 sale of GCP.com. Over the
years we've gotten used to seeing Dave in the middle of deals
like that but his consistency continues to amaze. Around this
time last spring he was wrapping up a $2 million sale of
Angel.com and there have been many more in between.
The
third one to take a place among the ten biggest
sales reported so far in 2022 was a €425,000 deal
for BetCalifornia.com that Hitnamer.com
closed in 4Q-2021 but just disclosed. That is $476,000 at the
current exchange rate but was closer to a half million when
the deal was finalized.
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While .coms took the
first three spots on the latest leader board, the non .com gTLDs
had a spectacular couple of weeks, sweeping 10 of the 20 chart
entries, including a pair of six-figure sales that rounded out the
first five. Those were Sedo's $125,000 sale of #4 Proton.org
and a $105,000 sale of #5 Capital.xyz by DomainHacks
(dba Nam.es). The latter sale was the first of eight .xyz sales
on the Big Board with six of those rung by the aftermarket queen of
the TLD, Swetha
Yenugula, with #9 Fortress.xyz at $59,888
headlining her list.
The ccTLDs also had
plenty to be happy about with four spots on the honor roll, including
two in the top ten. Bar Franek at PageClinic.com
used Afternic to sell #6 Mountain.io for $90,000
and Efty
moved #7 (tie) Seal.io for $60,000.
The ccTLDs
and Non .com gTLDs combined piled up 14 or the 20 chart entries giving
the non .coms one of their best outings ever vs. the .coms,
though the .coms remain in firm control of the highest end of the
market.
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By Ron Jackson
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We also
have a nice historical find to tell you about thanks to James
Iles and George Kirikos who uncovered a 2017 sale
of Dave.com for $121,000. George provided the SEC
document that left no doubt, allowing us to add that sale
to the 2017
Top 100 Chart in our Domain
Sales Archive where it s now tied for #49 that year. Here is a look at how
all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending Sunday, March 27, 2022:
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. March 14 - Sun. March 27,
2022
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 30, 2022) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Biontech.com |
$950,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
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2. |
GCP.com |
$550,000 |
Sedo |
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3. |
BetCalifornia.com |
€425,000
= $476,000 |
NamePerfect |
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4. |
Proton.org |
$125,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Capital.xyz |
$105,000 |
DomainHacks
dba Nam.es |
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6 |
Mountain.io |
$90,000 |
Afternic |
7.
tie |
Exports.com |
$60,000 |
Sedo |
7.
tie |
Seal.io |
$60,000 |
Efty |
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9. |
Fortress.xyz |
$59,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
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10. |
FreeMeta.com |
$57,000 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Artemis.xyz |
$53,899 |
Swetha.xyz |
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12. |
Pluto.xyz |
$50,904 |
Swetha.xyz |
13.
tie |
Algo.xyz |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
Assistant.io |
$50,000 |
Garage.ist |
13.
tie |
EFG.com |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
Mystic.xyz |
$50,000 |
Swetha.xyz |
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17. |
UTN.net |
$45,000 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Games.de |
€30,000
= $33,600 |
Sedo |
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19. |
Otherside.xyz |
$29,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
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20. |
Mythic.xyz |
$24,980 |
Swetha.xyz/Lumis |
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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 two weeks. 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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The All-Time Top 20
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There were 20 more five-figure sales off the chart,
led by a $23,499 sale of AllFamily.com by BrandVenue.com.
Sedo earned credit for all of the others that are listed in the
table below:
| Domain |
Price |
Where
Sold |
| AllFamily.com |
$23,499 |
BrandVenue |
| baseboards.com |
$16,800 |
Sedo |
| entresol.com |
$15,680 |
Sedo |
| bnco.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
| dfrnt.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
| s7.io |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
| wrecked.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
| simur.com |
$14,400 |
Sedo |
| arttrade.com |
$14,000 |
Sedo |
| diamant.cloud |
$14,000 |
Sedo |
| todolist.io |
$12,500 |
Sedo |
| adlook.com |
$12,000 |
Sedo |
| cuben.com |
$12,000 |
Sedo |
| digitalium.com |
$12,000 |
Sedo |
| apexbuild.com |
$11,000 |
Sedo |
| colormuseum.com |
$11,000 |
Sedo |
| mwf.io |
$10,382 |
Sedo |
| 22nd.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| foldedspace.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| weed.fr |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo also led the
.com supporting cast of four-figure sales with ZenAcademy.com
at $9,900 and WarhouseGaming.com at $9,888.
RemoteMate.com added $8,995, NewBabel.com
banked $8,888 and Zett.com unzipped $7,784.
Ewiva.com went for $7,728, RichPics.com
posted $7,700, Foud.com drew $6,480 and Ascensor.com
sold for $6,440.
Sedo had 59 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 that
are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo Sales Between $2,000 - $6,000
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| liebana.com |
$6,000 |
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qromo.com |
$3,000 |
| istake.com |
$5,888 |
top-o-matic.com |
$3,000 |
| noshow.com |
$5,600 |
cvvp.com |
$2,888 |
| deutsche-immobilien.com |
$5,589 |
matvis.com |
$2,848 |
| buildingfax.com |
$5,376 |
12zero.com |
$2,800 |
| visitlapland.com |
$5,273 |
yellowbonnet.com |
$2,710 |
| alsay.com |
$5,000 |
simplyspark.com |
$2,665 |
| immad.com |
$5,000 |
excellar.com |
$2,640 |
| mows.com |
$5,000 |
aironline.com |
$2,520 |
| schedulingapp.com |
$5,000 |
codatech.com |
$2,500 |
| seorx.com |
$5,000 |
moanacharters.com |
$2,500 |
| vrplan.com |
$5,000 |
oonahealth.com |
$2,500 |
| walkerverse.com |
$5,000 |
physicianstrategy.com |
$2,500 |
| drop-shipping.com |
$4,995 |
ryanburke.com |
$2,500 |
| conxn.com |
$4,928 |
paymentterms.com |
$2,488 |
| hivelight.com |
$4,465 |
naxx.com |
$2,380 |
| guitarhospital.com |
$4,200 |
planebatteries.com |
$2,250 |
| guestinvite.com |
$4,150 |
sellmyhandbag.com |
$2,250 |
| asapcheck.com |
$4,111 |
abcdrones.com |
$2,240 |
| mistho.com |
$4,000 |
comstax.com |
$2,240 |
| designercarpet.com |
$3,960 |
internet3.com |
$2,203 |
| creationxr.com |
$3,888 |
nomadaware.com |
$2,200 |
| on-spot.com |
$3,696 |
privacytitan.com |
$2,170 |
| getränke.com |
$3,584 |
bellapelle.com |
$2,000 |
| sxvr.com |
$3,500 |
launchmynft.com |
$2,000 |
| windare.com |
$3,500 |
lookatporto.com |
$2,000 |
| recumbentbikes.com |
$3,450 |
osberg.com |
$2,000 |
| etherfairy.com |
$3,330 |
padels.com |
$2,000 |
| inviteguest.com |
$3,150 |
thewarreport.com |
$2,000 |
| cryptocoindesk.com |
$3,040 |
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At Dynadot,
RockBros.com brought $7,500 while VSMarket.com
and RealPrint.com produced $2,000 apiece.
Elsewhere Hitnamer.com
hauled in $4,704 for SunshineStores.com.
Country
Codes
The ccTLDs
were, of course, led by the four entries they has on the all extension leader board
you saw above with Mountain.io at $90,000 leading the
charge on our latest bi-weekly Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That was one of eight five-figure sales
this category produced in another strong outing that was dominated
by .io domains. They swept the first three spots in a row and took
six of the top seven in a tour de force performance.
With all of the five-figure
sales listed in the opening section, the biggest sales from this group
that you haven't seen yet are a pair of .de sales from Sedo
that tied for #9 at $8,400 each. Those were Instart.de
and Nestliebe.de. Sedo went on to pile up 13 of the 20 chart
entries.
The other spots went to
three venues occupying the top three positions, plus a $7,000
sale of #11 Glow.us, DomainLore.uk's
$5,841 sale of #14 WPP.co.uk, a $4,800 sale of #19 ChainX.co
by Media
Code LLC and Dynadot's
$4,705 sale of #20 830.tv.
Here is how the top
ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, March
27, 2022:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. March 14 - Sun. March 27,
2022
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 30, 2022) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Mountain.io |
$90,000 |
Afternic |
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2. |
Seal.io |
$60,000 |
Efty |
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3. |
Assistant.io |
$50,000 |
Garage.ist |
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4. |
Games.de |
€30,000
= $33,600 |
Sedo |
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5. |
S7.io |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
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6. |
ToDoList.io |
$12,500 |
Sedo |
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7. |
MWF.io |
$10,382 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Weed.fr |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
9.
tie |
Instart.de |
€7,500
= $8,400 |
Sedo |
9.
tie |
Nestliebe.de |
€7,500
= $8,400 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Glow.us |
$7,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
12.
tie |
Deutschebucht.de |
€6,000
= $6,720 |
Sedo |
12.
tie |
Neo.fr |
€6,000
= $6,720 |
Sedo |
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14. |
WPP.co.uk |
£4,425
= $5,841 |
DomainLore.uk |
15.
tie |
Abzocke.de |
€5,000
= $5,600 |
Sedo |
15.
tie |
My-Solar.de |
€5,000
= $5,600 |
Sedo |
15.
tie |
Pip.me |
€5,000
= $5,600 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Solute.eu |
€4,549
= $5,095 |
Sedo |
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19. |
ChainX.co |
$4,800 |
Media
Code LLC |
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20. |
830.tv |
$4,705 |
Dynadot |
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There were dozens of
additional four-figure sales off the chart led by Sedo's
sales of AndersonConsulting.de ($4,480), Firma-Verkaufen.ch
($4,469), Z.ar ($4,240) and FalseNails.co.uk ($4,200).
They added $4,031 for MStore.eu and $3,999 apiece
for HEI.io and Smarketer.co.uk.
Also at Sedo, Sid.me
sold for $3,750, Laborbefund.de delivered $3,733 and
Seam.com.cn sewed up $3,500. S.ar rang
up $3,360, Kruemel.de cracked $3,359 and
two others - Manifest.ch and Supply.ch -
chalked up $3,349 each. Fam.no notched $2,800 and
Mylegatus.de made $2,799, followed by a trio at $2,740
apiece that included Deko.at, Linsinger.cn
and Nutzfahrzeugservice.de, Karya.in
rounded out the roster at $2,200.
Back at Dynadot, the
winners included 888.vc ($4,052), Metamize.me
($2,091), Avatar.so ($2,024) and Kickstart.us
($1,495).
At DomainLore.uk,
Enterprise-Europe.co.uk yielded $3,300,
OBC.co.uk clicked for $2,046 and ImmunisationScotlandOrg.uk
dispensed $1,320.
.CO was the ticket
for GrepApps Technology (Tower.co at
$3,000), eDomains.com (Meadows.co
at $1,200), Corehub SRL (SWO.co at $1,200)
and NameCheap (SVC.co at $1,150).
Elsewhere, LinKoeln.com
bought IT.sd for $3,000 and GoDaddy sold MFC.us
for $1,588.
Non .com gTLDs
If you thought .xyz
had an impressive showing on the all extension leader board, check out
what they did on the new Non .Com gTLDs Top 20 Sales Chart.
Yes, Proton.org took the top spot with that $125,000
sale at Sedo, but .xyz took the next six spots in a row,
8 of the top 10 and 13 of 20 places overall! Swetha.xyz rang up
9 of the 13 as she continues to be, by far, the top individual seller
of that TLD, though DomainHacks posted the biggest .xyz sale
this time around with their very first .xyz sale producing $105,000.
Overall the non .com gTLDs piled
up 11 five-figure sales including Sedo's $14,000 sale of Diamant.cloud
that led off the second ten. Here is is how the
non .com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending ending Sunday, March 27, 2022:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. March 14 - Sun. March
27,
2022
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 30, 2022)
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Proton.org |
$125,000 |
Sedo |
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2. |
Capital.xyz |
$105,000 |
DomainHacks
dba Nam.es |
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3. |
Fortress.xyz |
$59,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
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4. |
Artemis.xyz |
$53,899 |
Swetha.xyz |
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5. |
Pluto.xyz |
$50,904 |
Swetha.xyz |
6.
tie |
Algo.xyz |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
6.
tie |
Mystic.xyz |
$50,000 |
Swetha.xyz |
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8. |
UTN.net |
$45,000 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Otherside.xyz |
$29,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
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10. |
Mythic.xyz |
$24,980 |
Lumis |
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11. |
Diamant.cloud |
€12,500
= $14,000 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Moonstone.xyz |
$9,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
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13. |
Curse.net |
€8,800
= $9,856 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
Holograph.xyz |
$7,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
14.
tie |
Methodology.xyz |
$7,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
14.
tie |
Outsiders.xyz |
$7,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
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17. |
TallyHo.org |
$7,140 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Cherry.art |
$5,500 |
OVH
sas |
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19. |
Land.info |
$5,199 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Car.xyz |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
There were dozens of additional
four-figure non .com gTLD sales from a wide variety of venues. NameMarket
has the largest of those with FutureGroup.org at $4,999.
NameCheap sold Sample.club
for $4,034 and Ego.club for $1,620, as
well as Ash.art for $2,875.
Dynadot had a nice
string of hits with Lise.org ($3,933), Videobokepindo.top
($2,938), Democratic.party ($2,550), WLAPrize.org
($2,356), HaloBoss.xyz ($1,534), Ninamacri.xyz
($1,533), Samonapezzuti.xyz ($1,533), CN.link
($1,275), CollegeDegreeSearch.net ($1,225),
Shop.finance ($1,149) and Dormemek.xyz
($1,138).
Back at Sedo Beer.app
brought $3,900, PremiumPay.net produced $3,800, Pages.org
posted $3,750 and PlugIn.World went for $3,399.
BBCode.org booked $3,360, Cabal.xyz
collected $3,200, Tenshi.xyz tallied $2,995
and Greenfield.xyz grew $2,800. TRX.win
wangled $2,730, Republicadominicana.orgr returned
$2,576 and Video.land tuned in $2,000.
SAV.com
was another platform that scored with .xyz, selling Fresh.xyz
($3,849), HD.xyz ($3,050) and NewYork.xyz
($2,500). They also moved Equipment.xyz ($1,809), Torrent.xyz
($1,121) and Beats.xyz ($1,003).
GoDaddy went clubbing
with Escape.club and OMG.club at $2,000
apiece and Brass.club at $1,000. They also
made bank with .biz thanks to LIF.biz ($1,253), ARG.biz
($1,200), CPG.biz ($1,200), Lau.biz
($1,200) and ACD.biz ($1,308). Meanwhile, Bee.study
brought home $1,300.
Elsewhere, Domayan
sold Metawin.xyz ($3,777) while Swetha.xyz
moved Hadron.xyz and Kips.xyz for $2,995
each. Porkbun pulled in $2,730 for Friends.nyc,
Epik collected $2,563 for County.law.
Everything else came up clubs
withe Name.com selling Rim.club ($1.886), Gandi
SAS going with Kings.club ($1,577), OVH
sas securing $1,565 for Detective.club and
Google selling two - Taste.club and Wit.club
for $1,524 apiece.
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.
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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 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
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