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Domain Sales Still Booming as 1Q-2022 Comes to a Close With Five 6-Figure Sales Topping Latest DNJ Chart 

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!  

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.  

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           By Ron Jackson

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:

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)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Biontech.com $950,000 Pvt Sale
2. GCP.com $550,000 Sedo
3. BetCalifornia.com €425,000 = $476,000 NamePerfect
4. Proton.org $125,000 Sedo
5. Capital.xyz $105,000 DomainHacks 
dba Nam.es
6 Mountain.io $90,000 Afternic
7.
tie
Exports.com $60,000 Sedo
7.
tie
Seal.io $60,000 Efty
9. Fortress.xyz $59,888 Swetha.xyz
10. FreeMeta.com $57,000 Sedo
11. Artemis.xyz $53,899 Swetha.xyz
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
17. UTN.net $45,000 Sedo
18. Games.de €30,000 = $33,600 Sedo
19. Otherside.xyz $29,888 Swetha.xyz
20. Mythic.xyz $24,980 Swetha.xyz/Lumis

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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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:

Additional Sedo Sales Between $2,000 - $6,000

liebana.com $6,000   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   

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:

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)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Mountain.io $90,000 Afternic
2. Seal.io $60,000 Efty
3. Assistant.io $50,000 Garage.ist
4. Games.de €30,000 = $33,600 Sedo
5. S7.io $15,000 Sedo
6. ToDoList.io $12,500 Sedo
7. MWF.io $10,382 Sedo
8. Weed.fr $10,000 Sedo
9.
tie
Instart.de €7,500 = $8,400 Sedo
9.
tie
Nestliebe.de €7,500 = $8,400 Sedo
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
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
18. Solute.eu €4,549 = $5,095 Sedo
19. ChainX.co $4,800 Media Code LLC
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:

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)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Proton.org $125,000 Sedo
2. Capital.xyz $105,000 DomainHacks 
dba Nam.es
3. Fortress.xyz $59,888 Swetha.xyz
4. Artemis.xyz $53,899 Swetha.xyz
5. Pluto.xyz $50,904 Swetha.xyz
6.
tie
Algo.xyz $50,000 Sedo
6.
tie
Mystic.xyz $50,000 Swetha.xyz
8. UTN.net $45,000 Sedo
9. Otherside.xyz $29,888 Swetha.xyz
10. Mythic.xyz $24,980 Lumis
11. Diamant.cloud €12,500 = $14,000 Sedo
12. Moonstone.xyz $9,888 Swetha.xyz
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
17. TallyHo.org $7,140 Sedo
18. Cherry.art $5,500 OVH sas
19. Land.info $5,199 Sedo
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

*****

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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