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Domain
Sales Still Booming as 1Q-2022 Comes to a Close With Five 6-Figure
Sales Topping Latest DNJ Chart
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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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Biontech.com |
$950,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
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GCP.com |
$550,000 |
Sedo |
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BetCalifornia.com |
€425,000
= $476,000 |
NamePerfect |
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Proton.org |
$125,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Capital.xyz |
$105,000 |
DomainHacks
dba Nam.es |
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