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After seeing
3-letter .coms dominate the top of our charts for two
bi-weekly sales reports in a row, things look a lot
different this time out. Word domains were back in charge
and not just the one-word dictionary domains that typically
steal the show. In fact, the trio at the top includes a two-word
domain, a three-word domain and a male first name
domain! The one thing they have in common is they are all
.coms.
The headliner is a $540,000
sale of TradeZero.com in a private transaction that was
uncovered by the master of domain sales discovery - George
Kirikos. In poring through SEC documents,
including a filing that came out a few days ago, George was
able to confirm the sale that closed in the final quarter of
2021. It is one of the ten biggest sales to have come to light
so far this year.
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Sedo
claimed the #2 spot with Gian.com at $150,000.
Gian is a masculine Italian first name that is both a shorter
version of Gianni and a derivative of Giovanni. It is
pronounced "Jon" but in this case, paired with .com,
it actually spells "big bucks!"
Rounding
out the six-figure trio at the top is a $140,409 sale
of LawyersNearMe.com that Michael Dorausch of NearMe
Networks made via Afternic
(by way of a GoDaddy landing page). The keyword + "near
me" phrase in .com is a consistently strong search term
that, as this sale shows, can pay big dividends.
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Editor's
Update:
The sale of Lawyer.us, noted below, was reported
after the expired domain was auctioned off at GoDaddy and
payment was received. However, that payment was apparently
made from an unauthorized source, resulting in a chargeback to
GoDaddy who then nullified the sale and repossessed
the domain. As of this writing it was still in GoDaddy's
possession.
Now,
we did have a couple of one-word dictionary domains in the top
five but both were in non .com TLDs. Swetha
Yenugula (Swetha.xyz)
scored yet another big sale with #4 Pixels.xyz at $74,980
and the biggest ccTLD sale of the week, #5 Lawyer.us
went for $50,000 in an expired name auction at GoDaddy.
That sale is more good news for .US. Paired with Drive.us (a
name that sold for $99,999 in March, the USA's ccTLD now has
two of the top 10 country code sales reported worldwide year
to date.
While
the 3-letter .coms didn't have the same numbers they have had
in recent weeks, they did put another one on the honor
roll - Sedo's $38,000 sale of #7 YEB.com.
There is an interesting back story on this domain that shows
just how much the market has changed over the past couple of
decades. YEB.com used to be one of my domains.
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By Ron Jackson
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Back
in 2003 a drop catcher many old timers will remember, Gordon
Martin (known as DropWizard), caught YEB.com for me
at a cost of just $120! Gordon accepted only one back
order per name, first come first served. Within a few weeks I
sold YEB on a thread at DNForum.com for $895.
Yes, in hindsight, one my dumbest moves ever! At
the time I thought instantly making over six times my
investment was a good idea. If I only could have seen 19
years into the future!
Back here
in the present (and after that story, I am too depressed to stay in
the past!), the .coms swept 14 of the 21 chart entries (a tie
for the final spot produced the extra position). Mike Mann at DomainMarket.com
helped the .com cause by selling #10 LevelPath.com for $32,910
and #20 (tie) ExpertHomeService.com for $14,888.
The .coms also got a boost from Howard Hoffman's $18,000
sale of #15 Narwhale.com via GoDaddy and Logan
Flatt's $16,800 sale of #18 GoldCoastCapital.com
for Media Code
LLC. The
ccTLDs took four places including the #13 spot filled by MrPremium.com's
$20,000 sale of Prom.io. That other three spots went
to the non .com gTLDs, thanks entirely to Swetha.xyz who filled
all three of those positions.
Here is how
the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending Sunday, June 5, 2022:
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 23 - Sun. June 5,
2022
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect June 8, 2022) |
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Domain
|
Sold For
|
Where
Sold
|
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1. |
TradeZero.com |
$540,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
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2. |
Gian.com |
$150,000 |
Sedo |
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3. |
LawyersNearMe.com |
$140,409 |
Afternic |
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4. |
Pixels.xyz |
$74,980 |
Swetha.xyz |
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5. |
Lawyer.us
(as per note above, this sale was nullified and the
domain was repossessed) |
$50,000 |
GoDaddy |
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6. |
Taiko.xyz |
$39,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
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7. |
YEB.com |
$38,000 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Cannabis.ch |
€31,000
= $33,170 |
Sedo |
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9. |
KSEngineers.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
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10. |
LevelPath.com |
$32,910 |
DomainMarket |
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11. |
XMCX.com |
$22,880 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Desoc.com |
€20,500
= $21,935 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Prom.io |
$20,000 |
MrPremium.com |
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14. |
Aenu.com |
$19,995 |
Sedo |
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15. |
Narwhale.com |
$18,000 |
Howard
Hoffman/
GoDaddy |
16.
tie |
DB.co |
$17,500 |
Sedo |
16.
tie |
IndustryTech.com |
$17,500 |
Sedo |
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18. |
GoldCoastCapital.com |
$16,800 |
Media
Code LLC |
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19. |
Simka.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
Croissant.xyz |
$14,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
20.
tie |
ExpertHomeService.com |
$14,888 |
DomainMarket |
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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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There were 10 more five-figure sales off the chart
led by a $14,833 sale of Aeluma.com in a private
mid-2021 transaction that George
Kirikos found in an SEC filing.
Sedo racked up the
other nine, taking on $14,500 for Takoy.com,
$13,000 for SafeAround.com and $12,988 for CopyRack.com.
Earnz.com added $12,725, TrustWeek.com
went for $12,600 and Sylke.com sold for $12,500.
Two others - Deutsche-Immobilien.de and WettenLive.com
- kicked in $11,770 apiece and Seita.de delivered
another $10,689.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast for four-figure sales with
TrackLab.com at $9,800 and TopDrop.com at $9,000.
They also sold GE7.com at $8,888 (for Howard Hoffman),
added $8,560 for Promi.com and $8,000 for Sockets.com.
Also at Sedo, Porla.com
produced $7,490 while OceanFreedom.com and Zithali.com
commanded $7,000 each. AnchorVentures.com kicked
in another $6,999 and SoulDrive.com drew
$6,900. Sedo had 53 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,995 that
are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo Sales Between $2,000 - $5,995
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| asili.com |
$5,995 |
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dspot.com |
$3,210 |
| kodeco.com |
$5,885 |
mytreatmentlender.com |
$3,177 |
| revenus.com |
$5,230 |
mrvi.com |
$3,000 |
| aquariumfish.com |
$5,000 |
beyondtrading.com |
$2,999 |
| avisual.com |
$5,000 |
payaa.com |
$2,995 |
| everybodies.com |
$5,000 |
goultralow.com |
$2,950 |
| social-impact-capital.com |
$5,000 |
example2.com |
$2,888 |
| westsidemortgage.com |
$4,995 |
vr-payment.com |
$2,888 |
| servepreneur.com |
$4,960 |
barti.com |
$2,880 |
| trackevents.com |
$4,888 |
mohsinsons.com |
$2,837 |
| ccar.com |
$4,555 |
neochan.com |
$2,800 |
| volgin.com |
$4,500 |
iprit.com |
$2,782 |
| waverover.com |
$4,400 |
stylewish.com |
$2,700 |
| camelbattery.com |
$4,200 |
pizzarei.com |
$2,675 |
| newyorkclubsa.com |
$4,000 |
vipdomain.com |
$2,675 |
| cactuspay.com |
$3,999 |
netray.com |
$2,622 |
| bestbee.com |
$3,995 |
hhyt.com |
$2,500 |
| cabanalabs.com |
$3,995 |
wvuf.com |
$2,500 |
| montenegrotravel.com |
$3,888 |
crawlbase.com |
$2,485 |
| woomhost.com |
$3,800 |
realove.com |
$2,408 |
| creativeartistsagency.com |
$3,799 |
vogueera.com |
$2,330 |
| porndress.com |
$3,750 |
nordicsolutions.com |
$2,247 |
| casaso.com |
$3,745 |
ekohim.com |
$2,200 |
| caffevescovi.com |
$3,700 |
tetrao.com |
$2,200 |
| 9chain.com |
$3,616 |
digidolar.com |
$2,140 |
| whenn.com |
$3,317 |
surfking.com |
$2,000 |
| battledrive.com |
$3,220 |
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Elsewhere, Media Code LLC
banked $7,200 for Unibots.com and Dynadot
rang up a string of sales that included Oremake.com at
$4,922, Guudz.com at $2,888 and GrimGuard.com
at $2,488. They added $2,475 for IOTWF.com
and $2,100 for Fastrec.com.
Country
Codes
Editor's
Update: The sale
of Lawyer.us, noted below, was reported after the expired domain
was auctioned off at GoDaddy and payment was received. However, that
payment was apparently made from an unauthorized source, resulting in
a chargeback to GoDaddy who then nullified the sale and
repossessed the domain. As of this writing it was still in
GoDaddy's possession.
With Lawyer.us at $50,000
setting the pace, the ccTLDs had another solid outing that
included a half dozen five-figure sales. Lawyer.us gave GoDaddy
the top spot but Sedo wound up sweeping 16 of the 20 entries on
our latest bi-weekly Country Code Top
20 Sales Chart, including #2 Cannabis.ch at
$33,170.
Mark Ghoriafi at Mr.Premium.com
rounded out the first three with Prom.io at $20,000. The
only other exceptions to the Sedo rule were Media Code LLC's $6,000
sale of #9 Upstairs.io and a $4,988 sale of #14 EX3.io
at Dynadot.
Germany's .de
won the extension race going away with 11 chart entries. No other TLD
had more than two, other than .io with four spots on the
elite list. Here is how the top
ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, June
5, 2022:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. May 23 - Sun. June 5,
2022
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect June 8, 2022) |
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| |
Domain
|
Sold For
|
Where
Sold
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1. |
Lawyer.us
(as per note above, this sale was nullified and the
domain was repossessed) |
$50,000 |
GoDaddy |
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2. |
Cannabis.ch |
€31,000
= $33,170 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Prom.io |
$20,000 |
MrPremium.com |
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4. |
DB.co |
$17,500 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Deutsche-Immobilien.de |
€11,000
= $11,770 |
Sedo |
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6. |
Seite.de |
€9,990
= $10,689 |
Sedo |
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7. |
Sindbad.io |
$7,988 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Rapport.co |
$6,500 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Upstairs.io |
$6,000 |
Media
Code LLC |
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10. |
Pilato.it |
€5,490
= $5,874 |
Sedo |
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11.
tie |
Lauftreff.de |
€5,000
= $5,350 |
Sedo |
11.
tie |
RQI.de |
€5,000
= $5,350 |
Sedo |
11.
tie |
YourSide.de |
€5,000
= $5,350 |
Sedo |
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14. |
EX3.io |
$4,988 |
Dynadot |
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15. |
DN-Solutions.de |
€4,500
= $4,815 |
Sedo |
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16. |
LiveBetter.de |
€4,284
= $4,584 |
Sedo |
17.
tie |
Cloud24.de |
€4,000
= $4,280 |
Sedo |
17.
tie |
Puff.de |
€4,000
= $4,280 |
Sedo |
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19. |
Pflegetipp.de |
€3,961
= $4,238 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Markenportal.de |
€3,500
= $3,745 |
Sedo |
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There were dozens
of additional sales off the chart led by Sedo's
sales of Bewässerung.de (an IDN) at $3,566 and
two others - Easytec.de and Present.de -
at $3,209 apiece. Sedo had 26
more sales at this level ranging from $2,100 to
$3,205
that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $3,205
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| felco.co.uk |
$3,205 |
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droneverse.de |
$2,461 |
| homents.de |
$3,205 |
moselcamping.de |
$2,353 |
| mticket.de |
$3,199 |
reisealarm.de |
$2,247 |
| neighbourly.de |
$3,199 |
onegreen.de |
$2,246 |
| powerco.de |
$3,199 |
affenpocken.de |
$2,194 |
| urbangreenery.de |
$3,199 |
adipositas.at |
$2,140 |
| genuss.co |
$2,999 |
harvestgroup.de |
$2,140 |
| reisetips.de |
$2,675 |
myhive.eu |
$2,140 |
| ecozoom.de |
$2,674 |
super.am |
$2,140 |
| grueneplakette.de |
$2,674 |
q0.io |
$2,099 |
| autochip.de |
$2,568 |
wurt.es |
$2,011 |
| bazaaronline.de |
$2,568 |
nft-art.de |
$2,000 |
| rooted.co.uk |
$2,520 |
projectboard.io |
$2,000 |
Elsewhere, Media
Code LLC sold Firetail.io for $3,000
and WorldX.io for $2,400, Dynadot
moved Ting.io at $2,605 as well as Cangku.io
($2,015) and 350.tv ($1,340) and DomainLore.uk
scored with DCN.co.uk at $1,589 and Bidolito.co.uk
at $1,274.
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
Swetha.xyz continued
to rule the non .Com gTLD roost this with a sweep of the first
three positions on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
and four entries overall. Her trifecta at the top was anchored by that
$74,980 sale of Pixels.xyz that landed in the top five
on the all extension leader board above.
.xyz and .art
finished the extension race in a tie with each TLD claiming five chart
entries this time around the track. A $9,500
sale of #5 Liberty.art at REG.RU led the
.art roster with 01.art and Spring.art also
hitting the top ten at $6,500 each.
Synergy.media
put another new gTLD, #7 Creative.studio, on the top half of
the leader board at $8,250. Here is is how the
non .com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending ending Sunday, June 5, 2022:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. May 23 - Sun.
June 5,
2022
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect June 8, 2022)
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Domain
|
Sold For
|
Where
Sold
|
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1. |
Pixels.xyz |
$74,980 |
Swetha.xyz |
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2. |
Taiko.xyz |
$39,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
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3. |
Croissant.xyz |
$14,888 |
Swetha.xyz |
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4. |
Mozart.xyz |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
|
5. |
Liberty.art |
$9,500 |
REG.RU |
|
6. |
Bullets.org |
€8,000
= $8,560 |
Sedo |
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7. |
Creative.studio |
$8,250 |
Synergy.media |
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8. |
RightClick.xyz |
$7,000 |
Swetha.xyz |
9.
tie |
01.art |
$6,500 |
GoDaddy |
9.
tie |
Spring.art |
$6,500 |
GoDaddy |
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11. |
Register.app |
$6,133 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Take.money |
$5,987 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Seventy.one |
$5,900 |
Dynadot |
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14. |
Future.art |
$5,750 |
NameCheap |
15.
tie |
RPG.art |
$5,000 |
Get.art |
15.
tie |
Sylke.net |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
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17. |
Constructor.app |
$4,888 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Targets.org |
€4,500
= $4,815 |
Sedo |
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19. |
Asiae.net |
$4,400 |
Sedo |
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20. |
ITK.store |
€3,990
= $4,269 |
Sedo |
There were many more sales
off the chart, including 15 at Sedo where Genuss.bio
brought $3,831, Findaway.org fetched $3,699
and Premier.plus posted $3,000. RSM.tech
and TheOutpost.net added $2,995 apiece while Uni.nyc
yielded $2,888 and Creditworthy.net went for $2,830.
Also at Sedo, LifeHappens.net
notched $2,795, Genuss.guide garnered $2,675
and BonusCode.org broke $2,500. Allium.xyz
landed $2,488, Wocao666.site secured $2,380
and XXC.net nabbed $2,340. Caspa.org
clicked for another $2,300 and Richmond.net
returned $2,016.
Elsewhere, .art continued
to pile up sales including C2.art and Renaissance.art
($3,250 each, both sold at GoDaddy), Inspire.art
and W3.art ($2,875 apiece, both sold at NameCheap),
TEZ,art ($2,730 at Porkbun) and Hacker.art
($2,500 at SAV.com).
The .xyz ball also
kept on rolling with Afternic selling EvilDAO.xyz
at $2,888 and DAN.com
moving ShellDAO.xyz ($1,200) and BarrelDAO.xyz
($1,000).
Dynadot scored with a
couple of other TLDs, picking up $1,832 for Calcultor.net
and $1,580 for Puebla.travel.
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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 report.
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