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First off, I
hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and I am wishing you
a great new year in 2023! Some of our sales data suppliers
just returned to work this week so we've only now gotten in
the final sales from 2022 that we needed to wrap up the
old year. This column will have our last round of bi-weekly Top 20 Sales Charts
for 2022. We have also now been able to finalize our 2022
Top 100 Sales Chart (technically our annual Top
100 Charts are never finalized because when big historic sales
come to light - sometimes years after the fact - they are
added to the Top 100 Chart in our Domain
Sales Archive for the year in which they
occurred).
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In
addition to the 2022 sales data, we've been getting in the first
sales of 2023. To present everything in an orderly fashion I
will be back next week (Wednesday evening, January 18)
with the first report on the 2023 sales season, covering sales reported in the
first half of January. We already know we will have at least
one blockbuster
on the first 2023 Top 20 Chart because of Above.com's
$3 million sale of Help.com that I told you about
in our Lowdown
section earlier this week. After next week's
column we
will return to our usual bi-weekly schedule with new
reports coming out every other Wednesday evening.
Now
that we have that housekeeping out of the way, let's look at
the 2022 sales reported in the last few days of December. This
is a relatively short list because, as you all know, business typically slows to
a crawl in that time frame. In fact, the
biggest sale reported - MyHome.com at £100,000
($120,322) - actually occurred earlier in the year but
just came to light thanks to some nice digging done by Robbie
Ferguson at RobbieBlog.com.
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Sedo,
who provided the biggest chunk of data from the end of
December, nailed down the #2 spot with Teamo.com at $80,500.
Matthew McJilton rounded out the power trio at the top
with his sale of Stik.com
to the famous
British graffiti artist who is now forwarding the
domain to his original Stik.org website. Now, because
we only report cash domain sales, this one is charted at $50,000
- the amount of money Matthew received - but there is much
more to the story. Matthew, a veteran domain
investor, also
received some art prints and a sketch from Stik, a bonus
believed to be worth about $25,000. That sounds quite
reasonable given that individual Stik works have sold
for over $300,000. The art we are not including in
the price may end up being the most valuable part of Matthew's
most memorable deal to date!
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By Ron Jackson
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This week's
winners also included the ccTLDs who piled up a half
dozen entries on the Big Board, all posted by Sedo. Three of
those crashed the top ten with a pair that tied for #6 leading
the charge. Those were DL.de and Prezzogiusto.it at €22,500
($24,300) each. With the .coms sweeping everything
else, there was no room left at the inn for the non .com
gTLDs this time out. Here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending ending Sunday, January 1, 2023:
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 19 - Sun. Jan. 1, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Jan. 12, 2023) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
MyHome.com |
£100,000
= $120,322 |
Pvt
Sale |
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2. |
Teamo.com |
$80,500 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Stik.com
(seller also received art prints
and a sketch valued at 25k) |
$50,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
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4. |
24TM.com |
$31,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
UnionSports.com |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
6.
tie |
DL.de |
€22,500
= $24,300 |
Sedo |
6.
tie |
Prezzogiusto.it
("fair price" in Italian) |
€22,500
= $24,300 |
Sedo |
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8. |
VHN.com |
£18,000
= $21,780 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Harbor.co |
$17,500 |
Sedo |
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10. |
CoffeeAndCrypto.com |
$15,000 |
DomainMarket |
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11. |
SexShop.at |
€13,000
= $14,040 |
Sedo |
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12. |
ESVO.com |
€11,765
= $12,706 |
Sedo |
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13. |
BrandDays.com |
$12,000 |
Sedo |
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14. |
InmateCells.com |
€10,000
= $10,800 |
Sedo |
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15. |
InFrench.com |
$9,999 |
Sedo |
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16. |
TinyOffice.com |
$9,995 |
Sedo |
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17. |
TakingRoot.com |
$9,900 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Cannabis-Vital.de |
€9,000
= $9,720 |
Sedo |
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19. |
Bombastic.com |
€8,900
= $9,612 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Yucon.de |
€8,400
= $9,072 |
Sedo |
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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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for
The All-Time Top 20
All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
(2003
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.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast
of four-figure sales with GenuineInnovation.com at $8,888,
Capicua.com at $8,695 and Cellectric.com
at $7,675. OnlyHot.com ignited $7,500, Girobet.com
banked $7,495 and 2805.com fetched $6,800.
LaunchEngine.com
generated $6,470, Neope.com notched $5,940
and Stairville.com clicked for $5,759. Vokko.com
added,$5,500, FindAFish.com hooked $5,250 and IdolBet.com
brought $4,995. Sedo had 33 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,960 that
are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,960
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| herospirits.com |
$4,960 |
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carboneutre.com |
$2,646 |
| vallberg.com |
$4,950 |
farmbusinessnetwork.com |
$2,550 |
| sonichem.com |
$4,200 |
healthhawk.com |
$2,500 |
| campograndenews.com |
$3,999 |
trytandem.com |
$2,499 |
| gasby.com |
$3,995 |
cheekyvegan.com |
$2,395 |
| tockle.com |
$3,995 |
oceanpass.com |
$2,200 |
| blueprintai.com |
$3,888 |
blanchestercinemas.com |
$2,173 |
| pensun.com |
$3,600 |
cassandracinema.com |
$2,173 |
| freedatingapps.com |
$3,564 |
spot-watch.com |
$2,173 |
| wafflehut.com |
$3,500 |
stoptaxmageddon.com |
$2,173 |
| flashbingo.com |
$3,078 |
taxdeductioninstitute.com |
$2,173 |
| fotograma.com |
$3,000 |
v1e.com |
$2,160 |
| livingcoastal.com |
$3,000 |
profitlytics.com |
$2,065 |
| fairwear.com |
$2,900 |
qawn.com |
$2,000 |
| ivqi.com |
$2,888 |
switchbar.com |
$2,000 |
| infeed.com |
$2,700 |
utalents.com |
$2,000 |
| defireserve.com |
$2,687 |
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Country
Codes
The ccTLDs were, of
course, led by that sextet you saw on the all extension leader board
above with a pair of $24,300 domains sold at Sedo - DL.de
and Prezzogiusto.it - at the head of the class. The biggest
sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is the #7 name on
our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart - Sachbuch.de
("non-fiction" in German) at $7,559.
Sedo, the 800-pound
gorilla in the ccTLD world, wound up sweeping every spot on the chart,
a feat they have accomplished several times over the years. They
rounded out the top ten with a trio of sales including #8 Plein.fr
("full" in French) at $5,400.
Germany's popular .de
scored a runaway win in TLD race, piling up 11 chart entries overall. Here is how the top
ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Jan.
1, 2023:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Dec. 19 - Sun. Jan. 1, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Jan. 12, 2023) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1.
tie |
DL.de |
€22,500
= $24,300 |
Sedo |
1.
tie |
Prezzogiusto.it
("fair price" in Italian) |
€22,500
= $24,300 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Harbor.co |
$17,500 |
Sedo |
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4. |
SexShop.at |
€13,000
= $14,040 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Cannabis-Vital.de |
€9,000
= $9,720 |
Sedo |
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6. |
Yucon.de |
€8,400
= $9,072 |
Sedo |
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7. |
Sachbuch.de
("non-fiction" in German) |
€6,999
= $7,559 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Plein.fr
("full" in French) |
€5,000
= $5,400 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Beratungsdienst.ch |
€3,800
= $4,104 |
Sedo |
10.
tie |
AlphaSun.de |
€3,500
= $3,780 |
Sedo |
10.
tie |
Digi-Software.de |
€3,500
= $3,780 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Elektro.de |
$3,500 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Rabona.ee |
€3,000
= $3,240 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Deutschland-Solar.de |
€2,900
= $3,132 |
Sedo |
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15. |
Horizen.fr |
€2,888
= $3,119 |
Sedo |
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16. |
Nailsup.de |
€2,750
= $2,970 |
Sedo |
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17. |
VBU.co.in |
$2,900 |
Sedo |
18.
tie |
M-Connect.de |
€2,500
= $2,700 |
Sedo |
18.
tie |
Waterdrop.rs |
€2,500
= $2,700 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
Kaffee.io |
$2,699 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
Meinebox24.de |
€2,499
= $2,699 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
SocialMe.eu |
€2,499
= $2,699 |
Sedo |
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Sedo had 10 more
four-figure sales off the chart including Conga.fr and Transparent.fr
at $2,646 apiece. Leando.de landed $2,570,
DM2C.cn sold for $2,500 and ServiceQuadrat24.de
delivered $2,313. Immoconcept.fr added $2,667
and four others - Backup.li, berufe-mit-sinn.de,
betten-max.de and EBCGroup.de -
kicked in $2,160 each.
At DomainLore.co.uk,
Torch.co.uk lit up $2,481 and Hoot.co.uk kicked
in $1,135.
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
With most buyers pre-occupied
with the holidays in late December the non .com gTLDs were
limited to 14 reported sales with the highest of those coming from Sedo
who took the top two spots on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top Sales Chart
with Nevis.org at $8,880 and OMH.net at
$8,800.
Royce Hood's $7,003 sale
of Okay.xyz via Afternc filled the three hole,
followed by a quartet of .art sales that shared the #
4 slot. Those were Car.art, Dog.art, Pet.art
and Tea.art at $5,600 apiece with all four sales coming
through Gandi SAS.
Here is how the
non .com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending ending Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Dec. 19 - Sun.
Jan. 1, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Jan. 12, 2023)
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Nevis.org |
$8,880 |
Sedo |
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2. |
OMH.net |
$8,800 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Okay.xyz |
$7,033 |
Afternic |
4.
tie |
Cat.art |
$5,600 |
Gandi
SAS |
4.
tie |
Dog.art |
$5,600 |
Gandi
SAS |
4.
tie |
Pet.art |
$5,600 |
Gandi
SAS |
4.
tie |
Tea.art |
$5,600 |
Gandi
SAS |
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8. |
BeBest.net |
$5,202 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Architect.run |
$3,699 |
Sedo |
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10. |
LeadTheCharge.org |
$3,040 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Bellame.org |
$2,895 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Primal.net |
$2,500 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Grimescu.org |
$2,173 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Portals.org |
$2,000 |
Sedo |
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 report.
Editor's
Note: If you wish to review previous Domain Sales columns,
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