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First Domain Sales Chart of the New Year Led By a 7-Figure Sale and
3 More in 6 Figures

...and they're off! The 2023 domain sales season is now underway and there is some good news coming out of the gate. We already knew Above.com's $3 million sale of Help.com would be gracing our new all-extension Top 20 Chart as we broke that  news in a Lowdown post last week. Only three sales in 2022 were higher than that, so Help.com is also very likely to top our first 2023 YTD Top 100 Chart when it comes out the evening of February 1 (since this week's Top 20 Chart is the first one of the new year it is also the current YTD Top Sales Chart). The final Top 100 Charts for 2022 will remain on our YTD Sales Charts page until Feb. 1 when the 2022 list will move (but remain permanently available) in our Domain Sales Archive.

The Help.com sale was back up by three solid six-figure sales at Sedo, led by a $275,000 sale of SkyWin.com. That represented a remarkable return on investment for the seller who had picked up the domain for just $2,118 in a 2019 NameJet auction! Sedo booked another €100,000 ($108,000) for TopFX.eu, the highest ccTLD sale reported and one that was bigger than all but four of the country code sales reported in 2022. Sedo rounded out the big money quartet at the top with #4 Nevis.com at $100,000.

Sister sites NameJet and SnapNames just released their December sales today (Jan. 18). We chart sales when they are first reported (as long as they have occurred within the trailing 12 months) and their list included a trio of Top 20 Sales led by #11 JVZ.com for $14,601 at SnapNames. .Coms swept 13 of the 20 chart entries with Greg Everett's $15,000 sale of #9 (tie) SYAI.com via Uniregistry also helping the .com cause. 

The ccTLDs kicked off 2023 the same way they ended 2022, with a steady flow of solid sales. Five country code domains claimed places on the Big Board with that big $108,000 sale of TopFX.eu getting top ten back up from #8 UTrace.de at €15,000 ($16,200) via Sedo.

The non .com gTLDs wound up with two spots on the honor roll - Sedo's $27,500 sale of #5 CasinoApps.net and a $12,701 sale of AmericanPainSociety.org at NameJet.

One other note before we go to the charts. With this report we will return to our usual bi-weekly release schedule with a new report coming out every other Wednesday evening. So, I'll be back here February 1 with the next update as well as the unveiling of our first 2023 YTD Top Sales Chart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           By Ron Jackson

Here is how all of the leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending ending Sunday, January 15, 2023:

The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan 2 - Sun. Jan. 15, 2023
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Jan. 18, 2023)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Help.com $3,000,000 Above.com
2. SkyWin.com $275,000 Sedo
3. TopFX.eu €100,000 = $108,000 Sedo
4. Nevis.com $100,000 Sedo
5. CasinoApps.net $27,500 Sedo
6.
tie
Dominari.com $18,000 Sedo
6.
tie
Star247.com $18,000 Sedo
8. Utrace.de €15,000 = $16,200 Sedo
9.
tie
ID-Mag.com $15,000 Sedo
9.
tie
PassTheHat.com $15,000 Sedo
9.
tie
SYAI.com $15,000 Uniregistry
12. JVZ.com $14,601 SnapNames
13. SafetyWear.com $14,582 SnapNames
14. Vetec.com €12,715 = $13,732 Sedo
15. Better.io $13,500 Sedo
16. Termine.ch €12,000 = $12,960 Sedo
17. AmericanPainSociety.org $12,701 NameJet
18. BC.cl €10,000 = $10,800 Sedo
19. CashStars.com $9,995 Sedo
20. Bridgewise.com $9,888 Sedo

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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.Com Supporting Cast

SnapNames led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with Wikio.com at $9,200. They added $7,500 apiece for bahissiteleri.com and rightair.com and another $7,222 for eSocial.com. MyPrints.com produced $5,999, AMSI.com sold for $5,950 and Powerman.com posted $5,305.

AirServices.com secured $5,250, JJ8.com clicked for $4,522 and TheRightWay.com rang up $4,340. ChocolateLabs.com ladled out $3,500 and Kavava.com commanded $3,495. SnapNames had 25 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,433 that are listed in the table below:

Additional SnapNames .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,433

specializedhealth.com $3,433   homemedic.com $2,299
icesculptures.com $3,200 parisinnovationreview.com $2,200
fsxbjj.com $3,100 phonedepot.com $2,150
shekounews.com $3,100 bikefactory.com $2,125
qexin.com $2,995 cryptoit.com $2,099
diversitycareers.com $2,500 hitnrun.com $2,099
shinebythree.com $2,500 catrustlaw.com $2,095
thecompleteagency.com $2,495 peakdm.com $2,095
wisefriend.com $2,495 hbsnyyyc.com $2,050
cardiowell.com $2,451 xygxcpx.com $2,050
bergos.com $2,399 gamesessions.com $2,013
innerlink.com $2,372 donutdudes.com $2,000
automatesintelligents.com $2,350  

Back at NameJet, Delio.com delivered $8,020, NanoSecond.com notched $6,123 and AboutDarwin.com drew $5,850. Oakinv.com kicked in $5,200, ManagementTraining.com made $5,000 and Waleed.com went for $4,431.

SalesBooster.com added a $4,100 lift, KitchenPlus.com cooked up $3,950 and WatchPlus.com plucked $3,950. Convector.com captured $3,903, WildFires.com lit up $3,700 and YearsOfLivingDangerously.com landed $3,655 (despite being in dire need of an acronym)! 

SnapNames had 21 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,650 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000

superforce.com $3,650   silverrings.com $2,500
colline.com $3,200 ollas.com $2,350
royalt.com $2,850 newpacific.com $2,300
miels.com $2,799 jumpbikes.com $2,290
concinnity.com $2,705 jewelryauctions.com $2,183
automotiveinsurance.com $2,655 dataviewer.com $2,152
charityauctions.com $2,655 angelshop.com $2,149
greenwashingindex.com $2,650 bookart.com $2,055
ablepay.com $2,600 exerciseball.com $2,050
bridalshowers.com $2,500 smbg.com $2,000
jacki.com $2,500  

At Sedo the hit parade continued with Mitarbeiter.com at $9,180, FinFix.com at $9,000 and Porcellana.com at $8,900. Mnmlst.com coaxed $8,000 while two others, Coveralia.com and AnlageBank.com deposited $7,560 apiece. 

Cycology.com and MountainEar.com climbed to $7,500 each while Omnitec tallied $7,000 and VistaSoft.com soaked up $6,804. LawnSquad.com mowed down $6,500, Sureways.com went for $5,900 and CannabisVital.com inhaled $5,799. 1PD.com delivered another $5,555 and Boissons.com booked $5,400

Sedo had 45 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000

bb24.com $5,000   wavf.com $3,240
technicalsafety.com $5,000 grantup.com $3,110
zubl.com $4,960 charlieward.com $3,075
arubavacation.com $4,900 cultureforum.com $3,000
weedvendomat.com $4,900 rapidrenovation.com $3,000
paypeek.com $4,800 destinyx.com $2,995
sdmarine.com $4,765 baleit.com $2,988
blogchef.com $4,500 getrelay.com $2,880
locanda.com $4,482 homesecuritygeeks.com $2,500
sigatoka.com $4,320 ovelia.com $2,484
faxrow.com $4,175 arazo.com $2,430
imce.com $3,999 woopio.com $2,399
autoconso.com $3,995 co-app.com $2,360
restoremysleep.com $3,995 payoll.com $2,350
milkfrother.com $3,888 cw1.com $2,320
sohoart.com $3,888 grafin.com $2,250
missionportal.com $3,885 smbincometax.com $2,174
xmfinance.com $3,750 heroon.com $2,000
gritsch.com $3,510 logopark.com $2,000
zumera.com $3,500 msur.com $2,000
vcadvisors.com $3,499 pract.com $2,000
rsdnt.com $3,466 xeone.com $2,000
xerezcd.com $3,434  

Country Codes

The ccTLDs started the year on a high note with that $108,000 sale of TopFX.eu at Sedo that ranked among the three biggest sales reported in the first half of January, regardless of category. The first five in this group all made the all-extension leader board above so the biggest sale from this group that you haven't seen yet is the #6 domain on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is a $9,720 sale of Pagina.de at Sedo.

NameJet filled the next spot with #7 Psy.co at $9,090. They scored a second time with #17 Diginfo.tv at $4,215.  Sedo swept everything else including a trio that completed the top ten led by #8 CBD-Shop.fr at $8,910.

The TLD race wound up in a dead heat between .de and .ai with each taking four places on the chart. It was a remarkably diverse fortnight with 13 different TLDs represented on the leader  board! Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. Jan 2 - Sun. Jan. 15, 2023
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Jan. 18, 2023)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. TopFX.eu €100,000 = $108,000 Sedo
2. Utrace.de €15,000 = $16,200 Sedo
3. Better.io $13,500 Sedo
4. Termine.ch €12,000 = $12,960 Sedo
5. BC.cl €10,000 = $10,800 Sedo
6. Pagina.de €9,000 = $9,720 Sedo
7. Psy.co $9,090 NameJet
8. CBD-Shop.fr €8,250 = $8,910 Sedo
9. Autopay.at $8,500 Sedo
10. Khiladi.in $7,800 Sedo
11. Post.ai $7,512 Sedo
12. Trim.me $7,000 Sedo
13. Serial.io $6,500 Sedo
14. Open-V.de €5,000 = $5,400 Sedo
15. ZZZ.de €4,999 = $5,399 Sedo
16. DiarioDeanDalucia.es €4,500 = $4,860 Sedo
17. Diginfo.tv $4,215 NameJet
18.
tie
Bookkeeper.ai €3,800 = $4,104 Sedo
18.
tie
Bookkeeping.ai €3,800 = $4,104 Sedo
20. Essay.ai $4,000 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

Sedo had 20 more four-figure sales off the chart led by Supermarkets.gr at $3,888 and two others, MC-Media.de and QRCode.nl at $3,780 each. FlowOn.de delivered $3,239, followed by BoostPerformance.de and FairBooks.de at $3,235 apiece. Termin.at tacked on $3,229, EcoBuilding.de drew $3,213 and Vacine.tv tuned in $3,000.

Also at Sedo, WealthPlan.us laid out $2,998, Tyre.co rolled up $2,997 and Corey.co collected $2,995. A trio including Kollagen.ch, MU-Vorbereitung-Online.de and Power24.de - produced $2,700 each. Airahome.de hauled in $2,592, Enkelgerecht.de added $2,313 and LE101.fr dialed up $2,267. Mesoestetic.lt and Wanderarbeit.de completed the Sedo roster at $2,160 apiece.

At DomainLore.co.uk, PayYourWay.org.uk produced £2,600 ($3,198) and Flydsaarena.co.uk cleared £2,600 ($3,198).

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

The Non .Com gTLDs returned a couple of domains to the five-figure column this time out after being shut out at that level last time around the track (to be fair that was the last two weeks of December when domain sales slowed down just about everywhere). Our latest Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart is led by Sedo's sale of CasinoApps.net at $27,500 and a $12,701 sale of AmericanPainSociety.org at NameJet.

Sedo claimed the rest of the first five with a trio led by #3 FWT.org at $9,800. NameJet stepped backed up to the plate at #6 with Wizard.org at $6,318. NameJet took a third spot and sister site SnapNames added two of their own. Everything else went to Sedo including a nice $8,500 sale of #8 DatingApps.net.

By the way, that $2,150 sale of #20 Sex.xyz at Sedo is not a typo. Turns out the domain was dropped after one year because is has a $13,000 annual renewal fee. So the new buyer obviously had to take that into account before pulling the trigger on what looks - on the surface - to be a great bargain.

.Org scored an easy win in the TLD race by piling up 12 chart entries. .Net was next with six. Here is how the non .com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending ending Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023:

Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Jan 2 - Sun. Jan. 15, 2023
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Jan. 18, 2023)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. CasinoApps.net $27,500 Sedo
2. AmericanPainSociety.org $12,701 NameJet
3. FWT.org $9,800 Sedo
4. DatingApps.net $8,500 Sedo
5. AMBR.net $7,500 Sedo
6. Wizard.org $6,318 NameJet
7. Deutsche.org €4,000 = $4,320 Sedo
8. E4FC.org $3,600 NameJet
9. Mosaik.org €3,000 = $3,240 Sedo
10. EDM.org $3,200 NameJet
11. CAAC.net $3,100 SnapNames
12. CleanIt.net $3,000 Sedo
13. WEY.org $2,800 Sedo
14.
tie
Musik.org €2,500 = $2,700 Sedo
14.
tie
SurveyWorld.net €2,500 = $2,700 Sedo
16. MNWorkforceCenter.org $2,600 SnapNames
17. CIRB.org $2,561 Sedo
18.
tie
GPSTrackingHowTo.info $2,174 Sedo
18.
tie
StopNetTaxes.org $2,174 Sedo
20. Sex.xyz $2,150 Sedo

There was one other four-figure sale off the chart - AirForceMemorial.org at $2,030 via NameJet.

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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