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In the glory days
of Motown, the Four Tops had a big hit with "It's
the Same Old Song." The phrase has always had a
negative connotation but if the domain aftermarket keeps
playing the same tune it played in the first two months of
this new year, I don't think anyone is going to get tired of
it.
Three more very
solid six-figure sales - totaling more than $1 million
- headline our latest bi-weekly all extension Top
20 Sales Chart. A sale we just told you about in our Lowdown
section yesterday (February 28) - Giveaway.com at $400,000
via Sedo
- set the pace. Sedo also handled the #2 sale of PFP.com
at $353,000 for seller K-Ventures
(one we also first reported in The Lowdown early last
week).
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Kate
Buckley
Buckley Media |
The Million Dollar trio
at the top was completed with Kate Buckley's
$303,295 sale of Tactic.com. The Buckley
Media Founder let us know that the
innovative digital asset accounting firm that acquired
the domain completed their payment plan to close out
escrow, but what they accomplished while paying
for the name was a story in itself.
Kate told us, "The
startup did great things with that name.
Not only did they use it to build a killer brand,
but they were acquired
by Tax Bit just 11 months later! It
was a meteoric rise for a company to go from founding in 2021, two rounds
of funding in 2022, then acquisition in 2023. Getting
the .com was a great use of their
capital." Kate also noted
that this sale is a continuation of the boom
she experienced in 2022 when she saw her already
healthy business triple its revenue. |
In
addition to being the top three sales on the new chart, this
power trio now accounts for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th biggest
reported sales of the year
to date. The top sale remains Above.com's $3
million sale of Help.com that started the year off
with a bang in the first week of 2023.
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The .coms
went on to sweep 14 of the 20 chart entries including a $12,999
sale of #20 RollingCasino.com that had several
different hands in the mix. Namoxy.com
sold the name through a Sedo listing but GoDaddy's
brokerage service also had a role as the buyer
used them to make the acquisition.
While
the .coms romped, the non .com gTLDs also
celebrated with their strongest outing of the year,
shaking off a slow start to claim five spots on the Big
Board. They were led by four of the five biggest sales this
group has produced this year. The headliner was Swetha.xyz's
$74,888 sale of Socrates.xyz through Sedo.
Sedo also sold #8 Cloak.net for LegalBrandMarketing.com,
giving the non .com gTLDs a second name on the top half of the honor
roll at $29,888.
The ccTLDs
racked up four five-figure sales but only one of those reached
the all extension Top 20 - Sedo's $26,500 sale of #9 QM.de.
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By Ron Jackson
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Here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending ending Sunday, February 26, 2023:
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 13 - Sun. Feb. 26, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 1, 2023) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Giveaway.com |
$400,000 |
Sedo |
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2. |
PFP.com |
$353,000 |
K-Ventures/Sedo |
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3. |
Tactic.com |
$303,295 |
Buckley
Media |
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4. |
Kulta.com |
$75,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Socrates.xyz |
$74,888 |
Swetha.xyz/Sedo |
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6. |
SunHome.com |
$49,491 |
Sedo |
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7. |
MailTrack.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Cloak.net |
$29,988 |
LegalBrandMarketing/
Sedo |
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9. |
QM.de |
€25,000
= $26,500 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Adasoft.com |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Paper.cloud |
$21,888 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Kolla.com |
€20,000
= $21,200 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
Cantina.xyz |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
FunHub.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
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15. |
Kashew.com |
$15,888 |
Sedo |
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16. |
XMTD.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
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17. |
Arbeitskleidung.com |
€13,999
= $14,839 |
Sedo |
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18. |
TireKing.com |
$14,000 |
Sedo |
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19. |
OM.global |
$13,000 |
Sedo |
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20. |
RollingCasino.com |
$12,999 |
Namoxy.com/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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CLICK
HERE for our Year-To-Date Top Sales Charts |
Click Link Below
for
The All-Time Top 20
All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
(2003
to Now) |
HealthInsurance Services, Inc
eHealthInsurance Services, Inc
eHealthInsurance Services, Inc
There were 10 more
five-figure sales reported off the chart with Sedo logging eight of
those including EazyLife.com ($12,720), ClubSaturn.com
($11,500) and Workoit.ai ($11,499). They added $11,000
apiece for ApexAI.com and Rail.in while
also scoring with FilmEasy.com ($10,600), SportsEmotion.com
($10,500) and Mindspace.us ($10,050).
Google Domains
posted the other two at this level, both .art domains at $10,800
each. Those were Concept.art and Jack.art.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast
of four-figure sales with CasinoGlamour.com at $9,999,
Macris.com at $9,995 and Leadify.com
at $9,675. DomainStatus.com drew $8,500, PenisPump.com
pulled $7,700 and SpeedLap.com landed $7,499.
ChristCentral.com
sold for $7,350, InfamousTV.com tuned in $6,999
and Finstre.com fetched $6,720. WeLeaf.com
went for $6,500, Dmaze.com drew $5,900,
SoundNetwork.com notched $5,445 and Parfumo.com
provided $5,035.
Sedo had 66 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that
are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
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| braintemp.com |
$5,000 |
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foqo.com |
$3,300 |
| driftclub.com |
$5,000 |
mynile.com |
$3,300 |
| ndaglobal.com |
$5,000 |
bookmeon.com |
$3,200 |
| nrgv.com |
$5,000 |
kouaa.com |
$3,180 |
| removr.com |
$5,000 |
ludivine.com |
$3,180 |
| whatwelearned.com |
$5,000 |
whitehats.com |
$3,180 |
| wundertask.com |
$5,000 |
mintedweddings.com |
$3,117 |
| yaleo.com |
$5,000 |
maltwhiskey.com |
$2,900 |
| gunsnmore.com |
$4,999 |
shaquilla.com |
$2,888 |
| monrovianursery.com |
$4,999 |
thetaximan.com |
$2,888 |
| cryptoideas.com |
$4,995 |
adorate.com |
$2,699 |
| odinbet.com |
$4,995 |
actizen.com |
$2,533 |
| realhelper.com |
$4,995 |
curbhome.com |
$2,500 |
| leadpanda.com |
$4,975 |
gogg.com |
$2,500 |
| appthrust.com |
$4,850 |
taswit.com |
$2,500 |
| jcat.com |
$4,770 |
unitedcounsel.com |
$2,500 |
| opvue.com |
$4,610 |
wolfpup.com |
$2,500 |
| unitedbuilder.com |
$4,499 |
skylineanalytics.com |
$2,499 |
| airmoto.com |
$4,400 |
eventnyc.com |
$2,488 |
| silkbit.com |
$4,345 |
mivion.com |
$2,440 |
| charmingland.com |
$4,000 |
pixelzen.com |
$2,440 |
| functionalfabric.com |
$3,995 |
wetome.com |
$2,295 |
| mahally.com |
$3,995 |
thammyhoaianh.com |
$2,200 |
| funnle.com |
$3,988 |
tutordb.com |
$2,200 |
| passby.com |
$3,900 |
hambam.com |
$2,199 |
| repakt.com |
$3,800 |
eureka-education.com |
$2,120 |
| basketballbets.com |
$3,507 |
zeatop.com |
$2,080 |
| thefencecompany.com |
$3,500 |
39153.com |
$2,000 |
| zabit.com |
$3,500 |
aiql.com |
$2,000 |
| missioniq.com |
$3,499 |
mikedee.com |
$2,000 |
| painarmor.com |
$3,499 |
relyt.com |
$2,000 |
| waply.com |
$3,480 |
taskgpt.com |
$2,000 |
| grownsy.com |
$3,380 |
tracktv.com |
$2,000 |
Elsewhere, AerialTours.com
earned $9,000 at Above.com.
Country
Codes
A nice two-letter .de
domain sale - QM.de at $26,500 via Sedo -
headlined a quartet of five-figure sales that filled the first four
spots on our latest ccTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. Workout.ai
nailed down the #2 spot at $11,499, followed closely by Rail.in
at $11,000 and Mindspace.us at $10,050.
Sedo accounted for all four of those and went on to sweep 18 of the 20
entries in this category.
Above.com
provided the only exceptions to the Sedo rule, selling #16 Sappuc.de
for $4,848 and #19 LTSA.com.au for $4,250.
Germany's .de coasted
to another easy win the extension race by piling up eight chart
entries. Riding the artificial intelligence wave, .ai was the
closest competitor with three places on the honor roll. Here is how the top
ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Feb.
26, 2023:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Feb. 13 - Sun. Feb. 26, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 1, 2023 |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
QM.de |
€25,000
= $26,500 |
Sedo |
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2. |
Workout.ai |
$11,499 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Rail.in |
$11,000 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Mindspace.us |
$10,050 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Servimed.de |
€6,200
= $6,572 |
Sedo |
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6. |
Continuum.fr |
€5,999
= $6,359 |
Sedo |
7.
tie |
EDW.at |
€5,000
= $5,300 |
Sedo |
7.
tie |
Getlande.de |
€5,000
= $5,300 |
Sedo |
7.
tie |
Mixer.ai |
€5,000
= $5,300 |
Sedo |
7.
tie |
Vebos.de |
€5,000
= $5,300 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Recipes.ai |
$5,199 |
Sedo |
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12. |
NextGen.de |
€4,900
= $5,194 |
Sedo |
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13. |
I.ar |
$5,099 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Bitbridge.io |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
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15. |
Raw.co.za |
$4,999 |
Sedo |
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16. |
Sappuc.de |
$4,848 |
Above.com |
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17. |
Motorkit.fr |
€4,500
= $4,770 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Deinedoku.de |
€4,300
= $4,558 |
Sedo |
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19. |
LTSA.com.au |
$4,250 |
Above.com |
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20. |
SolarGaps.de |
€4,000
= $4,240 |
Sedo |
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There were dozens of
additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by Sedo's
sales of AUK.ch at $4,187 and CarbonControl.de
at $4,113. Nomada.co added $3,995 while Gruen-strom.de
and JobCrafting.de delivered $3,975 apiece.
Voucher.ie eked
attracted $3,977 and two others - MX.se and Panzertape.de
- posted $3,816 each. A five-name logjam followed with APOGuide.de,
Ciseaux.fr, iCenter.eu, InvestCom.de
and MyHub.de selling for $3,710 apiece. Buerstenmanufaktur.de
banked another $3,529.
Sedo had 38 more
four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,450 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com ccTLD Sale Between $2,000 - $3,450
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| compare.ai |
$3,450 |
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ytm.eu |
$2,544 |
| true-nature.de |
$3,180 |
chemikalien-shop.de |
$2,533 |
| say.ch |
$3,169 |
spin.co.za |
$2,499 |
| bbg.eu |
$3,025 |
bahnportal.de |
$2,438 |
| flygreen.co |
$2,988 |
neustrom.de |
$2,438 |
| gw24.de |
$2,915 |
kick.fr |
$2,283 |
| llyc.de |
$2,915 |
kii.ch |
$2,226 |
| bernette.de |
$2,889 |
liotard.fr |
$2,225 |
| didaktik.de |
$2,862 |
comfys.de |
$2,120 |
| amal.be |
$2,809 |
cybermag.de |
$2,120 |
| kfzschaden.de |
$2,756 |
epnv.de |
$2,120 |
| smartfox.eu |
$2,755 |
itla.ru |
$2,120 |
| 303.tv |
$2,650 |
mana.fr |
$2,120 |
| playermaker.de |
$2,650 |
messestaende.de |
$2,120 |
| puntos.es |
$2,650 |
okto.ch |
$2,120 |
| woodhome.de |
$2,650 |
partyhelden.de |
$2,120 |
| duofor.de |
$2,649 |
tarnzelt.de |
$2,120 |
| espiral.eu |
$2,649 |
parcs.fr |
$2,016 |
| salesbuilder.de |
$2,649 |
actuary.ai |
$2,000 |
Above.com weighed in
with Angry.com.au at $4,000, NTS.au at $3,625
and AccessPlus.com.au at $3,550. Top.fm
tacked on $3,500, eBikes.com.au brought $3,160
and two others - SiteManage.com.au and SkyGarden.com.au
- yielded $2,100.
Above's parent company, Trellian,
posted additional sales from two of their other platforms. At NetFleet.com.au
Noisy.com.au went for $3,850 and MyBet.com.au
booked $3,500. At Drop.com.au
Flora.com.au and Park.com.au
clicked for $3,500 each.
Elsewhere, Ascend
Domains sold Yeni.in for $2,400 while
DomainLore.co.uk
collected $1,815 for CoachWorks.co.uk, $1,458
for Texas.co.uk and $1,090 for FourSquare.co.uk.
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
As we noted in the all
extension section above, the Non .Com gTLDs, after a slow start
to the new year, jumped headfirst into the fray this time out, racking
up seven-figure sales including the year's biggest one to date in this
group - Socrates.xyz - sold by Swetha.xyz through Sedo
for $74,889.
With those bigger sales all
earning mention in the all extension section, the top sale in the
category that you haven't seen yet is the #8 name on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top 20
Sales Chart - Sedo's $9,500 sale Push.bike.
With a dozen different
extensions represented on the leader board the TLD race was a close
one. .Net won with four chart entries, followed closely by
.org and .art with three apiece. Here is how the
non .com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending ending Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Feb. 13 - Sun. Feb.
26, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 1, 2023
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Socrates.xyz |
$74,888 |
Swetha.xyz/Sedo |
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2. |
Cloak.net |
$29,988 |
LegalBrandMarketing/
Sedo |
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3. |
Paper.cloud |
$21,888 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Cantina.xyz |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
OM.global |
$13,000 |
Sedo |
6.
tie |
Concept.art |
$10,800 |
Google
Domains |
6.
tie |
Jack.art |
$10,800 |
Google
Domains |
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8. |
Push.bike |
$9,500 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Auctions.art |
$6,500 |
GoDaddy |
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10. |
KQXS.org |
£4,998
= $6,048 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Manager.plus |
€5,000
= $5,300 |
Sedo |
12.
tie |
AMP.finance |
$4,999 |
Sedo |
12.
tie |
RisingUp.org |
$4,999 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Nomos.tech |
$4,799 |
Sedo |
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15. |
Corbel.org |
$4,750 |
Sedo |
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16. |
ReadBookOnline.net |
$4,500 |
Sedo |
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17. |
The.kiwi |
$3,600 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Amulet.app |
$3,379 |
Sedo |
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19. |
TheBrainStimulator.net |
$3,333 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Sparkling.net |
$2,900 |
Sedo |
There were three more sales
off the chart, all posted by Sedo - MetaCube.org ($2,788),
StartSeite.org ($2,650) and Just.biz
($2,299).
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,
they are available in our Archive.
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