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2023 Domain Sales Remain on Fast Track with a Million $ Trio Topping Our Latest Chart

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). 

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.  

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           By Ron Jackson

Here is how all of the leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending ending Sunday, February 26, 2023:

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)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Giveaway.com $400,000 Sedo
2. PFP.com $353,000 K-Ventures/Sedo
3. Tactic.com $303,295 Buckley Media
4. Kulta.com $75,000 Sedo
5. Socrates.xyz $74,888 Swetha.xyz/Sedo
6. SunHome.com $49,491 Sedo
7. MailTrack.com $30,000 Sedo
8. Cloak.net $29,988 LegalBrandMarketing/
Sedo
9. QM.de €25,000 = $26,500 Sedo
10. Adasoft.com $25,000 Sedo
11. Paper.cloud $21,888 Sedo
12. Kolla.com €20,000 = $21,200 Sedo
13.
tie
Cantina.xyz $20,000 Sedo
13.
tie
FunHub.com $20,000 Sedo
15. Kashew.com $15,888 Sedo
16. XMTD.com $15,000 Sedo
17. Arbeitskleidung.com €13,999 = $14,839 Sedo
18. TireKing.com $14,000 Sedo
19. OM.global $13,000 Sedo
20. RollingCasino.com $12,999 Namoxy.com/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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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:

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

braintemp.com $5,000   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:

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

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. QM.de €25,000 = $26,500 Sedo
2. Workout.ai $11,499 Sedo
3. Rail.in $11,000 Sedo
4. Mindspace.us $10,050 Sedo
5. Servimed.de €6,200 = $6,572 Sedo
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
11. Recipes.ai $5,199 Sedo
12. NextGen.de €4,900 = $5,194 Sedo
13. I.ar $5,099 Sedo
14. Bitbridge.io $5,000 Sedo
15. Raw.co.za $4,999 Sedo
16. Sappuc.de $4,848 Above.com
17. Motorkit.fr €4,500 = $4,770 Sedo
18. Deinedoku.de €4,300 = $4,558 Sedo
19. LTSA.com.au $4,250 Above.com
20. SolarGaps.de €4,000 = $4,240 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

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:

Additional Sedo .com ccTLD Sale Between $2,000 - $3,450

compare.ai $3,450   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:

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

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Socrates.xyz $74,888 Swetha.xyz/Sedo
2. Cloak.net $29,988 LegalBrandMarketing/
Sedo
3. Paper.cloud $21,888 Sedo
4. Cantina.xyz $20,000 Sedo
5. OM.global $13,000 Sedo
6.
tie
Concept.art $10,800 Google Domains
6.
tie
Jack.art $10,800 Google Domains
8. Push.bike $9,500 Sedo
9. Auctions.art $6,500 GoDaddy
10. KQXS.org £4,998 = $6,048 Sedo
11. Manager.plus €5,000 = $5,300 Sedo
12.
tie
AMP.finance $4,999 Sedo
12.
tie
RisingUp.org $4,999 Sedo
14. Nomos.tech $4,799 Sedo
15. Corbel.org $4,750 Sedo
16. ReadBookOnline.net $4,500 Sedo
17. The.kiwi $3,600 Sedo
18. Amulet.app $3,379 Sedo
19. TheBrainStimulator.net $3,333 Sedo
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

*****

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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