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We have some nice
high end sales to report this week but almost all of the
supporting cast of four-figure sales will remain backstage
for at least another week. We'll get back to that but first
let's give the headliners the turn in the spotlight
they deserve. Sedo's
Senior Broker Dave Evanson took center stage by
brokering two of the three six-figure sales that set
the pace on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. Dave
closed the chart topper, SolarEnergy.com at $175,000,
as well as #3 Anxiety.org at $100,000. That
Anxiety.org sale has a special added distinction. It is the
highest Non .Com gTLD sale reported so
far this year, eclipsing the previous leader,
W.app at $96,000 in June, also at Sedo (The Non .Com gTLD YTD
Top 100 is the third chart on the page linked to above).
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Sandwiched
in between the two newest additions to the Dave's Greatest Hits
album, is #2 Agents.ai at $125,000 in a private
transaction. Like Anxiety.org, that makes Agents.ai the top
reported sale in its category so far this year (the ccTLD
YTD Top 100 is the second
chart on this page). Thanks to the artificial
intelligence boom, .ai domains have been red hot this
year. We've seen social media posts claiming bigger .ai sales
(and some may very well be true) but no documentation has been
provided to us for any of those. Before charting a sale, we
need to know (preferably from a party to the sale or the venue
it was sold though) where and when the sale was made,
if it has been paid for in full and transferred and proof
of the price paid.
Now,
before we get to the charts, let's talk about what is missing,
especially from the supporting cast of four-figure sales you
usually see. We are in the middle of summer and some of the
top venues that provide sales information have been on
holiday. Sedo notified everyone in advance that they
would not be sending out their usual weekly report last week
nor this week. However, they will bring everything up to date
when they return to their normal release schedule next week
(on August 1). Also, important sister sites, NameJet
and SnapNames, who have been releasing their data
monthly, have not sent out their June numbers yet. So 200-300
sales that normally would have been out now are still in the
wings. We will be posting all of those when they come in. This
column (postponed from last week due to the dearth of data)
usually comes out every other week but with Sedo's big
release coming next week (NameJet/SnapNames quite possibly as
well), we will be posting another column next week
(Wednesday evening, August 2).
While
we are looking ahead, I also want to share some information I
received from Rick Schwartz (AKA The Domain King) about
a new sales agreement he has made for LUV.com at $1.55
million. Rick announced the deal on his popular Twitter
feed a few days ago and at the time it was
structured with a $1.4 million payment up front, then staggered
bonus payments over time. Today Rick let me know the buyer has accepted an offer to pay $1.55 million up front
and eliminate future payments from the deal. The buyer is
outside the U.S. and there are still some details to wrap up
but as soon as it is complete, we will post it.
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I
bring that deal up now for two reasons - the primary one being
that Rick has a more than 25-year-long track record of getting
deals at this level done - and second, as a reminder that
reported sales are just the tip of the iceberg. There
is always a lot more going on behind the scenes that we don't
get to see - especially when very high value domains are
involved. Bigger sales than those on the charts are being made
in all categories over the course of the year. Still,
the ones we do see are very helpful in learning more about
domain values and trends (which is the sole purpose this
column was created for back in 2003).
Now,
about those charts! Sedo fills a lot of spots and I have those
numbers because they are from the last week they reported
before their current holiday break (they came in on the off
week in our bi-weekly publication schedule so this is first
time we have published them). Sedo filled out the first five
with a pair of 3-letter.com sales - BVO.com at
$26,000 and ZOC.com at $25,000. Those helped
the .coms pile up 13 chart entries. The ccTLDs
claimed four spots and the non .com gTLDs filled three,
including a $10,000 sale of Wow.art at Get.art.
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By Ron Jackson
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Here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the three weeks ending Sunday, July
23, 2023:
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