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Thanksgiving
arrived a bit early for the domain industry this week with two
seven-figure domain sales hitting the latest chart.
Those are Max.com at $1.8 million and
Hurt.com at $1.5 million. Max.com is the second
biggest publicly reported domain sale so far this year,
trailing only the $3 million sale of Help.com made by
Above.com in January. Hurt.com tied Michael Castello's $1.5
million sale of Room.com in Septermber for #3 on the YTD
Top 100.
As
Andrew Allemann reported at Domain
Name Wire, HBO Max bought Max.com in a deal
brokered by Joe Uddeme at NameExperts.com
as part of their decision to rebrand with one word. The
Hurt.com
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sale was first
reported on X.com by James Booth (DomainBooth.com)
who was not involved in the sale but learned the price paid in
communications with the seller, Orlando-based trial law firm NeJame
Law.
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A
pair of solid six-figure sales at Sedo
kept the hit parade rolling. They banked $325,000 for AIQ.com
and added another $250,000 when Senior Sales Consultant
Frank Tillmanns closed a $250,000 sale of Whiskey.com.
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The .coms
went on to sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries. Sedo booked most
of those but Sol Orwell also aided the .com cause with
a $25,000 sale of #13 PetScience.com, as did Dynadot
with their $22,009 sale of #15 Impactive.com. DomainMarket.com's
Michael Mann pitched in too with his $17,500 sale
of #18 DomainSummit.com to London Domain Name Summit
Founder Helmuts Meskonis. With that domain in hand,
Helmut has re-christened the conference as Domain Summit
and will run his 3rd annual event under that flag in August
2024. I wrote about how this deal came together in our Lowdown
section earlier this week.
The non
.com gTLDs collected a quartet of chart entries with two
landing on the top half of the leader board - a $38,599
sale of Copilot.xyz through
DAN.com and a $34,500 deal for #9 J.vip
via Afternic.
That left just one spot for the ccTLDs but they made it
count with a whopping $82,500 sale of #5 Genie.io
at Efty.com.
In addition to topping our latest Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart, Genie.io is now one of
the 10 biggest ccTLD sales reported year to date.
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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 Sunday, November
5, 2023:
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 23 - Sun. Nov. 5, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Nov. 8, 2023) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Max.com |
$1,800,000 |
NameExperts |
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2. |
Hurt.com |
$1,500,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
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3. |
AIQ.com |
$325,000 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Whiskey.com |
$250,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Genie.io |
$82,500 |
Efty |
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6. |
RTBet.com |
$60,000 |
Sedo |
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7. |
Closure.com |
$45,000 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Copilot.xyz |
$38,599 |
DAN |
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9. |
J.vip |
$34,500 |
Afternic |
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10. |
DoctorOnline.com |
$31,250 |
Sedo |
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11. |
FVI.com |
£25,000
= $30,750 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Anrong.com |
$29,730 |
Sedo |
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13. |
PetScience.com |
$25,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
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14. |
Alva.xyz |
$24,988 |
DAN |
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15. |
Impactive.com |
$22,009 |
Dynadot |
16.
tie |
Global123.com |
$22,000 |
Sedo |
16.
tie |
Slotti.com |
$22,000 |
Sedo |
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18. |
DomainSummit.com |
$17,500 |
DomainMarket |
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19. |
Novara.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
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20. |
LN.law |
$14,999 |
Afternic |
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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) |
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There were three
more
five-figure sales off the chart - all posted by Sedo.
They collected $14,980 for Cont.eu, $12,300
for Via.eu and $10,000 for ScaleKit.com.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the
.com supporting cast of four-figure sales with Swifti.com at
$9,999, PortageAI.com at $9,888 and AccidentHotline.com
at $9,000. They added $8,000 for Gritec.com,
$6,999 for CoAdmin.com and $6,500 for Intermodalsolutions.com.
Medimar.com
made another $6,150, EverSend.com secured $5,535
and Varsovia.com sold for $5,243. Two
others - NaughtyTalk.com and YITC.com -
kicked in $5,000 apiece. Sedo had 33 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 - $4,988
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| e-portal.com |
$4,988 |
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beachluxuryvacations.com |
$2,999 |
| badboymowerss.com |
$4,800 |
tsstudios.com |
$2,999 |
| mariemoonbeam.com |
$4,800 |
canoeinsurance.com |
$2,952 |
| finblog.com |
$4,269 |
gift.it.com |
$2,880 |
| we-plus.com |
$4,066 |
vegas.it.com |
$2,880 |
| everydayluxury.com |
$4,000 |
jeom.com |
$2,782 |
| modulpro.com |
$4,000 |
pensteel.com |
$2,750 |
| salesprofessionals.com |
$3,936 |
pegasusmedical.com |
$2,675 |
| passuello.com |
$3,852 |
linkgacor.com |
$2,622 |
| naiot.com |
$3,826 |
busdom.com |
$2,600 |
| equitrax.com |
$3,745 |
jennylegal.com |
$2,500 |
| phoenixone.com |
$3,500 |
cangkultoto.com |
$2,400 |
| plotr.com |
$3,500 |
lawfirmsuccess.com |
$2,333 |
| reeljobs.com |
$3,499 |
farmstays.com |
$2,250 |
| aidvr.com |
$3,199 |
businessvenues.com |
$2,188 |
| backtolife.com |
$3,000 |
chipwatch.com |
$2,000 |
| pivotalcoaching.com |
$3,000 |
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At Dynadot, Huramovies.com
drew $4,000 while BestItem.com and ChoreoHealth.com
dispensed $3,500 each. Titangenesis.com
tacked on $2,895, CouponPlus.com clipped $2,285,
AboutCare.com attracted $2,282 and LVIVFC.com
captured $2,060.
Country
Codes
The ccTLDs were
led by that impressive $82,500 sale of Genie.io
through Efty.com that you saw above. The next two spots
on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart went to a
nice pair of .eu sales at Sedo, Cont.eu at $14,980
and Via.eu at $12,300.
Sedo went on to
sweep 18 of the 20 chart entries, including #4 Nam.de at
$8,560 and #5 Wero.fr at $8,024. The
only exceptions to the Sedo rule were a couple of Dynadot
sales - #14 Siesta.io at $3,988 and #17
(tie) Sculted.io at $3,500.
The European Union 's .eu
scored a rare win in the TLD race, piling up six chart entries
to pass the four posted by the usual winner, Germany's .de
Here is how the ccTLDs stacked up for the
two weeks ending Sunday, November 5, 2023:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Oct. 23 - Sun. Nov. 5, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Nov. 8, 2023) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Genie.io |
$82,500 |
Efty |
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2. |
Cont.eu |
€14,000
= $14,980 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Via.eu |
£10,000
= $12,300 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Nam.de |
€8,000
= $8,560 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Wero.fr |
€7,499
= $8,024 |
Sedo |
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6. |
GSF.eu |
€6,500
= $6,955 |
Sedo |
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7. |
XEE.de |
€6,500
= $6,955 |
Sedo |
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8. |
SportyBet.co.za |
$6,000 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Provita.ch |
€5,199
= $5,563 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Chipz.de |
€4,999
= $5,349 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Fund.co |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Envato.com.au |
$4,900 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Blank.eu |
€4,000
= $4,280 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Siesta.io |
$3,988 |
Dynadot |
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15. |
Braintrust.eu |
€3,599
= $3,851 |
Sedo |
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16. |
Laminatshop.de |
€3,500
= $3,745 |
Sedo |
17.
tie |
EnergyVault.ua |
$3,500 |
Sedo |
17.
tie |
Sculted.io |
$3,500 |
Dynadot |
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19. |
Earn.ch |
€3,100
= $3,317 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Finwave.eu |
€3,050
= $3,264 |
Sedo |
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There were over two
dozen more four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by
Sedo's sales of Solwerk.de ($3,210), Distinctive.de
($3,208) and Matchu.de ($3,205).
They added $3,157 for FSZ.ch and $2,675
apiece for four others - HumanPower.de, HYM.nl,
Quadro.eu and Tax-Law.de.
Sedo collected another
$2,674 each for three names - 21Bitcoin.de,
J2L.fr and Nesty.fr. NetBuy.de
delivered $2,547 while Modul.ar and SoftwareEngineer.ai
attracted $2,500 each. AGFH.de drew $2,354
followed by four sales at $2,140 apiece - Betano.lv,
CareSuite.de, IOT.in and Unblockit.li.
Back at Dynadot,
Wego.ws went for $2,260 and Eskimo.io
clicked for $1,963. At DomainLore.uk,
the top sales were KWD.co.uk ($1,968),
Grapes.co.uk ($1,565), AMG.co.uk
($1,494) and Frugal.co.uk ($1,428).
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
A quartet of nice
five-figure sales set the pace for the non .com gTLDs with
CoPilot.xyz at $38,599 leading that group's ascent to
to the top of the leader board. All four of these names made the
all extension leader board you saw above, so the biggest sale in
this category that you haven't seen yet is the #5 domain on our
latest Non .com
gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. That is an $8,000 sale of
CD.law via Afternic.
Afternic went on to
sweep 14 of the 22 chart entries (the extra spots resulted from
a four-way tie for the final position). They benefited from a
long line of very short (1-3 characters) .vip domains,
led by #2 J.vip at $34,500 and #6 AK.vip at
$7,250.
Here is how the top non .com gTLD
sales stacked up for the week ending ending Sunday, November
5, 2023:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Oct. 23 - Sun.
Nov. 5, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Nov. 8, 2023)
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Copilot.xyz |
$38,599 |
DAN |
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2. |
J.vip |
$34,500 |
Afternic |
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3. |
Alva.xyz |
$24,988 |
DAN |
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4. |
LN.law |
$14,999 |
Afternic |
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5. |
CD.law |
$8,000 |
Afternic |
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6. |
AK.vip |
$7,250 |
Afternic |
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7. |
FriendsWithBenefits.net |
$7,000 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Goblet.org |
$6,000 |
Sedo |
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9. |
SAR.net |
$4,999 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Elaia.net |
$4,500 |
Sedo |
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11. |
VirtualAmerica.org |
$3,700 |
Sedo |
12.
tie |
V2.vip |
$3,599 |
Afternic |
12.
tie |
V3.vip |
$3,599 |
Afternic |
12.
tie |
V4.vip |
$3,599 |
Afternic |
12.
tie |
V5.vip |
$3,599 |
Afternic |
12.
tie |
V6.vip |
$3,599 |
Afternic |
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17. |
Snacker.org |
$3,500 |
Sedo |
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18. |
ALO.vip |
$3,499 |
Afternic |
19.
tie |
X4.vip |
$3,400 |
Afternic |
19.
tie |
X5.vip |
$3,400 |
Afternic |
19.
tie |
X6.vip |
$3,400 |
Afternic |
19.
tie |
X7.vip |
$3,400 |
Afternic |
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There were nine more
four-figure sales off the chart led by Sedo's $3,210 sale
of Ephemere.org. They added $2,495 for FacilityManagement.net,
$2,140 for DataCenter.info and $2,000 for Abacus.tech.
Afternic sold RRR.vip for $2,980 and Insane.fit
for $1,300. Dynadot rang up three others -
APCIA.org at $2,488, Black.xyz at $1,815 and
Decrypt.xyz at $1,724.
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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