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I'm
writing this the day after Christmas and with New
Year's Day still to come, there is no doubt the calendar
says we are in the middle of the holidays. Many offices
have closed, providing further confirmation of that, yet some
of the biggest publicly reported sales we've seen this year
have come in since our last bi-weekly report. Those include two
of the year's three biggest ccTLD sales, thanks to
the ongoing .AI boom.
That
artificial intelligence-fueled surge also produced something
we rarely see - the same domain hold two spots in the
top 10 of a YTD Chart. The #1 sale on our
latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart is Girlfriend.ai
at $274,610. At that price it is also now #1
on our Year-to-Date Top
100 ccTLD Sales Chart. But it is also #6!
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Veteran
investor Andy
Booth brought on this case of double vision. Andy bought
Girlfriend.ai earlier this year for $170,000 giving it
a top 10 spot on the YTD honor roll that it still holds.
However, Andy is also the one who just sold
Girlfriend.ai through Atom.com,
earning a nice six-figure profit and the #1 spot on the YTD
ccTLD Top 100 as well.
This
was a fitting reward for Andy's foresight into .AI's fortunes.
A lot of people thought he was making a mistake when he went
all in on .AI well before the crowd, but the skeptics are
becoming more scarce with every month of big sales that
passes. The latest example of that is our latest bi-weekly Top
20 Chart on which .AI piled up 10 of the 20 entries,
including another blockbuster in Park.io's
$200,000 sale of Please.ai. That is now the 3rd
biggest country code sale of the year to date.
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Of
course, even though .AI is rocking the house, the .coms
still have their party hats on and for good reason. They
turned in a trio of six-figure sales this time around
the track with Sedo
posting all three of those. Their Senior Domain Broker, Dave
Evanson, continued to prove he is one of the best ever at
his craft, set the pace by closing a sweet $240,000
deal for #2 Betz.com. Sedo also banked $150,000 for
#4 MindSpring.com and another $100,000 for #5
PayCard.com, credited to another star on their global
brokerage team, Derick Clegg.
The .coms
got another top ten sale from Andy Booth's brother James
(based at DomainBooth.com)
who sold #10 (tie) CryptoWin.com for $60,000,
also, as was the case with Andy's #1 sale, using Atom.com
to close the deal. Back on the .AI side, Namecheap
stood out after posting 8 of the red hot TLD's 10 chart
entries.
While
.com and .ai continued to provide very stiff competition, the non
.com gTLDs answered the bell with a pair of top ten
entries of their own. One came from Synergy.media where
a payment plan for #7 Green.earth was completed early
to close an $85,280 deal. DomainName.com
rang up the other one, #8 AB.org at $75,000.
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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,
December 22, 2024
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 9 - Sun. Dec. 22, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Dec. 26, 2024) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Girlfriend.ai |
$274,610 |
Andy
Booth/
Atom.com |
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2. |
Betz.com |
$240,000 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Please.ai |
$200,000 |
Park.io |
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4. |
MindSprint.com |
$150,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
PayCard.com |
$100,000 |
Sedo |
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6. |
Articulate.ai |
$95,000 |
Namecheap |
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7. |
Green.earth |
€82,000
= $85,280 |
Synergy.media |
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8. |
AB.org |
$75,000 |
DomainName.com |
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9. |
Comind.com |
€59,000
= $61,360 |
Sedo |
10.
tie |
CryptoWin.com |
$60,000 |
DomainBooth/
Atom.com |
10.
tie |
Raspberry.ai |
$60,000 |
Namecheap |
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12. |
Space.co.uk |
£35,000
= $43,750 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Maggie.ai |
$40,000 |
Namecheap |
14.
tie |
BusinessJets.com |
$32,000 |
LegalBrandMarketing |
14.
tie |
Arva.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
14.
tie |
Leet.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
14.
tie |
Starburst.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
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18. |
LandOfTomorrow.com |
$29,888 |
DomainMarket |
19.
tie |
Obot.ai |
$23,911 |
Namecheap |
19.
tie |
Precog.ai |
$23,911 |
Namecheap |
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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 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 eight more
five-figure sales off the chart, led by Swetha.xyz's
$20,933 sale of Spectral.xyz via Afternic.
Sedo accounted for five of the remaining seven with TPJ.com
at $14,561 leading those. VAS.net added $13,532,
Riggs.org returned $13,125, OfficeAI.com
kicked in $12,000 and KingsAuto.com clicked for $11,230.
Elsewhere, Namecheap chalked up $13,911 for G2.ai
and Mike Mann's DomainMarket.com
collected $13,000 for LiveAndTell.com.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales
with WellAndAble.com at $9,888, LarryRobertson.com
at $9,199 and ATAT.com at $8,400. BeautyPay.com
brought another $6,888, ForteInternational.com
fetched $6,000 and Hygetropin.com drew $5,500.
Insonnia.com secured $5,200, HunterHomes.com
welcomed $5,119 and HouseOfPharmacy.com dispensed
$5,000.
Sedo had 23 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,160 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,160
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| tafesa.com |
$4,160 |
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inteltalk.com |
$2,885 |
| cachino.com |
$3,995 |
fatwreckchords.com |
$2,880 |
| genetyc.com |
$3,720 |
eqquip.com |
$2,830 |
| askyogi.com |
$3,640 |
pikpop.com |
$2,699 |
| sirop.com |
$3,640 |
britehealth.com |
$2,500 |
| alphamotive.com |
$3,499 |
gaiatrust.com |
$2,500 |
| joinsun.com |
$3,380 |
bluumy.com |
$2,499 |
| advantalpharma.com |
$3,224 |
queensconnect.com |
$2,485 |
| patrickkowalski.com |
$3,120 |
4bars.com |
$2,100 |
| usfi.com |
$3,100 |
360articulate.com |
$2,000 |
| mountairefarms.com |
$3,058 |
wordadventure.com |
$2,000 |
| tradebonus.com |
$2,995 |
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Back at Braden Pollock's LegalBrandMarketing.com,
TexasCriminalAttorney.com earned $6,500 and Flagging.com
commanded $3,300.
Country
Codes
As has been the case all
year, the main player in the ccTLD story remains .AI. The Anguilla
country code domain's dominance continued with a sweep of 10 of the
first 11 entries on our latest ccTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
including those two knockout punches at the top - Girlfriend.ai
($274,610) and Please.ai ($200,000). The only
exception to the .AI rule on the top half of the leader board was Sedo's
$43,570 sale of #5 Space.co.uk.
Sedo went on to pile up nine
entries overall including 8 of 10 spots on the second half of the
honor roll. The exceptions were the $6,000 sale of #14
IronGate.vc by WeBroker.vc,
and #16 EventGenius.co.uk by DomainLore.uk.
Here is how the all of the
top ccTLDs stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, December
22, 2024:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Dec. 9 - Sun. Dec. 22, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Dec. 26, 2024) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Girlfriend.ai |
$274,610 |
Andy
Booth/
Atom.com |
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2. |
Please.ai |
$200,000 |
Park.io |
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3. |
Articulate.ai |
$95,000 |
Namecheap |
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4. |
Raspberry.ai |
$60,000 |
Namecheap |
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5. |
Space.co.uk |
£35,000
= $43,750 |
Sedo |
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6. |
Maggie.ai |
$40,000 |
Namecheap |
7.
tie |
Arva.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
7.
tie |
Leet.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
7.
tie |
Starburst.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
10.
tie |
Obot.ai |
$23,911 |
Namecheap |
10.
tie |
Precog.ai |
$23,911 |
Namecheap |
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12. |
Bolia.cn |
$6,800 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Allcon.de |
€6,500
= $6,760 |
Sedo |
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14. |
IronGate.vc |
$6,000 |
WeBroker.vc |
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15. |
Payment.me |
$5,250 |
Sedo |
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16. |
EventGenius.co.uk |
£3,500
= $4,375 |
DomainLore.uk |
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17. |
DocSave.de |
€3,500
= $3,640 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Hani.fi |
€3,199
= $3,327 |
Sedo |
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19. |
Atemzeit.de |
€3,000
= $3,120 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
KSign.de |
€2,999
= $3,119 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
Turbos.fr |
€2,999
= $3,119 |
Sedo |
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In additional four-figure
sales off the chart, Sedo sold Blendy.eu for $2,704,
Arras.eu for $2,703 and two others - Homeasy.de
and PlanHub.de - for $2,600 each. Sedo sold
another pair - LMM.eu and SmartMotion.ch -
for $2,599 apiece. A trio including GeniusBlog.de,
MyVinyl.de and Votez.de followed at $2,475
each. Sedo also scored with Elector.de at $2,283
and three others - Gaveideer.no, Interpress.de
and Volve.de - at $2,080 apiece.
Elsewhere, DomainLore.uk
moved Livetotri.co.uk for $1,375 and ShareMuseumsEast.org.uk
at $1,186.
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 had
a solid outing with a quintet of five-figure sales led by the two you
saw on the all-extension Top 20 Chart above - Green.earth ($85,289)
and AB.org ($75,000). The #6 domain on our latest Non .com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart,
Dope.art at $7,500 via GMO Registry, was the
first of a half dozen .art domains to claim chart entries. Only
.org had more, eking out a 7-6 win in the TLD race with a roster
that rang up five of the top ten sales.
Here is how the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday,
December 22, 2024:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Dec. 9 - Sun. Dec.
22, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Dec. 26, 2024)
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Green.earth |
€82,000
= $85,280 |
Synergy.media |
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2. |
AB.org |
$75,000 |
DomainName.com |
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3. |
Spectral.xyz |
$20,933 |
Swetha.xyz/Afternic |
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4. |
VAS.net |
$13,532 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Riggs.org |
$13,125 |
Sedo |
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6. |
Dope.art |
$7,500 |
GMO
Registry |
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7. |
Kredittkort.org |
$6,969 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Cognito.org |
$6,500 |
LegalBrandMarketing |
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9. |
Chess.one |
€5,000
= $5,200 |
Sedo |
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10. |
CityFitness.org |
$3,888 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Max.art |
$3,250 |
GoDaddy |
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12. |
Play.network |
€2,900
= $3,016 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Regional.net |
$2,999 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Unlimited.art |
$2,750 |
OVH |
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15. |
SuperEgo.org |
$2,488 |
BuyDomains |
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16. |
UNX.org |
$2,200 |
Sedo |
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17. |
ChameleonClub.net |
$2,151 |
GoDaddy |
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18. |
Raphael.art |
$1,875 |
Name.com |
19.
tie |
Couture.art |
$1,625 |
GoDaddy |
19.
tie |
Jazz.art |
$1,625 |
GoDaddy |
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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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