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2024
Goes Out With a Roar - 7-Figure Sale and a Half Dozen in Six Figures
Light Up the Year's Last Chart
Here
we are at the end of another eye-opening domain sales season
with the arrival of the last batch of sales data for 2024.
Several factors came together at once to make our final
bi-weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart of the year
an especially memorable one. First among those was Domain King
Rick Schwartz's $1,025,000
saleof BestOdds.com, making it one of the
top five publicly
reported sales in 2024. Rick gave the buyer 3
years to pay for this domain (an especially timely one with
the arrival of legal sports betting by mobile phone in
many states) and they decided to make the final payment six
months ahead of schedule to finalize ythe deal.
In another
development that added fuel to the fire, we were able to get
documentation verifying a large number of impressive sales
that TOP.DOMAINS
(a company that holds a portfolio of over 10,000 domains) made
throughout the year. With those sales added to our
charts for the first time, a $600,000 sale of Bet.bet
that was made early in the year earned the top spot on our
2024 Non .Com
gTLD Top 100 Sales Chart, as well as #1 on our
last bi-weekly Top 20 Chart for 2024. The domain was purchased
through Afternic
by a casino company registered in Curaçao that serves the
Brazil market. That is one of five TOP.DOMAINS sales on the
leader board, including another one of the six 6-figure sales
on the honor roll, #4 People.love at $255,000,
also via Afternic.
Adding
more fuel to the sales steamroller was the continuing boom in
.AI sales, led this time around the track by a $230,000
sale of Boyfriend.ai at Afternic. That is the third
biggest ccTLD sale reported in 2024. What's #1? That
would be Andy
Booth's $274,610 sale of Girlfriend.ai
through Atom.com
that we told you about in our last
report. Way to go girls, you beat the boys again!
:-)
Also
ringing the six-figure bell was Park.io Founder Mike
Carson's $399,999sale of Cursor.com (a name he
bought just last year for $60,000), Sedo
with #6 Tachat.com at $103,000 and Swetha.xyz
with a $100,000 sale of #7 Stable.xyz through
Afternic.
Two
of the sales I was most happy to see were #12 (tie) DreamHomeLottery.com
at $60,000 amd #20 DreamHomeLottery.org at $30,000,
both made by Josh Goddard through his Brokerage.Domains
site. What was so special about those? I'm glad you asked! I
met Josh for the first time during the Namescon
Global conference in Austin last summer when we
both attended the Internet
Commerce Association's member dinner. He is a
personable guy with a great passion for domains and I
immediately thought "this is someone I'll be hearing a
lot more from in future" and sure enough I did with these
sales. Oh, by the way, Josh is 19 years old! How can
you not love a business where this is possible for anyone
willing to study it, then get to work making their dreams come
true? (PS - thanks to Josh's dad Drew for the
introduction)!
By Ron Jackson
Here
is how all of the leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending
Sunday,
Jan. 5, 2024
The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 23 - Sun. Jan. 5, 2025 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Jan. 9, 2025)
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
BestOdds.com
$1,025,000
Rick
Schwartz
2.
Bet.bet
$600,000
TOP.DOMAINS/Afternic
3.
Cursor.com
$399,999
Mike
Carson
4.
People.love
$255,000
TOP.DOMAINS/Afternic
5.
Boyfriend.ai
$230,000
Afternic
6.
Tachat.com
€100,000
= $103,000
Sedo
7.
Stable.xyz
$100,000
Swetha.xyz/Afternic
8.
Advice.ai
$80,000
Sedo
9.
QR.app
$79,499
TOP.DOMAINS/Dan.com
10.
tie
Poker.world
$75,000
TOP.DOMAINS/Dan.com
10.
tie
Ready.co
$75,000
Sedo
12.
tie
DreamHomeLottery.com
$60,000
Brokerage.Domains
12.
tie
Universal.xyz
$60,000
Lumis
14.
Newton.xyz
$55,000
Swetha.xyz/Afternic
15.
IQAI.com
£35,000
= $43,050
Sedo
16.
Hype.gg
$40,000
Sedo
17.
CoreResources.com
$39,000
Sedo
18.
Wow.now
$37,500
TOP.DOMAINS/Atom.com
19.
Doyen.com
£29,999
= $36,899
Sedo
20.
tie
Ani.ai
$30,000
Namecheap
20.
tie
DreamHomeLottery.org
$30,000
Brokerage.Domains
20.
tie
iSpace.ai
$30,000
Namecheap
20.
tie
Rey.ai
$30,000
Namecheap
20.
tie
Virgil.ai
$30,000
Namecheap
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.
There were 17 more
five-figure sales off the chart, ranging from $10,000 to $27,988
that are listed in the table below:
Domain
Sold
For
Where Sold
brain.dev
$27,988
TOP.DOMAINS
Shipsy.au
$22,888
DomainBooth
soulai.com
$21,000
Sedo
farizonauto.co.uk
$20,000
Dynadot
RWA.art
$20,000
Afternic
brain.link
$19,888
TOP.DOMAINS
Fortess.app
$19,499
TOP.DOMAINS/Afternic
DeadThreads.com
$17,000
SAW.com
avatar.one
$15,289
TOP.DOMAINS
railroad.app
$15,289
TOP.DOMAINS
washi.com
$14,000
Sedo
sicore.de
$13,390
Sedo
stopbox.com
$12,500
Sedo
jackpotter.com
$10,550
Sedo
LUX.network
$10,437
TOP.DOMAINS/DAN
bonjourdubai.com
$10,300
Sedo
retouch.app
$10,000
TOP.DOMAINS
.Com
Supporting Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales
with Osher.com at $9,000. HelloFellow.com fetched
another $8,240 and StreetKing.com commanded
$6,500. Wonderise.com went for $6,245, TacoInc.com
tallied $6,170 amd StaffDigital.com drew $6,000.
FoxGold.com
tapped in $5,999, Podoo.com posted $5,665
and PanoramaGlobal.com provided $5,600. Cereja.com
and GlamCapital.com claimed $5,150 each while Linqi.com
landed $5,100. Those were followed by AskFrank.com,
Bond-St.com, CWWK.com and MFGHoldfings.com
at $5,000 apiece.
Sedo had 33 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,160 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,160
animalrepublic.com
$4,959
gartner-group.com
$3,000
obliqe.com
$4,914
marinalounge.com
$2,995
fortetechnology.com
$4,888
coastalprimarycare.com
$2,888
hostspaces.com
$4,825
serverspaces.com
$2,830
subfi.com
$4,635
efek.com
$2,800
immo4you.com
$4,500
thinksmartmarketing.com
$2,799
mototag.com
$4,239
tutornest.com
$2,795
h2site.com
$4,120
sleepfox.com
$2,670
louton.com
$4,000
sindys.com
$2,599
workbeyond.com
$3,999
musicaround.com
$2,575
stage23.com
$3,995
finanzcoach.com
$2,570
biocove.com
$3,955
rylly.com
$2,485
pepti.com
$3,348
carplakes.com
$2,460
dctools.com
$3,250
9oh.com
$2,266
v2studio.com
$3,199
emolument.com
$2,000
harcourthotel.com
$3,197
tipw.com
$2,000
bestproxies.com
$3,000
At Dynadot65G.com sold for $6,124, Senzaglutine.com
secured $4,893 and LetTheGamesBegin.com banked $2,995.
BridgesOfBudapest.com attracted $2,949 while Power32.com
and BigDishEnergy.com generated $2,895 each.
OnlineMath.com added $2,561 and MobileOrchard.com
made $2,236.
Elsewhere, XYNames.com
sold PackageBox.com for $6,500, BookingPlace.com
for $6,000 and EarnWin.com for $5,000.
Country
Codes
.AI continues to
dominate the ccTLD pack, racking up the top two entries on our
latest ccTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
and sweeping six of the first eight places. The headliners were that
$230,000Boyfriend.ai blockbuster at Afternic and Sedo's$80,000 sale of Advice.ai. Namecheap
posted the other four .ai sales on the top half of the honor roll.
Sedo had the top sales in
others TLDs, ringing up $75,000 for #3 Ready.co and $40,000
for #4 Hype.gg. Sedo went on to rack up eight chart entries
overall. DomainBooth.com
and Dyandot also earned top 10 spots with Shipsy.au
($22,888) and FarizonAuto.com ($20,000) respetcively.
Here is how the all of the
top ccTLDs stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Jan.
5, 2025:
Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Dec. 23 - Sun. Jan. 5, 2025 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Jan. 9, 2025)
IThere were dozens of
additional sales off the chart led by Dynadot's $4,026 sale of 332.tv.
They added $2,500 for All.tv and $2,376 for
971.tv.
Back at Sedo, Maurten.hk
collected $3,966, LeBarbier.fr clipped $3,913
and Audioprothesiste.fr earned $3,399. Schreibtischplatte.de
delivered $3,219, Plaid.fr plucked $3,193
and SalesPitch.de paid off at $3,090. Two others
- Geekvape.de and VisonM.de - drew $3,089
apiece.
Sedo had 17 more
four-figure sales that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,060 - $2,833
smartbuild.de
$2,833
freedome.eu
$2,266
nude.co
$2,650
berl.in
$2,060
klempner.at
$2,575
marx-immobilien.de
$2,060
uncensor.io
$2,575
meditation.io
$2,060
zahnarzt-aachen.de
$2,575
mehrmiteinander.de
$2,060
covermaster.de
$2,472
milos.ch
$2,060
bckstg.de
$2,451
neoz.eu
$2,060
qrh.de
$2,451
zenpass.de
$2,060
omniagent.io
$2,398
At Nameshift.comPrimaklima.ch chalked up $2,750, Ontzorg.nl
notched $2,575, Orthopedagogiek.nl drew $2,261
and MasterClass.fr made $2,060.
Nameshift logged 19 more
sales that arer listed in the table below:
Additional
NameShift ccTLD Sales Between $1,030 - $1,869
promac.ch
$1,869
wasstrips.nl
$1,334
estateagent.uk
$1,845
dominator.nl
$1,288
schuller.de
$1,803
holli.nl
$1,288
vorstermans.nl
$1,746
lesaides.fr
$1,231
miet.ch
$1,744
demir.nl
$1,133
zorgprofessionals.nl
$1,597
gits.nl
$1,030
outsmart.eu
$1,545
kth.it
$1,030
biehl.ch
$1,540
mondzorgprofessionals.nl
$1,030
jobcenter.nl
$1,540
prepwinkel.nl
$1,030
dehil.nl
$1,338
Elsewhere, DomainLore.uk
sold Muhammad.uk for $2,645 and AscendDomains
moved Datasolutions.in for $2,000.
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 addition of those 2024
TOP.DOMAINS sales to our charts gave the Non .com gTLDs a
huge boost as that is the category the company specializes in and they
have the kind of premium inventory capable of attracting big money.
Their sales of the top names on our latest Non .com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart,
Bet.bet at $600,000 and People.love at $255,000,
underlined that as did the dozen additional entries they have on
the elite list.
Of course, in this instance
the chart domainance comes from having sales from throughout the year
released at once, but going forward it looks like TOP.DOMAINS will be
making regular appearances on the leader board as we proceed through
2025.
Here is how the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday,
Jan. 5, 2025:
Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Dec. 23 - Sun.
Jan. 5, 2025 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Jan. 9, 2025)
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Bet.bet
$600,000
TOP.DOMAINS/Afternic
2.
People.love
$255,000
TOP.DOMAINS/Afternic
3.
Stable.xyz
$100,000
Swetha.xyz/Afternic
4.
QR.app
$79,499
TOP.DOMAINS/Dan.com
5.
Poker.world
$75,000
TOP.DOMAINS/Dan.com
6.
Universal.xyz
$60,000
Lumis
7.
Newton.xyz
$55,000
Swetha.xyz/Afternic
8.
Wow.now
$37,500
TOP.DOMAINS/Atom.com
9.
DreamHomeLottery.org
$30,000
Brokerage.Domains
10.
Brain.dev
$27,988
TOP.DOMAINS
11.
RWA.art
$20,000
Afternic
12.
Brain.link
$19,888
TOP.DOMAINS
13.
Fortress.app
$19,499
TOP.DOMAINS/Afternic
14.
tie
Avatar.one
$15,289
TOP.DOMAINS
14.
tie
Railroad.app
$15,289
TOP.DOMAINS
16.
LUX.network
$10,437
TOP.DOMAINS/DAN.com
17.
Retouch.app
$10,000
TOP.DOMAINS
18.
Motor.world
$9,999
TOP.DOMAINS
19.
Refer.app
$9,499
TOP.DOMAINS
20.
Sylke.org
€6,999
= $7,209
Sedo
There were dozens
of additional four-figure sales in this category, led by Profit.trade
at $6,988 at TOP.DOMAINS. They also sold Crafted.app
and GetIn.app at $3,379 each, plus YouGo.app
at $2,199 and Edits.app at $1,999.
Back at Sedo, Carla.net
claimed $6,900, 88Bet.net brought $6,000 and Decision.net
drew $4,500. 1000Y.net yielded $3,500, Barter.net
booked $3,000 and DataHaven.xyz hauled in $2,500.
2J.net nabbed $2,050 and three others - 9Line.net,
GoVIP.top and PrettyMan.net - produced
$2,000 apiece.
At Dynadot, NFT.quest
captured $4,999, Metarium.net managed $4,895
and Crypto.hostingconnected with
$3,888. Dressage.org added another $2,035.
Elsewhere, DNTop
sold Please.app for $2,500.
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.