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of 6-Figure Sales and a Passel of .AI Domains Take Spotlight on Our
Latest Top 20 Chart
The second month
of the 2024 domain sales season is underway with a pair of six-figure
sales heading our latest bi-weekly all extension Top 20
Sales Chart. Nothing out of the ordinary about that except
for the fact that a .net domain led the charge. That
was a solid $108,897 sale of Profile.net via DAN.com.
The seller's representative, Deepak Rajani,
orchestrated the highest publicly reported .net sale since
last August when IO.net sold for $118,000. Profile.net was
being used as a directory site but Deepak said that will go
away as soon as the buyer changes the nameservers. The new
owners didn't share any details on their plans for the domain
with him.
Sedo
also rang the .com bell at about the same price, banking €100,000
($107,000) for PhotoBooth.com. It may be awhile
before we see what that will become as well. It currently goes
to a Dutch registrar's parking page. Sedo went on to pile up a
dozen chart entries overall including a $45,000 deal
for #6 Soaring.com that was closed by Sedo premium
broker Mark Ghoriafi.
Then
there are all of those impressive .AI sales. With the
artificial intelligence boom currently underway, five .AI
domains landed on the Big Board with four reaching the top
ten. The $59,995 sale of #3
Boombox.ai by James Booth (DomainBooth.com)
led the pack with a $59,500 sale of FEM.ai, reported by Namecheap,
right behind.
Those .AI sales gave the ccTLD
category a big boost, allowing them to claim eight chart
entries overall. While the TLD is being marketed to mean
"artificial intelligence" it is actually the country
code TLD for Anguilla, a Caribbean island that is a
British overseas territory with a population of just 15,000.Sedo accounted for all three of the ccTLD sales that were
not .AI, with #12Alexander.chleading
that trio at $24,075.
While
the non .com gTLDs were limited to three spots they
claimed the big one - #1 with Profile.net - and also
scored with Afternic's
$50,000 sale of #4 (tie) Elixir.xyz and Sedo's $20,000
sale of #14 (tie) Fun.chat.
By Ron Jackson
One other note
before we go to the bi-weekly charts. With this report we have
just put up our first 2024
YTD Top Sales Charts. Those start with 20 entries
each and will grow with each new report until they are finally
capped at 100 entries each for the remainder of the
year. The final 2023
Top 100 Chart can now be found in our Domain
Sales Archive (along with all of the other annual
Top 100 charts from the past 20 years).
Now, here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Feb.
4, 2024:
The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 22 - Sun. Feb.4, 2024 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb 7, 2024)
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Profile.net
$108,897
DAN.com
2.
PhotoBooth.com
€100,000
= $107,000
Sedo
3.
Boombox.ai
$59,995
DomainBooth
4.
FEM.ai
$59,500
Namecheap
5.
Elixir.xyz
$50,000
Afternic
6.
Soaring.com
$45,000
Sedo
7.
CardPlus.com
$35,000
Sedo
8.
Spindle.ai
$32,560
Namecheap
9.
DataCenters.ai
$29,700
Namecheap
10.
AstroPhotography.com
$28,750
Sedo
11.
InPlay.ai
$24,651
Namecheap
12.
Alexander.ch
€22,500
= $24,075
Sedo
13.
PortOfNeom.com
$21,209
Dynadot
14.
tie
Fun.chat
$20,000
Sedo
14.
tie
PremiumResidency.com
$20,000
Sedo
14.
tie
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.com
$20,000
Sedo
17.
YourServer.com
$18,000
Sedo
18.
First.ca
$17,250
Sedo
19.
XUSD.com
$16,500
Sedo
20.
Fly.co
$15,000
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.
There were seven more five-figure sales just off the chart with Sedo
accounting for all but one of those. They sold Samon.com
for $12,840, Skinned.com for $12,500
and Eoco.com for $11,808. Thailand.org
added $11,000 while DropServicing.com and AutoPrivacy.com
produced $10,000 each.
Elsewhere, Hypsta.com
moved ChessHero.com via SquadHelp for $12,000.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the
.com supporting cast of four-figure sales with GardenFence.com
($9,995), XClinic.com($9,844) and Energiequelle.com
($9,613). They added $8,000 apiece for FireCo.com
and MetalArt.com while HappyNurse.com
dispensed $7,995.
BancoCentral.comdeposited $7,920, ReferUs.com returned $7,500
and TrustName.com notched $7,000. StreetApp.com
drew $6,688, HappyStones.com hauled away
$6,500, BeatStore.com booked $6,300 and NewQuay.com
kicked in $6,159.
Sedo had
38 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,900 that
are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,900
medusaweb.com
$5,900
h2core.com
$3,210
titronic.com
$5,900
extempore.com
$3,209
axaar.com
$5,500
aniday.com
$3,000
tennistoday.com
$5,350
farm-ing.com
$3,000
oamall.com
$5,213
poopeys.com
$2,889
polartherm.com
$5,000
smithheat.com
$2,888
event-go.com
$4,999
emare.com
$2,675
aicv.com
$4,900
fallstudien.com
$2,675
charolles.com
$4,800
nukeitalia.com
$2,675
evelyne.com
$4,800
schwarzenberger.com
$2,675
aleccook.com
$4,340
ednalewis.com
$2,500
occultism.com
$4,280
oguser.com
$2,500
lawvegas.com
$4,000
sugapop.com
$2,500
pushkar.com
$4,000
thailandtrip.com
$2,500
2direct.com
$3,839
causepreneur.com
$2,495
ameliavicini.com
$3,800
causepreneurs.com
$2,495
gta-rp.com
$3,800
hpcworld.com
$2,400
multicoach.com
$3,495
uvmatrix.com
$2,245
pornscene.com
$3,488
holygifts.com
$2,000
Dynadot
had a nice group in this range too, ringing up $9,010 for
Rarbg.com. $6,310 for Voronoi.com
and $6,110 for AkitaFan.com. JDTrucks.com
drove off with $5,346, MasonicAid.com
contributed $5,000 and KickingTheStigma.com
clicked for $4,895.
Also at Dynadot, EclipseTrades.com
took in $3,895, PersonsAttempting.com
posted $3,500 and SecondMe.com sold for $3,394.
Parcely.com pulled another $3,060, JerilAndGreene.com
welcomed $2,895 and RAUA.com yielded $2,785.
FastLaneLending.com located $2,498, Creatuforo.com
fetched $2,235 and LemonClaims.com squeezed
out $2,000.
At XYNames.comMyToyland.com and Gift2Give.com gathered $5,500
each while Earnm.com captured $4,200. InvestTrek.com
tallied $3,699, QuizPod.com plucked $3,500
and ChipWatch.com chalked up $2,000.
Country
Codes
Most of the ccTLD
story from the past couple of weeks was told in the all
extension section above with country domains piling up eight
chart entries on the premier chart - just one less than the
always powerful .coms. Since you saw all of those on the Big
Board, the highest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet is the #9
domain on our latest Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Sedo's $9,500 sale of Talentus.ch.
Sedo rounded out the
top ten with ClearBank.de at $8,453 and went on to
pile up 13 of the 20 chart entries overall. Aside from
DomainBooth and Namecheap, the only other venue to
sidestep the Sedo steamroller was DomainLore.uk
where #18 Mood.uk went for $6,048 and #20 RAB.co.uk
sold for $5,670.
Here is how the ccTLDs stacked up for the
two weeks ending Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024:
Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Jan. 22 - Sun. Feb.4, 2024 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb 7, 2024)
There were dozens of
additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart, led by Sedo's
sales of Zepto.in at $5,500 and Onsen.euat $5,350.They added $5,000 for E.pn
and $4,558 apiece for Lighters.eu and Marelle.fr.
Fundraising.de
delivered another $4,387, ABN.co commanded $4,280
and Nunc.de drew $4,066. Sedo added 36
more sales in this
ranging from $2,140 to $3,995 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,140 - $3,995
janelinha.com.br
$3,995
2dekansje.nl
$2,675
singlebörse.at
$3,745
garten-liebe.de
$2,675
smart-dock.de
$3,531
medsys.eu
$2,675
notifications.ai
$3,500
meinnow.de
$2,675
evolution.cx
$3,424
electricmind.de
$2,674
bauwerksabdichtung.de
$3,210
yesyoucan.fr
$2,674
beddengoed.be
$3,210
dax.es
$2,515
bluplanet.de
$3,209
egr.ch
$2,354
heyai.de
$3,209
trueheart.de
$2,301
solarmate.de
$3,209
wattsup.de
$2,246
aklief.de
$3,103
bugout.eu
$2,140
supplyx.de
$3,103
guardrail.eu
$2,140
sonnenkönig.de
$2,996
homestaging.fr
$2,140
droneshop.de
$2,943
onlineabmeldung.de
$2,140
familymobil.de
$2,943
online-abmeldung.de
$2,140
united-events.de
$2,943
renting.de
$2,140
vs-cloud.de
$2,943
smartbuy.ch
$2,140
driver.ca
$2,825
standortbestimmung.de
$2,140
Dynadot
had a strong run ofnumerical .tv domain sales
that included the following:
996.tv
$5,531
995.tv
$4,675
328.tv
$4,235
826.tv
$2,976
857.tv
$2,877
693.tv
$2,131
713.tv
$1,975
677.tv
$1,367
Dynadot also moved Melissa.io
for $5,039, Pogo.io at $4,957 and Starlink.io
at $3,383.
Backat DomainLore.uk,
ProlificLondon.co.uk produced £1,925 ($2,426).
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 were led by that 800-pound .net gorilla - Profile.net
at $108,897 that led off this report. That headed a power
trio at the top of our latest
bi-weekly Non .Com TLD Top 20 Sales Chart that also
included Elixir.xyz at $50,000 and Fun.chat
at $20,000. Sedo rounded out the first five with
Thailand.org at $11,000 and Yellow.network at $7,500.
The .nets won
the TLD race with seven chart entries - two better than the five
put up by .org. With nine different extensions
represented on the leader board, the only other TLD with
multiple entries was .art with a pair that tied for #15
at $3,250 each - Forma.art at Namecheap and
Trash.art via Godaddy.
Here is how all of the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Feb.
4, 2024:
Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Jan. 22 - Sun.
Feb.4, 2024 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb 7, 2024)
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Profile.net
$108,897
DAN.com
2.
Elixir.xyz
$50,000
Afternic
3.
Fun.chat
$20,000
Sedo
4.
Thailand.org
$11,000
Sedo
5.
Yellow.network
$7,500
Sedo
6.
Uplooder.net
$6,500
Sedo
7.
SafeDrive.org
$5,100
Sedo
8.
Strafrecht.net
€5,450
= $5,832
Sedo
9.
StopImpairedDriving.org
$5,011
Dynadot
10.
TidalWave.net
$4,995
Afternic
11.
tie
SpellingBee.net
$4,500
Sedo
11.
tie
Squares.org
$4,500
Sedo
13.
Senka.net
€3,800
= $4,066
Sedo
14.
ClimateMedicine.org
$3,895
Dynadot
15.
tie
Forma.art
$3,250
Namecheap
15.
tie
Trash.art
$3,250
GoDaddy
17.
CryptoCasinos.online
€3,000
= $3,210
Sedo
18.
Bit.club
€2,888
= $3,090
Sedo
19.
Eternel.net
$2,995
Sedo
20.
Liz.biz
$2,888
Afternic
In additional sales
just off the chart, Sedo sold 2028.paris for $2,674
and MoneyManagementInternational.org for $2,500
while Dynadot moved Eigenclass.org for $2,236 and
Yacht.pro for $1,173.
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
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Editor's
Note: If you wish to review previous Domain Sales columns,
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