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The artificial intelligence
boom remains in full bloom with the revolutionary
technology continuing to generate an extraordinary number of
aftermarket domain sales. For the first time, there are more .ai
domains on our all extension Top 20 Chart than .com
domains (9 to 7 for those keeping score). It is all the more
surprising when you consider that .ai is actually a ccTLD
for the tiny Caribbean island nation of Anguilla. When
the .ai extension was assigned to Anguilla almost 30 years ago
(1995 to be exact) only a handful of science fiction
enthusiasts would have predicted its stunning metamorphosis
into the globally popular, highly profitable TLD that it is
today.
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.AI's
chart domination this time around the track includes
commandeering of the #1 position on our latest bi-weekly all
extension Top 20 Sales Chart. Veteran domain investor
and broker Andy Booth (Booth.com)
made it happen - but not by selling the domain. Andy, one of
the most vocal proponents of top tier (and top tier only) .ai
domains, was actually the buyer of chart topper Sound.ai
at $250,000. However you may feel about the merits of
various TLDs, it should be obvious that that keyword connected
with AI is a match made in heaven.
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Namecheap
reported all of the other charted .ai sales including #5 Pose.at
at $42,500. With country code entries from two other
extensions (.in and .at), the .ai assault gave
ccTLDs 11 of the 20 chart positions. Sedo
Premium Broker Mark Ghoriafi contributed one of the
highest of those by closing a $50,000 sale on behalf of
AscendDomains
for #3 (tie) All.in
- another one of those keyword-TLD combinations that come as
close as you will ever see to perfect harmony.
As I
noted at the top, .Coms filled seven slots on the honor
roll, led by Sedo's $65,000 sale of #2 GameGenie.com.
It is interesting to note that one those .com sales was AI
oriented as well with Sedo selling #18 AIAssistants.com
for $15,000. Bruce Sadowitz also aided the .com
cause with his $24,750 sale of OnlineForms.com
through Afternic.
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By Ron Jackson
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The non .com
gTLDs were limited to two spots but one of those,
Rails.xyz at $50,000 via Afternic, crashed the
first five. That domain is now the home of a new
cryptocurrency trading company that is currently preparing to
launch.
Here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Feb.
18, 2024:
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 5 - Sun. Feb. 18, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb 21, 2024) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Sound.ai |
$250,000 |
Pvt Sale
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2. |
GameGenie.com |
$65,000 |
Sedo |
3.
tie |
All.in |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
3.
tie |
Rails.xyz |
$50,000 |
Afternic |
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5. |
Pose.ai |
$42,500 |
Namecheap |
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6. |
DroneShop.com |
€33,000
= $35,640 |
Sedo |
7.
tie |
Receivable.ai |
$35,000 |
Namecheap |
7.
tie |
Witness.ai |
$35,000 |
Namecheap |
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9. |
FreeWebsites.com |
$30,500 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Spare.ai |
$30,475 |
Namecheap |
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11. |
Crossroads.ai |
$27,500 |
Namecheap |
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12. |
Inner.ai |
$27,000 |
Namecheap |
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13. |
OnlineForms.com |
$24,750 |
Afternic |
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14. |
Norm.ai |
$23,490 |
Namecheap |
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15. |
CapTable.ai |
$20,000 |
Namecheap |
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16. |
PIIM.com |
$18,000 |
Sedo |
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17. |
Aeon.life |
€14,500
= $15,660 |
Sedo |
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18. |
AIAssistants.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
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19. |
ReiserVersicherung.at
("travel insurance" in German) |
€12,500
= $13,608 |
Sedo |
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20. |
PVShop.com |
$11,432 |
Sedo |
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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
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The All-Time Top 20
All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
(2003
to Now) |
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In another five-figure
sale just off the chart, Sedo sold Razom.com for
$10,000.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the
.com supporting cast of four-figure sales with Indutrax ($9,995),
Antros.com ($9,900) and KKBA.com ($9,500). They added $8,800
for TravelDreams.com and $8,000 for Z47.com.
SIMR.com kicked
in another $7,999, TekSupport.com tacked on $7,823
and Roltex.com returned $7,300. CroClub.com
clicked for $6,700, CheapLaptops.com
chalked up $6,099 and Kienco.com collected $6,000.
Sedo had 41 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,900 that
are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,900
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| lgmanagement.com |
$5,900 |
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kwol.com |
$3,000 |
| teachmate.com |
$5,750 |
usbettingapps.com |
$3,000 |
| ferr.com |
$5,508 |
cityofbell.com |
$2,999 |
| ilmin.com |
$5,500 |
tuergriff.com |
$2,999 |
| baeder.com |
$5,400 |
farnesi.com |
$2,970 |
| mpga.com |
$5,400 |
curviq.com |
$2,750 |
| moneyfund.com |
$5,000 |
markprint.com |
$2,700 |
| taskbots.com |
$4,960 |
spinforluck.com |
$2,700 |
| alpha-ai.com |
$4,800 |
verkaufstraining.com |
$2,700 |
| ritelok.com |
$4,800 |
admk.com |
$2,500 |
| alltheartists.com |
$4,320 |
cazino24.com |
$2,500 |
| gridrunner.com |
$4,320 |
ctrchicken.com |
$2,500 |
| ichatbot.com |
$3,999 |
outermind.com |
$2,500 |
| northware.com |
$3,800 |
fueld.com |
$2,499 |
| swor.com |
$3,724 |
soiltechdistributors.com |
$2,499 |
| adaptiveretail.com |
$3,600 |
eu3.com |
$2,392 |
| motowings.com |
$3,600 |
safone.com |
$2,200 |
| ataula.com |
$3,410 |
autonomics.com |
$2,000 |
| costaproperties.com |
$3,240 |
brownmedia.com |
$2,000 |
| 911systems.com |
$3,000 |
romancasino.com |
$2,000 |
| administracionclara.com |
$3,000 |
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Elsewhere, BigHit.com
booked $2,500 for RoulettePlus.com,
Country
Codes
This is one of the
rare times that, if you saw the all extension Top Sales
Chart, you have already seen more than half of the Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart! That is because the 11 biggest
ccTLD sales all made the main chart as well. Andy
Booth's big buy of Sound.ai at $250,000 led
the ccTLD rampage that included nine .ai sales.
That means that the
biggest sale from this group that you haven't seen yet is the
#12 name on the Country Code Top 20. That is Sedo's
$9,500 sale of eBooking.hk. Sedo piled up nine
entries overall, led by #2 All.in at $50,000 and
additional hits in a variety of extensions including #13 Benevolent.eu
at $8,099 and #14 GuardRail.it at $7,000.
DomainLore.uk
also got into the act with #19 Freight.co.uk at $5,716
and #20 Leaflets.co.uk at $5,715. Here is how the ccTLDs stacked up for the
two weeks ending Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Feb. 5 - Sun. Feb. 18, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb 21, 2024) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Sound.ai |
$250,000 |
Pvt Sale
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2. |
All.in |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Pose.ai |
$42,500 |
Namecheap |
4.
tie |
Receivable.ai |
$35,000 |
Namecheap |
4.
tie |
Witness.ai |
$35,000 |
Namecheap |
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6. |
Spare.ai |
$30,475 |
Namecheap |
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7. |
Crossroads.ai |
$27,500 |
Namecheap |
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8. |
Inner.ai |
$27,000 |
Namecheap |
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9. |
Norm.ai |
$23,490 |
Namecheap |
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10. |
CapTable.ai |
$20,000 |
Namecheap |
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11. |
ReiseVersicherung.at
("travel insurance" in German) |
€12,500
= $13,608 |
Sedo |
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12. |
eBooking.hk |
$9,500 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Benevolent.eu |
€7,499
= $8,099 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Guardrail.it |
$7,000 |
Sedo |
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15. |
Kecks.co.uk |
£5,500
= $6.985 |
Sedo |
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16. |
Betano.cn |
$6,500 |
Sedo |
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17. |
Rate.bg |
€6,000
= $6,480 |
Sedo |
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18. |
FamilyOffice.de |
€5,750
= $6,210 |
Sedo |
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19. |
Freight.co.uk |
£4,501
= $5,716 |
DomainLore.uk |
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20. |
Leaflets.co.uk |
£4,500
= $5,715 |
DomainLore.uk |
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There were dozens of
additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart, led by Sedo's
sales of Yago.in ($5,500), MrBeauty.de ($5,400)
and WonderSmile.de ($5,130). MetaVoice.io
called in $4,924, Globex.co banked $4,375,
Amply.eu yielded $4,319 and Hukam.de
delivered $4,050.
Sedo added 30
more sales in this
ranging from $2,160 to $3,780 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,160 - $3,780
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| osmosefilter.de |
$3,780 |
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craze.eu |
$2,807 |
| infermieri.it |
$3,240 |
convince.de |
$2,700 |
| masajes.cl |
$3,240 |
family.cl |
$2,700 |
| grillpfannen.de |
$3,229 |
health-cloud.de |
$2,700 |
| musikmedizin.de |
$3,218 |
meinheizkoerper.de |
$2,700 |
| smartprocure.de |
$3,186 |
nsd.fi |
$2,700 |
| kehrwieder.de |
$3,132 |
radsport24.de |
$2,700 |
| sawstop.eu |
$3,132 |
teegut.de |
$2,700 |
| btvalo.us |
$2,999 |
naga.eu |
$2,699 |
| hydraulics.in |
$2,999 |
upsells.de |
$2,699 |
| negoiba.de |
$2,999 |
localrent.es |
$2,500 |
| mypadel.de |
$2,970 |
onlineshop.no |
$2,430 |
| resolute.de |
$2,970 |
natur.es |
$2,376 |
| versicherungsguru.de |
$2,970 |
3dinvest.de |
$2,160 |
| punktekonto.de |
$2,862 |
imm.es |
$2,160 |
Back at DomainLore.uk,
VA.uk commanded $4,191, Walpole.co.uk
went for $2,096, FencingPanels.co.uk
fetched $1,969 and NationwidePharmacies.co.uk
dispensed $1,651.
Elsewhere, BuyDomainNames.co.uk
sold EPP.uk and EPP.co.uk for
$3,819 apiece while Datacube
moved Midtown.us for $3,500.
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 pair of five-figure sales you saw
at the top of the report - Rails.xyz at $50,000 via
Afternic and Aeon.life at $15,660 through Sedo.
The biggest sale is this category that you haven't seen yet is
Sedo's $9,999 sale of #3 Plus.bet.
.ART took over
after that, sweeping the next four entries in a row, including a
trio that went for $6,500 each. Those were GoDaddy
sales of Cold.art and God.art and Namecheap's
sale of Don.art. Get.art
capped the run with a $5,000 sale of #7 Silk.art.
The extension race
wound up in a three-way tie between .art, .net and
.org with each TLD taking four chart entries. No other
TLD has more than one.
Here is how all of the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Feb.
18, 2024:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Feb. 5 - Sun.
Feb. 18, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb 21, 2024)
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Rails.xyz |
$50,000 |
Afternic
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2. |
Aeon.life |
€14,500
= $15,660 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Plus.bet |
$9,999 |
Sedo |
4.
tie |
Cold.art |
$6,500 |
GoDaddy |
4.
tie |
Don.art |
$6,500 |
Namecheap |
4.
tie |
God.art |
$6,500 |
GoDaddy |
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7. |
Silk.art |
$5,000 |
Get.art |
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8. |
Heidi.org |
$4,900 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Hey.id |
$4,250 |
DAN.com |
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10. |
HDC.net |
$3,750 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Supercloud.net |
$3,500 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Yuen.org |
$3,000 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
HPS.tech |
$2,500 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
Pata.group |
$2,500 |
Sedo |
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15. |
GPT.market |
$2,499 |
DAN.com |
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16. |
HighLevel.net |
$2,000 |
BuyDomains |
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17. |
TransLogic.net |
$1,950 |
Afternic |
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18. |
LaoFarm.org |
$1,877 |
DropCatch |
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19. |
Stake.cash |
$1,499 |
Afternic |
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20. |
GetAccess.org |
$1,288 |
BuyDomains |
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With the latest data
in, our 2024
YTD Top Sales Charts are continuing to expand
so you will also want to check those out to get fully up to
speed on where we stand at this point in the new year.
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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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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.
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