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At
the end of the day last Friday (October 25, 2024), I got a
message from George Kirikos telling me he had found and
just reported the price that had been paid for Rocket.com
in a transaction early last month. In a post
on his FreeSpeech.com blog, George revealed the
number was $14 million, making it the biggest publicly
reported domain sale of the year to date by a wide margin. As
you can see on our YTD
Top 100 Sales Chart, the previous leader was Gold.com
at $8,515,000 last May. You will also notice a common
thread between those two blockbusters - both were
brokered by Hilco
Digital Assets, who has been an aftermarket
powerhouse ever since its formation two years ago.
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As he
has done in uncovering so many historic sales in the past,
George found the Rocket.com price while researching SEC
filings thus answering a question people have been
wondering about since DomaininInvesting.com
noticed an ownership change in the WhoIs record for the
domain. In this case, the filing was made by the seller,
corporate giant L3 Harris, who sent the name to another
business behemoth, the operators of Rocket Mortgage.
One
other note on this sale. $14 million is the net amount the
seller received. The buyer may have also paid an additional
commission or fees that, for a transaction of this size, would
be substantial. For our charts, the full price paid to
acquire a domain is the standard we use if that
information is available. If not, as in this case, we will use
the .net amount. If the cost of any additional payments made
by the buyer later comes to light, we will update the price for
Rocket.com on our charts to reflect that.
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I got
the Rocket.com news just as we were heading out of town for an
extended weekend so I was already assured of being a happy
camper, but that wasn't the only transaction that has put a
smile on my face since our last bi-weekly report (good news
from the aftermarket is good news for all of us). Three of
those reached six figures to fill out the first four on our
latest
all-extension Top 20 Sales Chart. Those included an
eye-popping 3-letter .com sale from Jeff Gabriel
and his team at Saw.com
where OOV.com changed hands for $400,000. Kate
Buckley and Todd Henderson at Defining.com
also hit another one out of the park, moving Timely.com
for $228,825. That gave the buyer, Timely AS, a
huge upgrade from TimelyApp.com. Sedo
rang the 6-figure bell too, banking $100,000 for SydneyTools.com.
While
the .coms swept the first four spots and 13 of 20
places overall, the non .com gTLDs weren't sleeping at
the wheel. Fin.tech tied for #5 after selling for $50,000
at Sedo and Huge.org tied for #8 after going for $40,000
through Braden Pollock's LegalBrandMarketing.com.
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By Ron Jackson
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The ccTLDs
did even better, piling up 5 places on the honor roll,
again thanks primarily to .ai sales that filled four of
those slots, starting with #5 (tie) Rhyme.ai at $50,000
via Namecheap.
#7 Cloud.me also scored for the country code crowd,
attracting $42,500 at Sedo.
Here is how
all of the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday,
October 27, 2024
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 14 - Sun. Oct. 27, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Oct. 30, 2024) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Rocket.com |
$14,000,000 |
Hilco
Digital Assets |
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2. |
OOV.com |
$400,000 |
Saw.com |
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3. |
Timely.com |
$228,825 |
Defining.com |
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4. |
SydneyTools.com |
$100,000 |
Sedo |
5.
tie |
Fin.tech |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
5.
tie |
Rhyme.ai |
$50,000 |
Namecheap |
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7. |
Cloud.me |
$42,500 |
Sedo |
8.
tie |
Across.ai |
$40,000 |
Namecheap |
8.
tie |
Huge.org |
$40,000 |
LegalBrandMarketing |
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10. |
VitalHerb.com |
$30,000 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Reversed.com |
$27,000 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Dextek.com |
$26,000 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Igent.com |
$25,500 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Qwen.com |
$25,000 |
LegalBrandMarketing |
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15. |
Swarms.ai |
$23,911 |
Namecheap |
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16. |
EaseCapital.com |
$22,000 |
Sedo |
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17. |
RockApp.com |
$21,700 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Void.ai |
$17,820 |
Namecheap |
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19. |
EasyEats.com |
$16,500 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Wanelo.com |
$16,000 |
SnapNames |
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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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There were nine more five-figure sales off the
chart led by NameJet's
$15,789 sale of Cloudberry.com. They added another $11,000
for AvantGuard.com. Sedo posted the other seven
with a group led by CasinoNorge.com at $14,995, Castorpollux.com
at $11,299 and BetterWin.com at $11,000. H2.nrw
drew $10,814, Defence.eu yielded $10,737
and two others - DBIZ.com and Jerecrute.com -
kicked in $10,000 each.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo also led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with
WinLion.com at $9,995 and RVNN.com at $9,605.
Epicompany.com collected another $8,800, Polmark.com
pulled in $8,666 and ARKM.com clicked for $8,500.
GentleCare.com
contributed $8,000, Alluni.com landed $7,500
and TrustedLegal.com logged $7,300. TNInsurance.com
secured $7,299 while MindByte.com and PrintAPI.com
produced $7,000 apiece and Smoochie.com chalked
up $6,500.
Sedo had 42 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,321 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $6,321
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| dynamomedia.com |
$6,321 |
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aeroride.com |
$3,500 |
| isopack.com |
$5,341 |
pickyourprice.com |
$3,500 |
| pornostar.com |
$5,341 |
liftingempire.com |
$3,495 |
| akshar.com |
$5,200 |
decobay.com |
$3,270 |
| fembet.com |
$5,000 |
raftwars.com |
$3,148 |
| flopath.com |
$5,000 |
namastepunjab.com |
$3,000 |
| octonomy.com |
$5,000 |
ot777.com |
$3,000 |
| trashwatch.com |
$5,000 |
lazyfans.com |
$2,950 |
| aseaa.com |
$4,999 |
bleedspeed.com |
$2,888 |
| 5-elements.com |
$4,995 |
jadejones.com |
$2,799 |
| yqla.com |
$4,995 |
dearnorth.com |
$2,798 |
| novacademy.com |
$4,905 |
cricketstats.com |
$2,500 |
| accessexpress.com |
$4,888 |
fateai.com |
$2,499 |
| unastella.com |
$4,888 |
onlythegoods.com |
$2,485 |
| mgrail.com |
$4,399 |
nimaso.com |
$2,399 |
| netboat.com |
$4,360 |
monarchinvesting.com |
$2,222 |
| spiti.com |
$4,360 |
gbt2.com |
$2,022 |
| seraphi.com |
$4,306 |
gokings.com |
$2,000 |
| powhatan.com |
$3,900 |
mailprovider.com |
$2,000 |
| 6408.com |
$3,870 |
marketingauditor.com |
$2,000 |
| play8x.com |
$3,588 |
valeara.com |
$2,000 |
At SnapNames
Intelligo.com tallied $9,254, UPNE.com
cleared $8,750, SportsTickets.com spawned $7,569
and Recce.com returned $7,257. SnapNames
had 33 more sales ranging from $2,006 to $4,800
that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
SnapNames .com Sales Between $2,006 - $4,800
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| ezit.com |
$4,800 |
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praxy.com |
$2,502 |
| litlife.com |
$4,550 |
cornerstonebrewing.com |
$2,500 |
| goldensteersteakhouse.com |
$3,800 |
moremusic.com |
$2,477 |
| energypower.com |
$3,689 |
thenookcoffeehouse.com |
$2,466 |
| biofix.com |
$3,677 |
domainattorney.com |
$2,345 |
| realsense.com |
$3,600 |
wepex.com |
$2,301 |
| ventureforward.com |
$3,337 |
eatatspitz.com |
$2,300 |
| roboost.com |
$3,300 |
optimyze.com |
$2,300 |
| rugstore.com |
$3,200 |
sparkcare.com |
$2,300 |
| ssbb.com |
$3,200 |
layouth.com |
$2,272 |
| wisdomacademy.com |
$3,200 |
tempore.com |
$2,250 |
| stoneysseafoodhouse.com |
$3,000 |
alagasyrup.com |
$2,151 |
| forensicexperts.com |
$2,800 |
abaxx.com |
$2,150 |
| pacificweddings.com |
$2,719 |
artificio.com |
$2,100 |
| machinelabs.com |
$2,705 |
thenewoakparkmall.com |
$2,055 |
| insat.com |
$2,700 |
servicemesh.com |
$2,006 |
| waypath.com |
$2,600 |
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SnapNames' sister site, NameJet,
was making some noise too, ringing up the 16 sales shown below:
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Additional
ameJet .com Sales Between $2,006 - $4,800
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| hyfe.com |
$6,750 |
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dogpod.com |
$3,497 |
| chrystal.com |
$6,327 |
mexica.com |
$3,300 |
| evernym.com |
$5,350 |
playpool.com |
$3,250 |
| investdirect.com |
$4,788 |
vought.com |
$2,955 |
| wavenewspapers.com |
$4,300 |
supremia.com |
$2,688 |
| lesucre.com |
$3,824 |
rockyriver.com |
$2,600 |
| scienta.com |
$3,677 |
climbandmore.com |
$2,055 |
| heartibiza.com |
$3,610 |
nettruyenus.com |
$2,041 |
At Dynadot,
OpenCosmos.com ogled $8,030, Padelsmash.com
plucked $5,700 and ADFA.com coaxed $4,960.
Alohasir.com and DoradoJewelry.com drew $4,895
each while TheKeyWorldwide.com went for $3,600. BooksFactory.com
bagged $3,561, SolaxPower.com generated $3,000
and MahamanaNews.com delivered $2,600. LightSaberAcademy.com
added $2,561 and Perlbuzz.com banked $2,248.
Elsewhere, XYNames.com
rang up $7,750 for StartConnect.com, $4,500 for Wealthcom.com
and $4,000 for PixClick.com while Tweeted.com
collected $4,500 for WorkChats.com.
...and
we're not done yet!
Continue
to Page 2 for
the ccTLD and Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Charts and
all other sales reported in those categories over the past two
weeks.
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