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Obliterates the Competition, Sweeping 15 of 20 Entries on Our Latest
Top 20 Domain Sales Chart
In
over 20 years of posting domain sales charts we've never
seen one that looked like the latest one below. While we have
seen a single TLD sweep 15 or more entries on a single Top 20
chart, that TLD was always.com - but not this
week. Led by an $85,000 sale of Odyssey.ai
reported by Namecheap,
.ai domains went on to claim 15 places on our latest bi-weekly
all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. Of the remaining
positions, two went to other ccTLDs, two went to
.xyz (a non .com gTLD) and - also unprecedented - only one
went to .com. That was Sedo's$50,000 sale of #2 Qamar.com.
Now, there were some
extenuating circumstances. The past two weeks included the
four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the
U.S. With most offices closed, it is common for business
to slow down in this stretch and we also tend to get info from
fewer sources while everyone is enjoying the break. That may
have played a role in none of the usual high end .com
sales being made public in this time frame. However,
Namecheap, a .AI powerhouse did release a couple of impressive
lists of five-figure .ai sales that filled the void
and then some. We may not see anything quite this lopsided
again but, regardless of the circumstances, it leaves no doubt
that the .ai is getting a stunning level of love from
both AI start-ups and investors.
As
most of you know by now, .al is a re-purposed ccTLD that
represents the Caribbean island of Anguilla (whose
government has reaped a windfall from the artificial
intelligence boom). The other ccTLDs that earned spots on the
new leader board were #7 Lentillas.es (Spanish for
"contact lenses"), at $39,900 and #15 Rugs.it
(an Italian country code domain) at $30,975, with both
of those sales coming through Sedo.
The non
.com gTLDs were able to take a couple of bows as well,
thanks to a pair of .xyz sales that Afternic
completed of behalf of Swetha.xyz.
Those were #5 (tie) Operator.xyz at $40,000
and #11 Backpack.xyz at $34,888.
Everything
else wound up in the .ai column, including a pair of
$45,000 sales - Diviorce.ai and Salt.ai -
that tied for #3.
By Ron Jackson
Here is how
all of the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday,
December 8, 2024
The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Nov. 25 - Sun. Dec. 8, 2024 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Dec. 11, 2024)
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Odyssey.ai
$85,000
Namecheap
2.
Qamar.com
$50,000
Sedo
3.
tie
Divorce.ai
$45,000
Namecheap
3.
tie
Salt.ai
$45,000
Namecheap
5.
tie
Liftoff.ai
$40,000
Namecheap
5.
tie
Operator.xyz
$40,000
Swetha.xyz/Afternic
7.
Lentillas.es (Spanish for "contact lenses")
€38,000
= $39,900
Sedo
8.
tie
MAZ.ai
$36,000
Namecheap
8.
tie
Ruya.ai
$36,000
Namecheap
10.
Encyclopedia.ai
$35,000
Namecheap
11.
Backpack.xyz
$34,888
Swetha.xyz/Afternic
12.
Polyester.ai
$34,000
Namecheap
13.
Leaders.ai
$33,000
Namecheap
14.
Emmi.ai
$31,000
Namecheap
15.
Rugs.it
€29,500
= $30,975
Sedo
16.
tie
Clasp.ai
$30,000
Namecheap
16.
tie
DBA.ai
$30,000
Namecheap
16.
tie
Leet.ai
$30,000
Namecheap
16.
tie
Woven.ai
$30,000
Namecheap
20.
Daybreak.ai
$27,000
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 20 more
five-figure sales off the chart, with Sedo taking the lead
in that group by sweeping the first 11 entries as shown in the table
below:
Domain
Sold
For
Where Sold
expresscloud.com
$26,000
Sedo
shimon.com
$25,000
Sedo
medagent.com
$22,500
Sedo
zoiks.com
$21,000
Sedo
jammer.net
$19,000
Sedo
valid.co
$18,000
Sedo
shred.ai
$17,999
Sedo
rebills.com
$17,000
Sedo
EPJ.com
$16,625
Sedo
fashionpay.com
$16,199
Sedo
digikit.com
$16,000
Sedo
3p.ai
$13,911
Namecheap
90.ai
$13,911
Namecheap
s9.ai
$13,911
Namecheap
TOD.ai
$13,911
Namecheap
flyholidays.com
$13,000
Sedo
Pendidikan.net
$12,380
Namecheap
QIM.com
$10,250
Sedo
Holozoo.com
$10,000
GoDaddy
techdept.com
$10,000
Sedo
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo also led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales
with Botty.com and JustDirect.com at $9,999
each. WildSeas.com added $9,600, Tributer.com
kicked in $9, 449 and FieldBots.com brought $9,000.
Sedo also scored with Crysto.com
at $8,998, ExpoTeam.com at $8,032
and LivablePlaces.com at $8,000. Denpa.com
drew another $7,995, Gousd.com clicked for
$7,832 and Piral.com posted $7,500.
Sedo had 52 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,563 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $6,563
aiparty.com
$6,563
canyonclub.com
$3,900
micv.com
$6,248
enginestand.com
$3,899
americandatacorp.com
$6,000
lyleproperties.com
$3,888
ltdtrucking.com
$6,000
swoodi.com
$3,850
universy.com
$6,000
atlas-shoes.com
$3,800
realtymart.com
$5,951
prospermedical.com
$3,795
actualites.com
$5,250
sustainablebanking.com
$3,674
cryptowhales.com
$5,000
linligi.com
$3,500
instag.com
$5,000
monarchhomeservices.com
$3,450
torgeson.com
$5,000
iglos.com
$3,413
trslot.com
$5,000
anaro.com
$3,400
arabicslots.com
$4,999
parcheshandpress.com
$3,300
cheekyfoods.com
$4,999
neobed.com
$3,099
nitesurfer.com
$4,899
unan.com
$3,000
sterlinginstitute.com
$4,888
elavie.com
$2,999
roofclosets.com
$4,620
giftsaustralia.com
$2,999
autodispo.com
$4,559
offerscout.com
$2,940
knoxsystems.com
$4,500
kancelare.com
$2,824
geeklocker.com
$4,465
rob-paris.com
$2,520
etuhar.com
$4,099
gudok.com
$2,500
crypter.com
$4,000
vervecollective.com
$2,499
fbkgroup.com
$4,000
rikoda.com
$2,380
multicia.com
$4,000
space-mining.com
$2,222
subathon.com
$4,000
dolrins.com
$2,099
hautevintage.com
$3,995
climap.com
$2,000
sbsfence.com
$3,995
contractbeds.com
$2,000
Country
Codes
As was the case with
the the all extension leader board above, our latest ccTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
looks different than it ever has before. For the first time everyentry on the honor roll is in five figures. Of
course, this phenomenon was produced by the .ai
tsunami. There are 23 entries on the list due to a four-way tie
for the final position and 20 of those are .ai sales, led by the
$85,000 Odyssey.ai sale reported by Namecheap.
The only exceptions to
the .ai rule were a trio of Sedo sales - #5
Lentillas.es at $39,900, #12 Rugs.it at
$30,975 and #18 Valid.co at $18,000. Sedo
also had a hand in .ai's romp with their $17,999 sale of
#19 Shred.ai.
Here is how the all of the
top ccTLDs stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, December
8, 2024:
Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Nov. 25 - Sun. Dec. 8, 2024 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Dec. 11, 2024)
There were dozens
of four-figure ccTLD sales as well with ALLof
those, for the first time, falling outside the Top 20. Sedo dominated
this group with a roster led by InBet.in at $8,999
and UBI.fr at $6,825. Hakerzy.pl
and Redirect.me added $6,300 each and Tactix.ai
tacked on $6,000.
Sedo had 39 more sales
ranging from $2,100 to $5,565 that are listed in
the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,100 - $5,565
career.de
$5,565
BRO.es
$2,625
gemuesemeyer.de
$5,250
gold-abo.de
$2,625
sessel.at
$5,250
krebspraevention.de
$2,625
FFD.ai
$5,000
rent-cars.de
$2,625
sessel.ch
$4,199
study.fr
$2,625
asha.ai
$4,000
quiz.fi
$2,624
QCY.in
$3,800
monlit.fr
$2,573
bioguard.eu
$3,149
officeguru.de
$2,573
docid.de
$3,149
propertypilot.de
$2,573
mention-me.de
$3,149
mieter-selbstauskunft.de
$2,499
crafttech.de
$3,145
mojo.co.za
$2,450
ingrowth.de
$3,098
autodispo.fr
$2,204
versastore.de
$3,045
cyclelab.de
$2,100
yepzy.me
$3,000
erdwaerme-bohrung.de
$2,100
musso.eu
$2,729
mondogiochi.it
$2,100
neurons.eu
$2,729
roomies.eu
$2,100
IDI.kr
$2,650
simplify.ch
$2,100
a-level.de
$2,625
twinwin.de
$2,100
arctic-blue.de
$2,625
At NameShift.com,
Wander.be went for $3,886, Dakwerk.nl
drew $2,775 and SlotStars.se hit a $2,279
jackpot .Lafleur.nllanded $1,770, Diract.nl
returned $1,437 and two others - Itam.nl
and K2D.de - delivered $1,387 apiece.
Also at Nameshift, Hennig.de
and Multicare.nl notched $1,332 each. Tikvah.nl
tallied $1,326 and Waikiki.nlwelcomed
$1,276. Three others - KingStar.nl,Kompier.nl
and Wegmarkeringen.nl - sold for $1,110
apiece.
At DomainLore.ukChurchill-Society-London.org.uk
chalked up $3,200,romulocafe.co.uk
attracted $2,752 and SpaceForSmarterGovernment.uk
collected $2,012. Prodigious.co.uk
added $1,242 and Dick.co.uk clocked
in at $1,088.
Elswhere, Afternic
sold AfterHours.tvfor $3,500 and AscendDomains
moved CarValue.in for $1,495.
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 the quartet of five-figure sales you saw in the all
extension section above with Operator.xyz at $40,000
leading our latest Non .com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart.
Sedo rounded out the first five with Mein.deal at $9,450.
In recent weeks the .orgs
have scored easy wins in the TLD race and it was no different
this time around the track as they filled 7 slots on the
honor roll. No other TLD had more than three (.net's
number). That made for a very diverse field with 11 different
extensions taking places on the leader board.
Here is how the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday,
December 8, 2024:
Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Nov. 25 - Sun.
Dec. 8, 2024 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Dec. 11, 2024)
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Operator.xyz
$40,000
Swetha.xyz/Afternic
2.
Backpack.xyz
$34,888
Swetha.xyz/Afternic
3.
Jammer.net
$19,000
Sedo
4.
Pendidikan.net ("education" in Indonesian)
$12,380
Namecheap
5.
Mein.deal
€9,000
= $9,450
Sedo
6.
FinalRound.org
$8,800
GoDaddy
7.
UCID.org
€5,999
= $6,299
Sedo
8.
Jita.app
$5,000
Afternic
9.
Jobs.berlin
€4,700
= $4,935
Sedo
10.
Cartoons.org
$4,500
Sedo
11.
Karim.org
$4,000
Sedo
12.
Ganet.org
$3,950
GoDaddy
13.
Accommodation.info
$3,750
Sedo
14.
KAM.org
$3,499
Sedo
15.
IP.world
$3,299
Sedo
16.
Violette.net
$3,000
Sedo
17.
RHFA.org
$2,999
Sedo
18.
tie
Empirical.bio
$2,500
Sedo
18.
tie
Jumo.group
$2,500
Sedo
20.
RGB.fun
$2,361
Sedo
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.