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The first month of
the 2025 domain sales season is now in the books and if
the next 11 are like this, there will be a lot of happy
campers in the aftermarket. Over the past couple of weeks,
five more six-figure sales have been publicly reported
(and far more were completed under NDAs). We also saw another
big wave of .AI sales with nine of those flooding our
latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart (including one
that is a member of that 6-Figure club).
The
headliner is an eye-popping $431,400 sale of Fanbase.com.
One thing of particular interest about this sale
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is where
it took place. That was on the Fruits.co
platform that many of you (especially in the U.S.) might not
be familiar with yet. Fruits.co is an aftermarket sales
platform that just launched last year and already has over 1
million listings. The innovative site, based in Munich,
was built by some of the industry's most successful Europe-based
entrepreneurs
and investors (I've known some of them for over 15
years and will be sharing all of the details about their
latest venture in an upcoming article). Fruits.co joins a
number of impressive new marketplaces that have risen since GoDaddy
bought DAN.com and merged that popular platform into Afternic.
Also
making big news this time out is Sedo's
£300,000 ($375,000) sale of #2 Tyres.co.uk. That
is not just the highest ccTLD sale of the new year, it is
bigger than any country code sale reported all of last year
when Girlfriend.ai at $274,610 led the final
ccTLD Top 100 Chart. Namecheap
gave the ccTLD's another 2025 headliner with their $100,000
sale of #5 Tether.ai. Namecheap, who just started a daily
.ai auction, went on to put six more .ai
domains on the leader board, with .ai filling nine
spots overall.
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...and
the hits just keep on coming, the two top 5 sales between Tyres.co.uk
and Tether.ai both went to Kate
Buckley's busy brokerage at Defining.com.
They closed a $176,943 sale of #3 Candidly.com and
a $101,900 sale of #4 VirtualAssistants.com. But
wait - there's more! They also closed a six-figure deal for Hilo.com
that was under an NDA, so the exact price hasn't been
revealed. I just saw Kate and her partner Todd Henderson last
week at the 2025
ICA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. They
are always smiling, but this would explain the especially big
smiles at our latest get together.
One
other note before we go to the bi-weekly Top 20 - now that we
have a full month's worth's of sales data in, we have
published our first 2025
Year-to-Date Top Sales Charts. The final Top
100 Chart for 2024 has now taken up permanent residence
in our Domain
Sales Archive where it will always remain
available for reference.
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By Ron Jackson
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Now,
here
is how all of the leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending
Sunday,
Feb. 2, 2025
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 20 - Sun. Feb. 2, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb. 5, 2025) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Fanbase.com |
$431,400 |
Fruits.co |
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2. |
Tyres.co.uk |
£300,000
= $375,000 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Candidly.com |
$176,943 |
Defining.com |
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4. |
VirtualAssistants.com |
$101,900 |
Defining.com |
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5. |
Tether.ai |
$100,000 |
Namecheap |
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6. |
Wink.ai |
$70,000 |
Namecheap |
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7. |
Starbase.ai |
$58,000 |
Namecheap |
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8. |
Rift.ai |
$50,000 |
Namecheap |
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9. |
Klutch.ai |
$44,396 |
DomainBooth |
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10. |
SimpleStudy.com |
$40,000 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Heidi.ai |
$39,950 |
Namecheap |
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12. |
Madoma.com |
€30,000
= $31,200 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
Composters.com |
$30,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
13.
tie |
FastTrack.ai |
$30,000 |
NameCheap |
13.
tie |
Reindeer.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
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16. |
Delight.ai |
$29,999 |
Sedo |
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17. |
Oxea.com |
$27,799 |
Sedo |
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18. |
25Bet.com |
€25,000
= $26,000 |
Sedo |
19.
tie |
Blings.com |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
19.
tie |
Thundermail.com |
$25,000 |
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
reports is available here. |
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CLICK
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Click Link Below
for
The All-Time Top 20
All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
(2003
to Now) |
HealthInsurance Services, Inc
eHealthInsurance Services, Inc
eHealthInsurance Services, Inc
There were 18 more
five-figure sales off the chart, ranging from $10,000 to
$23,911
that are listed in the table below:
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Domain |
Sold
For |
Where Sold |
| SalesAgent.ai |
$23,911 |
Namecheap |
| Drinks.me |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
| Paval.com |
$20,000 |
DomainMarket |
| CXT.ai |
$17,699 |
DomainBooth |
| Vine.co.uk |
$16,875 |
DomainLore.uk |
| YNT.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
| ZIW.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
| 89.ai |
$14,000 |
Namecheap |
| Derma.net |
$14,000 |
LegalBrandMarketing |
| HealthPlans.ai |
$13,911 |
Namecheap |
| Odden.com |
$13,703 |
Sedo |
| InvestInMorocco.com |
$10,400 |
Sedo |
| Piercing.ch |
$10,400 |
Sedo |
| BiotechNews.com |
$10,211 |
Dynadot |
| Bizbiz.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| DroneTrace.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| LickIt.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| Lilli.ai |
$10,000 |
Namecheap |
.Com
Supporting Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales
with LiveSportsNews.com at $9,995 and Hopmann.com
and $9,888. QMortage.com added $8,000 and TalentOnTap.com
tacked on $7,438. OurForte.com fetched $6,995,
OpenPlanner.com posted $6,750 and IonSport.com
drew $6,136.
Chezelle.com
chalked up $5,900, Lovano.com landed $5,826
and Blue-Onyx.com attracted $5,499. ShoesPlease.com
socked away $5,200, AltList.com cleared $5,146
and Souverän.com (IDN) sold for $5,084.
Sedo had 50 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
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| pornhwa.com |
$5,000 |
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dealerscope.com |
$2,912 |
| restoreyouth.com |
$5,000 |
vecct.com |
$2,899 |
| zyso.com |
$5,000 |
centralexcavating.com |
$2,888 |
| footyodds.com |
$4,995 |
dr3am.com |
$2,888 |
| urbantreasure.com |
$4,500 |
homesdesign.com |
$2,649 |
| almaria.com |
$4,000 |
funparks.com |
$2,595 |
| coldpaw.com |
$4,000 |
biospain.com |
$2,500 |
| origix.com |
$4,000 |
moese.com |
$2,500 |
| jawatengah.com |
$3,800 |
texcon.com |
$2,500 |
| j-pix.com |
$3,800 |
xpads.com |
$2,499 |
| probateexperts.com |
$3,799 |
lookforproperties.com |
$2,499 |
| madgarden.com |
$3,699 |
nordicdrilling.com |
$2,495 |
| timeexperience.com |
$3,599 |
packagingai.com |
$2,488 |
| sparkpilot.com |
$3,595 |
ainotebook.com |
$2,399 |
| butterfly6.com |
$3,500 |
wowfortune.com |
$2,353 |
| tradefinancepartners.com |
$3,500 |
compactfoods.com |
$2,305 |
| killerparty.com |
$3,432 |
hypestrategy.com |
$2,275 |
| oqio.com |
$3,100 |
worldexpat.com |
$2,225 |
| betvoice.com |
$3,000 |
future-present.com |
$2,080 |
| motopartes.com |
$3,000 |
gogoenglish.com |
$2,080 |
| stmi.com |
$3,000 |
mailpot.com |
$2,080 |
| callnotes.com |
$2,999 |
daizo.com |
$2,080 |
| wayplatform.com |
$2,999 |
kaufsignal.com |
$2,050 |
| eztips.com |
$2,995 |
manhwahub.com |
$2,000 |
| ghettochic.com |
$2,995 |
zooschool.com |
$2,000 |
At Dynadot,
Queenrania.com rang up $8,888, Strapless.com
unleashed $7,000 and AIDesigns.com clicked
for $6,467. TTWN.com went for $6,000,
GuiltyPleasure.com provided $5,211 and Detoxu.com
yielded $4,400.
Also
at Dynadot, EltepDenver.com dispensed $4,011
and VayJay.com coaxed $3,540. SWTPC.com
collected $3,118 DantesKitchen.com cooked
up $3,061 and XJoint.com extracted
$2,900. BookingPad.com bagged $2,629, Stylinity.com
stirred up $2,620, KSNS.com claimed $2,605
and QTMail.com delivered $2,561.
Elsewhere,
PaiP
sold SohoRadio.com for $6,750 and LegalBrandMarketing.com
moved Premy.com for $2,998.
Country
Codes
The .ai tsunami continued
this week with that TLD sweeping 10 of the first 11 entries on
our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart, and 18 of 23
entries overall (the extra spots resulted from a four-way tie for the
final position. Still, one of the few spots that didn't go to .ai was #1,
a position Sedo claimed with the highest ccTLD sale reported
since 2023, Tyres.co.uk at £300,000 ($375,000).
Sedo also accounted for two
of the other exceptions to the .ai rule with #12 Drinks.me at $20,000
and #16 Piercing.ch at $10,400. DomainLore.uk
also had one with #14 Vine.co.uk at $16,875, as did AscendDomains
with #18 ISR.co.in at $8,080. Aside from those it was
party time at Namecheap as they swept 15 chart entries,
including most of the .ai sales. James Booth at DomainBooth.com
also has multiple .ai sales with #6 Klutch.ai at $44,396
and #13 CTX.ai at $17,699.
Here is how the all of the top ccTLDs stacked up for the two
weeks ending Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. Jan. 20 - Sun.
Feb. 2, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb. 5, 2025)
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Domain
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Sold
For
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Where
Sold
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Tyres.co.uk |
£300,000
= $375,000 |
Sedo |
| 2. |
Tether.ai |
$100,000 |
Namecheap |
| 3. |
Wink.ai |
$70,000 |
Namecheap |
| 4. |
Starbase.ai |
$58,000 |
Namecheap |
| 5. |
Rift.ai |
$50,000 |
Namecheap |
| 6. |
Klutch.ai |
$44,396 |
DomainBooth |
| 7. |
Heidi.ai |
$39,950 |
Namecheap |
8.
tie |
FastTrack.ai |
$30,000 |
NameCheap |
8.
tie |
Reindeer.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
| 10. |
Delight.ai |
$29,999 |
Sedo |
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| 11. |
SalesAegnt.ai |
$23,911 |
Namecheap |
| 12. |
Drinks.me |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
| 13. |
CXT.ai |
$17,699 |
DomainBooth |
| 14. |
Vine.co.uk |
£13,500
= $16,875 |
DomainLore.uk |
| 15. |
89.ai |
$14,000 |
Namecheap |
| 16. |
HealthPlans.ai |
$13,911 |
Namecheap |
| 17. |
Piercing.ch |
€10,000
= $10,400 |
Sedo |
| 18. |
Lilli.ai |
$10,000 |
Namecheap |
| 19. |
ISR.co.in |
$8,080 |
AscendDomains |
20.
tie |
678.ai |
$8,000 |
Namecheap |
20.
tie |
68.ai |
$8,000 |
Namecheap |
20.
tie |
78.ai |
$8,000 |
Namecheap |
20.
tie |
98.1i |
$8,000 |
Namecheap |
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There were dozens
of additional ccTLD sales off the chart. Braden Pollock at
LegalBrandMarketing.com
had the highest of those with OIO.io at $7,750. He also
sold Sparked.io for $3,998 and FutureTech.vc
for $2,500.
Meanwhile, Sedo continued to
be a ccTLD hit factory with a roster that included Cranio.eu at
$6,759, Ananas.eu at $6,239, Avido.de at $5,200
and Relab.de at $5,195.
Sedo had 37 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed
in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
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i.pn
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$5,000
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qbex.eu
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$2,964
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floid.io
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$4,988
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oralfun.co
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$2,750
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memoro.de
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$4,940
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beyou.de
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$2,703
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aspro.de
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$4,888
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dronetec.de
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$2,600
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easypeasy.be
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$4,316
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electricitemoinschere.fr
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$2,600
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jubla.se
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$4,056
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gastroscout.de
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$2,600
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hoh.in
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$3,875
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hawk.fr
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$2,600
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aitworldwide.cn
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$3,850
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telex.eu
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$2,600
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uwant.eu
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$3,380
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marvis.es
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$2,496
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ltv.fr
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$3,120
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nestivo.de
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$2,496
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trusted-advisor.de
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$3,120
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selffit.de
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$2,475
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zespri.se
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$3,120
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idesign.de
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$2,350
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ecocontrol.de
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$3,119
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sorre.fr
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$2,183
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skillshub.eu
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$3,119
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greenrock.eu
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$2,080
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captaincruise.de
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$3,110
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quantumx.eu
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$2,080
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seedsupreme.de
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$3,068
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reteimpreseitalia.it
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$2,080
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member.io
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$3,000
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skulptur.de
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$2,080
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rr.at
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$3,000
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neolife.in
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$2,000
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learn.pk
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$2,999
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Elsewhere, Veteran.us sold
at Afternic for $7,500 and Dynadot moved
Smart.bi for $5,175.
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 category's lone 5-figure sale that you saw in the all extension section
above - a $14,000 sale of Derma.net made by Braden
Pollock at LegalBrandMarketing.com.
The highest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is the #2
name on our latest Non .Com TLD Top 20 Chart - MediaChannel.org
at $8,600 via GoDaddy.
While newer TLDs show up
regularly on our sales charts, the legacy TLDs in this category, .org
and .net, still more than hold their own. This week .org
won the TLD race with seven chart entries, one better than .net.
The only other TLDs with multiple entries were .xyz (including
an $8,450 sale of #4 Records.xyz) and .art
with two entries each.
Here is how the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Jan. 20 - Sun.
Feb. 2, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb. 5, 2025)
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Domain
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Sold
For
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Where
Sold
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| 1. |
Derma.net |
$14,000 |
LegalBrandMarketing |
| 2. |
MediaChannel.org |
$8,600 |
GoDaddy |
| 3. |
Records.xyz |
$8,450 |
Afternic |
| 4. |
ESCF.org |
$6,812 |
Sedo |
| 5. |
BNKR.xyz |
$6,000 |
Dynadot |
| 6. |
DeepSeek.net |
€5,000
= $5,200 |
Sedo |
| 7. |
Unilat.org |
$5,044 |
SAV |
| 8. |
Informinc.org |
$5,000 |
Namecheap |
| 9. |
Jobs.berlin |
$4,951 |
Sedo |
| 10. |
Hyperbolic.org |
$4,800 |
Sedo |
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| 11. |
NickiGreen.org |
$4,384 |
Dynadot |
| 12. |
Vend.net |
$4,000 |
Afternic |
| 13. |
Immo.pro |
$3,500 |
Sedo |
| 14. |
Another.art |
$3,250 |
Namecheap |
15.
tie |
Breathe.art |
$3,250 |
GoDaddy |
15.
tie |
Alias.email |
$3,000 |
Dynadot |
| 17. |
We-Economy.net |
$2,100 |
DropCatch |
| 18. |
4N.net |
$2,079 |
GoDaddy |
| 19. |
PokerCity.net |
$2,000 |
Sedo |
| 20. |
CodeFuture.org |
$1,510 |
Namecheap |
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Now
that you're up to date on what happened over the past two weeks,
check out our Year-to-Date
Top Sales Charts here.
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