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A domain with an infamous
past, Backpage.com, was allowed to expire a
couple of weeks ago but that wasn't the end of the
story. DropCatch.com,
as they so often do, won the scrum for the domain and went on
to auction it off and collect $259,500 from the
winning bidder. That made it the highest sale we saw since our
last bi-weekly report and one of the ten highest reported so
far in this new year. Backpage.com undoubtedly
came with a lot of residual adult traffic, so it is not
surprising to see that being capitalized on with the domain
now serving as a redirect to an adult site.
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This
happened to be one of those two-week stretches in which venues
that report monthly were off. That left the door wide open for
Sedo,
who reports weekly, to run wild on the leader board. Sedo
always does well regardless of how many others are reporting,
but this outing was better than well as they swept 16
of 20 entries on our latest all-extension Top 20 Sales
Chart. That doesn't mean they did it with sales that
normally wouldn't chart either. The four they rounded out the
top five with would have been on any chart we've published
over the past year. L5.com led that quartet at $95,000
with solid backing from TheAI.com at $65,000,
Filed.com at $45,000 and Enable.ai
at $40,000.
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As
Americans know, it is tax season here, with corporate
returns due March 15 and personal returns April 15. That no
doubt played a role in the timely sales of Filed .com, #10
Accrued.com at $23,850 and another five-figure-sale
just off the chart, TaxRate.com at $11,499 (the
latter two sales were from Sedo as well). The non .com
gTLDs joined the party as well with four entries on the
elite list, led by Sedo's $24,000 sale of #9 Super.work.
We
also just learned about a very nice previously unreported sale
that happened last summer when Candescent.com was sold
for $300,000 in a deal handled by GoDaddy
broker Drew Zarczynski
. We have added that domain, that was purchased by a
banking services company, to the 2024
Top 100 Sales Chart in our Domain
Sales Archive where it moved into a tie for the
#20 position for last year.
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By Ron Jackson
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Now, here is how the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday,
March 2, 2025
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 17 - Sun. March 2, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 5, 2025) |
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Domain
|
Sold For
|
Where
Sold
|
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1. |
Backpage.com |
$259,500 |
DropCatch |
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2. |
L5.com |
$95,000 |
Sedo |
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3. |
TheAI.com |
$65,000 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Filed.com |
$45,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Enable.ai |
$40,000 |
Sedo |
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6. |
Zonnepanelen.be
("solar panels" in Dutch) |
€36,000
= $38,160 |
Afternic |
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7. |
Xmobile.com |
$35,000 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Nano.ai |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Super.work |
$24,000 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Accrued.com |
€22,500
= $23,850 |
Sedo |
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11. |
LofiCafe.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
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12. |
GHF.org |
$17,500 |
Sedo |
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13. |
BildungsGutschein.de
("education voucher" in German) |
€15,000
= $15,900 |
Sedo |
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14. |
HLHolding.de |
€15,000
= $15,600 |
Sedo |
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15. |
We.farm |
$15,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
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16. |
Desi49.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
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17. |
SkiHotels.com |
$14,000 |
GoDaddy |
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18. |
PreventWildfires.org |
$13,200 |
Sedo |
19.
tie |
Believe.in |
€12,000
= $12,720 |
Sedo |
19.
tie |
Way.se |
€12,000
= $12,720 |
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) |
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There were five additional
five-figure sales just off the chat led by a $12,500 sale
of Ultimate.group by MagnumDomains.
Sedo chalked up three more at this level - TaxRate.com
at $11,499, HorizonETFS.com at $11,004 and INV.ai
at $10,000. Dynadot
also scored with CalmWave.com at $10,000.
.Com
Supporting Cast
Dynadot led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales
with DewanPendidikanPamekasan.com at $8,111. Not the
biggest aftermarket domain sale we've seen but certainly one of the longest!
The name does have significance in Indonesia though. Dynadot
added $7,199 for Kotapalu-Kemenag.com, $5,111
for GopchangBBQ.com and $5,000 for MuttUp.com.
DoshX.com drew
$4,999, Zuruzururamen.com commanded $4,559
and StocktonRecycles.com returned $4,417. MyLondonMap.com
located $4,111, XRReport.com revealed $3,000
and MonsiteWeb.com went for $2,885. FortuneStake.com
found $2,750, Eventbu.com booked $2,436
and two others - FindYourDreamHome.com and Tripcarta.com
- turned in $2,136 each.
Back at Sedo, UGTInc.com
yielded $8,000, 100Club.com counted out $7,680
and Nealis.com notched $7,300. OneGravity.com
weighed in at $6,995 while Dedale.com and Kitsa.com
collected $6,890 apiece.
Also at Sedo, Netmo.com
made $6,720, Lickies.com landed $5,830 and
NoGlow.com doused $5,555. Wupay.com
posted $5,300, followed by a trio of $5,000 sales
involving Govar.com, LexusToto.com and
WhichCard.com.
Sedo had 55 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,999 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,999
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| aerflow.com |
$4,999 |
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makecaliforniagreatagain.com |
$3,000 |
| cisiamo.com |
$4,995 |
op-ed.com |
$3,000 |
| niccola.com |
$4,995 |
irontemple.com |
$2,995 |
| firepost.com |
$4,900 |
paniniclub.com |
$2,995 |
| we19.com |
$4,900 |
bigautoparts.com |
$2,888 |
| leihla.com |
$4,888 |
crazydeal.com |
$2,775 |
| hairandmakeup.com |
$4,800 |
ronigroup.com |
$2,649 |
| wallunit.com |
$4,800 |
breedplus.com |
$2,645 |
| pgslotzaa.com |
$4,650 |
abqa.com |
$2,600 |
| spincoin.com |
$4,500 |
dentalcentre.com |
$2,560 |
| trueturn.com |
$4,500 |
active-guard.com |
$2,550 |
| scheuber.com |
$4,028 |
almallouhi.com |
$2,500 |
| okqubit.com |
$4,015 |
makecloud.com |
$2,500 |
| marksjewelers.com |
$3,988 |
tiempoextra.com |
$2,500 |
| securoad.com |
$3,900 |
yourom.com |
$2,500 |
| llmlabs.com |
$3,800 |
teesuite.com |
$2,499 |
| interwetten24.com |
$3,710 |
oficino.com |
$2,491 |
| mind.it.com |
$3,699 |
eg-dev.com |
$2,488 |
| limestonefinancial.com |
$3,600 |
etheralis.com |
$2,488 |
| lmtek.com |
$3,500 |
lowfarecalendar.com |
$2,450 |
| rockthecode.com |
$3,499 |
elpasorestaurant.com |
$2,299 |
| 5starsupplies.com |
$3,450 |
3eu.com |
$2,279 |
| verticalhero.com |
$3,425 |
dentara.com |
$2,250 |
| nivd.com |
$3,200 |
opalys.com |
$2,120 |
| yloh.com |
$3,200 |
courseable.com |
$2,000 |
| expris.com |
$3,199 |
intervex.com |
$2,000 |
| variopool.com |
$3,100 |
stationplay.com |
$2,000 |
| doubleplatinum.com |
$3,000 |
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Country
Codes
How many are surprised to a .ai
domain at #1 on our latest Country Code Top 20
Sales Chart (and in two of the top three spots)? I'm not
seeing many hands go up! Sedo rode the red hot TLD to the top
this time out, scoring with #1 Enable.ai at $40,000 and
#3 Nano.ai at $25,000. Sandwiched in between those two is
a nice Belgian domain sale - Zonnepanelen.be
("solar panels" in Dutch) at $38,160 via Afternic.
Sedo went on to sweep 18 of
the 21 chart entries (the extra spot coming from a tie for the final
position). Only MagnumDomains, with a $6,000 sale of #15
TAL.co and Dynadot, with a $4,999 sale of
#20 (tie) Spangle.io, stood alongside Afternic as
exceptions to the Sedo rule.
Here is how the all of
the top ccTLDs stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, March
2, 2025:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. Feb. 17 - Sun.
March 2, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 5, 2025)
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| |
Domain
|
Sold
For
|
Where
Sold
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| 1. |
Enable.ai |
$40,000 |
Sedo |
| 2. |
Zonnepanelen.be
("solar panels" in Dutch) |
€36,000
= $38,160 |
Afternic |
| 3. |
Nano.ai |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
| 4. |
BildungsGutschein.de
("education voucher" in German) |
€15,000
= $15,900 |
Sedo |
| 5. |
HLHolding.de |
€15,000
= $15,600 |
Sedo |
6.
tie |
Believe.in |
€12,000
= $12,720 |
Sedo |
6.
tie |
Way.se |
€12,000
= $12,720 |
Sedo |
| 8. |
INV.ai |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| 9. |
Hilfreich.de |
€8,749
= $9,274 |
Sedo |
| 10. |
Kochbuch.de |
€8,000
= $8,480 |
Sedo |
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| 11. |
HW.co |
$8,000 |
Sedo |
| 12. |
Consent.in |
$7,500 |
Sedo |
| 13. |
UDS.eu |
€6,499
= $6,889 |
Sedo |
| 14. |
PillPal.de |
€5,799
= $6,147 |
Sedo |
| 15. |
TAL.co |
$6,000 |
MagnumDomains |
16.
tie |
Awesome.fi |
€4,999
= $5,299 |
Sedo |
16.
tie |
Consent.io |
€4,999
= $5,299 |
Sedo |
18.
tie |
Driver.ae |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
18.
tie |
Tours.ae |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
41.ai |
$4,999 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
Spangle.io |
$4,999 |
Dynadot |
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HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.
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There were dozens
of additional ccTLD sales off the chart led by a quintet of Sedo
sales that included Letting.co.uk at $4,864 and Espagne.fr
at $4,770. PMHolding.de added $4,558, XEnergy.eu
generated $4,240 and Erika.de delivered $4,239.
Sedo had 39 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,120 to $3,816 that are listed
in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
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| sitec.ch |
$3,816 |
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praetorian.ch |
$2,649 |
| datasolutions.eu |
$3,815 |
capitalcircle.de |
$2,597 |
| stores.fr |
$3,710 |
financeguy.de |
$2,597 |
| vape24.de |
$3,392 |
welaik.de |
$2,544 |
| postbac.fr |
$3,339 |
aktiennewsletter.de |
$2,523 |
| cotations.fr |
$3,180 |
jingdong.de |
$2,523 |
| nerd.nl |
$3,180 |
lindley.de |
$2,523 |
| partypeople.eu |
$3,180 |
skillhub.de |
$2,523 |
| cargox.de |
$3,179 |
greenovate.de |
$2,226 |
| hithium.de |
$3,179 |
atflow.de |
$2,120 |
| colza.fr |
$3,063 |
bauvision.de |
$2,120 |
| rahmenstudio.de |
$2,968 |
bello.fr |
$2,120 |
| cleanpoint.de |
$2,952 |
fahrservice.de |
$2,120 |
| lokalenergie.de |
$2,952 |
helivision.de |
$2,120 |
| 2kmp.me |
$2,880 |
hyperion.eu |
$2,120 |
| osecoelfab.cn |
$2,750 |
klinikker.no |
$2,120 |
| akeno.de |
$2,650 |
lucca.ch |
$2,120 |
| daspapier.de |
$2,650 |
softbreeze.de |
$2,120 |
| next-generation.de |
$2,650 |
targetads.de |
$2,120 |
| intecgroup.de |
$2,649 |
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At DomainLore.uk,
President.co.uk provided $3,904, PCE.co.uk
sold for $3,264 and UGC.uk clicked for $2,688.
Adelphi.co.uk fetched $2,196, Rico.co.uk
rang up $1,216 and JFA.co.uk closed at $1,043.
Elsewhere, Dyandot
deposited $2,895 for Aruma.mx.
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 quintet of five-figure sales you saw in the
all extension section at the top of this report with Sedo's $24,000
sale of Super.work leading the way. The biggest sale in this
category that you haven't seen yet is the #6 name on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart.
That is a rare one-letter .club sale at Dynadot - W.club
at $5,250.
Dynadot claimed three more
spots on the leader board, including two others that landed in the top
ten - #9 Girlfriend.info at $3,526 and #10 Start.chat
at $3,500. Namecheap
cashed a trifecta ticket with a trio led by #11 (tie) Amber.art
at $3,250.
Here is how the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending
Sunday, March 2, 2025:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Feb. 17 - Sun.
March 2, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 5, 2025)
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Domain
|
Sold
For
|
Where
Sold
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| 1. |
Super.work |
$24,000 |
Sedo |
| 2. |
GHF.org |
$17,500 |
Sedo |
| 3. |
We.farm |
$15,500 |
Pvt
Sale |
| 4. |
PreventWildfires.org |
$13,200 |
Sedo |
| 5. |
Ultimate.group |
$12,500 |
MagnumDomains |
| 6. |
W.club |
$5,250 |
Dynadot |
| 7. |
Mirus.org |
$4,999 |
Sedo |
| 8. |
Davey.org |
$4,800 |
Sedo |
| 9. |
Girlfriend.info |
$3,526 |
Dynadot |
| 10. |
Start.chat |
$3,500 |
Dynadot |
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11.
tie |
Amber.art |
$3,250 |
Namecheap |
11.
tie |
Cloud.art |
$3,250 |
GoDaddy |
| 13. |
Spinner.live |
$3,099 |
Afternic |
| 14. |
Trolley.info |
€2,500
= $2,650 |
Sedo |
| 15. |
PhillyBeerWeek.org |
$2,000 |
Sedo |
| 16. |
Sakura.art |
$1,625 |
Namecheap |
| 17. |
Offer.art |
$1,550 |
HiChina |
| 18. |
CodeFuture.org |
$1,510 |
Namecheap |
| 19. |
NoFlyZone.org |
$1,050 |
GoDaddy |
| 20. |
APK.pro |
$1,100 |
Dynadot |
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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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