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There was no
doubt about what domain would be topping our latest
bi-weekly sales chart after George Kirikos reported the
eye-popping $8,515,000 price paid for Gold.com
in March on FreeSpeech.com
blog last week. The deal, brokered by Hilco
Digital Assets Managing Director Andrew
Miller (who also happens to be the subject of our
current Cover Story),
also takes over the top spot on our Year
to Date Top Sales Chart and it ranks among the 10 highest
publicly reported cash domain sales of all time!
We've
all heard the expression that something very valuable is
"worth its weight in gold." If anyone doubts
that is true of a great domain
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name,
consider that this one, from a weight standpoint, sold for the
equivalent of over 221 pounds of gold! To calculate
that, all we had to do was look up today's gold price (just
under $2400 an ounce) at the site of precious metals dealer JM
Bullion, the very company that made the wise
decision to purchase this magnificent asset.
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While
the Gold.com sale may have briefly taken eyes off the red hot .ai
ball, it didn't slow the ccTLD's torrid sales streak. Led by
The $104,900 sale of #2 Crew.ai reported by Namecheap,
.ai piled up five of the top ten entries and six spots overall
on our latest all-extension Top 20 Sales Chart. Another
hot ccTLD, .io, took the #3 spot with a $70,000
sale of Mind.io that was jointly handled by Joe
Uddeme at NameExperts.com
(representing the buyer) and Efty.com
(representing the seller. To show you just how dominant .ai
and .io have been this year, look at our YTD
Top Country Code Top Sales Chart (the second chart
on the page linked to) and you will see that every one
of the top ten sales in that category have been either .ai or
.io.
On
the bi-weekly chart the .coms still narrowly
out-pointed the ccTLDs (10 entries to 9) with top 10 support
from #4 SocialExchange.com at $50,000 (sold
through GoDaddy
by Bruce Sadowitz) and #9 Lumeno.com, sold for $25,000
at Sedo.
NameJet
pitched in too with three charted sale on the second half of
the honor roll.
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By Ron Jackson
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The
non .com gTLDs obviously ran into some very stiff competition
this time around the track but they still secured a pair of
spots on the Big Board, both of which were made through Afternic.
They collected $23,500 for #10 VVV.net and
another $10,000 for #10 (tie) Harmony.cloud.
Here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, May
12, 2024:
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. April 29 - Sun. May 12, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect May 15, 2024) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Gold.com |
$8,515,000 |
Hilco Digital
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2. |
Crew.ai |
$104,900 |
Namecheap |
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3. |
Mind.io |
$70,000 |
NameExperts/Efty |
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4. |
SocialExchange.com |
$50,000 |
GoDaddy |
5.
tie |
Intangible.ai |
$35,000 |
Namecheap |
5.
tie |
Picks.ai |
$35,000 |
Namecheap |
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7. |
Handoff.ai |
$32,125 |
Namecheap |
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8. |
Sniper.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
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9. |
Lumeno.com |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
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10. |
VVV.net |
$23,500 |
Afternic |
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11. |
UTask.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Hoku.com |
$17,730 |
NameJet |
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13. |
U33.com |
$17,700 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Kili.com |
$17,100 |
NameJet |
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15. |
PrestigeProperties.com |
$15,500 |
NameJet |
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16. |
Reformas.es |
€12,500
= $13,500 |
Sedo |
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17. |
DataFusion.ai |
$12,170 |
Namecheap |
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18. |
Soccerverse.com |
€10,000
= $10,800 |
Sedo |
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19. |
SVV.de |
€9,999
= $10,799 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
AISQ.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
Harmony.cloud |
$10,000 |
Afternic |
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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
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(2003
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.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the
.com supporting cast of four-figure sales with Died.com
Sedo had 30 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 that
are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,988
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| raedy.com |
$5,988 |
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easylunches.com |
$3,780 |
| bestmilk.com |
$5,500 |
ai-robot.com |
$3,650 |
| getqualified.com |
$5,500 |
onskin.com |
$3,500 |
| 51t.com |
$5,000 |
spiriteyes.com |
$3,499 |
| agilesecurity.com |
$5,000 |
saveplace.com |
$3,099 |
| aptw.com |
$5,000 |
azpost.com |
$3,000 |
| matej.com |
$5,000 |
itdirekt.com |
$3,000 |
| vipselection.com |
$5,000 |
westsiders.com |
$2,899 |
| romancegames.com |
$4,999 |
rfccorp.com |
$2,795 |
| onecome.com |
$4,500 |
funkyfood.com |
$2,500 |
| mf7.com |
$4,320 |
geo4.com |
$2,500 |
| miee.com |
$4,300 |
totalstack.com |
$2,500 |
| loveplayer.com |
$3,988 |
favours.com |
$2,325 |
| demolishit.com |
$3,888 |
retroverse.com |
$2,160 |
| germaflex.com |
$3,788 |
ncwr.com |
$2,000 |
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Additional
SnapNames .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,988
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| niceride.com |
$4,754 |
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offshoreenergytoday.com |
$3,000 |
| helloagain.com |
$3,775 |
narayan.com |
$2,988 |
| lidya.com |
$3,588 |
caseco.com |
$2,900 |
| familydentists.com |
$3,450 |
pj6.com |
$2,900 |
| crypto8.com |
$3,305 |
spermtest.com |
$2,846 |
| investproperty.com |
$3,212 |
ranchette.com |
$2,655 |
| belcampo.com |
$3,210 |
db88.com |
$2,600 |
| cedin.com |
$3,199 |
starlitesandiego.com |
$2,600 |
| illuminet.com |
$3,145 |
staffconnect.com |
$2,543 |
| metalstamping.com |
$3,113 |
quantumfield.com |
$2,463 |
| abms.com |
$3,101 |
plight.com |
$2,458 |
| lvdou.com |
$3,100 |
mayfields.com |
$2,199 |
| medicalservices.com |
$3,100 |
arcglobal.com |
$2,116 |
| marku.com |
$3,049 |
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Back at Dynadot,
Elsewhere,
Country
Codes
The ccTLDs
were led by that trio of five-figure sales you saw on the
all-extension leader board above with Sedo's $99,888 sale
of X.ar standing head and shoulders above the crowd. The
biggest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is the #4
name on our latest bi-weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart.
That was another Sedo sale, Diligence.io at $9,740.
Sedo, who has
traditionally dominated the ccTLD market, went on to sweep 17 of
the 20 chart entries and they rounded out the first five with InterZero.es
at $9,500. Dynadot claimed the three chart entries
that didn't go to Sedo with #11 VeraLab.co.uk leading
their trio at $5,994.
The TLD race was one
of the most diverse ones we've ever seen with 15
different TLDs represented on the leader board. Only two
extensions had more than one entry - .de with four and .es
with three. The biggest surprise was seeing only one .ai domain
on the list. They have been red hot for months now and odds are
this was just an anomaly rather than a change of direction for
that TLD that has tremendous momentum at its back thanks to the
artificial intelligence boom.
Here is how the ccTLDs stacked up for the
two weeks ending Sunday, May 12, 2024:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. April 29 - Sun. May 12, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect May 15, 2024) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Crew.ai |
$104,900 |
Namecheap |
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2. |
Mind.io |
$70,000 |
NameExperts/Efty |
3.
tie |
Intangible.ai |
$35,000 |
Namecheap |
3.
tie |
Picks.ai |
$35,000 |
Namecheap |
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5. |
Handoff.ai |
$32,125 |
Namecheap |
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6. |
Sniper.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
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7. |
Reformas.es |
€12,500
= $13,500 |
Sedo |
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8. |
DataFusion.ai |
$12,170 |
Namecheap |
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9. |
SVV.de |
€9,999
= $10,799 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Alem.ai |
$9,900 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Inspired.ch |
€8,459
= $9,136 |
Sedo |
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12. |
Chiavi.it |
€6,500
= $7,020 |
Sedo |
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13. |
SmartDock.de |
€5,995
= $6,475 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Challen.ge |
$6,000 |
Sedo |
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15. |
PayStub.io |
$5,999 |
Sedo |
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16. |
SmartSecurity.de |
€5,000
= $5,400 |
Sedo |
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17. |
Lighter.eu |
€4,750
= $5,130 |
Sedo |
18.
tie |
Fragrance.jp |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
18.
tie |
Zen.ca |
$5,000 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Chatbot.fr |
€4,500
= $4,860 |
Sedo |
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There were dozens of
additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart, led by Sedo's
sales of
At DomainLore.uk,
Cheers.co.uk attracted $3,335, Tonic.co.uk
tallied $2,235 and TheNewFiver.co.uk notched
$2,188.
Elsewhere, Namecheap
sold KOZ.co for $3,250, Dynadot
moved Fixed.io for $1,853 and GoDaddy
banked $1,430 for Diversified.co.
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 made bank with a quintet of five-figure sales this
time around the track, led by a pair of .xyz domains sold at DAN.com
- Halo.xyz at $85,000 and Habibi.xyz at $39,888.
The biggest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is the #6
domain on our latest Non .Com Top Sales Chart - Sedo's
$8,800 sale of TJP.org.
As was the case with
the ccTLDs, we saw a lot of diversity on this group's chart with
a dozen different TLDs represented. Those included
several we've rarely seen on the sales charts, including .day
(#3 Pay.day went for $22,479), .miami (#7 G.miami
went for $8,500) and .ink (#14 O.ink sold
for $4,450).
Here is how all of the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, May
12, 2024:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. April 29 - Sun.
May 12, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect May 15, 2024)
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
VVV.net |
$23,500 |
Afternic |
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2. |
Harmony.cloud |
$10,000 |
Afternic |
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3. |
Catcoin.org |
€8,000
= $8,640 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Eclipse.solar |
$7,500 |
Sedo |
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5. |
DTY.vip |
$7,000 |
GoDaddy |
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6. |
Play.club |
$7,000 |
GoDaddy |
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7. |
GMAOnline.org |
$6,750 |
NameJet |
8.
tie |
Gifts.net |
$6,500 |
Sedo |
8.
tie |
Cohi.org |
$6,499 |
Sedo |
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10. |
5858.vip |
$6,000 |
Dynadot |
11.
tie |
737.vip |
$6,000 |
Dynadot |
11.
tie |
Guy.horse |
$5,700 |
GoDaddy |
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13. |
WorldLakes.org |
$5,259 |
NameJet |
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14. |
Cazino.online |
€4,000
= $4,320 |
Sedo |
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15. |
Infrastructure.io |
$3,999 |
Sedo |
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16. |
Chelonia.org |
$3,788 |
SnapNames |
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17. |
Struct.org |
€3,300
= $3,564 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Ice.game |
$3,500 |
Sedo |
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19. |
Esim.info |
€2,990
= $3,229 |
Sedo |
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20. |
ReynoldsRiskScore.org |
$3,199 |
SnapNames |
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There were 14 more
four-figure sales off the chart led by Porkbun's $2,730
sale of ETC.art. Ivy.fashion followed after
selling for $2,600 through Public Domain Registry.
Next up Sed movved Sella.group for
$2,500.
GoDaddy rang up
seven more sales at this level including Ace.nyc, Fabric.club
and Robots.club at $1,540 apiece. Assist.health
and District.health followed at $1,430 each
while LPT.biz and UES.biz booked $1,320
apiece.
Elsewhere, Der.club
drew $1,380 at United-Domains.AG, Dom.club
delivered $1,340 at Name.com, ETC.club
claimed $1,092 for Porkbun and Animal.nyc
sold for $1,035 at Spaceship.
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.
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