Seller of Topix.com Feels Like a Million Bucks as Big Sales Continue to Fuel Domain Market Boom 
  

It all starts at the top and that position belongs to Topix.com, a domain that went for a cool one million dollars! The Wall Street Journal confirmed that sale today, revealing that the media conglomerate that operates Topix.net acquired the .com version of the name from a Canadian company in January.

By Ron Jackson

That was the second seven-figure sale this year (joining Tandberg.com, a name that  sold for $1.5 million). The list of six-figure sales also grew considerably over the past two weeks with four more names hitting that lofty level. The largest of those was SheMale.com, a name that was auctioned off for $520,000 at Moniker.com's live auction at the Internext Expo in January, but just closed a few days ago.

Next was the #3 entry on our new chart, FreeHoroscope.com, sold for $185,259 at SnapNames.com. The plural version of that domain also changed hands at WebPassport.com for $50,000 and ranks 7th on the Big Board. Campgrounds.com and Walkers.com tied for the #4 spot at $175,000 each in a pair of private sales. Canada's Shaun Pilfold, who is building a powerhouse portfolio acquired Campgrounds.com while Frito-Lay GmbH purchased Walkers.com for their popular Walkers Crisps potato chip brand in the UK.

We saw something unusual this week - a domain that sold for less than it did the last time it was on the market. That was #13 Gary.com, a name that fetched $29,000 at Sedo.com. In September of 2006 the name had changed hands for $35,000 in a private sale. 

.Com dominated the expanded leader board, sweeping 36 of the 40 positions. The remaining spots went to three country code domains and a .org. The top ccTLD was Onyx.ch (Swiss country code), a name that was sold by Stuart Lory for 55,000 Swiss Francs ($45,143) in a private sale. We also saw a one-letter ccTLD sale with #36 O.fm (Micronesia country code) going for $11,111 at Sedo. Sedo also sold the lone .org, a very nice geo domain, #39 Thailand.org, for $10,000. Sedo has more sales than any other venue with an even dozen. SnapNames also turned in another powerful performance with nine charted domains. 

With $4.3 million dollars sold at Moniker's live auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West last week, we will be seeing many big sales added to our charts in the weeks ahead as those domains are paid for and transferred to their new owners. Several names attracted high bids well into six figures. You can see all of the live auction winning bids here. Meanwhile a silent auction is continuing until Wednesday afternoon (March 14) that could add another seven figures to the auction sales total.

But first things first! Here's a look at the complete Top 40 for the fabulous fortnight that ended Sunday, March 11:

.Com Supporting Cast

BuyDomains.com put a pair of names on the leader board and also posted a stunningly large roster of solid four figure sales led by Viewable.com at $8,500 and FantasyCafe.com at $7,000. CaptainsLog.com crunched $5,950, Tuber.com took in $5,100 and three others; Specular.com, Cleopatre.com and ShoppingWarehouse.com went for $5,000 each.

WKids.com and InCare.com cornered $4,888 each, PureTek.com tallied $4,800 and XMate.com captured $4,500. MoMobile.com and Biegel.com bagged $4,488 each, SportsAdventures.com discovered $4,288 and Flar.com found $4,250. There was also a logjam at $4,088 apiece that included SportingGoodsStore.com, Auvo.com, AmericanMoney.com and AboriginalVoices.com. 

BuyDomains had another 124 .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000. You can check out that domain motherlode in the list below:

As long as that list is BuyDomains was not done yet. They had another 377 .com sales ranging from just under $2,000 down to the mid three-figure range. Their NameMedia sister site, Afternic.com, also had a winning hand, adding some solid four figure sales to their two entries on the Big Board. Those included ForeclosureProperty.com ($6,300), GoAirportShuttle.com ($6,000) and RealBuilding.com ($5,250). 

Also at Afternic, 3PD.com drew $5,001, Xperiences.com kicked in $5,000 and Wordfly.com fetched $4,900. CynthiaWright.com unwrapped $4,000, JWCupid.com shot an arrow through $3,700 and ProfSolutions.com provided $3,500. Glitch.com gained $3,000, InvestmentInsurance.com covered $2,688 and DesignerAquariums.com dunked $2,500. YouActor.com yielded $2,288 while three others; TropicalStorm.com, EveryonePlays.com and EcoAudit.com added $2,000 each. 

Back at SnapNames, the hits just kept on coming with Macrosoft.com ($9,100), JapaneseCartoon.com ($8,688) and ChildProtectiveServices.com ($8,180). Encora.com clicked for $8,101, Shar.com sheered $8,001 and ShadyTLD.com tacked on $7,800. HumanInterest.com and PowerBackup.com brought $7,700 each while BioProcess.com produced $7,500. 

Also at SnapNames, BlueGrassFestival.com drummed up $7,100, Worthing.com withdrew $6,950 and SwissChocolates.com chewed off $6,822. TechWarrior.com wolfed down $6,800 and LaTribuna.com landed $6,789. Amrkhaled.com locked up $6,501, CamWrap.com rang up $6,420 and ScottishKilts.com sewed up $6,400. SoldMyHouse.com secured $6,111 and ScrapbookSuperstore.com snipped $6,106. 

SnapNames had 72 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,900. You can check those out in the table below:

Back at Sedo, Vegas24.com clocked in at $7,000, FreeCodec.com contributed $6,765 and InternetPhoneService.com dialed up $6,500. TextInTheCity.com and OpenXchange.com commanded $6,000 each while Play.GB.com pulled an unusually high price for a sub-domain, $1,500.

At GoDaddy's TDNAM.com, LAOnline.com connected for $8,305, AllDietPill.com swallowed $6,505, CapitalOneRewards.com returned $4,303 and Pdantic.com penciled in $2,005.

 Elsewhere, Moniker.com/DomainSystems.com sold HurricaneLaura.com for $9,100 and closed two more sales from their Internext auction, LonelyHousewife.com ($4,250) and SexCamp.com ($3,000). Enom's Club Drop collected $4,200 for KillerGames.com and Ravi Venkatraman bought an IDN (puny code xn--j2bd4cyah0f.com.com) that is Hindi for the word "Hindi"  for $4,000 at IDNForums.com.

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