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Christian.com Finds $600,000 in the Collection Plate, .Mobi Domain Goes for 6 Figures and $2.8 Million ccTLD Sale Comes to Light

The past week has been a very interesting one for the domain aftermarket. Sedo.com and RickLatona.com announced they had worked together to get a $600,000 sale of Christian.com completed. The buyer was Boris Kleiman, the same man who laid out $1.1 million for Call.com last week. Kleiman told Domain Name Wire that he’s going to use the domain name for a Christian social network and Christian encyclopedia. This sale easily tops our new weekly Top 20 Domain Sales chart. 

.Mobi also makes a rare appearance near the top of the elite list with an impressive $135,000 sale of Casino.mobi to Infomeda Ltd. that was handled by Moniker.com. Infomeda plans to use the name as an online portal, with location-based information for bricks-and-mortar casino locations, reviews of mobile casinos as well as "fun money" casino-style games and gaming tools. This becomes the highest non com gTLD of the year to date, eclipsing Sedo's $124,337 sale of Jesus.net last month.

We also learned this week about a huge sale from last year that has just come to light. Dominik Mueller first reported that Unister GmbH paid €1,960,000 ($2,858,945 at today's exchange rate) to acquire Shopping.de. Unister operates other popular online portals such as News.de, Auto.de, Geld.de (”money” in German) and Kredit.de. We have now added that sale (which was handled by Sedo) to our list of 2008's Top 100 sales where it ranks at the 3rd biggest sale last year.

  

By Ron Jackson

Sedo had another outstanding week, having a hand in 8 of the top 10 sales and 16 of 20 overall. Their hit listed included #3 BestPrices.com at $81,000 and #4 WellnessHotels.com at $60,393. Sedo also accounted for all six of the ccTLD sales that earned spots on the all-extension leader board. All six were German .de domains, led by #6 Hotel-Reservierung.de ("hotel reservations" in German) at $34,510

The only non .com global TLD to make the Big Board, other than Casino.mobi, was #20 Boerse.net ("stock exchange" in German), a name that sold at Sedo for $12,375.

RickLatona.com had multiple chart entries with a trio that included #5 BreastPump.com at $50,000. The AfternicDLS also took a Top 20 bow with #16 (tie) M88.com bringing $15,000.

Here is how all of the leaders stack up for the week ending Sunday, Sept. 6:

 

The DN Journal Top 20 
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Aug. 31, 2009 - Sun. Sept. 6, 2009
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 8, 2009

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. Christian.com $600,000 Sedo/RickLatona.com
2. Casino.mobi $135,000 Moniker
3. BestPrices.com $81,000 Sedo
4. WellnessHotels.com €41,650 = $60,393 Sedo
5. BreastPump.com  $50,000 RickLatona.com
6. Hotel-Reservierung.de
("hotel reservations" in German)
€23,800 = $34,510 Sedo
7. Sued.com $25,003 Sedo
8. CharterAuction.com $25,000 Sedo
9. Schlafen.de
("sleep" in German)
€17,000 = $24,650 Sedo
10. DXB.com $22,500 Sedo

11. ToasterOvens.com $20,000 RickLatona.com
12. Amateure.de
("amateur" in German)
€13,500 = $19,575 Sedo
13. Kneipen.de
("bars or pubs" in German)
€13,090 = $18,981 Sedo
14. BFC.com $18,400 Sedo
15. Kiss.de €11,500 = $16,675 Sedo
16.
tie
M88.com $15,000 AfternicDLS
16.
tie
Bobbie.com $15,000 Sedo
18.
tie
MHotel.com €10,000 = $14,500 Sedo
18.
tie
DailyFinance.de €10,000 = $14,500 Sedo
20. Boerse.net
("stock exchange" in German)
€7,500 = $12,375 Sedo

 

Keep in mind that these are the highest value sales that have been reported to us in the past week. 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.

For the many newcomers entering the domain industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market. If you do not understand why specific domain names command the prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases. We highly recommend that you do some basic research before you buy anything! As a starting point we have built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were eight more five-figure sales just off the chart. Sedo had six of those; Shirts.nl ($12,180), E-Buy.com ($12,000), GermanFreeTV.com ($11,528), GameCoins.com ($10,500), EnterprisePlus.com ($10,000) and CountryCode.org ($10,000).

The AfternicDLS got a boost from SteamGenerator.com at $11,600 and LuxuryNames.com landed $10,000 for Private Airplane.com

.Com Supporting Cast

RickLatona.com led the .com supporting cast with BoatClassifieds.com at $9,500 and they also sold DomainForums.com for $6,500

Sedo's supplemental list included Sheen.com at $9,300, InternetRegistry.com at $9,000 and Gafasdesol.com at $8,900. BellyRings.com brought $8,899, TopLife.com lounged at $8,000 and Kreditrechner.com returned $6,090.

Neubox.com contained $6,000, MusicBase.com drummed up $5,600, eChinese.com translated into $5,300 and Bewegtbild.com kicked in $5,075. Sedo had 35 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that you can check out in the table below.

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
2prices.com $5,000   tldregistry.com $3,399
electricworld.com $5,000 coffretscadeaux.com $2,900
e-navigation.com $5,000 enervie.com $2,850
europeanvacation.com $5,000 foromac.com $2,750
imagencorporal.com $5,000 etfsettlement.com $2,500
mwx.com $5,000 exitpop.com $2,500
qusic.com $5,000 scrappage.com $2,500
aroundme.com $4,600 shyde.com $2,500
thermodox.com $4,550 tatilim.com $2,500
infoperu.com $4,350 worldestates.com $2,500
neuce.com $4,350 commercial-insurance.com $2,055
alphamade.com $4,205 becloud.com $2,000
uniquecosmetics.com $4,000 comret.com $2,000
staufen.com $3,988 fbtimes.com $2,000
firstscreen.com $3,625 hotelsjersey.com $2,000
now-here.com $3,625 londonhotelroom.com $2,000
sfsports.com $3,625 secretppc.com $2,000
alitech.com $3,500  

Back at Moniker, 1Y.com went for $8,600, FXQ.com cornered $4,475, SQN.com added $4,075 and MyBNB.com banked $2,500

At SnapNames.com, Jifen.com fetched $8,259, OpenNetwork.com connected for $3,801 and two others; DanaAir.com and Shushu.com shucked $2,700 each. AuroraCarInsurance.com covered $2,199 and WebPlaza.com posted $2,050.

The AfternicDLS was busy pumping out dozens of solid four figure sales including Birdies.com and CreativeFactory.com at $7,500 apiece and MuscleSupplements.com at $7,000. TSHP.com tacked on $6,400, Transformar.com found $6,000 and DigitalProductions.com produced $5,800

Papert.com picked up $5,500, FreeQoutes.com (typo) and MovieCamera.com captured $4,500 each while IRASolutions.com came up with $4,088. The AfternicDLS had 55 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000. Those are listed in the table below:

Additional AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
classicgameroom.com $4,000   Medijuana .com $2,600
letcorp.com $4,000 underwaterconstruction.com $2,600
satcourses.com $4,000 gefrierschrank.com $2,597
internshipabroad.com $3,988 yourpurpose.com $2,590
e-mt.com $3,703 flirtlink.com $2,588
edenspa.com $3,500 kioskpos.com $2,588
radiologytechnician.com $3,500 loginpro.com $2,588
virginiamoving .com $3,500 brandassociates.com $2,570
allmates.com $3,488 ndustry.com $2,570
marginfree.com $3,188 sleepsecure.com $2,570
mensbest.com $3,188 southernconstruction.com $2,500
officialsponsor.com $3,188 healthsol.com $2,388
telecomgroup.com $3,188 mystruggle.com $2,388
secondreality.com $3,151 solarnexus.com $2,388
ibons.com $3,000 usrecycling.com $2,388
morea.com $3,000 DestinationNetwork .com $2,320
ncbankruptcy .com $3,000 internationalfarming.com $2,088
materialsource.com $2,950 steelthread.com $2,088
currencyconnect.com $2,888 buildingvalue.com $2,000
debtrelieve.com $2,888 dotdesign.com $2,000
exercisetraining.com $2,870 extremehd.com $2,000
theplayersedge.com $2,800 fxdepot.com $2,000
winfun.com $2,800 inhomehealth.com $2,000
dreamhomepro.com $2,788 jeps.com $2,000
stardollnetwork .com $2,750 justdigital.com $2,000
admiralauto.com $2,688 northwestfunding.com $2,000
isomachine.com $2,688 trouville.com $2,000
savvysites.com $2,688  

The AfternicDLS also registered four sales utilizing other venues as part of their expanded promotion platform. Using Sedo, they moved GamingTech.com and GeneralIndex.com at $2,800 each. Using SnapNames they found buyers for OrganicFashions.com at $2,488 and OrganicGrains.com at $2,400.

LuxuryNames.com logged two other four-figure sales, MicroLenders.com at $4,900 and LuxuryHoliday.com at $3,000

 Afternic Domain Auctions

Country Codes

Germany's .de ran rampant on the County Code Top 20 chart this week, sweeping the first six positions and taking 10 of 20 places overall. Those first six domains all broke the five-figure mark as did #7 Shirts.nl. We covered all of those in the all-extension section at the top of this report. The highest country code sale you haven't seen yet is #8 Documents.co.uk, sold at Sedo for $8,250.

Great Britain's .co.uk and the Netherlands' .nl each had three chart entries. The other countries represented this week were Belgium (.be) and France (.fr).

Sedo continued to dominate the ccTLD category, sweeping 18 of the 20 chart entries. The two places they missed went to a pair of Australian domains sold by NetFleet.com.au; #12 Selby.com.au at 7,000AUD ($6,020) and Brothels.com.au at 6,520AUD ($5,607). 

 Here is how all of the country code top sellers stacked up for the week ending Sept 6:

Country Code Top 20
 Highest Reported ccTLD  Sales: Mon. Aug. 31, 2009 - Sun. Sept. 6, 2009
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Tue. Sept. 8

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. Hotel-Reservierung.de
("hotel reservations" in German)
€23,800 = $34,510 Sedo
2. Schlafen.de
("sleep" in German)
€17,000 = $24,650 Sedo
3. Amateure.de
("amateur" in German)
€13,500 = $19,575 Sedo
4. Kneipen.de
("bars or pubs" in German)
€13,090 = $18,981 Sedo
5. Kiss.de €11,500 = $16,675 Sedo
6. DailyFinance.de €10,000 = $14,500 Sedo
7. Shirts.nl €8,400 = $12,180 Sedo
8. Documents.co.uk £5,000 = $8,250 Sedo
9. 7Games.nl €5,500 = $7,975 Sedo
10. Rachatcredit.be €5,200 = $7,540 Sedo

11. Racefiets.nl
("Racing bicycle" in Dutch)
€5,000 = $7,250 Sedo
12. Selby.com.au 7,000AUD = $6,020 Netfleet.com.au
13. Brothels.com.au 6,520AUD = $5,607 Netfleet.com.au
14. XLove.fr €3,700 = $5,365 Sedo
15. Tintenklecks.de
("inkblot" in German)
€2,998 = $4,347 Sedo
16. Phantoms.co.uk £2,500 = $4,125 Sedo
17.
tie
Gruener-Tee.de
("green tea" in German)
€2,500 = $3,625 Sedo
17.
tie
PhotoWatch.co.uk €2,500 = $3,625 Sedo
19. Fixfly.de €2,400 = $3,480 Sedo
20. IT-Freiberufler.de
("IT freelancer" in German)
€2,275 = $3,299 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were several dozen additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all but three of those sales. Their roster included Dresses.de ($3,263), Fermier.fr ($2,900) and CodeStudio.co.uk ($2,846)

AAAJobs.de and Optik24.de each drew $2,828, PlatinMedia.de delivered $2,719 and EventSecurity.co.uk kicked in $2,475. Sedo had 32 more ccTLD sales ranging from $1,015 to $2,233 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,015 - $2,233
stufenmatten.de $2,233   logomacher.de $1,450
buydomainname.co.uk $2,228 promotion.ch $1,450
ibeda.cn $2,204 roulette-casino.de $1,450
enervie.de $2,175 stellentreff.de $1,436
onlinegolf.nl $2,175 spirituallifecoaching.co.uk $1,412
trading-software.de $2,175 reintex.de $1,378
fruitmachineonline.co.uk $2,063 hessenmuehle.de $1,269
cellin.de $1,994 rss-newsfeed.de $1,233
ingles.tv $1,894 telefonsexkontakt.de $1,218
essendia.de $1,813 braintainment.co.uk $1,208
kinderfahrad.de $1,683 ecofon.de $1,160
mobilerepair.de $1,595 freedomcard.co.uk $1,155
automobilnews.de $1,450 troopers.de $1,088
fsm.eu $1,450 walz-kiddz.de $1,088
geology.eu $1,450 kernerlive.de $1,015
keiko.fr $1,450 teatral.es $1,015

Elsewhere Netfleet.com.au sold Domestic.com.au ($1,376) and For.com.au ($1,097) while the AfternicDLS moved FuelEfficiency.co.uk for $1,200

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.

Global Contenders (Non .com gTLDs: .biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org & .tel)

No doubt about the top gun in the Global Contenders category this week. In addition to heading our weekly Top 20 chart, Casino.mobi, at $135,000 via Moniker.com, is also the highest non .com gTLD sale thus far this year. Two other sales cracked the five-figure mark and we told you about those in the all-extension section at the top of this report.

The highest GC sale you haven't seen yet is 15.net at $9,999 through Sedo.com. They also sold 2T.net for $6,600 to take four of the top five positions on the leader board.

.Net had the most chart entries with 11, followed by .org with six. .Info also had multiple entries, scoring with #6 Funds.info ($6,500 via GoDaddyAuctions.com) and #12 Assurances.info through Sedo.

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending Sept. 6:

Global Contenders Top 20
 Highest Reported Non .Com Global TLD  Sales 
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Aug. 31, 2009 - Sun. Sept. 6, 2009
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 8

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. Casino.mobi $135,000 Moniker
2. Boerse.net
("stock exchange" in German)
€7,500 = $12,375 Sedo
3. CountryCode.org $10,000 Sedo
4. 15.net $9,999 Sedo
5. 2T.net $6,600 Sedo
6. Funds.info $6,500 GoDaddy Auctions
7. Kinderarzt.net
("pediatrician" in German)
€3,700 = $6,105 Sedo
8. WebsiteTemplates.net $5,900 Sedo
9. KRG.net $5,200 AfternicDLS
10. ATI.org $5,000 AfternicDLS

11. Meeting.net €3,000 = $4,950 Sedo
12. Assurances.info €2,920 = $4,818 Sedo
13. AnimalsUnlimited.net $4,000 Sedo
14. Packages.org $3,500 Sedo
15. Urbana.net $3,300 AfternicDLS
16. YogaRetreats.org $3,000 Sedo
17. SoftwareDownload.org $2,988 AfternicDLS
18. Renovate.net $2,900 LuxuryNames
19. Oiwa.net $2,888 AfternicDLS
20. SterlingSilver.org $2,588 AfternicDLS

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

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There were several dozen additional four-figure GC sales off the chart. The AfternicDLS led that group with CurrencyRates.org and Schreiben.net ("write" in German) at $2,500 each. They also sold SaferHome.net ($2,488), SPWeb.net ($2,390) and Progreso.net ($2,388)

The Afternic DLS had 18 more four-figure GC sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,000. You can check those out in the table below:

Additional AfternicDLS GC Sales Between $1,000 - $2,000
camelion.net $2,000   righttime.net $1,488
T2c .net $2,000 BonPlan.net $1,470
t2c.net $2,000 iconsult.net $1,388
steelhomes.net $1,800 mastertech.net $1,350
mailcall.org $1,794 organicseo.net $1,221
usbhub.net $1,650 safeproducts.net $1,088
framesdirect.net $1,600 helse.net $1,000
greennetwork.org $1,500 logicsource.net $1,000
naturalmed.net $1,488 moneyzone.net $1,000

At Sedo, Abilon.org and LCPS.org deposited $2,430 each, FreePoker.info dealt out $2,200 and Trikots.info contributed $1,898. EBT.org generated $1,700, Aequo.net notched $1,650 and Versicherungvergleich.org drew $1,568.

Sedo also scored with PayOnline.org ($1,491), Juegos-Gratis.info ($1,444) and You.info ($1,350). Huisarts.info added $1,238, Doehring.org dispensed $1,235 and Object.net nailed $1,160

Elsewhere LuxuryNames.com sold DefenseAttorneys.net for $2,000 and two others; LuxuryCruise.net and LuxuryCruises.net for $1,900 apiece. SnapNames.com sold MobileRealEstate.net for $1,820. The AfternicDLS used Sedo's platform to pick up $1,516 for ChildRescue.org and GoDaddy Auctions rang up $1,005 for Compulsive.org

Now that you're up to date on what happened over the past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all categories by visiting our Year To Date Charts page.

*****

As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies, private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale made through any channel. To contribute information and help make this column better,  just drop a note to [email protected].

We truly appreciate the industry leading companies who share their sales information with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current domain values. Richard Meyer of Domain Sales Center also provides invaluable help in collecting data for these sales reports each week.

Every Tuesday night or Wednesday morning we publish the highest reported domain name sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that information and write this article to give you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry. 

Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.

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