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.Top Domain Takes Top Spot on This Week's Sales Chart - Single Digit Domain Draws $79,000

New gTLD .top continues to be popular with Chinese buyers. They love numeric domains, especially those with the number 8, so 8.top could be considered one of the best names in the entire TLD. That's why it was able to attract CNY 500,000 ($79,000) in a sale handled by the Jiangsu Bangning registrar.

As has been the case all year ultra-short domains remain the hottest names on the market. None of the eight biggest sales on this week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart is more than 4 characters long (not counting the extension of course). A pair of 3-letter .coms took the 2nd and 3rd spots with Sedo selling OKA.com for $60,000 and Flippa.com moving CLN.com for $45,000.

Rounding out the first five are #4 9727.com, sold by DomainsNext.com for $35,000, and #5 EGIB.com, sold at Sedo for $34,875. The short domains that followed are Treu.de ($33,900), ESW.com ($25,000) and JUP.com ($23,500) with Sedo booking all three of those sales. 

By Ron Jackson

It looks like we will soon be charting a blockbuster 3-digit domain sale. Michael Berkens reported Tuesday (Oct. 20) that Rick Schwartz has sold 989.com for $818,181.81 but as of this writing the public WhoIs record is not showing a change in ownership. When it does, Rick would have three of the five biggest sales reported so far in 2015 (In February he sold Porno.com for $8,888,888 and just last month he moved another 3-digit .com - 899.com - for $801,000).

The .coms piled up 13 of the 20 chart entries. The ccTLDs also had a good outing with six names on the Big Board led by that Treu.de sale at Sedo. They also sold #11 Thermobox.de ($16,950),  #13 Box.tv ($15,498) and #18 (tie) Insurance.com.sg ($9,990) while #13 Easy.tv changed hands for $13,500 in a private transaction and #16 ER.uk went for $10,850 at DomainLore.co.uk. The non .com gTLDs were limited to one sale - but that was the biggest one of the week in 8.top.

Here is how the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 12, 2015 - Sun. Oct. 18, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Oct. 21, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. 8.top CNY 500,000 = $79,000 Jiangsu Bangning
2. OKA.com $60,000 Sedo
3. CLN.com $45,000 Flippa
4. 9727.com $35,000 DomainsNext
5. EGIB.com £22,500 =  $34,875 Sedo
6. Treu.de €30,000 =  $33,900 Sedo
7. ESW.com $25,000 Sedo
8. JUP.com $23,500 Sedo
9. CookieRecipes.com $19,999 Flippa
10. BetForce.com $19,000 Sedo

11. ThermoBox.de €15,000 =  $16,950 Sedo
12. Box.tv £9,999 =  $15,498 Sedo
13. Easy.tv €12,000 =  $13,500 Pvt Sale
14. RoyalHamilius.com €10,000 =  $11,300 Sedo
15. Kingii.com €9,999 =  $11,187 Sedo
16. ER.uk £7,000 =  $10,850 DomainLore.co.uk
17.
tie		 Bunz.com $10,000 Sedo
17.
tie		 RollingSoft.com $10,000 Sedo
19. Insurance.com.sg $9,990 Sedo
20. Nicknames.com $9,061 Flippa

Keep in mind that these are the highest value cash only 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.

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Top Sales Charts

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The All-Time Top 20 All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
 (2003 to Now)

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .Com Supporting Cast of four-figure sales with VLabs.com ($9,000), HealthTime.com ($8,500) and ParkLab.com ($7,200). Their roster also included ZCZC.com at $7,101, Vincenz.com at $6,780 and Allya.com at $6,750.

Byzo.com brought $6,000, Property4All.com produced $5,650 and two others - PearlAuto.com and Worse.com - went for $5,500 each. Bussgeld.com banked another $4,972. Sedo had 39 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,500 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
wulff.com $4,500   carrylight.com $2,795
ypan.com $4,500 natureboys.com $2,700
eisac.com $4,407 inspirerecovery.com $2,650
d-r.com $4,101 coinloft.com $2,500
healthreviews.com $3,988 facelet.com $2,500
pppv.com $3,800 gleis.com $2,500
mmoo.com $3,656 openmyvideo.com $2,295
originbox.com $3,300 blackdope.com $2,260
assurancesdefrance.com $3,277 boome.com $2,260
sixshop.com $3,164 66356.com $2,195
rejeune.com $3,051 fairbrass.com $2,195
alphapools.com $3,000 recoverylighthouse.com $2,195
humandroid.com $3,000 auev.com $2,140
mailboxexpress.com $3,000 yhzs.com $2,100
drtracy.com $2,999 jjji.com $2,050
cognitivelogic.com $2,995 alibongo.com $2,034
besthoneymoondestinations.com $2,900 netaround.com $2,000
salescircle.com $2,899 printfresh.com $2,000
storage24.com $2,899 robotcasino.com $2,000
mijnalbum.com $2,825  

At SnapNames, Yangtang.com tallied $3,120 and Shuanghuang.com kicked in $2,163. 

Back at Flippa, MoreMovies.com made $5,000, VitaminOutlet.com drew $4,500 and CustomWebDesign.com commanded $4,495. UNeed.com notched $3,988, TopMortgage.com tacked on $2,600 and PrimeListings.com landed $2,500. Three others - ArtCulture.com, PRME.com and UNMK.com - added $2,000 apiece. 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by the six country code domains you saw on the all extension chart above. The biggest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #7 RentACar.ae at $7,616. Broker Sharjil Saleem teamed up with Munir Badr from AEServer.com to close that deal. 

A pair of .tv domains tied for the 8th spot. Domains90210.com sold Be.TV for $7,000 and WN.tv went for the same amount in a private transaction. Sedo's $6,780 sale of Bootsversicherung.de rounded out the top ten. 

The extension race wound up in a dead heat with Germany's .de  and Tuvalu's .tv grabbed four spots each. Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Oct. 18:

Country Code Top 20 Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 12, 2015 - Sun. Oct. 18, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Oct. 21, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Treu.de €30.000 = $33,900 Sedo
2. Thermobox.de €15,000 = $16,950 Sedo
3. Box.tv £9,999 = $15,498 Sedo
4. Easy.tv €12,000 = $13,500 Pvt Sale
5. ER.uk £7,000 = $10,850 DomainLore.co.uk
6. Insurance.com.sg $9,990 Sedo
7 RentACar.ae AED 28,000 = $7,616 Sharjil Saleem/Munir Badr
8.
tie		 Be.TV $7,000 Domains90210
8.
tie		 WN.tv $7,000 Pvt Sale
10. Bootsversicherung.de €6,000 = $6,780 Sedo

11. DBAudio.cn $6,400 Sedo
12. MPM.cn $6,000 Sedo
13. Mantel.es €4,700 = $5,311 Sedo
14. Cashino.co.uk €4,250 = $4,803 Sedo
15. Battle.io $4,750 Park.io
16. Yoghurt.nl €4,000 = $4,520 Sedo
17. Thermal.eu €3,602 = $4,070 Golem.eu
18. InternetFlat.de €3,500 = $3,955 Sedo
19. Entertainer.at €3,454 = $3,903 Sedo
20. Vessel.co $3,500 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were many more four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by the $2,824 sale of BottomLine.eu at Golem.eu. They also moved StarClub.eu for $2,259 and Hone.eu for $1,355.

Domains90210.com struck again with HV.tv at $2,800.

Back at Sedo MatchedBets.co.uk made $2,713, PartTime.de earned $2,599, SlickWraps.de returned $2,486 and Biohybrid.de delivered $2,260. Sedo had 22 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,000
brat.me $2,000   sonax.mx $1,299
cox.de $1,978 nym.cc $1,288
inherit.eu $1,978 safari.gr $1,243
matchbet.co.uk $1,938 j4.co.uk $1,238
taptic.de $1,876 aschachtal.at $1,198
aa.la $1,699 itp.us $1,177
qrcode-erstellen.de $1,695 eventplan.de $1,129
smartevents.de $1,582 eyeslipsface.at $1,129
19zoll.de $1,413 openapp.co.uk $1,129
caremanagement.de $1,356 rietland.be $1,106
snowball.ch $1,356 todocasa.es $1,102

 At Park.io Refactor.io fetched $1,400 and DT.to added $1,026.

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 (.net, .org, .biz, .info & others, including new gTLDs)

The Non .Com gTLDs had one big winner - 8.top - a domain that not only topped this chart but also the all extension leader board above with its $79,000 sale. There was a steep drop after that one though with the next highest sale being Beijing.biz at $3,398 via Sedo. The next spot on our latest weekly Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart went to Flippa's $3,100 sale of Tourist.org. 

Rounding ut the first five are #4 1502.net ($3,020 at SnapNames) and #5 Derivati.net ($2,599 at Sedo). 

The .nets easily won the extension race, taking ten spots on the leader board. The .infos were next with three and the .orgs had two. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Oct. 18:

Non .Com gTLDs Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 12, 2015 - Sun. Oct. 18, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Oct. 21, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. 8.top CNY 500,000 = $79,000 Jiangsu Bangning
2. Beijing.biz $3,398 Sedo
3. Tourist.org $3,100 Flippa
4. 1502.net $3,020 SnapNames
5. Derivati.net €2,300 = $2,599 Sedo
6. Babysitter.net $2,570 Flippa
7. JFL.net $2,500 Flippa
8. Storytelling.info $2,499 Sedo
9. Werbeartikel.kaufen €2,100 = $2,373 Sedo
10. Lid.net $2,275 Sedo

11. TDT.net $2,100 Sedo
12. Nettbanken.net $2,000 Sedo
13. TheCrossing.church $1,999 Sedo
14. Grau.info €1,600 = $1,808 Sedo
15. WUD.net $1,685 Sedo
16. Adaportal.org $1,650 SnapNames
17. Painter.info $1,500 Flippa
18. DebtRelief.net $1,410 Flippa
19. Affinity.solutions $1,400 Sedo
20. PYA.net $1,288 Flippa

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were seven more four-figure sales off the chart. SnapNames sold KXA.net for $1,160 and CIIA.org for $1,051. Sedo moved Zisterne.net for $1,017 and HFC.net for $1,000 and Flippa picked up $1,000 apiece for Animes.org, BetSmart.net and Nervous.net.

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. 

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Every Wednesday 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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