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Quarter-Million Dollar Sale Tops This Week's Chart - 13 of 20 Entries are 3 Characters or Less! 

If you wanted a place on one of this year's weekly Top 20 Sales Charts having ultra-short short domains has been an essential ingredient in getting there - unless of course you own something like Essential.com. In that case you could still go straight to the head of the class. MediaOptions.com did exactly that - brokering a $250,000 deal for Essential.com to claim the top spot on this week's all extension leader board. Brokerage owner Andrew Rosener doesn't get to report a lot of their sales because most are subject to NDA's but he said this one followed  many other high end sales that have made it a phenomenal year for his company.

That was one if three six-figure sales reported this week. MediaPoptions also had a share of the runner-up spot, teaming up with NameJet to sell 742.com for $142,000. Sedo rounded out the power trio at the top of the elite list with #3 Material.com at $100,000.

When you zoom back out for a wider view of the chart it quickly becomes apparent that short remains the favorite sport for well funded domain investors. The shortest name on the board, JR.net, landed in the number 4 spot with a $55,000 sale at NameJet. A dozen other charted sales were just three characters long, ten of those being ultra popular three-letter .coms, a group led by #5 JHG.com at $54,000, also via NameJet.

By Ron Jackson

All three of the non .com gTLDs on the Big Board were three characters as well with 742.net joined by a pair of .club domains, #9 VIP.club at $40,000 (via the .CLUB Registry) and #18 The.club at $19,000 through RightOfTheDot.com.

The ccTLDs were limited to one chart entry - #20 Click.me at $18,000. Financing for that private sale was provided by Lendvo.com, a business loan company that is becoming more active in the domain space (further evidence that quality domains are being seen an investment quality assets). They paid the seller in full and will hold title to the domain as collateral until the loan is repaid.

Another new name on the chart is DomainPromotion.com. They filled the #14 slot with one of those three-letter .com sales, banking $25,000 for JEK.com.

Here is how the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 - Sun. Nov. 1, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Nov. 4, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Essential.com $250,000 MediaOptions
2. 742.com $142,000 MediaOptions/NameJet
3. Material.com $100,000 Sedo
4. JR.net $55,000 NameJet
5. JHG.com $54,000 NameJet
6. HHP.com $46,678 SnapNames
7. JLM.com $44,317 NameJet
8. 1865.com $41,000 MediaOptions/NameJet
9. VIP.club $40,000 .CLUB Registry
10. MTF.com $39,900 MediaOptions/NameJet

11. InternetAccess.com $32,700 NameJet
12. Jinse.com $30,200 NameJet
13. GEY.com $29,377 NameJet
14. JEK.com $25,000 DomainPromotion
15. XUG.com $13,002 Sedo
16. HWV.com $20,101 NameJet
17. Finit.com $20,000 Sedo
18. The.club $19,000 RightOfTheDot
19. XUH.com $18,200 NameJet
20. Click.me $18,000 Lendvo/Pvt Sale

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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 (2003 to Now)

There were 18 more five-figure sales off the chart led by Steam.net at $17,250 in a sale handled jointly by SnapNames and Sedo. Sedo also sold Mabel.com for $17,000, Movies.to for $14,168 and 7384.com for $12,317. They added $11,775 for DiscountForklift.com, $10,682 for Testsieger.at, $10,551 for Autorijscholen.nl and $10,000 for Devils.tv.

NameJet sold 3DCasino.com for $16,600, Goldwater.com for $15,100 and 4976.com for $12,422. ChipIn.com chipped in another $12,199 while HairConditioner.com drew $12,100 and Blazed.com brought $10,000.

Elsewhere the .CLUB Registry sold MJ.club for $15,000, Cleantech Europe GmbH bought Oekostrom.com ("alternative energy" in German) For $12,971, SnapNames sold Lectures.com for $12,605 and Reginald Hudson II moved BetStars.net for $10,000 in a private transaction.

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .Com Supporting Cast of four-figure sales with ArtDirector.com at $9,999. ExtremeFlight.com fetched $9,200, LLJR.com commanded $7,400 and Kaymazlar.com contributed $7,303.  ZZRR.com clicked for $6,100, CXXX.com captured $5,655 and Wisom.com went for $5,500.

Safe-Shop.com secured $5,390 while Canbus.com and Mouche.com made $5,328 each. Republique.com rang up another $5,232. Sedo had 58 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
1client.com $5,000   csbs.com $2,725
bexr.com $5,000 n2u.com $2,699
pricefox.com $5,000 artfed.com $2,650
hindujabrothers.com $4,999 upten.com $2,509
databoom.com $4,995 1em.com $2,500
enflux.com $4,995 bitexpress.com $2,500
17117.com $4,988 stockflow.com $2,500
logobook.com $4,746 thisonesforyou.com $2,500
fairybell.com $4,500 desbook.com $2,395
chancel.com $4,359 dubaishow.com $2,395
puntoshop.com $4,251 zincoxidesunscreen.com $2,395
i-music.com $4,000 haha66.com $2,369
brinch.com $3,995 dontknowmuchabout.com $2,295
sock5.com $3,695 terreantiche.com $2,295
virtualsign.com $3,650 thewhitfield.com $2,295
linksite.com $3,543 herbliss.com $2,250
dayy.com $3,500 pegasusmotors.com $2,250
sircles.com $3,500 eatsleeprugby.com $2,245
88548.com $3,300 22798.com $2,195
litelife.com $3,269 81959.com $2,195
score888.com $3,161 valueofmyproperty.com $2,195
pccasgear.com $3,000 wompus.com $2,195
readycapital.com $3,000 0zz.com $2,180
saudiexchange.com $3,000 midaa.com $2,180
affnetwork.com $2,995 app2chat.com $2,179
bancool.com $2,995 mohjo.com $2,179
norlab.com $2,995 lovefl.com $2,095
cempedak.com $2,899 burnsmcdonnell.com $2,077
webdesignseo.com $2,750 bhsd.com $2,000

Back at NameJet Azar.com corralled $9,200, LeShop.com landed $9,020 and Weekdays.com wangled $8,100. Pricetracker.com produced $7,400, GESI.com greeted $6,700 and IPAttorney.com billed $6,512.

LaCasa.com welcomed $6,317, FIRI.com found $6,200 and 87155.com attracted $6,122. MSLaw.com levied $6,112 and 98895.com notched $6,100. NameJet had 77 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $6,000
mindgame.com $6,000   energist.com $2,700
78766.com $5,956 psto.com $2,655
onlineassistant.com $5,400 chri.com $2,600
wowotou.com $5,334 trivedi.com $2,555
88878888.com $4,560 kiai.com $2,550
stime.com $4,532 00f.com $2,520
ichem.com $4,488 32366.com $2,500
valleybank.com $4,400 eternally.com $2,500
gggm.com $4,220 obro.com $2,500
666635.com $4,103 di2.com $2,410
aimm.com $4,100 wgq.net.com $2,410
michelsen.com $4,100 58839.com $2,302
km8.com $4,088 hg3599.com $2,301
stonehouse.com $3,988 offsitebackup.com $2,300
laundrybasket.com $3,950 barbecuechicken.com $2,277
luann.com $3,899 tattooequipment.com $2,266
mytaxreturn.com $3,852 78136.com $2,244
strategicadvisors.com $3,656 288887.com $2,242
espnstar.com $3,625 matchable.com $2,223
fertilize.com $3,622 hg3566.com $2,205
ultramedia.com $3,619 hg2366.com $2,204
refinancemortgages.com $3,600 chab.com $2,200
doos.com $3,553 newwork.com $2,200
pcci.com $3,550 walked.com $2,199
cook-islands.com $3,511 53568.com $2,120
k-s.com $3,400 caribbeansea.com $2,100
anoka.com $3,395 kuangxi.com $2,100
ggmg.com $3,388 nevu.com $2,100
unfriend.com $3,022 oika.com $2,100
599997.com $3,010 vporno.com $2,100
mbeacon.com $3,000 montrealmirror.com $2,090
nr1.com $3,000 mmls.com $2,077
hg466.com $2,930 buyplants.com $2,020
beautynet.com $2,910 80707.com $2,019
hg477.com $2,903 autopricing.com $2,000
ggsn.com $2,900 grcn.com $2,000
ivon.com $2,900 hg0026.com $2,000
ushow.com $2,815 pengzhan.com $2,000
mrtv.com $2,800  

At SnapNames UniqueWatches.com ticked off $8,750, J-C.com sold for $4,199 and two others - AbiTech.com and Playwork.com plucked $2,501 apiece. A pair of IDNs also changed hands - xn--9wy76q.com at $2,500 and xn--kck4cd0r.com at $2,000.

Elsewhere, GritBrokerage sold Vapeco.com for $8,731 and CloudLeaf.com for $5,000. Also, in a private transaction, Cleantech Europe GmbH bought Parkplatz.com for $7,783.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by the quintet of five-figure sales you saw in the all extension section above with Click.me setting the pace at $18,000. The biggest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is #6 on this week's Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is RSS.io, a name that Sedo sold for $8,720.

Sedo went on to pile up 13 of the 20 chart entries including #7 Original.me at $8,000 and #8 AU.TV at $7,957. NameJet also had a strong outing with five chart entries including #9 Contact.me at $7,601. 

Tuvalui's .tv won a tight extension race with five chart entries. Montenegro's .me was next with four. Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 1:

Country Code Top 20 Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 - Sun. Nov. 1, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Nov. 4, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Click.me $18,000 Lendvo/Pvt Sale
2. Movies.to £9,200 =  $14,168 Sedo
3. Testsieger.at €9,800 = $10,682 Sedo
4. Autorijscholen.nl €9,680 = $10,551 Sedo
5. Devils.tv $10,000 Sedo
6. RSS.io €8,000 = $8,720 Sedo
7 Original.me $8,000 Sedo
8. AU.tv €7,300 = $7,957 Sedo
9. Contact.me $7,601 NameJet
10. DNF.cn $7,500 Sedo

11. Selbstständig.de (IDN) €6,500 = $7,085 Sedo
12. Cool.ae $6,500 Sedo
13. Festnetzanschluss.de €5,950 = $6,486 Sedo
14. JT.tv $6,100 NameJet
15.
tie		 Japan.tv €4,999 = $5,449 Sedo
15.
tie		 ZUK.eu €4,999 = $5,449 Golem.eu
17. Hot.co $5,100 NameJet
18. Free.me $5,000 NameJet
19. HO.tv $4,800 NameJet
20. ARQ.fr €4,300 = $4,687 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were dozens of additional  four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by Sedo's $4,620 sale of Confidential.co.uk. They added $4,251 for Kybernetik.de and $4,235 for Tectonics.co.uk.

Sedo had 43 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $4,000
yewu.cn $4,000   wonderwall.co.uk $1,540
ncl.fr $3,979 campusforum.de $1,526
tennisrackets.co.uk $3,850 peccatidigola.it $1,308
gerüste.de $3,815 2.gs $1,300
indiz.de $3,815 5.gs $1,300
onlinecasinos.in $3,500 6.gs $1,300
service.it $3,500 699.in $1,300
letsplay.tv $2,962 7.gs $1,300
gazelle.fr $2,725 8.gs $1,300
niederrheiner.de $2,725 w.gs $1,300
vivo-shopping.de $2,725 y.gs $1,300
transferwise.hk $2,300 aepd.es $1,286
muskelmaschine.de $2,289 all4.ch $1,090
bette.fr $2,180 schulessenberlin.de $1,090
coolpad.it $2,179 woodoo.fr $1,090
huts.co.uk $2,002 belcasa.ch $1,089
mainhaus.de $1,743 erfahrungswissen.de $1,089
8.tl $1,650 youknow.de $1,046
peuterstart.nl $1,635 spp.cc.cc $1,034
lieferanten.ch $1,622 lalo.co $1,000
rubi.mx $1,600 minimum.co $1,000
visiondirect.co.in $1,540   

At NameJet NO.TV tallied $4,010, AX.TV tuned in $3,500 and England.TV added $3,000. Another .TV domain, Outpost.tv, changed hands in a private transaction for $3,500.

Elsewhere, Park.io sold VPN.to for $1,777 and Golem.eu moved two names - McArthur.eu and Ruemmele.eu - for $1,089 each. 

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 were led by a half dozen five-figure sales that were listed in the all extension section above. JR.net set the pace with an impressive $55,000 sale at NameJet. The biggest sales in this group that you haven't seen yet are a pair of .top domains that fill the 7th and 8th places on our latest weekly Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. Those are Best.top at $9,474 and Good.top at $7,895, with both of those handled by the Jiangsu Bangning registrar.

Rounding out the top ten are Sedo's $6,000 sale of Mama.club and NameJet's $5,865 sale of 9F.net.

The extension race wound up in a dead heat with the .nets and .clubs each taking seven spots on the elite list. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 1:

Non .Com gTLDs Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 - Sun. Nov. 1, 2015
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Nov. 4, 2015)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. JR.net $55,000 NameJet
2. VIP.club $40,000 .CLUB Registry
3. The.club $19,000 RightOfTheDot
4. Steam.net $17,250 Sedo/SnapNames
5. MJ.club $15,000 .CLUB Registry
6. BetStars.net $10,000 Pvt Sale
7. Best.top CNY 60,000 = $9,474 Jiangsu Bangning
8. Good.top CNY 50,000 = $7,895 Jiangsu Bangning
9. Mama.club $6,000 Sedo
10. 9F.net $5,865 NameJet

11. Backup.net $5,601 NameJet
12. Repair.org $5,145 Sedo
13. Gadgets.org $5,087 NameJet
14.
tie		 Cool.house $5,000 RedefineWeb/
GoDaddyAuctions
14.
tie		 Traffic.club $5,000 Key-Systems
14.
tie		 Diesel.club $5,000 GoDaddyAuctions
14.
tie		 Tour.club $5,000 GoDaddyAuctions
18.
tie		 GPX.net $4,800 Sedo
18.
tie		 SAO.net $4,800 Sedo
20.
tie		 321.top CNY 30,000 = $4,737 Jiangsu Bangning
20.
tie		 528.top CNY 30,000 = $4,737 Jiangsu Bangning

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were many more four-figure sales off the chart, led by NameJet's $4,705 sale of Gadgets.net. They also moved 5755.net at $3,353 and FXH.net at $2,720.  

NameJet had 19 more four-figure non .com gTLD sales ranging from $2,000 to $2,622 that are listed in the table below: 

Additional NameJet Non .Com gTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $2,622
machines.org $2,622   bqb.net $2,100
medikamente.net $2,535 fqd.net $2,100
uncjin.org $2,400 vhf.org $2,050
pzg.net $2,320 mlr.net $2,040
dxg.net $2,319 qrl.net $2,040
klb.net $2,319 qfr.net $2,033
liquid.org $2,200 6836.net $2,009
zfk.net $2,200 zrf.net $2,002
8897.net $2,150 nmq.net $2,000
qnr.net $2,120   

Back at Sedo Flamingo.net drew $4,360, 6696.net nabbed $3,988 and 5V.net notched $3,888. Sedo had 14 more four-figure non .com gTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,549 that are listed in the table below: 

Additional Sedo Non .Com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,549
zb.biz $2,549   lereve.net $1,895
bid.taxi $2,180 tjj.net $1,850
expeditions.online $2,180 rzl.net $1,800
cqq.net $2,000 bng.net $1,651
emmanuel.church $1,999 twinks.net $1,280
victory.church $1,999 thevault.net $1,199
messe.news $1,908 actionrv.net $1,000

Elsewhere Name.com sold Sexcam.club for $4,385, SnapNames moved Blackstone.org for $4,419 and NameSilo sold Human.club for $2,181. PDR picked up $1,760 for Diver.club and two others changed hands in private transactions. Joy Antony sold Rally.xyz for $2,000 and Zurab Kodalashvili sold Super.pro for $1,853.

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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