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3-Letter .Coms Dominate This Week's Sales Chart Sweeping 14 of 20 Positions - Two Reach 6 Figures

It's no secret how well 3-letter .coms have performed over the years but as popular as they are you still don't expect to see the kind of eye-popping performance they turned in this week. The group accounted for the four highest sales reported and swept 14 of the 20 entries on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart.

Two of those sales cracked the six-figure barrier with Sedo securing $115,000 for #1 OCS.com and BQDN.com banking $102,000 for DIL.com. BQDN also put SZD.com in the #3 slot with a $44,500 sale and NameJet rounded out the first four with TRM.com at $44,000. NameJet also had the first chart entry that wasn't a 3-lettter .com - and it missed by just one letter as #5 Timi.com attracted $40,666.

In the end Sedo, BQDN and NameJet were the only venues represented on the Big Board as they divided all 20 entries among themselves - and all 20 of those entries were .coms. BQDN led with nine spots (all 3-letter .coms), NameJet has eight places and Sedo three. In addition to the week's top sale, Sedo had the only other top ten entries that weren't 3-letter .coms - #9 MomsChoice.com at $31,500 and #10 Saucey.com at $29,.000.

By Ron Jackson

Alongside what you see on the charts, a lot of other major domain sales news broke this week. The latest example that we told you about earlier today, was SumoMe's acquistion of Sumo.com in a $1.5 million deal (in our story, SumoMe Founder Noah Kagan detailed how he spent seven years trying to get the name for his popular web services business. As is the case with many high end sales, financing was used in this one with Kagan putting $500,000 down with the remaining $1,000,000 to be paid out monthly over the next five years. We don't chart sales until names have been fully paid for and transferred but deals like this deserve their time in the spotlight too - the down payment alone was more than the week's nine biggest sales put together. 

In an even bigger deal that TheDomains noted, George Kirikos uncovered information in an SEC filing that strongly indicates that Snapchat paid $5 million for Snap.com last year (George details how he arrived at that figure in a comment he added to the post at TheDomains). What we don't know is whether or not any equity was part of the deal (something seller IdeaLab likes to have). If it comes to light that it was an all cash deal it would be added to our 2016 Top 100 Chart where it would be the year's biggest sale.   

George also pointed me to a report about a broker filing a lawsuit against automaker Faraday Future over a commission the broker said he was due for helping Faraday acquire FF.com for $1.4 million in 2015. The information in that story and the legal documents filed in the case is, I believe, sufficient proof that the price is accurate, so we have added it to our 2015 Top 100 Chart where is ranks as that year's 3rd biggest sale.

We also learned this week that InstallmentLoans.com was sold in 2013 for $500,000 and that sale has been added to our 2013 Top 100 Chart. That documented information came to me from seller Jon Schultz of BlueStringVentures who credited broker Derek Giordano for making the sale happen. 

Thanks to Noah Kagan, George Kirikos and Jon Schultz for providing these great reminders that there is always a lot going on in the aftermarket beyond what we see on the charts! 

Back to the business at hand, here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, February 5, 2017:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 30, 2017 - Sun. Feb. 5, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 8, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. OCS.com $115,000 Sedo
2. DIL.com $102,000 BQDN
3. SZD.com $44,500 BQDN
4. TRM.com $44,000 NameJet
5. Timi.com $40,666 NameJet
6. NFR.com $39,000 BQDN
7. PXN.com $37,000 BQDN
8. HAA.com $36,000 BQDN
9. MomsChoice.com $31,500 Sedo
10. Saucey.com $29,000 Sedo

11. 777Me.com $28,974 NameJet
12. OIR.com $24,950 NameJet
13. OFH.com $24,500 NameJet
14.
tie		 BEZ.com $24,000 BQDN
14.
tie		 EUC.com $24,000 BQDN
16. Dongying.com $23,600 NameJet
17. UFT.com $23,000 BQDN
18. YIL.com $22,200 NameJet
19. Comments.com $22,100 NameJet
20. KUL.com $22,000 BQDN

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.

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There were 21 more five-figure sales off the chart led by BQDN's $21,000 sale of IXA.com. 

NameJet had 10 more at this level including another big group of 3-letter .coms - AJF.com ($19,299), VYY.com ($18,000), ZYE.com ($17,188), OPY.com ($17,001), OZX.com ($17,000) and IGJ.com ($17,000). They also scored with BuyShares.com ($15,100), SelfieStick.com ($15,000), Robby.com ($11,211) and Handango.com ($10,000).

Back at Sedo Gr8FX.com grossed $18,000, 1784.com sold for $16,500 and Papa.de delivered $15,515. VXE.com drew $15,000, Contacton.com captured $15,000 and new gTLD G.rich rang up $13,750. Solize.com commanded $12,840, Robo.io returned $12,500 and No18.com notched $12,450. 

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four figure sales with ZingWireless.com at $9,000. Externer-datenschutzbeauftragter.com kicked in $7,918, Alpavit.com produced $5,550 and LisaPage.com landed $5,500.

iSofia.com sold for $5,437, Value2Go.com went for $5,350, Supro.com provided $5,349 and MessengerMarketing.com made $5,300. Sedo had 37 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
alliancesoftware.com $5,000   quixotry.com $2,899
earthfire.com $5,000 organixx.com $2,800
thestartupway.com $5,000 embalaje.com $2,675
richardsaghian.com $4,500 heroloans.com $2,650
nrg4.com $4,400 ghaziabad.com $2,600
digitalex.com $4,280 selfieguys.com $2,500
idraulico.com $4,280 vrinside.com $2,500
hashflare.com $4,069 yessheis.com $2,500
callforstartups.com $4,000 hawaiiaerospace.com $2,400
hypel.com $4,000 sheti.com $2,300
noida.com $4,000 ortigia.com $2,200
migos.com $3,985 rrrm.com $2,200
golden-age.com $3,200 weihnachtskrippen.com $2,140
t9t.com $3,100 brilliantcorners.com $2,000
mapf.com $3,000 eventbooks.com $2,000
silart.com $3,000 furntech.com $2,000
qualityroofs.com $2,995 huddled.com $2,000
buildaboard.com $2,950 icecon.com $2,000
firerooster.com $2,899  

Back at NameJet, Hece.com hauled in $8,600, Huhou.com drew $8,500 and Gici.com gained $8,300. Lepen.com located $8,000, Lari.com corralled $7,977 and two others - Keying.com and Nule.com - attracted $7,900 each.

Cuckoldrix.com claimed $7,613, Fadu.com fetched $6,711 and ITHelp.com dispensed $6,506. Diniu.com doled out $6,300 and 8NN.com closed at $6,210. NameJet had 71 more four-figure sales from $2,000 to $5,899 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,899
paho.com $5,899   q30.com $2,800
400ai.com $5,809 r60.com $2,800
colored.com $5,801 spiceupyourblog.com $2,750
kokogiak.com $5,100 91687.com $2,700
yehey.com $5,100 publishamerica.com $2,700
labei.com $5,010 lakewales.com $2,625
swcm.com $4,944 956999.com $2,605
cybergames.com $4,611 cousteau.com $2,600
coolroom.com $4,601 geekteam.com $2,600
moderndance.com $4,601 nearable.com $2,600
y2y.com $4,600 inus.com $2,581
97g.com $4,511 trible.com $2,522
my360.com $4,511 juanda.com $2,513
laptopshop.com $4,400 competitiveintelligence.com $2,512
imoto.com $4,388 surfor.com $2,500
insco.com $4,204 treatmen.com $2,500
fezo.com $4,202 wohl.com $2,423
tttb.com $3,900 hschange.com $2,420
naturestouch.com $3,622 pums.com $2,400
weworld.com $3,602 81527.com $2,340
12036.com $3,550 999f.com $2,322
cooter.com $3,533 biotica.com $2,322
99zizi.com $3,400 stec-inc.com $2,310
lllr.com $3,388 forexample.com $2,222
hellen.com $3,360 30307.com $2,220
mastercash.com $3,256 87116.com $2,210
hamam.com $3,144 39529.com $2,201
vx8.com $3,100 mydefrag.com $2,158
altel.com $3,003 probuilt.com $2,107
qava.com $3,001 medicalwork.com $2,105
kawen.com $3,000 51netu.com $2,100
f30.com $2,900 bannermaker.com $2,100
mentioned.com $2,850 collegehill.com $2,050
82121.com $2,800 55hphp.com $2,000
i62.com $2,800 newbuilding.com $2,000
l82.com $2,800  

Elsewhere, Rupii.com sold ViralCredit.com for $4,200 and vBiotechnology.com for $3,300. 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by a pair of five-figure sales, Papa.de at $15,515 and Robo.io at $12,500. In addition to making both of those sales, Sedo went on to sweep every position on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. They rounded out the first five with WestCountry.co.uk ($8,750), Top.ai ($7,100) and Tredyol.de ($5,350).

Germany's .de easily won the extension race with eight chart entries. The only other extension with more than one was Great Britain's .co.uk that claimed three places on the leader board.  Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, February 5, 2017:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 30, 2017 - Sun. Feb. 5, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 8, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Papa.de €14,500 = $15,515 Sedo
2. Robo.io $12,500 Sedo
3. WestCountry.co.uk £7,000 = $8,750 Sedo
4. Top.ai $7,100 Sedo
5. Trendyol.de €5,000 = $5,350 Sedo
6. PCZentrum.de €4,699 = $5,028 Sedo
7. DasAuto.de €4,485 = $4,799 Sedo
8. Adatina.it €4,250 = $4,548 Sedo
9. Pay.com.pk $4,500 Sedo
10. Van.de €3,510 = $3,756 Sedo

11. Congelados.cl €3,199 = $3,423 Sedo
12. Christophmaria-Herbst.de €3,000 = $3,210 Sedo
13.
tie		 Ausstellungskuechen.de €2,500 = $2,675 Sedo
13.
tie		 EasyWay.fr €2,500 = $2,675 Sedo
15. Mummy.co.uk £2,050 = $2,563 Sedo
16. Daddy.co.uk £2,000 = $2,500 Sedo
17. Implan.com.br $2,420 Sedo
18. Arbeitsrechtleipzig.de €2,150 = $2,301 Sedo
19. Ni.fi €2,100 = $2,247 Sedo
20. Hawkers.ru $2,000 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were two more four-figure sales off the chart, both from Golem.eu where FocusVision.eu sold for $1,213 and Tarmac.be brought $1,069.

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 the category's lone five-figure sale. That was a new gTLD domain, G.rich, that went for $13,750 at Sedo. The next three spots on our latest weekly Non .com gTLD Top Sales went to .club domains (.club reported all of their premium sales for the last quarter this week). Those were K8.club ($8,760 at Name.com), Vegetarian.club (a direct registry sale at $8,500) and Trump.club ($7,098 at CrazyDomains).

Rub.net rounded out the first five with a $5,500 sale at NameJet. The .clubs then started another run with #6 Winning.club at $4,250 in a direct registry sale.

The .clubs went on to win the extension race with nine chart entries. The .nets were next with six, followed by the .orgs with three. Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, February 5, 2017.

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Non .Com gTLDs Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 30, 2017 - Sun. February 5, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 8, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. G.rich $13,750 Sedo
2. K8.club  $8,760 Name.com
3. Vegetarian.club $8,500 Direct Sale
4. Trump.club $7,098 CrazyDomains
5. Rub.net $5,500 NameJet
6. Winning.club $4,250 Direct Sale
7. Jade.club $4,210 Dynadot
8. SelfEmployed.net $4,100 NameJet
9.
tie		 Sub.domains $4,000 Sedo
9.
tie		 Arts.club $4,000 GoDaddy
9.
tie		 Hunter.club $4,000 GoDaddy

12. Coconut.club $3,701 URL Solutions
13. Beef.club $3,490 United-Domains
14.
tie		 Consup.net $2,800 Sedo
14.
tie		 DCEnvironmentalFilmfest.org $2,800 NameJet
16. PSY.net $2,700 NameJet
17.
tie		 Feuerwehr.org $2,600  NameJet
17.
tie		 Info-France-USA.org $2,600 NameJet
17.
tie		 Jaw.net $2,600 NameJet
17.
tie		 Zim.net $2,600 NameJet

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

 

There were many more four-figure sales off the chart. NameJet had the highest of those with SUS.net at $2,550 and NDW.net at $2,500.

NameJet had 16 more four-figure non .com gTLD sales ranging from $2,100 to $2,499 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet Non .com gTLD Sales Between $2,100 - $2,499
money.loans $2,499   zqq.net $2,310
hhy.net $2,415 ngj.net $2,300
xhg.net $2,412 xlm.net $2,300
wzc.net $2,411 nkx.net $2,250
czs.net $2,400 icran.org $2,200
fwn.net $2,400 rnx.net $2,109
bxh.net $2,310 mqg.net $2,100
naea-reston.org $2,310 txr.net $2,100

GoDaddy had a nice group of premium .club sales including Arte.club, Software.club and Solar.club at $2,400 each. Three others - Evolution.club, Impact.club and Soft.club - added $1,500 apiece. 

Eight other registrars also got into the .club premium sales act. Uniregistrar sold Atlas.club for $2,319, NameSilo notched $2,191 for Organic.club, three others went for $2,000 each - Hyper.club (at OpenProvider), Good.club (at PSI USA) and Tatoo.club (at Sedo). Rounding out the roster CrazyDomains sold 404.club for $1,901, NameCheap moved Chaos.club for $1,830 and eNom booked $1,691 for Bali.club. 

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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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. 

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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