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Two of the Year's Six Biggest Domain Sales Top This Week's Chart Led by a $2 Million Blockbuster

A lot happened in the domain aftermarket while I was away last week covering the Domaining Europe conference in Berlin. The second biggest sale of the year to date was announced soon after I arrived in Europe and shortly after I got home this week I got word of another blockbuster (being announced for the first time in this column) that ranks among 2017's top six sales. Starfire Holdings Broker Ali Zandi's $2 million sale of Freedom.com was the former and the latter was a $550,000 sale of Place.com made by RightOfTheDot.com with help from GoDaddy's Domain Buy Service. 

Zandi's big sale is second only to the $2.89 million sale of Fly.com that we reported earlier this month. Ali told me, "This one took a few months to complete. After reaching out to the buyer and presenting the price, they went dark. A few weeks later, I was contacted by Slade Michalec of Lumis.com - turns out, the buyer went dark and hired him as an acquisition broker. Slade and Lumis.com were a big help in representing the buy side." Shortly after the sale was announced, Ali did a video interview with Michael Cyger at DomainSherpa.com detailing how everything went down. You can view that here. 

By Ron Jackson

We also just got the last batch of completed domain sales from the RightOfTheDot.com/NameJet NamesCon domain auction this week. One of those sales filled the #3 slot on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart - Fort.com at $66,500.

Sedo rounded out the first five with #4 WHX.com at $30,999 and #5 LEEM.com at $30,000.  They went on to pile up 11 chart entries overall. Sedo's haul included all three of the non .com gTLDs on the elite list, a trio led by #8 Incite.org at $20,250. Sedo also had one of the three ccTLDs that made the Big Board - #18 (tie) Growbox.de at $11,200. The other two were Nidoma.com's $13,664 sale of #14 Cataratta.it and their $10,080 sale of #20 Trucco.it.

The .coms still dominated though, sweeping 14 of 20 chart entries. The .com cause was helped by two chart entries from Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com - #7 Unifon.com at $24,888 and #15 CurrencyCharts.com at $12,500. Mann told me he originally purchased those names for $250 apiece.  

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, May 21, 2017:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 8, 2017 - Sun. May 21, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 26, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Freedom.com $2,000,000 Starfire Holdings
2. Place.com $550,000 RightOfTheDot/GoDaddy
Domain Buy Service
3. Fort.com $66,500 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
4. WHX.com $30,999 Sedo
5. LEEM.com $30,000 Sedo
6. OnlyYou.com $27,000 Sedo
7. Unifon.com $24,888 DomainMarket
8. Incite.org $20,250 Sedo
9. Symbiotic.com $19,507 Sedo
10. CryptoGold.com $19,000 Sedo

11.
tie		 NihaoFood.com $15,000 Sedo
11.
tie		 Vice.org $15,000 Sedo
13. Hosting.biz $14,975 Sedo
14. Cataratta.it €12,200 = $13,664 Nidoma
15. CurrencyCharts.com $12,500 DomainMarket
16. Duplicates.com $12,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
17. Growbox.de €10,000 = $11,200 Sedo
18. JinglePlayer.com €10,000 = $11,200 Sedo
19. Nympho.com $11,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
20. Trucco.it €9,000 = $10,080 Nidoma

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 five more five-figure sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for four of those as Chunli.com, LitigationFinance.com, SayYesToTheDress.com and TrustGaming.com went for $10,000 each.  Park.io also scored with Time.to at $10,000. 

.Com Supporting Cast

DomainMarket led the .com supporting cast of four figure sales with NightPulse.com at $9,888. They added $5,600 for DesarrolloEmocional.com, $5,000 for CutieCars.com and $2,888 for TrumpYoureFired.com.

Back at Sedo, TGOA.com attracted $9,275, ElevateSecurity.com sold for $9,000 and two others - Awsat.com and SkyLotto.com - landed $8,880 apiece. GradeUp.com gained $8,500, ExperienceOS.com commanded $8,000 and CreditCoin.com collected $7,728.

3XX.com drew $7,200, BrawlStars.com brought $6,500 and three others - JMagazine.com, StartupTracker.com and Svenningsen.com - went for $6,000 each. Sedo had 70 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,500 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com gTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $5,500
elimishield.com $5,500   latinvillage.com $3,050
avtopro.com $5,040 eccolo.com $3,000
badconduct.com $5,000 lecute.com $3,000
minuteme.com $5,000 podnetworks.com $3,000
pibank.com $5,000 xtrackers.com $3,000
vetmall.com $4,699 iamevidence.com $2,900
raised.com $4,500 balloonery.com $2,899
readyup.com $4,500 vmaker.com $2,899
flyz.com $4,400 innovativewomen.com $2,846
blazeit.com $4,368 propertykensington.com $2,816
sixsox.com $4,368 swissgames.com $2,800
pandagreen.com $4,200 evoteq.com $2,750
t91.com $4,200 broomstix.com $2,650
im7.com $4,000 milicon.com $2,600
amigosconderechos.com $3,999 capitalstudio.com $2,550
businessfunnel.com $3,999 postzambia.com $2,544
homefetch.com $3,990 amplifai.com $2,500
homero.com $3,920 asiabest.com $2,500
homecapture.com $3,900 cycp.com $2,500
beyondgame.com $3,850 housemap.com $2,500
translateto.com $3,800 okthanks.com $2,500
coinmaster.com $3,750 usedcarcenter.com $2,500
bbqheroes.com $3,650 chiropraticiens.com $2,495
bitblue.com $3,500 invasys.com $2,488
chambas.com $3,500 customprops.com $2,400
mediid.com $3,500 travelkazakhstan.com $2,350
technolust.com $3,500 strokie.com $2,250
findroommates.com $3,499 tieranzeigen.com $2,240
fitteryou.com $3,499 touchbrands.com $2,240
trustwire.com $3,499 flamewave.com $2,150
teambliss.com $3,495 betarea.com $2,000
gerant.com $3,472 irpm.com $2,000
storyblocks.com $3,248 salonx.com $2,000
govlink.com $3,220 thisisphilly.com $2,000
meccatronica.com $3,100 xhash.com $2,000

In additional sales from that RightOfTheDot/NameJet NamesCon auction Sweethearts.com hauled in $8,000, WeddingAlbums.com booked $4,800 and DigitalPrinters.com produced $4,000. Choreographers.com, Valuated.com and Yore.com yielded $3,500 each while OldHouse.com welcomed $3,300 and DirtySecret.com revealed $3,250.

Mariachis.com made $3,125, VOHI.com captured $2,900 and Diagnosed.com dispensed $2,600. UpsetStomach.com and TileCleaner.com claimed $2,500 apiece while Debtors.com deposited $2,401. Accidentally.com doled out $2,300, MusicClasses.com enrolled $2,200 and HolidayGiftBaskets.com bagged $2,000. 

At Nidoma.com Oculista.com landed $9,000, Tatuaggi-com.com clicked for $4,480 and BeautyCool.com buttoned up $3,054 and Impresaedile.com provided $2,957.

Elsewhere, Analytics Logic sold WDNN.com for $9,000 and Sayed Ali sold EPCS.com for the same amount via Afternic. AbdulBasit.com moved Ravan.com for $7,500 and JonathanLee.com for $4,500. At NameKart.com Woodz.com went for $4,600 while 36thStreet.com and LAMedical.com captured $3,500 each.  

Country Codes

The ccTLDs had a very solid couple of weeks led by that quartet of five-figure sales you saw in the all extension leader section earlier with Cataratta.it at the head of the pack after selling for $13,664 at Nidoma.com. The highest sales in this category that you haven't seen yet are a pair of names that tied for 5th on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. Those were Lex.co and Meat.co.za at $9,999 each with Sedo booking both of those sales. 

Park.io has three top ten entries and four spots overall with a roster led by #4 Time.to at $10,000 and #7 Transit.io at $8,500. Still, Sedo easily won the race among venues with 12 of the 23 charted sales (the extra spots resulted from a four-way tie for the final position).

Italy's .it finished first in a close TLD contest with four charted sales. Germany's .de, Great Britain's .co.uk and Tuvalu's .tv each had three. Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, May 21, 2017:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 8, 2017 - Sun. May 21, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 26, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Cataratta.it €12,200 = $13,664 Nidoma
2. GrowBox.de €10,000 = $11,200 Sedo
3. Trucco.it €9,000 = $10,080 Nidoma
4. Time.to $10,000 Park.io
5.
tie		 Lex.co $9,999 Sedo
5.
tie		 Meat.co.za $9,999 Sedo
7. Transit.io $8,500 Park.io
8. AAS.co.uk £5,900 = $7,552 Sedo
9. Bundle.io $7,200 Park.io
10. FragranceNet.co.uk €5,999 = $6,719 Sedo

11. Sexo.tv €5,500 = $6,160 Sedo
12. PFK.co.uk £4,800 = $6,144 Sedo
13. VideoSlots.pe $6,050 Sedo
14. Chirurgo.it €5,390 = $6,037 Nidoma
15.
tie		 Abos24.de €5,000 = $5,600 Sedo
15.
tie		 Mietenstattkaufen.at €5,000 = $5,600 Sedo
15.
tie		 Perderepeso.it €5,000 = $5,600 Nidoma
18. Sudhaus.at €4,799 = $5,375 Golem.eu
19. Campings.pt €4,500 = $5,040 Sedo
20.
tie		 Deploy.to $5,000 Park.io
20.
tie		 Paws.de $5,000 Sedo
20.
tie		 RN.tv $5,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
20.
tie		 UF.tv $5,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were dozens of additional four-figure sales off the chart. Sedo sold Humanistic.ca for $4,500 and two others - Billy.nl and Naturalne.pl - went for $4,480 each. VR.ai added $3,900, Koen.eu kicked in $3,864, Punt.eu posted $3,674 and Mikrofaser.de delivered $3,640. 

Sedo had 21 more four figure ccTLDs sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,600 that are in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $3,600
enroll.me $3,600   ozl.ch $2,789
salary.in $3,600 reader.gr $2,688
app.im $3,500 2010.de $2,679
guru.com.ar $3,360 baic.eu $2,520
merceria.it $3,360 lor.it $2,492
miami.nl $3,360 mtech.co.kr $2,400
stereo.eu $3,360 margo.fr $2,240
cew.ch $3,359 ciao.ca $2,200
growbox.it $3,192 flash.ca $2,000
swissgames.ch $2,800 prospecting.com.au $2,000
transportdrohne.de $2,800  

Back at Park.io, TBA.io brought $4,500, Theorem.io returned $4,000 and Archetype.io tallied $2,800. 56.io fetched $2,000, Information.io made $1,870 and Harness.io harvested $1,500. Modus.io managed $1,140, Grower.io garnered $1,035 and VS.to tacked on $1,025. DK.to corralled $1,010 and Management.io earned $1,000.

At Nidoma DAAD.it delivered $4,480 while Chiropractico.it and Enologo.it reeled in $3,573 apiece. Legionella.it notched $2,800, Neurologo.it contributed $2,341 and Orofacile.it drew $1,708. Hackers.it hoisted $1,514, Bembo.it banked $1,366 and Latino.it located $1,189. NewAge.it generated $1,185 and Novauto.it nabbed $1,088. 

Elsewhere, at the Above.com Marketplace Folio.ca sold for $4,500 and RKVL.be billed $1,700. In a RightOfTheDot/NameJet NamesCon auction sale TI.tv changed hands for $4,050. DomainLore.co.uk sold three others - Outbound.co.uk ($3,005), ShortCourses.co.uk ($1,280) and PST.co.uk ($1,018). Golem.eu sold Teha.eu ($2,855) and Vids.be ($1,792) and, in a private transaction, Meta.us sold for $2,500. 

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 and others, including new gTLDs)

The Non .com gTLDs were led by the trio of names you saw on the the all extension leader board above with Incite.org setting the pace at $20,250 in a sale made at Sedo. That ranks among the year's top ten sales to date in this category. The highest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #4 on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. That is a new gTLD, Bit.trade, at $9,360 via Sedo.

Sedo also rounded out the first five with Note.net at $7,000 and they went on to pile up 12 of the 20 chart entries overall.

The .nets scored an easy win in the extension race with charted sales. The .orgs were next with four. Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, May 21, 2017.

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Non .Com gTLDs Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 8, 2017 - Sun. May 21, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect May 26, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Incite.org $20,250 Sedo
2. Vice.org $15,000 Sedo
3. Hosting.biz $14,975 Sedo
4. Bit.trade $9,360 Sedo
5. Note.net $7,000 Sedo
6.
tie		 EatSafe.org $5,000 DomainMarket
6.
tie		 Luxury.club $5,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
6.
tie		 VZZ.net $5,000 Sedo
9. Best.tours $4,800 WebQuest
10. PFT.net $4,700 Sedo

11. Gold.club $4,000 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
12. Claris.net $3,000 Sedo
13. Patch.info $2,999 Sedo
14. Potenzmittel.info €2,500 = $2,800 Sedo
15. Jackpots.net $2,322 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
16. Diamond.club $2,300 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
17. Mircom.net $2,260 Sedo
18. Australian.org $2,100 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet
19. Idee.shop $2,000 Sedo
20. Interest.net $1,700 RightOfTheDot/
NameJet

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

 

There were five more 4-figure sales reported in this category, all from the RightOfTheDot/NameJet auction at Namescon. Entrepreneurship.net topped that group at $1,652, followed by REE.net ($1,500), Players.net ($1,350), Domain.company ($1,200) and Employ.net ($1,100). 

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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