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Pair of 3-Letter .Coms Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart - One Hits Six Figures

We often talk about the summer doldrums at this time of year - more people are on vacation and activity in the domain aftermarket often slows down. So, this being the official first day of summer it is not surprising to see a relatively low number of sales reported this week, especially in the non .com categories. Even so, every week generates at least a few notable sales and the one just past was no exception with the always reliable 3-letter .coms leading the parade. They produced the top two sales on latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart with PEP.com setting the pace after changing hands for $100,000 in a private transaction. 

PEP.com, of course, is not just a 3-letter acronym - it is also a dictionary word which adds a good bit more value, especially when it is one that has a positive connotation like pep does. I would not have been surprised to see this one go a good bit higher as it would make a great brand name for companies in a wide variety of fields.

The runner-up spot went to EPG.com, a domain that drew $50,000 at Sedo, lighting a fuse that saw them go on to sweep 14 of the 20 chart entries including six on the top half of the elite list. 

By Ron Jackson

It was also an overwhelmingly dominant week for the .coms as they claimed every position on the Big Board but two. One exception was Sedo's sale of a ccTLD - #19 Vital.tv - at $7,952. The .com contingent incuded #3 InvestSmart.com ($25,000 in a private transaction), Sedo's sale of #4 Fremdgehen.com at $22,400 and a pair of $20,000 sales at Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com, involving Dalwhinnie.com and DeepCurrent.com, that rounded out the first five. Stu Maloff's sales platform, BrandableBusiness.com, also contributed to the .com cause with #16 (tie) OGUS.com at $8,000.

This was the worst week we've ever seen for non .com gTLDs. Only two sales were reported for the entire category. This group has been sliding in sales volume for several years now but it is still a shock to see the number reported in any given week come this close to zero. Still, one of those two did make the Big Board - #20 TYI.org at $7,488.  

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, June 18, 2017:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. June 12, 2017 - Sun. June 18, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect June 21, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. PEP.com  $100,000 Pvt Sale
2. EPG.com $50,000 Sedo
3. InvestSmart.com $25,000 Pvt Sale
4. Fremdgehen.com €20,000 = $22,400 Sedo
5.
tie		 Dalwhinnie.com $20,000 DomainMarket
5.
tie		 DeepCurrent.com $20,000 DomainMarket
7. Voise.com $18,000 Sedo
8.
tie		 MyItem.com $15,000 Sedo
8.
tie		 T20GlobalLeague.com $15,000 Sedo
10. EssenceGlobal.com £9,000 = $11,430 Sedo

11. Sipoint.com $9,900 Sedo
12. Amedico.com $9,000 Sedo
13. DogNutrition.com $8,999 Sedo
14. EPXT.com $8,687 Sedo
15. TeenDrivers.com $8,200 Sedo
16.
tie		 ElementGroup.com $8,000 Sedo
16.
tie		 OGUS.com $8,000 BrandableBusiness
16.
tie		 Shuswap.com $8,000 Sedo
19. Vital.tv €7,100 = $7,952 Sedo
20. TYI.org $7,488 Logan Flatt/
Uniregistry Market

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 Giji.com at $6,069 and Bluevent.com at $6,000. Brandoo.com brought $5,600, WMAX.com made $5,040 and three others - Arkad.com, ETHX.com and MediaShare.com - captured $5,000 each.

OKBet.com banked $4,999, IMCloud.com collected $4,100 and StarCover.com corralled $4,025. Sedo had 30 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
dragon360.com $4,000   principalis.com $2,800
dulio.com $4,000 brandpropeller.com $2,650
mediket.com $4,000 gathergreen.com $2,650
ownstar.com $3,700 delone.com $2,500
jung-group.com $3,490 droob.com $2,500
visiox.com $3,248 meetatlanta.com $2,500
enjoycafe.com $3,100 hellocrypto.com $2,499
patiohouse.com $3,000 manhattantennis.com $2,400
callmed.com $2,999 sportside.com $2,400
ftvi.com $2,988 edbell.com $2,377
mblack.com $2,900 chalked.com $2,000
vivaflorida.com $2,900 o3v.com $2,000
jomavi.com $2,875 pinelife.com $2,000
meinfest.com $2,875 teee.com $2,000
blcash.com $2,855 waiw.com $2,000

Elsewhere BrandableBusiness.com sold ADTY.com for $5,000 while ApacheDomains.com moved Katiim.com for $2,000 and UsedKarz.com for the same price in a sale made through Afternic. 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by their lone sale on the all extension leader board that you saw above -  Vital.tv at $7,952 via Sedo. Only 13 sales were reported for the entire category and 12 of those were posted by Sedo including the #2 domain on latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart - Spaceship.co at $7,000.

Sedo rounded out the first five with Wise.de ($4,816) and two others - Menu.ch and Uni.me - at $4,480 apiece. The only chart entry Sedo did not fill was the final slot that went to DomainLore.co.uk's $1,372 sale of CompensationClaims.co.uk.

Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, June 18, 2017:

Country Code Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. June 12, 2017 - Sun. June 18, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect June 21, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Vital.tv €7,100 = $7,952 Sedo
2. Spaceship.co $7,000 Sedo
3. Wise.de €4,300 = $4,816 Sedo
4. Menu.ch €4,000 = $4,480 Sedo
5. Uni.me €4,000 = $4,480 Sedo
6. Get.in $3,800 Sedo

7.
tie		 Gold-Guide.de €3,000 = $3,360 Sedo
7.
tie		 Minerva.co €3,000 = $3,360 Sedo
7.
tie		 Pays.de €3,000 = $3,360 Sedo
10. Elsa.fi €2,950 = $3,304 Sedo
11. Cryptocurrencies.co $3,010 Sedo
12. NYC.ai $2,999 Sedo
13. CompensationClaims.co.uk £1,080 = $1,372 DomainLore.co.uk

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

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)

As I noted above it was rough sailing for the Non .com gTLDs this week with an all-time low of just two sales reported in this category. The highest was Logan Flatt's $7,488 sale of TYI.org through the Uniregistry Market.  Uniregistry accounted for the other sale as well with Joy Antony using the platform to sell a new gTLD, Electric.city, for $2,000.

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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