Jobs.ca Changes Hands in Blockbuster
Deal That Ranks Among the Year's Ten Biggest Domain Sales
Jobs.ca takes the spotlight this
week after being sold for $600,000 in the biggest Canadian
country code sale ever reported. Ogopogo
Media purchased the domain from Montreal's Domed
Technologies Inc. Ogopogo's founders, Shaun Pilfold
and Robert Montgomery are well known in domain circles. I had
more about this deal in a post in our Lowdown
section Tuesday morning (May 6).
We had a report of another major deal being
concluded for Win.com at a price of €1,000,000 ($1,533,180)
but non disclosure provisions prevent us from being able to release
the details necessary for us to treat this is as a verified sale
that we can chart.
In another strong sale RickLatona.com
moved SimiValley.com for $90,000 to take the #2 slot
on our new Top 20 chart. The AfternicDLS
had a very hot week, putting six names on the big board and
racking up three of the first six sales. Their roster was led by #3
YourChat.com at $35,200. Sedo.com
also had their usual solid outing with seven charted domains - more
than any other venue - including
#4 Bucket.com at $30,000.
By Ron Jackson
.Com claimed 13 of the 20 chart
positions and country codes took five spots leaving .net and
.mobi to split the final two openings. The tiny Pacific Ocean
island nation of Niue accounted for two of those highly
ranked ccTLD's, #9 CO.nu ($16,111) and #16 Info.nu
($12,500). Sedo sold both of those names, as well as a German
IDN, #15 Reisebüros.de
("travel offices" in German) at €8,100
($12,575).
Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, May 4:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. April 28, 2008 - Sun. May 4, 2008 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect May 6
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Jobs.ca
$600,000
Pvt
Sale
2.
SimiValley.com
$90,000
RickLatona.com
3.
YourChat.com
$35,200
AfternicDLS
4.
Bucket.com
$30,000
Sedo
5.
IndianaNews.com
$22,000
AfternicDLS
6.
KentuckyNews.com
$21,000
AfternicDLS
7.
MyCanvas.com
$20,000
Sedo
8.
OnlineFinancing.com
$17,500
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
9.
CO.nu
$16,111
Sedo
10.
Soho.net
$16,000
Pvt
Sale
11.
tie
Roulette.mobi
$15,000
Moniker/CAC
11.
tie
ReverseLoans.com
$15,000
Moniker/AS
11.
tie
MarylandNews.com
$15,000
AfternicDLS
11.
tie
1A1.com
$15,000
AfternicDLS
15.
Reisebüros.de
(IDN) ("travel offices" in German)
€8,100
= $12,575
Sedo
16.
Info.nu
$12,500
Sedo
17.
OutNow.de
€8,000
= $12,419
Sedo
18.
Charley.com
$12,000
AfternicDLS
19.
SteelFurniture.com
$11,099
NameJet
20.
Photographes.com
€7,000
= $10,867
Sedo
Keep in mind that these are the highest
value 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.
Forthe many newcomers entering the domain
industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market.
If you do not understand why specific domain names command the
prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases.
We highly recommend that you do some basic research beforeyou buyanything! As a starting point we have
built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.
There were five more five-figure sales just
off the chart. Sedo had three of those including TSJ.com at $10,100. They
also sold a a pair at $10,000 each; 3GForex.com and Juegos.com.uy
(.uy is Uruguay's country code), which means
"games" in Spanish. The AfternicDLS also sold two
names at $10,000 each; MySofa.com and Cenotaph.com.
.Com Supporting Cast
As always there was a long parade of solid
four-figure sales. The AfternicDLS had the grand marshal in that
procession with MississippiNews.com ($9,400) and a
pair at $8,800 each; Tangerines.com and Necatarines.com.
They raked in $8,000 apiece for R3R.com and CamerasDirect.com,
while Atime.com added $7,000 and HDVideoConferencing.com
connected for $6,000.
BankingWorld.com deposited $5,800 while
TVChoices.com and TennesseeNews.com dispatched $5,500
each. eBusinessCenter.com banked $5,400, followed by a
six-name logjam at $5,000 each that included TTech.com,
Kiitos.com, HellDiver.com, Fivi.com, CertificationTraining.com
and AbsoluteSlots.com.
The AfternicDLS had 81 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to
$4,888 that
you can check out in the table below.
Additional
AfternicDLS Sales Between $2,000 - $4,888
vproperty.com
$4,888
masterservices.com
$2,500
godsaves.com
$4,888
luggagexpress.com
$2,500
themovielist.com
$4,500
lab-pro.com
$2,500
businessmedia.com
$4,500
thedubai.com
$2,488
animage.com
$4,200
musemedia.com
$2,488
advantagelegal.com
$4,188
callaride.com
$2,488
viitor.com
$4,088
artcommunities.com
$2,488
cbcc.com
$3,840
superfish.com
$2,480
hautklinik.com
$3,700
paysolution.com
$2,400
egee.com
$3,678
itmodels.com
$2,388
pilotlink.com
$3,500
frozenpizzas.com
$2,300
GreenCal.com
$3,500
webbazaar.com
$2,288
photographyzone.com
$3,444
investmentadvantage.com
$2,288
einsuranceagency.com
$3,400
yourgold.com
$2,188
stylem.com
$3,388
webcatalyst.com
$2,188
mktcap.com
$3,288
nextfitness.com
$2,188
eco-green.com
$3,288
dreammenu.com
$2,188
starstudios.com
$3,200
vocalweb.com
$2,125
christianunity.com
$3,200
t-e-s-t.com
$2,115
candlelady.com
$3,188
nebraskanews.com
$2,100
collectweb.com
$3,088
spiritualblog.com
$2,088
userprofiles.com
$3,000
sourcesolution.com
$2,088
tropicalstuff.com
$3,000
seeyourfuture.com
$2,088
skiwax.com
$3,000
ourbackyard.com
$2,088
quickmovies.com
$3,000
mormonblog.com
$2,088
musiciansmatch.com
$3,000
missionpress.com
$2,088
clavel.com
$3,000
ultrafuel.com
$2,030
namingrights.com
$2,988
thebungalows.com
$2,000
caeiro.com
$2,900
soccersuperstore.com
$2,000
videopublishing.com
$2,800
preisvergleiche.com
$2,000
itsgreen.com
$2,753
lifemedicine.com
$2,000
samegoal.com
$2,700
largeliving.com
$2,000
getintheloop.com
$2,688
jesuslife.com
$2,000
endlessbeauty.com
$2,688
exploringmaine.com
$2,000
u-link.com
$2,600
elegantimages.com
$2,600
capitalgolf.com
$2,000
eple.com
$2,585
buildtheweb.com
$2,000
wordvision.com
$2,550
boldlybeautiful.com
$2,000
redesignme.com
$2,500
barworld.com
$2,000
precrime.com
$2,500
americanenvironmental.com
$2,000
poeticlicense.com
$2,500
Back at Sedo H-Art.com sketched out
€5,000 ($7,762), BankingWorld.com withdrew $5,800 and
WeatherClub.com cleared €3,500 ($5,434). PokerSpot.com
raked in a $5,100 pot, RunShop.com walked off with $5,000
and BangBangBang.com brought down $4,500.
RubberBracelets.com and Looted.com
locked up $4,000 each, Deprave.com drew $3,600 and
AssuranceMoto.com mined €1,990 ($3,089). VonSchmidt.com
and FEHU.com contributed $3,000 apiece while VocalWeb.com
clicked for $2,125.
At SnapNames.comLifeminders.com located $6,751, ApartmentNews.com
reported $4,100 and CaliforniaKitchen.com cooked up $3,219.
BeautyTherapist.com posted $3,010, WisconsinSexOffenders.com
dug up $2,433, KentuckySexOffenders.com cornered $2,054
and DailyContactLenses.com focused on $2,000.
At NameJet.comAllStarPoker.com dealt out $6,243, AmateurModel.com
posed for $6,200 and Pendejo.com produced $5,800.
Karavan.com drove home $5,199 and Bessie.com
brought $5,045. NameJet had 43 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,999. You can review those in the table below.
Additional
NameJet .Com Sales Between $2,000-$4,999
japanfood.com
$4,999
collegenotes.com
$2,600
elaon.com
$4,400
bestinsurancequotes.com
$2,600
mountaintravel.com
$3,988
paintingclass.com
$2,551
controlvalve.com
$3,810
gifter.com
$2,500
outsourcingservices.com
$3,600
advancemed.com
$2,500
egal.com
$3,400
japanese-girls.com
$2,458
chartz.com
$3,303
kesaritours.com
$2,455
messi.com
$3,110
telecorp.com
$2,400
ergonomicdesign.com
$3,100
nexusgroup.com
$2,322
eventphotos.com
$2,988
creditcardmerchant.com
$2,301
mainplace.com
$2,900
zoomphoto.com
$2,300
popupstopper.com
$2,800
ishoot.com
$2,300
carpetdiscount.com
$2,750
easysetpools.com
$2,300
hivdrugs.com
$2,722
doha-2006.com
$2,300
localrestaurantguide.com
$2,706
bargainmadness.com
$2,300
cardioscan.com
$2,700
alaa.com
$2,300
rait.com
$2,655
mult.com
$2,200
hydrauliccylinders.com
$2,626
westerner.com
$2,100
dnastorage.com
$2,600
aiii.com
$2,100
povey.com
$2,000
homedock.com
$2,000
Several sales closed from recent Moniker.com
live auctions. From the Affiliate Summitsale, KitchenLights.com
flipped on $8,000 and OrganicShopping.com paid
$4,500 at checkout. At T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West FlatscreenTelevisions.com
tuned in $7,000, at the Casino Affiliates Convention SportsRecords.com
broke $3,250 and at Internext, DeepHoles.com dug $2,500.
At TDNAM.comArabicTelevision.com and Torched.com lit up $2,005
each.
Global Contenders
(.biz, .info, .mobi, .net & .org)
Soho.net claimed the top spot on our
Global Contenders chart with that $16,000 sale that also
put the domain among the top ten on our all extension leader board.
Roulette.mobi also had a winning number with a $15,000 sale from Moniker's
Casino Affiliates Convention auction, putting that domain at #2. The
third spot went to Busy.net, sold for £3,302 ($6,517)
at Sedo. That helped .net sweep the majority of chart
positions, taking 14 of 21 overall The extra spot resulted from a
tie for the final position).
.Org charted three domains, led by #4 GivingTree.org
at $5,400. .Info and .Mobi each had two names
on the top 20. The best .info was #5 OpenDomains.info at $4,000.
In the race among venues, the AfternicDLS dominated this chart,
taking 12 positions.
Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending May 4:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. April
28, 2008 - Sun. May 4, 2008 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect May 6
There were dozens of additional four-figure sales
just off the chart. The AfternicDLS had the majority of those with a
list led by BetterHomes.net ($2,400), UnitedNations.net
($2,300) and a trio at $2,088 each that included Harrer.net.
CarNow.net and Bridgebuilder.net. Bolt.net
struck another $2,000.
The AfternicDLS had 28 more four-figure GC sales
ranging from $1,000 to $1,888. You can check those out
in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS Global Contenders Sales Between $1,000-$1,888
citycab.net
$1,888
usproperty.net
$1,188
starworld.net
$1,788
skinhealth.net
$1,188
tame.net
$1,750
partsnet.net
$1,188
environmentalenergy.net
$1,688
smdi.net
$1,100
cityads.net
$1,688
truepoint.net
$1,088
becreative.org
$1,671
statejobs.net
$1,088
travelmax.net
$1,500
shut.net
$1,078
travelcenter.org
$1,500
thespacebetween.net
$1,075
nexttonothing.net
$1,500
clew.net
$1,068
soccersuperstore.net
$1,400
petworld.net
$1,000
corse.net
$1,400
letsconnect.net
$1,000
cereal.net
$1,350
ezbody.net
$1,000
solarsolutions.net
$1,300
cusp.org
$1,000
namecity.net
$1,288
caraibes.net
$1,000
The AfternicDLS sold a couple of others
through Sedo; Server24.net ($1,775) and Edilizia.org
($1,020).
At Sedo, SantaFe.biz banked $2,400, Bracelets.net
brought $2,350 and Radwege.info raised $2,329. Dull.net
polished off $1,955, DSA.net notched $1,605 and
Queen.info enjoyed a $1,553 reign. Spielbank.com bagged
$1,456, Thorax.net swallowed $1,050 and BuyPhentermine.info
dispensed $1,000.
At NameJet, Pet-4-Pets.org perched at $2,350,
COA.org generated $1,655 and EPN.org added $1,600.
TWM.net nailed $1,200, BusinessCards.biz billed
$1,121 and UPM.net yielded $1,111. Frauds.net
discovered $1,110, PerfectWoman.net and RHL.net
each rounded up $1,001.
At SnapNames, Acquisition.net attracted $2,161,
Mufflers.net muted $2,000 and Kneipe.net closed
at $1,250. At Pool.com,
Hure.org hauled in $1,170.
Country Codes
The obvious winner in the Country Code
category was that massive $600,000 sale of Jobs.ca that
we told you about earlier. In fact you have already seen the first
six sales on this list in the all-extension section above. The first
ccTLD sale we haven't told you about is #7 Web-Services.de,
sold at Sedo for €3,750 ($5,822).
Sedo continued their customary dominance of this
chart, sweeping 17 of 20 positions. Germany's .de was the top
extension, taking seven chart entries. Canada (.ca), the European
Union (.eu) and Niue (.nu) each placed three names on the
top 20.
Here is how all of the ccTLD top sellers stack
up for the week ending May 4:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. April 28, 2008 - Sun. May
4, 2008 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. May 6
