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On.com  Sells for $635,000 at Moniker/DomainSystems in the Biggest Domain Sale Reported Thus Far in 2006 

by Ron Jackson
  

A new heavyweight champion was crowned this week as On.com became the top domain sale reported thus far in 2006. With the combined power of being both a rare two-letter domain and one that is also a common word, the $635,000 price tag looks quite reasonable in today's market. Moniker.com/DomainSystems.com was more than just the venue where the domain was sold (to a buyer who wishes to remain private). Moniker CEO Monte Cahn told us his company was also the owner of this domain.

Cahn said Moniker had recently purchased the name for an internal marketing project, but decided to sell it when this appropriate offer was received. Cahn added that PremiumTraffic.com will handle the parking and management of On.com until the new owner completes development of the domain.


The #2 slot on our new Top 20 goes to VideoClip.com, a domain that sold for $38,500 at Sedo.com. That was one of five entries Sedo placed on the Big Board and four of those landed in the first ten, including #10 Casino.hk, a Hong Kong domain that went for $15,000 in the week's largest country code sale. 

SnapNames.com also turned in a powerhouse performance this week, sweeping 10 of the 20 positions on the leader board, including #3 Doge.com at $20,550 and #4 CicuitCity.com, a typo that went for $20,250. Afternic.com landed a solid one-two punch with #5 NudeWives.com at $20,000 and #6 (tie) MO.org at $18,000. Moniker/DomainSystems also had multiple entries, with their $12,850 sale of #11 SportsMemorabilia.com kicking off the second half of the chart.

The only other non .com listed on this week's Top 20 was a very impressive IDN sale. Dave Wrixon of Chinese Domains Ltd. sent #14 東京.net ("Tokyo" in Japanese Kanji characters) to Bill Winans of IDNBrokers.com for $10,000 in a sale that was made at DNForum.com

14 domains sold for at least five figures this week. Here's a look at the complete chart for the week ending Sunday, March 12:

The DNJournal Top 20 
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Mar. 6, 2006 - Sun. Mar. 12, 2006
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Tue. Mar. 14

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. On.com $635,000 Moniker/
DomainSystems
2. VideoClip.com  $38,500 Sedo
3. Doge.com $20,550 SnapNames
4. CicuitCity.com (typo) $20,250 SnapNames
5. NudeWives.com $20,000 Afternic
6.
tie
MO.org $18,000 Afternic
6.
tie
MedicalStaff.com $18,000 Sedo
8.
tie
PixMixer.com $16,250 Sedo
8.
tie
Itek.com $16,250 SnapNames
10.  Casino.hk  $15,000 Sedo

11. SportsMemorabilia.com $12,850 Moniker/
DomainSystems
12. AssetTracking.com $11,251 SnapNames
13. DownJacket.com $10,750 SnapNames
14. 東京.net (IDN)
("Tokyo" in Japanese)
$10,000 DNForum
15. Pineland.com $9,200 SnapNames
16. TradeIt.com $8,655 SnapNames
17. WallpaperOutlet.com $8,350 SnapNames
18. AutoTowing.com $8,180 SnapNames
19.
tie
MerchantMarines.com $8,000 SnapNames
19.
tie
DownloadItFree.com $8,000 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.

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

.Com Supporting Cast

As always, there were dozens of solid four-figure .com sales just off the chart. Sedo had their fair share of those with sales like Redora.com ($7,500) and DWDM.com (€6,000 = $7,209) gracing their roster. Others included Ozcelik.com at €3,950 ($4,746), DiosasCaseras.com at €3,000 ($3,604) and Turyap.com at $3,600

Also at Sedo, IronRoad.com rolled up $3,000, MortgageComparison.com and BroadbandEverywhere.com brought $2,500 each and Holzheizung.com ("wood heating" in German) sold for €2,000 ($2,403). You don't see many one-word .coms sell for under $2,000, but Fussy.com found a new home for just £1,100 ($1,921) at Sedo.

Back at SnapNames, CedarWood.com went for $7,406, SuperBowlRentals.com corralled $7,017 and Fendibags.com fetched $6,943. RestaurantLocator.com landed $6,700 and MagiCard.com pulled $6,500 out of the deck, trumping MagicCard.com which went for $6,444. Exitos.com left with $6,400, ChildShoes.com tried on $6,122 and MicroCAD.com drew $6,052.

Tubular.com tacked on $5,201 at SnapNames while MinkBlanket.com and HoustonRestaurant.com served up $5,100 each. JungleIsland.com and AquaShop.com added $4,900 each and AfricanElephant.com charged to $4,622. CharityWatch.com stopped at $4,544, Corrugated Packaging.com contained $4,500, SecureInternet.com locked up $4,211 and Pore.com posted $4,100.  

SnapNames had another 30 .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,800. You can check those out in the table below: 

Additional SnapNames Sales Between $2,000-$3,800
ChristmasSheetMusic.com $3,800   Campbelltown.com $2,545
TableDecoration.com $3,688 Teleticket.com $2,520
SalesOrders.com $3,600 Tropix.com $2,494
PapaJons.com $3,301 HawaiianRental.com $2,263
FairyTaleEndings.com $3,300 OpenGate.com $2,250
PartyPlatters.com $3,200 WritersHome.com $2,200
NewYorkGifts.com $3,013 AtlantaWeddingPlanner.com $2,150
Detodo.com $2,953 CesarColor.com $2,100
HighLimitCreditCards.com $2,913 CancerForum.com $2,100
Incentivos.com $2,900 Crediteport.com $2,050
GlassOilLamps.com $2,700 NBAJam.com $2,050
CopperCanyon-Mexico.com $2,627 BritishParliament.com $2,049
TheBigDipper.com $2,611 LifeShare.com $2,037
GreatService.com $2,600 PortableDanceFloor.com $2,000
Chihe.com $2,600 PhotoPoster.com $2,000

At Afternic Hot2o.com and CareerNews.com delivered $6,000 each while tuition at TheTrafficSchool.com was $5,250. Tendency.com and Ameriquote.com booked $5,000 each, Actuality.com added $3,000 and MKQ.com deposited $2,985. AirAstana.com flew off with $2,750, MTY.com wound up at $2,400 and Roika.com coasted in with $2,200.

At Enom's Club Drop, Garnishes.com gathered $4,700 and CribMattresses.com was comfy at $3,300. Hoyas.com yielded $3,100, TennisVacation.com tallied $2,700 and FinancialLender.com banked $2,000.

In a pair of private sales, MetaFusion.com sold RedFM.com for $4,150 and Joshua Lin sold IDN domain 大分県.com ("Oita Prefecture" in Japanese characters) to fellow IDNForums.com member Edwin Hayward for $1,380.

Global Contenders (.biz, .info, .net & .org)

A sweet two-letter .org, MO.org headlined the Global Contenders list this week after going for $18,000 at Afternic. However, .net easily won the overall numbers game by racking up 14 of the 20 chart entries, including that $10,000 IDN we talked about earlier, 東京.net . .Net took the next three positions as well with #3 AntiAging.net ($5,027), #4 Domicilio.net ($3,688) and #5 VOIPTel.net ($3,619). .Org then returned with #6 Hug.org at $3,333. SnapNames sold both AntiAging.net and Hug.org and went on to claim 11 positions on the GC Top 20.

.Biz and .Info were also represented this week. .Biz scored with PartyBackgammon.biz, a domain that tied FBB.net for the 7th position at $2,500 each. Both of those domains were sold at Sedo. .Info has two chart entries, #9 Los-Angeles.info (sold for €2,000 = $2,402 in a private sale) and Daylight.info, tied for 14th after selling for $1,500 at Sedo.

Here's a complete look at the Global Contenders for the week ending March 12:



Global Contenders Top 20
 Highest Reported Non .Com Global TLD  Sales 
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Mar. 6, 2006 - Sun. Mar. 12, 2006
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Tue. Mar. 14

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. MO.org $18,000 Afternic
2.  東京.net (IDN)
("Tokyo" in Japanese)
$10,000 DNForum
3. AntiAging.net $5,027 SnapNames
4.  Domicilio.net
("domicile" in Spanish)
$3,688 Afternic
5. VOPITel.net $3,619 Moniker/
DomainSystems
6. Hug.org $3,333 SnapNames
7.
tie
PartyBackgammon.biz $2,500 Sedo
7.
tie
FBB.net $2,500 Sedo
9. Los-Angeles.info €2,000 = $2,402 Pvt Sale
10. TIF.net $2,233 SnapNames

11. TAU.org $2,070 SnapNames
12. MLNetwork.org $1,800 SnapNames
13. MyTest.net $1,506 SnapNames
14.
tie
Daylight.info $1,500 Sedo
14.
tie
BPP.net $1,500 SnapNames
16. ChineseCheckers.net $1,358 SnapNames
17. Monks.net $1,309 SnapNames
18.  NewAge.net $1,235 SnapNames
19.  FastFoods.net $1,209 SnapNames
20.
tie
RacingWorld.net €1,000 = $1,202 Sedo
20.
tie
iFinancial.net €1,000 = $1,202 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

In addition to all of those charted sales, SnapNames had five more four-figure sales just off the leader board. They attracted $1,161 for eLearn.org and $1,150 for USTU.org, plus $1,124 for JuniorGolf.net, $1,114 for TruckParts.net and $1,051 for eLearn.net

At Afternic, MovieTrailers.net took in $1,000 and CGI-Proxy.net pulled the same amount at Sedo. Sedo also sold MauiHawaii.info for €670 ($805) and Snider.biz changed hands for $650 in a private sale.

Country Codes

Hong Kong raked in the biggest ccTLD pot this week, with Casino.hk going for $15,000 at Sedo. Speaking of big winners, Sedo swept all 12 positions on the new Country Code chart! Great Britain took the #2 slot with Educare.co.uk at £4,000 ($6,985).

Germany's .de is the world's second most popular extension and that pedigree showed through this week as the ccTLD rang up 7 charted domains, including numbers 3, 4 and 5 in a row. Zigarette.de inhaled €5,800 ($6,968), Prinzessin.de ("princess" in German) produced €5,000 ($6,007) and Aktien-Club.de ("stock club" in German) paid a €4,500 ($5,406) dividend.

America's country code, .US, was back again this week with #6 WebSolutions.us selling for a healthy $4,250. Taiwan and Laos also made it into the spotlight. #9 Presents.tw scored for the former, going for €1,950 ($2,343), while Hotels.la did the job for the latter, booking €1,400 ($1,682). Here's a look at the complete Country Code chart for the week ending March 12:



Country Code Top 12
 Highest Reported ccTLD  Sales: Mon. Mar. 6, 2006 - Sun. Mar. 12, 2006
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Tue. Mar. 14

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1.  Casino.hk $15,000 Sedo
2. Educare.co.uk £4,000 = $6,985 Sedo
3. Zigarette.de
("cigarette" in German)
€5,800 = $6,968 Sedo
4.  Prinzessin.de 
("princess" in German)
€5,000 = $6,007 Sedo
5. Aktien-Club.de
("stock club" in German)
€4,500 = $5,406 Sedo
6. WebSolutions.us $4,250 Sedo

7. MovieShop.de €2,500 = $3,004 Sedo
8. Falkensteiner.de €2,204 = $2,648 Sedo
9. Presents.tw €1,950 = $2,343 Sedo
10. AutoDeal.de €1,900 = $2,283 Sedo
11. Dog.de  €1,500 = $1,802 Sedo
12. Hotels.la €1,400 = $1,682 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

In sales just off the chart, Sedo sold Vacation.in (India's ccTLD) for €1,300 ($1,562), Exhibition.tw (Taiwan again) went for $850 and BusinessAttorney.us brought $667. 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.

*****

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. Richard Meyer of DotCom Group, LLC also provides invaluable help in collecting data for these sales reports each week.

Every Tuesday we publish the highest reported domain name sales for the previous week. On Monday our contributors send us their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that information and write this report for Tuesday night publication to give you the freshest 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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