Spells.com Conjures Up $36,000 Sale at GreatDomains to Lead This Week's Top 20 

by Ron Jackson
  

GreatDomains also sold the matching set of Hound.com and Hound.net for a total of $40,000, but could not specify the value allotted to each domain in the package, making it impossible for us to rank the domains on our charts. When a small package like this includes domains of comparable value in the same extension we have allotted equal value to each domain in the package for charting purposes. In this case, the .com is worth considerably more than the .net, but exactly how much more is debatable, so we can't accurately rank them. 

That left the door open for SnapNames.com to slip into the runner-up slot with Seekers.com at $30,761. SnapNames had a big week, accounting for 10 of the 20 entries on the Big Board. After GreatDomains answered with #3 MoneyShot.com at $21,000, SnapNames reeled off the next three in a row, starting with #4 Telebank.com ($17,000) and ending with #6 IndianAirlines.net ($14,550), one of two .nets they put on the all-extension chart. SnapNames also put an IDN (International Domain Name) on the top half of the list, placing 
公司.com ("company" in Chinese) 10th at $10,750.

Sedo.com collected four chart trophies and accounted for the only country code domain in this week's Top 20. That was #9 Lotto.cn (China's ccTLD) at €8,600 ($10,911).

BuyDomains.com was the only other venue with multiple entries, scoring with #13 Geni.com ($10,000) and #16 CustomWeddings.com ($8,000). We are very pleased that BuyDomains has agreed to start contributing to our weekly report. They have long been one of the most important sales venues in the industry and having them represented here will provide a much more accurate picture of just how broad and vibrant the current domain market is.

That will be especially evident when you get past the Top 20 and see the dozens of solid four-figure sales that BuyDomains transacts each week. Their target market is small business and they strive to keep prices affordable for that key sector. The vast majority of their sales, by design, fall between $1,000-$10,000. They let a lot of attractive domains go at the lower end of that range and seeing real examples of such reasonable pricing illustrates why they have been such an enduring favorite with domain buyers.

We'll get to those sales shortly, but first let's a look at the complete all extension leader board for the week ending Sunday, September 24:

Before leaving the best sellers, we wanted to note that a six-figure sale appears to be in the works at Ebay. An auction for P2P.com ended Sunday (Sept. 24) at $111,211. Both the buyer and seller have high feedback ratings but the domain has not been transferred yet - no surprise considering that the amount of money involved takes some time to move from one place to another. 

.Com Supporting Cast

SnapNames wasn't content with sweeping half of the Top 20 chart. They soldiered on with a Humvee full of additional four-figure sales. InternationalCollege.com collected $7,322 in tuition while three others; MERM.com, Fuko.com and CAED.com contributed $7,200 each. Another trio of four-letter acronyms, MEOM.com, MCIN.com and LUIE.com kicked in $6,300 apiece.

Korfu.com commanded $6,160, Lypo.com posted $5,400 and UtahMortgages.com earned $4,605. Those were followed in a tight pack by Tiffeny.com ($4,567), FastMarket.com ($4,544), AAPO.com ($4,500) and UsedMinivans.com ($4,344). YogaInstructor.com stretched out with $4,333, FitnessRX.com prescribed $4,152, CreditReportingService.com added $4,100 and CFAU.com corralled $4,000.

SnapNames had two dozen more .com sales ranging from $2,000-$3,701. You can check those out in the table below:

Sedo supplemented their four charted domains with 1ensest.com at $7,000, Infetech.com at €4,800 ($6,091) and Superproxy.com at $5,500. Those were followed by iDirectory.com ($5,000), WTRU.com ($4,490) and WhoWrote.com ($4,400). Sedo's other winners included Dogwalking.com ($3,500) and a pair at $3,000 each; ScoreBasketball.com and NKZ.com.

After hitting the Top 20 with VideoMailer.com, Afternic.com kept the party going with Gila.com at $6,000 and WhatAreYouInto.com at $5,000. GlobalLogic.com landed another $4,750 while  iShift.com and Guyo.com generated $4,444 each. Esence.com attracted $3,488, TheMediaGroup.com banked $3,333 and Dogsitters.com threw a $2,600 bone. Two others; DietOutlet.com and JulieGatlin.com, deposited $2,000 each.  

Now let's back up the BuyDomains truck and look at the incredible amount of cargo they moved this week. SimpleSource.com sold for $6,500 and SatelliteImaging.com captured $6,000 while the gavel on GovSales.com and Eculine.com dropped at $5,500 each. PenRefills.com signed a $5,050 check, PowerRewards.com returned $5,040 and WorldCorp.com was one of three domains that went for $5,000. FileSwap.com and Amam.com also hit the 5K mark. 

Avoir.com and YoursTruly.com yielded $4,000 each while Calink.com and MoneyMinds.com deposited $3,900 apiece. CasualClothes.com sported $3,700 while Lenci.com and JungleCruise.com each disembarked with $3,688 on board. Two others, USDepartmentOfLabor.com and TwinSoft.com tallied $3,500 apiece. BuyDomains had 50 more .com sales ranging from $2,000-$3,488. You can check those out in the table below:

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