Gents.com Joins Six-Figure Club and Tops Final Weekly Domain Sales Chart for 2007

The 2007 domain race is now over and it was certainly a year to remember. The final week, as expected, was a slow one as it fell  within the year's busiest holiday season but that didn't stop the annual totals from hitting heights we have never seen before. 

For the first time, every domain on our Year To Date Top 100 Sale Chart reached six figures - 106 names in all reached that level. In 2006 only 70 domains cracked the six-figure barrier. For a broader view of the market we looked deeper and found 1,552 five-figure (or higher) sales reported in 2007, compared to 943 at $10,000 or more in 2006 - a 61% increase year over year in high dollar sales that were made public. This, of course, is just the tip of the iceberg as the majority of sale prices are not disclosed.

Gents.com had the honor of being the year's final six-figure sale with MissDomain.com handling the $100,444 sale of that domain to a men's grooming products company based in the UK.

By Ron Jackson

The #2 spot went to NaturalBeauty.com, sold for $64,900 at NameJet.com.  That venue hit top ten pay dirt again with #8 AutoTags.com at $17,400.

Moniker.com had a hand in seven sales on our new Top 20 chart as transactions continued to close from a series of live auctions they staged in recent months at various domain and webmaster conferences. Their list included #3 Territory.com at  $64,900 and a pair of numerical domains, 408.com and 213.com, that sold for $33,000 each to tie for the 4th slot. Moniker's three leaders were all sold at the GeoDomain Expo in San Francisco.

Sedo.com put four names on the Big Board, led by #6 Girly.com at $30,000. They also accounted for one of only three non .com domains on the elite list, #10 VPN.net at $16,600. Our records show that this domain had previously sold in April 2006 at SnapNames.com for $10,001.

The AfternicDLS also had multiple chart entries placing five domains on the second half of the all-extension Top 20. #11 PsychicReader.com set the pace for them at $14,782.   

Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the week ending Sunday, December 30:

.Com Supporting Cast

As always, there were dozens of additional four-figure sales this week. NameJet had the best of those with NewProperties.com at $9,200. They also fetched $6,300 for Fiera.com, $3,300 for Biometrie.com and $3,000 for Ords.com. eBusinesses.com banked $2,900, Perdition.com pulled $2,600, LicensingServices.com landed $2,200 and LoveRoom.com returned $2,100. NameJet had another trio at $2,000 each that included HomeUpgrade.com, GameLaw.com and BrowseLocal.com.

Back at Sedo, BXC.com bagged €6,100 ($8,985), CompanySeek.com found €4,000 ($5,892), Xedu.com drew €3,600 ($5,302) and DocTracking.com turned up $3,500. 

At SnapNames Shana.com shone at $7,700, Burl.com brought $5,805 and Kinecta.com clicked for $5,000. Laptoplar.com displayed $3,600, Trik.com provided a $3,400 treat and K-LitePro.com produced $2,250.

At the AfternicDLS ValleyInternet.com connected for $7,188, PJT.com tallied $7,000 and HouseSource.com sold for $5,800. GameNetworks.com notched $5,000, PremiumSteaks.com served up $4,888 and SailX.com sewed up $4,688. VIPMusic.com drummed up $4,500 while three others; RomanticGreetings.com, Disponibles.com and Dagmar.com delivered $4,000 each. Sociali.com added $3,888 and PhotographyUnlimited.com captured $3,500.

The Afternic DLS had 42 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,400 that are listed in the table below.