Quintet of Six-Figure Sales Headline a Fabulous Fortnight for the Domain Market 

While we took last week off to cover the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference and SedoPro Partners Forum in New York (reviews of both events will be published by the end of the day Monday), the dike burst in the domain aftermarket, flooding the industry with a tsunami of scintillating sales. Five of those cracked the six-figure mark and if it weren't for a non-disclosure agreement we would also be reporting the name of a one-word .com that went for $830,000 in a deal brokered by Moniker.com.  

Even with that one off limits, there is no shortage of eye-popping sales to tell you about. We'll bring you up to speed on all of the transactions reported since our last column June 12 and we're expanding our usual Top 20 chart to 50 positions to make room for all of the heavyweights that entered the ring over the past two weeks.

By Ron Jackson

While this column is jammed with sales gems, an even bigger wave is headed this way after Moniker sold close to $11 million worth of domains at their live auction during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference last Thursday (June 21). Those sales have just entered the escrow process and will be popping up on our charts in the weeks ahead as payments are made and the names are transferred to their new owners. You can see all of the high bids here. Meanwhile Moniker's silent auction is winding down and will conclude Wednesday morning (June 27). The silent auction is expected to add a few million dollars more to a tally that has already shattered all domain auction records. 

While there is a lot to look forward to, let's focus now on the flurry of sales over the past fortnight. Sedo.com led the charge with the €150,000 ($201,792) sale of Masculin.com ("masculine" in French) to the owners Zedcom, a company that operated a French magazine at Imprevisible.com. They purchased the domain name from Virtual Network SA to rebrand the magazine and have now transitioned it to the new URL. Sedo had more sales on the Big Board than any other venue, walking off with 20 of the 50 entries. 

SnapNames.com claimed the runner-up slot with the $171,750 sale of DreamLife.com. HotProperty.com landed in the #3 position after being acquired by Australia's Transparence Group for $120,000 in a private sale. Moniker then took the spotlight with the first of three sales that ranked among the top eight, WifeLover.com at $100,930. Afternic.com/BuyDomains.com also broke the six-figure barrier with #5 MyFinance.com banking an even $100,000. 

While .coms always dominate the leader board, the country codes also turned in a very strong performance this week, grabbing 10 positions on the all-extension elite list. That group was led by the largest verified .cc sale ever reported, #9 CC.cc at $70,000. The sale to Korea's Jong Kim was made by Original Web Ventures with Moniker handling the escrow. .cc is the ccTLD for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. 

The non .com Global Contenders were also represented by four entries, two .infos and two .nets. The top seller in that category was #17 Christian.info, purchased by domainer turned minister Adam Woeger of Colorado for $35,000 in a private transaction. Adam also acquired #39 (tie) Christian.us for $13,500 in another private deal.

In a notable private .com sale that reached the upper third of the expanded chart, Rick Latona bought Tasks.com for $40,000 from Bruno Falconi who operates Health.md. Here's how all of the leaders stack up for the two-week period ending Sunday, June 24:

.Com Supporting Cast

As if that wasn't enough, there were 12 more five-figure just off the chart. Sedo.com accounted for more than half of those. The .coms in their group included Aromes.com ($10,764) and a quartet at $10,000 each made up of Snik.com, SavingAccounts.com, LottoResults.com and EssentialReality.com. They also had a five-figure .net and a five-figure .de. We'll tell you about those in the Global Contenders and Country Codes sections coming up later. 

Afternic/BuyDomains racked up three more five-figure sales with PWRD.com, Loci.com and Exchanger.com attracting $10,000 each. SnapNames also got into the act with Meetin.com at $10,350 and a five-figure .org that will we'll talk about in the Global Contenders section.

With 63 five-figure or higher sales reported over the past two weeks, you can imagine how big the four-figure list was. SnapNames had nearly a hundred sales in that range including Betrayal.com ($9,302), PhotoPosters.com ($9,000), PornSource.com ($8,100) and PowerCrunch.com ($8,000). LiveDirectory.com delivered $7,988, WineHolders.com uncorked $7,927, Male4Male.com corralled $7,900 and OrderStatus.com dug up $7,877.

MontanaWeb.com connected for $7,600, MalayalamSexMovies.com screened $7,400 and BootyTalks.com brought $7,211. Millf.com managed $7,100, Shortage.com squeezed out $6,988 and WeddingOrganizers.com tied a $6,643 knot. Other winners at SnapNames included Microcontrollers.com ($6,569), DealStore.com ($6,211), HipHopValley.com ($6,100) and PCHunter.com ($5,877). 

SnapNames had 80 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,300. You can check those out in the table below. 

Afternic/BuyDomains also continued to piled up a staggering number of sales through their ActiveExchange and Domain Listing Service platforms. AlwaysOnTheRun.com and JazzHotel.com drummed up $9,000 each, YourSports.com yielded $7,500 and two others; HomeInsurancePolicy.com and AutoInsurancePolicy.com provided $7,000 each. 

A group at $6,000 each included TravelInsurancePolicy.com, Wigger.com, EnterpriseUniversity.com and DigitalVoiceRecorder.com. EnergyNow.com discharged $5,556, Restrukturierung.com returned $5,362 and Enviar.com dispensed $5,100. CricketCup.com caught $5,088 while nine other names were in a logjam at $5,000 each. That group included Webkens.com, INMA.com, HitUp.com, FeelFine.com, FaceConnect.com, Exto.com, eBoxing.com, CapitalServices.com and B4P.com.

BuyDomains had 143 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,851. You can review those in the table below.

Afternic/BuyDomains had over 500 more .com sales ranging from just under $2,000 all the way down to the $300 paid for SeasonsGift.com.

Back at Sedo, Devex.com and Ubik.com brought $8,000 each, Itog.com tacked on $7,399 and Emaarec.com extracted $6,740. TheSportsmanGuide.com clicked for $6,000, Myacai.com captured $5,995 and Playout.com plucked $5,601. Estately.com earned $5,500 for Patricia Kaehler of DomainBell.com, JustProtection.com produced $5,000 and Reach360.com encircled $4,500. 

At Pool.com, BestAirFares.com booked $5,700, ADSLZone.com drew $5,100 and CheapShop.com chipped in $4,600. CampusAlert.com cornered $2,700, TheSport.com spawned $2,169 and JoeCamel.com inhaled $2,050.