Sedo's Seven-Figure Sale of Chinese.com Leads the Charge in Another Banner Week for Domain Names 

Sedo.com issued a brief press release yesterday (July 23) announcing they had brokered the sale of Chinese.com for $1 million. The price was actually higher than that. The deal was done in Euros - 810,001 of them to be exact - which at today's exchange rate translates to $1,120,008. That ranks as the 5th highest sale reported so far in 2007 and the 6th one to crack the 7-figure mark.

Four six-figure blockbusters were also completed this week and Sedo had one of those as well. That was the highest .info sale ever reported - Travel.info at $116,000. That TLD enjoyed its best week ever, placing four names on the all extension leader board.

By Ron Jackson

NewYork.info tied for the 6th spot on the elite list after being purchased by Jian Wang for $70,000 in a private sale escrowed by Moniker.com. This is the third time NewYork.info has changed hands in the the last three-and-a-half years. In January 2004 it went for $28,086 at Sedo. In September 2006 it traded again, that time for $46,392 at Moniker. Now, less than a year later, it escalates to $70,000. Wang also bought Science.info this week in another private transaction, paying $30,000 for that name. Just over two years ago, Science.info was purchased on Ebay for just $3,272!

Back in the Land of Giants, Afternic.com/BuyDomains.com shook $300,000 from the beanstalk with #2 Resume.com. The other two six-figure sales this week were just completed transactions from last month's Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction - #3 Spices.com at $220,000 and #4 Psychologists.com at $160,000. 

With another large group of auction sales being finalized this week we against expanded our usual Top 20 chart to 30 positions. .Com piled up 22 of those chart entries. There are only two ccTLDs on this week's list, but one of them, CO.cc (Cocos Keeling Islands country code) was among the seven biggest sales, going for $70,000 in a deal escrowed at Moniker.com.

Sedo led all venues at the upper end of the market with a dozen charted domains. Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the week ending Sunday, July 22:

As if that weren't enough, there were ten more five-figure sales this week just off the chart. Sedo had four of those including Bildung.ch (Swiss country code meaning "education" in German) and B2B.mobi at €10,000 ($13,829) each. They added $12,000 for Jennings.com and $10,000 for LowCostBusiness.com. 

SnapNames.com supplemented their Top 30 entries with Protek.com at $12,250 and SilkRoadOnline.com at $12,068. Afternic/BuyDomains also piled on with Negotiable.com at $12,000 and EatFree.com at $10,000. In another completed Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction sale, GroupRates.com changed hands for $11,770 and in a deal at Moniker's every day sales site, MormonChurch.org found $10,000 in the collection plate. 

.Com Supporting Cast

This week's Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction sales list also included BusinessAdvisors.com ($9,420), DiscountPlans.com ($8,830) and EgyptianPyramids.com ($7,500). OrderThis.com delivered $5,890. TheCreditReport.com scored $4,120 and two others; ChristianSpeedDating.com and CheapTourist.com tacked on $2,950 each. ComputerRecyclers.com returned $2,640 and DressWatch.com drew $2,445. MRIScanners.com and iDisagree.com earned $2,360 each while FreePornFilms.com posted $2,323. 

The AfternicDLS (Domain Listing Service) continues to pay big dividends for NameMedia (operators of Afternic.com and BuyDomains.com). Their roster included SFIN.com and CorporateHealth.com at $6,000 each and another pair at $5,850 apiece; DVDSource.com and CustomSystems.com. Imintouch.com connected for $5,555 and WirelessSpectrum.com went for $5,500. Those were followed by a six-name logjam at $5,200 each that included TotalDesign.com, SearchListings.com, PhysiciansHealth.com, PermissionMarketing.com, BroadcastFax.com and AfterSales.com.

Another six-domain group at $5,000 each included ProgressiveMedical.com, FoodSlicer.com, ChristianCity.com, Camex.com, BabyLink.com and AllSoft.com at $5,000 each. TemperatureControl.com dialed the thermostat to $4,550 and five other names each brought the same amount; PrivateFunding.com, LocalArtists.com, HotSalsa.com, FloridaTitle.com and DesertProperties.com.

Afternic/BuyDomains had 151 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,500 You can review those in the table below.

Afternic/BuyDomains had over 300 more .com sales from $2,000 down.

Back at SnapNames, WPOS.com produced $8,865, CollectorsArt.com cornered $8,650 and TravelFiji.com fetched $8,199. Solaire.com soaked up $8,067, TheDownload.com transferred $7,900 and IndependentMortgage.com banked $6,100. MyMotor.com revved up $5,603, CoolBike.com cruised to $5,170 and MyRemote.com found $5,000.

DigitalFashion.com sported $4,900, GEBeautifulRooms.com revealed $4,610 and OutdoorPlants.com grew $4,399. Netcrafts.com notched $4,110, Dienthoaididong.com discovered $4,100 and ShoppingPage.com sold for $4,010. SnapNames had 19 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to just under $4,000. You can check those out in the table below. 

At TDNAM.com, LocationVoitures.com landed $7,449, SpecialInvestor.com spawned $7,330 and OahuFishing.com reeled in $2,805. TMT-Services.com secured $2,505, Pchajime.com pulled $2,255 and 2Nite.com turned in $2,006. VitaminPlanet.com plucked $2,005 and 1Y1Doone.com drummed up $2,004.

At Pool.com, VAMI.com distributed $3,100, Parksmall.com managed $2,367, DeutchBank.com deposited $2,100 and CheapestMortgages.com chipped in $2,006. In another sale at Sedo, Casinospiele.com ("casino games" in German) raked in €3,200 ($4,425) and in a private sale 5KY.com kicked in $3,000.