High Dollar Domain Sales Pile Up As Dozens of Live Auction Purchases Are Completed

During the brief (and completely expected) sales slowdown we saw after Labor Day last month, I mentioned things would soon be heating back up as sales from live auctions at the Domain Roundtable and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conferences were completed. The first big wave of auction sales came ashore this week, including several from Moniker.com's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East auction two weeks ago and nearly all of those from the Roundtable conference in August. 

While Moniker reports sales as they are completed over a period of several weeks following an auction, we got confirmation of all of the completed Roundtable sales in one huge group this week. As a result our new chart is loaded with names that changed hands at that event. To make room for all of the auction sales we have tripled the size of our Top 20 chart to 60 positions this week - making it the biggest weekly all-extension chart we have ever run. 

By Ron Jackson

Four sales from the Domain Roundtable live auction share the top spot at $500,000 each; Rebate.com, Rebates.com, Invention.com and AZ.com (Rebate.com and Rebates.com were sold in a single lot for $1 million but were valued equally at $500,000 each). Another DRT sale, Event.com at $165,000, took the next spot. The highest non-auction transaction on the elite list was Sedo.com's $150,000 sale of #6 Guy.com. Sedo also put RCS.com in the top ten after commanding $95,000 for that prime 3-letter combination.

Manufacture.com led the first group of Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East sales that were completed this past week. That name went for $90,000 to tie for tenth. Moniker has some much bigger sales still to come from their latest auction, including Computer.com at $2.2 million. While auction results occupy most of the high rungs on the new ladder, SnapNames.com managed to break through the logjam on the top half of the chart with #17 Fleming.com at $44,261.

47 of the 60 charted domains were .coms. The top-ranking non .com domain was #8 Army.org, sold at the DRT auction for $99,000. That is the biggest .org sale reported this year and it ranks as the 6th biggest sale in our Global Contenders category (all non .com global TLDs). That was one of nine GC domains on the list with .mobi taking five positions, .net three and .info one. There were also three country code domains on the Big Board, led by #14 Poker.in (India's ccTLD), a name that sold for $60,000 at the DRT auction.

Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the week ending Sunday, October 28:

If that isn't enough for you, there were nine more five-figure sales just off the expanded chart. Sedo sold TeeTimes.mobi and FSGI.com for $10,000 each. SnapNames sold SpainTour.com for $10,249 and PowerTrip.com for $10,000 and in additional sales from the DRT auction, AntiPiracy.com posted $10,100 and two others; LuxuryGift.com and cMail.com delivered $10,000 each.

.Com Supporting Cast

There were also hundreds of solid four-figure .com sales this week and as they usually do, the AfternicDLS accounted for the largest number of those, including SatelliteViews.com ($9,000), NetChefs.com ($7,500) and ControlC.com ($6,800). TelevisionRepair.com and CasualApparel.com slipped into $6,000 each, BNIT.com brought $5,995 and two others, Gehalt.com and Back-Up.com booted up $5,500 each.

The AfternicDLS also had a six-pack at $5,000 apiece that included YouFax.com, SoulPurpose.com, Rofo.com, FranklinSquare.com, DirectHD.com and Ciento.com. AmericanFarmers.com harvested $4,688, IndustryIntelligence.com pondered $4,250 and another pair; Womenco.com and AGOL.com drew $4,088 each. Afternic DLS had 83 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000 that are listed in the table below.

The AfternicDLS had more than 300 additional .com sales under $2,000.

Back at Sedo, Funder.com found $8,101, JPV.com pulled $8,000 and Verpeliculasonline.com kicked in €5,200 ($7,503). MusicMusic.com drummed up $7,100, XDG.com generated $6,600 and DZZ.com clicked for $6,311. Visited.com dropped off $5,100 and Progenix.com provided $5,000. 

SupplyNetwork.com distributed $5,759 at SnapNames where eBrokerage.com banked $5,750 and BestStock.com returned $4,400. SpanishGirl.com spawned $4,200, CollegeLoanCorporation.com collected $4,100 and ClevelandProperties.com produced $4,000. 

SnapNames had 16 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000 that you can check out in the table below.

At TDNAM.com iBob.com  bagged $5,107, NewTorrent.com tacked on $4,719 and Eaindex.com added $3,005. At the new NameJet.com exchange, HomeDepotJobs.com paid $5,500 and FertilityDrug.com dispensed $3,000. 

In more completed auction sales, FuneralArrangements.com cost $9,500 in the DRT auction where LaserPens.com lit up $9,000 and BudgetProperty.com booked $8,450. Three other names; PrisonGuard.com, FigureSkater.com and BridalRegistries.com brought $8,000 each, TaxRefundLoans.com landed at $7,600 and FinancialCounseling.com claimed $7,550.

Also from the DRT auction, CareerResource.com and ChinaWare.com went for $7,500 each, DomainList.com displayed $7,100, LoanProperty.com sold for $7,050 and DirectorySearch.com located $7,000. There were 65 more completed sales from the Domain Roundtable auction ranging from $2,000 to $6,900. Those are listed in the chart below:

In more complete sales from this month's Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East auction, Cosmetician.com brushed up $8,140, CardStores.com greeted $8,000 and EnergyCompanies.com flipped the switch on $5,000. RemodelingServices.com and PublicOpinionPolls.com penciled in $4,000 each, PleasureYachts.com cruised to $3,750, LouisvilleDoctors.com prescribed $3,530 and TalkToTheHand.com tallied $2,950. In a sale at the everyday Moniker site, AnswersAndSolutions.com secured $3,888. 

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

As we did with the all extension leader board above, we expanded this week's Global Contenders chart to make way for the extra sales produced by recent live domain auctions. The usual 20-position leader board doubles to 40 spots this week. We've already talked about the first 11 names on this list as they all cracked the five-figure mark and nine of them landed on the all-extension chart you saw earlier. The highest sale we haven't told you about is #12 Locals.org, a name that went for $9,100 in the Domain Roundtable auction.

It was a big week for .Mobi as domains in that extension claimed 10 of the first 20 positions on the GC chart and 17 of 40 entries overall. The .mobi winners included #13 Cricket.mobi ($8,100) and #14 Domain.mobi ($7,100) with both of those sold at Sedo. Here's how the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending October 28: