Computer.com Closes at $2.1 Million in 2nd Largest Deal Reported This Year and Another Sale Hits the Million Dollar Mark

Another big wave of completed sales from last month's Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East auction were closed this week, including the auction's Big Kahuna - Computer.com at $2.1 million. That's the second largest sale reported so far in 2007, trailing only Porn.com (a name Moniker sold for $9.5 million in May). You may recall that the high bid for Computer.com was $2.2 million but the foreign investment group that placed that bid was unable to get the cash transferred in a timely manner so the runner-up bidder took the opportunity to take the name for $100,000 less.

With all of the auction results coming in with have doubled the size of all three of our charts from 20 to 40 positions. 18 of the 40 entries on the all extension leader board are from the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction. Moniker just completed another live auction at the GeoDomain Expo in San Francisco last week and they will be doing still another next Wednesday (Dec. 5) at the PubCon conference in Las Vegas. They also just opened an online-only Casino, Gaming & Affiliate Auction that will continue through Dec. 6, so you will see a lot more closed sales from them on our charts in the weeks ahead.

By Ron Jackson

Sedo.com also enjoyed another big week, charting 16 domains, including four of the top eight and the leader of that group, Guy.com, soared all the way to $1,000,000, making it one of the year's 10 biggest reported sales. Sedo also had one of the three six-figure sales on the Big Board, #4 Fly.co.uk at £87,500 ($181,042). We had been hearing for the past couple of weeks that that deal was done but Sedo just confirmed it this week. That was one of two .co.uk domains in the first ten. #6 Phones.co.uk also got there after changing hands for £45,000 ($93,071), also at Sedo.

The AfternicDLS put a pair of names on the elite list, led by #17 Workbooks.com at $31,000. NameBuyers.com also scored with #19 CasinoCruises.com at $25,000. There were three big private sales this week and all of those landed on the top half of the chart. #11 VideoProduction.com produced $65,020, Justin Godfrey sold Free.info for $42,000 (that is the year's 3rd largest .info sale and is one of three .infos on this week's all-extension Top 40). Also, #20 (tie) Relative.com returned $20,000. 

.Mobi had one of its best outings to date, putting nine names on the leader board, including a six-figure blockbuster, #5 News.mobi at $110,000 (sold in the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction). Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the week ending Sunday, November 25:

There were five more five-figure sales just off the chart, led by a trio of names sold at Sedo; Map.mobi ($11,870), Reklamation.de ($11,692) and Blonde.net ($10,343). NameBuyers toned up with LoseInches.com at $10,000 and Corgis.com went for $10,000 in the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction.

.Com Supporting Cast

The Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East auction also had the highest four-figure sale among hundreds at that level across the industry this week. They sold Aviaries.com for $9,900 and also scored with PersonalDebts.com ($8,950) and TheWar.com ($8,830). DrugRehabilitationProgram.com and PrimaryEducation.com provided $8,000 each, ExecutiveJob.com paid $7,841 and RepossessedCars.com recovered $7,500. 

Three other names; VacationReservations.com, StartingASmallBusiness.com and HomeBudget.com brought $5,890 apiece. There were 31 more auction sales ranging from just over $2,000 to $5,000. You can check those out in the table below:

Back at Sedo, Hantai.com was a hit at €6,500 ($9,636), CarbonOffSetting.com clicked for $9,000 and Cryotherapy.com dispensed €5,000 ($7,412). VirtualBookClub.com boxed up $6,500, QSW.com went for $6,100 and JWY.com yielded $5,900. Also at Sedo, Megrotic.com commanded $5,600 while LendingChoice.com and Diseno.com kicked in $5,000 each. 

At SnapNames.com, there was an eight-name logjam at $9,401 each that included XXX-Asian-Babes.com, WeAreWives.com, UTClick.com, Transenfolie.com, Pimp-My-Page.com, Hoanganh.com, FreeImplants.com and BengaliSweets.com. MasterMovies.com made $9,216, Adilia.com contributed $8,250 and DeccanAirways.com took off with $5,500. 

Also at SnapNames, 49R.com fetched $5,200, FindWho.com located $4,600 and MyNetSex.com notched $3,800. Irini.com rounded up $2,709, SouthHealth.com secured $2,556 and BeerCoasters.com brewed up $2,450. The rest of their roster featured Orio.com ($2,383), URSSAF.com ($2,322), CheapAirlineSeats.com ($2,050) and Oussy.com ($2,029). 

The AfternicDLS continues to ring up solid sales week in and week out. SportingWorld.com went for $8,770, Yato.com and BetterChance.com banked $7,000 each and SpiritualDemocracy.com spawned $4,500. Three other names; TitleAttorneys.com, iAutomotive.com and DiscoverUSA.com deposited $4,000 each. 

Game-Servers.com sold for $3,900, Sinternational.com nabbed $3,888 and AdventureStudio.com snagged $3,500. PowerfulSecrets.com revealed $3,488, SalonLine.com locked up $3,440 and KnowledgeServices.com distributed $3,388. ViewThis.com unveiled $3,300 while three others; ZT123.com, ZoneWorks.com and WebNode.com unwrapped $3,288 each. 

The Afternic DLS had 58 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,200 that are listed in the table below.

At NameJet.com, StorageSpaces.com contained $6,700, LineArt.com rang up $5,100 and HouseCredit.com hauled in $4,900. Portafolios.com posted $3,800 while GWCU.com and PumpStore.com stacked up $3,600 each. MedicationAdvisor.com delivered $3,500, SmartYellowPages.com presented $2,800, Complacent.com plucked $2,400 and Silvo.com drummed up $2,200. 

NameBuyers.com booked $6,000 for GreenCardApproval.com and $4,000 each for TheCellularStore.com and ISellGold.com. HighStakesHoldem.com raked in $3,000 while WeSellPhotos.com, TheXmasStore.com and SuiteReservations.com returned $2,000 apiece.

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

This was .mobi week on the Global Contenders chart as the mobile extension took the top three spots, seven of the top ten and 18 of 40 overall, more than any other extension. .Info put a pair of names in the first ten with a lone .net breaking the .mobi/.info stranglehold on the top quarter of the leader board.

The first 16 names on the GC list all made the all-extension chart you saw earlier. That's the largest number of domains from this category ever to crack the top chart in the same week. In the race among venues, Sedo.com came out on top taking more than half of the chart entries (21 of 40 overall). 

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending November 25: