Moniker
Floors It to Take Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart With a
$275,000 Transaction
The final week of the 2008 domain sales
season was a short one with Christmas falling at mid-week
and shutting business down around the world. Given the timing it was a decent
sales week even though the volume of sales was understandably light.
Moniker
heads the new Top 20 chart after closing the $275,000
sale of Floor.com (a name they auctioned off at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
New York). Moniker also closed another sale from that event,
booking $30,000 for #6 Hometown.com.
The AfternicDLS
closed one of their biggest sales of the year to nail down the #2
spot with Modern.com at a cool $160,000. They had
another top five entry with MastersDegrees.com at $48,000
and wound up taking three chart positions overall.
By
Ron Jackson
Numeric domains continue to show strength
with 94.com changing hands for $81,000 in a private
sale. The buyer, Virtual
Network SA, already owned eight two-digit .coms (08.com,
22.com, 34.com, 44.com, 55.com, 82.com, 85.com and 92.com) so this
new acquisition will fit right in with their rare portfolio.
Sedo
had another powerhouse performance, piling up 12 of the 20 chart
entries. Their string of hits began with #4 Toners.com at $55,600.
Sedo also accounted for four of the five non .com domains that made
the all extension leader board, selling two ccTLDs, a .net
and a .info. Their top seller in that group was #9 Money.eu
(European Union country code), a name that banked $20,005.
RickLatona.com
and TDNAM.com
were the other venues earning chart honors this week. Latona hit the
target with #11 (tie) Arrows.com at $16,000 while
TDNAM scored with #17 Colleague.com at $10,005.
Another sale worth noting this week, even
though it was an active website rather than a domain only sale, was
a $3.85 million deal that saw YP.com go to YellowPages.comLLC. Blogger Michael
Berkens spotted the sale in the company's latest SEC
filing.
Here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, December 28:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 22, 2008 - Sun. Dec. 28, 2008 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Dec. 30
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Floor.com
$275,000
Moniker/
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. NY
2.
Modern.com
$160,000
AfternicDLS
3.
94.com
$81,000
Pvt
Sale
4.
Toners.com
$55,600
Sedo
5.
MastersDegrees.com
$48,000
AfternicDLS
6.
Hometown.com
$30,000
Moniker/
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. NY
7.
Fazza.com
£20,000
= $28,800
Sedo
8.
PlayTube.com
$20,500
Sedo
9.
Money.eu
$20,005
Sedo
10.
Hunk.net
$17,000
Sedo
11.
tie
JJJ.com
$16,000
Sedo
11.
tie
Arrows.com
$16,000
RickLatona.com
13.
Aktien.ch ("shares" in German)
€10,099
= $14,240
Sedo
14.
BroadbandChoices.com
€10,000
= $14,100
Sedo
15.
9P.com
$13,000
Sedo
16.
Gas.info
€7,300
= $10,293
Sedo
17.
Colleague.com
$10,005
TDNAM
18.
123Pets.com
$10,000
Sedo
19.
SJM.net
$9,900
AfternicDLS
20.
7on7.com
$7,700
Sedo
Keep in mind that these are the highest
value sales that have been reported to us in the
past week. This column is meant to be an educational tool,
not a complete list documenting ALL high
value domain sales. Such a list is impossible to produce
because many sales are kept private at the insistence of
buyers, sellers or both. Our procedure for verifying the
accuracy of domain sales reports is available here.
Forthe many newcomers entering the domain
industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market.
If you do not understand why specific domain names command the
prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases.
We highly recommend that you do some basic research beforeyou buyanything! As a starting point we have
built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.
Sedo led the .com supporting cast with Choctaw.com
($7,400) and Orkur.com ($7,200). Their hit list also
included AGJ.com at $6,200 and a pair at $5,000
each; MYIC.com and PIIE.com. ContentBroker.com
was close behind at $4,999 and LEFU.com added
$4,701.
Sedo had 23 more four-figure .com sales ranging from
$2,000 to $4,600. You can check those out in the table below.
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000-$4,600
btpn.com
$4,600
digital-office.com
$2,600
significados.com
$4,230
maidenname.com
$2,500
sybilla.com
$4,230
sivix.com
$2,500
3ooo.com
$4,100
diamondweddingring.com
$2,450
e-textil.com
$3,948
pehu.com
$2,315
regenschirme.com
$3,666
stocktrac.com
$2,300
spotmark.com
$3,000
gesellschaftsspiel.com
$2,250
resultsinstallment3.com
$2,973
eurosafe.com
$2,161
marigolds.com
$2,900
domainwhoisprivacy.com
$2,150
usenetwork.com
$2,900
musicbus.com
$2,000
tool24.com
$2,820
phrasebook.com
$2,000
teamoftheyear.com
$2,700
In another trio of sales from Moniker,
PrisonBreakStreaming.com drew $7,088, PimpMySize.com
posted $4,949 and eHydroponics.com cultivated $4,575.
The AfternicDLS stepped back up to the plate with BabyBuy.com
and StocksPicks.com and batted home $6,000 apiece
with those. They also scored with HousePro.com ($5,900), CatalogsOnline.com
($5,788) and CouponsBlog.com ($5,500).
PetCostumes.com donned $5,000, Next3D.com
displayed $4,988, TestQ.com kicked in $4,688
and MaleIncontinence.com leaked $4,188. The AfternicDLS had 37 more .com sales ranging
from $2,000 to $4,000. Those are listed in the table
below:
Additional
AfternicDLS Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
isoflavones
.com
$4,000
asiapacificgroup.com
$2,400
crazybike.com
$3,388
thestartinggate.com
$2,388
golff.com
$3,188
videobio.com
$2,388
jollyday.com
$3,188
bitmaster.com
$2,300
gabinetes.com
$3,000
geekmobile.com
$2,300
netbalance
.com
$3,000
grannyannie.com
$2,188
thanksto
.com
$3,000
importpartner.com
$2,128
giftability.com
$2,788
comparetool.com
$2,088
childcaretoday.com
$2,688
urbantales.com
$2,088
floor-heating.com
$2,688
herbalaid.com
$2,010
novastudio.com
$2,600
cadeiras.com
$2,000
thanksforcoming.com
$2,588
consumercar.com
$2,000
warmemorials.com
$2,542
digicube
.com
$2,000
callforless.com
$2,500
membershipmanager.com
$2,000
momusic.com
$2,500
sarcon.com
$2,000
newhomedesigns
.com
$2,500
savegreat.com
$2,000
thisisamerica.com
$2,500
snow-blower.com
$2,000
waterchemistry.com
$2,500
texastime.com
$2,000
smartersites.com
$2,488
At NameJet.comNewYorkShopping.com bagged $5,600, Cigarros.com
exhaled $5,322 and DoubletreeHotel.com booked $5,100.
Tippecanoe.com rowed ashore with $4,951 while AdrenalineJunkie.com
and KeyboardCovers.com collared $2,988 each.
CowboyArt.com unveiled $2,610, Buscando.com
brought $2,600 and ChampCarWorldSeries.com braked at $2,523.
K2K.com cornered $2,500 and Okaloosa.com landed $2,167.
Elsewhere, SnapNames.com
attracted $4,001 for Svenska.com, VentureNames.com
pounded out $2,500 with DrumTube.com and CougarCountry.com
changed hands for $2,000 in a private sale.
Global Contenders
(.biz, .info, .mobi, .net & .org)
Hunk.Net hooked the top spot on this week's Global
ContendersTop 20 chart with the $17,000 sale at
Sedo that you saw on the all extension leader board earlier in this
report. Gas.info ($10,293) and SJM.net ($9,900) also
made the Big Board in addition to landing in the top three on the GC
list. The highest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is
#4 Acquire.net, sold for $6,500 by VentureNames.com.
The .nets ran wild this week piling up 16 of
the 20 chart entries. .Info and .org split the
remaining openings with two each. Several different venues shared in
the bounty but Sedo and the AfternicDLS led the way with 7 and 6
charted domains respectively.
Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending December 28:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Dec.
22, 2008 - Sun. Dec. 28, 2008 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Dec. 30
There were 23 more four-figure sales just off the
chart. TDNAM has the highest of those with Xeber.net at $1,627 and
they added $1,117 for PreventSuicide.net.
NameJet lit things up with Generate.net at $1,600
and they also moved Billboards.org ($1,445), Literary.org
($1,355) and Architettura.net ($1,300). ScienceCongress.org
legislated another $1,101 while Bifff.org banked $1,070
and Showgirls.net attracted $1,035.
At the AfternicDLS WallDecor.net notched $1,588,
Accro.net nabbed $1,488 and ReversePhoneLookup.info
found $1,200. UBay.net nailed $1,088 and two
others; Morosos.net and iLead.net located $1,000
apiece.
Back at Sedo Managers.org made $1,550, StudentSuccess.org
secured $1,500 and PetDrugs.info dispensed $1,300.
Acquisti.net drilled $1,188, Alkohol.net downed
€840 ($1,184), LADM.net doled out $1,103 and Anecdotes.org
delivered $1,000.
SnapNames also cashed a winning ticket with
Lottos.org at $1,105.
Country Codes
A pair of five-figure sales headline this
week's Country Code Top 20. A very nice European Union ccTLD,
Money.eu, sits on top of the chart after going for $20,005 at Sedo, a
venue that swept 20 of the 22 chart positions (the extra spots
resulted from a three-way tie for the final opening). They also sold
the Swiss ccTLD that took the runner-up spot, Aktien.ch
("shares" in German) at €10,099 ($14,240).
Both of those domains also made the all extension
Top 20 you saw earlier. The highest ccTLD sales you haven't seen yet
are #3 LegalCentre.co.uk at $5,760 and HorseRacing.hk
(Hong Kong country code) at $5,040.
TDNAM took the two openings that Sedo didn't claim,
scoring with a pair of .tv domains; #7 Descargar.tv
($2,904) and #16 Advertisements.tv ($1,615). Sedo also
had a .tv sale with #8 (tie) Fino.tv at $2,500.
Here is how all of the
country code top sellers stacked
up for the week ending December 28:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Dec. 22, 2008 - Sun. Dec. 28, 2008 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. Dec. 30
In additional four-figure sales off the chart, Sedo
sold Segelurlaub.eu ($1,269), RockStar.us ($1,200) and
Rasierer.eu ($1,199). They also moved Incubate.co.uk
($1,152), Phone.to ($1,150) and Abspiel.de ($1,058).
TDNAM booked $1,127 for CheapTires.tv
and $1,004 for Paranormal.tv.
Now that you're up to date on what happened over the
past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all
categories by visiting our Year
To Date Charts page.
*****
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with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current
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in collecting data for these sales
reports each week.
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