Trio
of Six Figure Sales Reign Over This Week's Expanded Domain Sales
Chart
A huge wave of completed sales from
last month's Moniker/SnapNames
Live domain auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
West hit this week's chart so, as we have done in the
past, we are expanding our usual Top 20 chart to 40 positions. That
keeps the everyday venues from getting lost among the many special
event sales.
All told, Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. sales
accounted for 20 of the 40 chart entries with another auction sale
from Moniker's live event at the Affiliate West Summit also
making a big impact as it hit the Big Board in the #1 position. That
name was Offer.com, a domain that commanded $180,000.
The other domains cracking the six-figure barrier this week
were Porn.mobi and AutoClassifieds.com, a pair of
names that each attracted $110,000 in the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
auction in Las Vegas.
By Ron Jackson
NicExpress.com
finally broke through the Moniker logjam at the top of the elite
list with their $30,000 sale of #5 Penitence.com.
After Moniker, Sedo.com
had the most chart entries placing five names landing on the leader
board with #13 Cellulitis.com leading the way for them at $20,200.
.Mobi, the new extension aimed at
mobile devices, had a good week charting five domains with all of
those selling in the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. live event. At $26,000
#7 Property.mobi joined Porn.mobi in the first ten. The only
other non .com domains on the Top 40 were a pair of British country
code names led by #33 HomeMortgage.co.uk,
sold at Sedo for £6,100 ($12,235). .Com was even more
dominant than usual piling up 33 of 40 chart entries.
Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, March 23:
The
DN Journal Top 40
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. March 17, 2008 - Sun. March 23, 2008 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. March 25
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Offer.com
$180,000
Moniker/AS
2.
tie
Porn.mobi
$110,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
2.
tie
AutoClassifieds.com
$110,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
4.
PinUp.com
$35,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
5.
Penitence.com
$30,000
NicExpress
6.
Faithful.com
$29,500
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
7.
DDA.com
$28,350
Moniker
8.
Property.mobi
$26,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
9.
tie
YouTupe.com
$25,000
SnapNames
9.
tie
OklahomaRealEstate.com
$25,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
9.
tie
Carbonless.com
$25,000
AfternicDLS
12.
CareerPlan.com
$22,700
NameJet
13.
Cellulitis.com
$20,200
Sedo
14.
BlogSurf.com
£10,000
= $20,058
Sedo
15.
Vegas.mobi
$20,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
16.
StorageFacility.com
$18,700
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
17.
tie
RepossessedHomes.com
$17,500
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
17.
tie
LeaseBack.com
$17,500
Pvt
Sale
19.
BarberSchool.com
$17,138
SnapNames
20.
tie
PortableGPS.com
$17,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
20.
tie
Broadway.mobi
$17,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
20.
tie
AirplaneCharters.com
$17,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
23.
Invents.com
$16,500
Sedo
24.
tie
UsedSnowmobiles.com
$16,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
24.
tie
Hollywood.mobi
$16,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
26.
CaliforniaDUILawyers.com
$15,601
SnapNames
27.
tie
VegasDiscounts.com
$15,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
27.
tie
OnlinePrints.com
$15,000
AfternicDLS
27.
tie
Kitchenettes.com
$15,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
27.
tie
GreenVehicle.com
$15,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
31.
MyNextel.com
$13,001
NameJet
32.
ENJ.com
$12,250
Moniker
33.
HomeMortgage.co.uk
£6,100
= $12,235
Sedo
34.
Microcomputers.com
$12,000
RickLatona.com
35.
tie
Weekday.com
$11,770
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
35.
tie
BookmarkThis.com
$11,770
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
37.
tie
GovernmentServices.com
$11,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
37.
tie
ConsultingFirms.com
$11,000
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
39.
OnlineRoulette.co.uk
€7,000
= $10,940
Sedo
40.
HealthCareSolutions.com
$10,700
NameJet
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.
There were five more five-figure sales just off
the chart.
Moniker had a hand in three more sales at this level with Naked.mobi
($10,500) and Doctor.mobi ($10,000) selling at
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. and GetInsuranceQuotes.com ($10,200) moving on
their main website. The AfternicDLS
supplemented their two chart entries with Kosmic.com at $10,000
and AwesomeDomains.net
also banked $10,000 with TabooTube.com.
.Com Supporting Cast
We also saw the usual truck load of solid four-figure
sales this week, led by InBusiness.com, sold at NameJet.com
for $9,110. They also scored with DMVRecords.com ($8,664),
LDSBooks.com ($7,600) and StarNine.com ($7,260). EcoCar.com
seated $7,100 while IncomeOpportunity.com and
Hocking.com hauled in $6,900 each.
Skycell.com connected for $6,500, Sandbagger.com
secured $6,100 and JobShops.com earned $5,700. SportCamp.com
and AllDiets.com downed $5,099 apiece and KidsFootwear.com
slipped on $5,098.
NameJet had 21 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to
$4,266 that
you can check out in the table below.
Additional
NameJet Sales Between $2,000 - $4,266
shippingtubes.com
$4,266
realtimebackup.com
$2,701
drunk-driving.com
$4,200
snowresorts.com
$2,700
pixelgraphics.com
$4,066
dotmarket.com
$2,603
scipio.com
$3,810
giftwish.com
$2,599
klavier.com
$3,655
broadbase.com
$2,400
integralsolutions.com
$3,500
sportstudio.com
$2,350
hotwords.com
$3,500
bettermade.com
$2,120
chippendalefurniture.com
$3,310
silverstars.com
$2,118
emoryuniversity.com
$3,211
sqlbackup.com
$2,101
kitchenmarket.com
$3,100
santra.com
$2,001
marinebattery.com
$3,003
Back at the AfternicDLSWFK.com kicked in $8,880, Aido.com added $6,000
and Exclusivo.com drew $5,500. There was a four-name
pack at $5,000 each that included Tadin.com, Suyu.com,
OverIP.com and BlackPower.com. ThinkPos.com
posted $4,900, DVDHub.com displayed $4,688 and WorldPharma.com
wrote a $4,600 prescription. Sungen.com sold for $4,288
and Wickedly.com went for $4,088.
The AfternicDLS had 67 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to
$4,000. You can check those out in the table
below.
Additional
AfternicDLS Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
publicinterestlaw.com
$4,000
parallelcomputing.com
$2,488
nownews.com
$3,888
funny-tshirt.com
$2,488
handsclean.com
$3,388
4twenty.com
$2,488
medlibrary.com
$3,288
mintglobal.com
$2,388
mauritiustravel.com
$3,200
cityscreen.com
$2,388
bestfreeware.com
$3,100
progressivetraining.com
$2,300
pollbooth.com
$3,088
oceantek.com
$2,300
pathtosuccess.com
$3,088
file-sharing.com
$2,289
ystyle.com
$3,000
thecopper.com
$2,288
wakker.com
$3,000
mensdaily.com
$2,288
portabledata.com
$3,000
moneysmarts.com
$2,285
atemis.com
$3,000
findmaps.com
$2,250
getyour.com
$2,890
nanovation.com
$2,200
worldevangelism.com
$2,888
airconditioningrepair.com
$2,200
localgiving.com
$2,888
benefitnet.com
$2,188
ehab.com
$2,888
livescope.com
$2,100
cantaro.com
$2,888
schoolit.com
$2,050
appspot.com
$2,888
softwaremaker.com
$2,030
favit.com
$2,800
unlabeled.com
$2,000
ccen.com
$2,800
totalhotel.com
$2,000
gogod.com
$2,788
richtaste.com
$2,000
betterbathroom.com
$2,700
richlinks.com
$2,000
agroland.com
$2,700
phonecards4u.com
$2,000
toymagazine.com
$2,500
performanceyachts.com
$2,000
seaboardconstruction.com
$2,500
oportunista.com
$2,000
operationsresearch.com
$2,500
opioid.com
$2,000
kringla.com
$2,500
mydiesel.com
$2,000
improvinghealth.com
$2,500
literato.com
$2,000
fashionshops.com
$2,500
dimmi.com
$2,000
electroserve.com
$2,500
commercialintelligence.com
$2,000
businessaffairs.com
$2,500
codeorange.com
$2,000
bellabianca.com
$2,500
bearfund.com
$2,000
audiencedevelopment.com
$2,500
A1K.com
$2,000
seead.com
$2,488
At SnapNames.comJamaicaWedding.com celebrated $8,253, SmartCredit.com
clicked for $5,501 and Recete.com returned $5,058.
Mastorbation.com bagged $4,066, FreeLoanQuotes.com
found $3,211 and IndiaPress.com presented $3,100.
LondonAir.com landed with $3,099 on board, HotFreeLayots.com
launched $2,395, Lucerna.com discovered $2,189
and XLog.com recorded $2,050.
The hits kept coming at Sedo with GVQ .com
($7,244), IfIWas.com ($3,600) and DebtValidation.com
($3,300). BestFreeware.com downloaded $3,100, SimpleSites.com
attracted $3,000, Owariya.com docked at $2,500
and MensDaily.com delivered $2,288.
In some other completed live auction sales from
Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Matzo.com balled up $8,240, FacialRecognition.com
revealed $4,180 and SchoolOfLaw.com laid down $3,094.
In Moniker's live sale at the Affiliate West Summit, FurnitureDiscounts.com
captured $7,500, GrillRecipes.com whipped up $4,100
and AnnuityPolicy.com penciled in $2,500. Also, Hiri.com
harvested $2,463 and MoneyBackOffers.com rebated $2,000.
At Moniker's website, SpanishGirl.com generated $5,149.
Elsewhere, INTM.com changed hands for $5,000
in a private sale, EuropeanArt.com rang up $4,500 at RickLatona.com
and ABAB.com banked $4,100 at Pool.com.
Global Contenders
(.biz, .info, .mobi, .net & .org)
.Mobi completely ruled the Global Contenders chart
this week sweeping the first seven positions and taking nine places
overall. All of those sales were make in Moniker's SnapNames Live
auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West in Las Vegas last month. We've
already told you about the first seven sales on this chart (all
broke the five-figure mark).
The top name you haven't seen yet is #8 Ridoe.net,
sold at NameJet for $8,101. That was one of six .nets
in the Top 20. .Org was right behind with five entries. The
top .org was #9 (tie) Neo.org, a name that notched an even $7,000
at the AfterniicDLS. Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending March 23:
Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. March
17, 2008 - Sun. March 23, 2008 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect March 25
There were dozens of additional four-figure sales
off the chart and once again the AfternicDLS gathered the biggest
share of those. They got a $2,688 jolt from ElectricFence.net
while MyInfo.org generated $2,288 and two others; Immobilize.net
and NewsToday.net turned in $2,000 each.
The AfternicDLS rang up 25 more GC sales
ranging from $1,000 to $1,750. Those are listed in the
table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS Global Contenders Sales Between $1,000-$1,750
esports.mobi
$1,750
wholesaleinternet.net
$1,200
nownews.net
$1,688
intheblack.net
$1,188
adhere.org
$1,588
infodesk.org
$1,168
yelp.org
$1,500
restaurace.net
$1,100
pcgi.net
$1,500
businesslife.net
$1,088
idbox.net
$1,500
telecenter.net
$1,000
earthjobs.net
$1,500
pravoslavie.net
$1,000
bordel.net
$1,500
kant.net
$1,000
greenchoice.org
$1,450
digiclick.net
$1,000
inoffice.net
$1,388
clex.net
$1,000
thethreat.net
$1,300
businessmatters.net
$1,000
alexanderthegreat.org
$1,262
americantitle.net
$1,000
aido.net
$1,250
The AfternicDLS sold two other names through Sedo
- Yayin.net ($1,900) and eRegistry.net ($1,500).
Meanwhile at Sedo CommunityResources.org rounded up $2,400
and OnlineCoupons.net clipped $1,700.
At SnapNames SchoolSupplies.net picked up $2,600,
Poets.net penned $1,555, EscrowLawyer.net won
a $1,500 judgment and Lori.net nabbed $1,462.
At NameJet DiscountFurniture.net drew $2,200,
Feathers.org floated $1,955, CarQuotes.net
notched $1,120 and Tornados.net tore
through $1,100. .
Elsewhere Pool moved Tenmien.net for $2,100
and Moniker sold a pair of names at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
auction, Discs.net ($1,650) and Baja.mobi ($1,465).
Country Codes
A pair of British co.uk domains head the Country Code
chart this week as both of those cracked the five-figure
mark. #1 HomeMortgage.co.uk sold for £6,100 ($12,235)
while #2 OnlineRoulette.co.uk attracted €7,000 ($10,940).
Both of those domains were sold at Sedo.com.
The #3 slot when to MyLan.ch (Switzerland's
country code), sold for $9,600 at the AfternicDLS. Sweden
put five names on the leader board with that group paced by Rik.se
("rich" in Swedish) at €3,500 ($5,471). All of
those .se domains were sold through MissDomain.com.
America's .us country code put three representatives
on the elite list, led by #11 AEC.us at
$2,000. Here is how all of the ccTLD top sellers stack
up for the week ending March 23:
Country
Code Top Sellers
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. March 17, 2008 - Sun.
March 23, 2008 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. March 25
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.
*****
As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies,
private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale
made through any channel. To contribute information and help make
this column better, just drop a note to [email protected].
We truly appreciate the industry leading
companies who share their sales information
with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current
domain values. Richard
Meyer of DotCom
Group, LLC
also provides invaluable help
in collecting data for these sales
reports each week.
Every Tuesday we publish the highest reported domain name
sales for the previous week. On Monday our contributors send us
their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that
information and write this report for Tuesday night publication to give
you the freshest sales report in the industry.
Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.
