Four Six-Figure Sales in One Week Including One of the Year's Ten Biggest? Do Tell! 

It was another very nice week for the domain aftermarket with some of the year's biggest sales keeping the summer doldrums at bay. The top gun this time out - Tell.com - rang up a remarkable $400,000 at Sedo.com in a deal that ranks among the ten biggest so far in 2008.

The runner-up domain on the all-extension leader board (expanded to 30 positions again this week) also ranks as the year's fourth biggest country code sale. That is Auto.es, a ccTLD representing Spain that banked a whopping €110,000 ($173,682), also at Sedo, in the biggest .es sale we have seen to date.

There were two more six-figure sales on the Big Board, #3 246.com ($124,568.00 in a private sale) and #4 MoneyRates.com ($100,000 at the AfternicDLS).  

By Ron Jackson

This would have been an even bigger week if the sale price of Pizza.com was not subject to a non disclosure agreement. Yes, the name has finally changed hands after being auctioned off three months ago on Sedo's GreatDomains site. You might recall that the winning bid in that auction was $2.6 million, but the high bidder never paid. Sedo kept working the name and a change in the WhoIs record this week shows it has gone to Philadelphia firm National A-1, giving them a nice addition to an already phenomenal .com portfolio. Though none of the parties to the sale; Sedo, the buyer or the seller, would release details on the transaction, I have seen information that indicates the price paid was $1.6 million (or something very close to that figure). That is not official so we can't chart it but I have good reason to believe the figure is accurate.

In the race among venues, Sedo led with ten chart entries. The AfternicDLS was also very strong with six positions at this high end of the market, even though their primary focus is on small to medium sized businesses who typically buy in the mid four-figure range (a category they dominate week in and week out). Moniker also appears six times with five more completed sales from their T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East live auction in May and another from their everyday platform.

.Com claimed 20 of the 30 positions on the elite list with five spots going to ccTLDs, two each to .net and .org and one to .biz. The country code group included one of the best .pl (Poland) sales we have seen, #8 Deser.pl ("dessert" in Polish), sold at Sedo for €22,000 ($34,736). Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the week ending Sunday, June 29:

There were four more five-figure sales just off the chart with three of those being .mobi domains sold in the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East auction; Sales.mobi ($10,500), Ringtone.mobi ($10,000) and Men.mobi ($10,000). Meanwhile the AfternicDLS moved Nembu.com for $10,000. 

.Com Supporting Cast

The top dog in the .com supporting cast was Sedo's €6,300 ($9,947) sale of LiveWTV.com. SNQ.com was close behind at $9,000 followed by a pair at €6,100 ($9,631); WebGreetings.com and Ecologique.com. Tude.com tacked on $7,400, AquaPark.com hosed down $6,500 and Kuchyne.com kicked in €3,800 ($6,000). 

Also at Sedo, CanadaList.com landed $5,000, ASES.com drew $4,100 and Megabackup.com restored $4,000. JISU.com yielded $3,988, iOperator.com connected for $3,830 and ShortCover.com cornered $3,200. Thrice.com threw in $3,150, LuckyClub.com lit up $3,000 and GreenBill.com banked $2,888. OCAL.com and BankTunes.com bagged $2,550 each while CityDoctor.com dispensed $2,288 and Soft24.com fetched $2,000.  

In additional sales from the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East auction, EmploymentAds.com attracted $9,000, LuxuryEstate.com located $6,500 and StockMutualFunds.com returned $6,000. XmasList.com marked down $5,000, MedicalSupplyStores.com stocked $4,000 and CemeteryLots.com interred $3,500. CoconutTrees.com sheltered $2,250, WealthBulletin.com broke $2,120 and Blottr.com soaked up $2,563. A matching pair; HentaiFilm.com and HentaiFilms.com added $2,541 each.

NameJet.com supplemented the two domains they placed among this week's top ten with a nice load of four-figure sales including VideoConversion.com ($7,800), HMQ.com ($7,300) and XKD.com ($7,100). LifeHistory.com recorded $5,811, RadioControlled.com rerouted $5,100 and MuffinMan.com cooked up $5,000. CommonwealthBank.com deposited $4,903 and BoatPrices.com peaked at $4,900. 

NameJet had another 19 .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,400 that are listed in the table below:

Back at the AfternicDLS, the cash registers were ringing 24/7. OfRecord.com racked up $7,688, BetterSafe.com wasn't sorry at $7,133 and two others; MHSC.com and VideoTour.com took in $7,000 each. Red10.com colored in $6,400, GreenTips.com generated $6,288 and LifeChat.com led to $5,100. Milpa.com and UniqueSports.com spawned $5,000 apiece, CrimeTV.com tuned in $4,999 and two others; VIWA.com and Fabia.com found $4,988 each.

The AfternicDLS had 108 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,800 that you can check out in the table below.

At TDNAM.com, FQV.com delivered $6,305 and Intellisoft.com secured $6,005.  

At SnapNames.com TenMonkey.com corralled $4,901, StudentVillage.com welcomed $4,100 and WeddingItems.com went for $2,251. Reflexes.com reaped $2,250, 7007.com counted out $2,073 and Phimsex.com clicked for $2,050. SnapNames also sold a pair of IDNs; ショッピング.com (puny code xn--qckn0b3dve6c.com) at $3,700 and パソコン.com (puny code xn--tckta3d4g.com) at $2,322. 

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

The top four names on our Global Contenders Top 20 chart all earned spots on the all extension leader board you saw earlier. We also told you about the trio of five-figure .mobi domains, part of a group of seven .mobis on the GC Top 20, all of which were sold in the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East auction. The top names you haven't seen are Ringtone.mobi and Men.mobi, tied for 6th at $9,500 each. 

.Net charted six domains while .org and .info had three each. The final opening went to .biz with #4 Immobilienmakler.biz ("real estate broker" in German), a name that sold for €8,330 ($13,152) at Sedo. The .info roster was led by a nice geo domain, #10 Michigan.info at $9,250. 

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending June 29:

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