Triple Threat: Three-Word .Com Goes For $260,000 in This Week's Top Domain Sale 

After a brief absence last week, six-figure domains were back in the spotlight this week. Leading the sales charge was Nokta.com's $260,000 sale of TripleCreditReport.com. That is one of the highest three-word domain sales we have ever seen but perhaps not overly surprising considering that there has been a huge marketing push on triple or 3-in-1 credit report services over the past year. Those services give their customers reports from all three of the major credit bureaus in one package. The buyer of this domain already has a new site up to take advantage of that lucrative market.

Also cracking the six-figure barrier this week was a very nice geo domain - Daytona.com - sold through Moniker.com for $151,395. The official city name is Daytona Beach of course, but a lot of people just refer to the popular Florida vacation destination as Daytona. It's a top notch resort domain and as such I think its an excellent buy for the new owner.

By Ron Jackson

Two more geo domains also hit the top ten, including RickLatona.com's $60,000 sale of #3 TarponSprings.com. Tarpon Springs is literally in our backyard. The population of the Tampa Bay area town is just over 20,000 but it is a charming Gulf Coast resort town (famous for its Greek sponge divers) that draws visitors from around the world. Also gracing the top half of the chart is #10 Staffordshire.com, representing a county in England's West Midlands region. That domain attracted £12,000 ($22,800) at Sedo.com.  

Sedo wound up placing six domains on the Big Board, more than any other venue. NameJet.com and the AfternicDLS each scored three times. The marquee name at NameJet was #4 HomeAccessories.com at $32,287 while the AfternicDLS roster was led by #8 (tie) EventsManagement.com at $25,000. 

After having a bit of an off-week last week, .com stormed back to take 17 of the 20 chart entries this time out. The remaining spots went to a pair of .orgs and a .info. That trio included #6 Website.org ($30,545), #11 Printer.info ($21,000) and #18 Irish.org ($14,826), with all three of those domains being sold by Sedo.

We are happy to welcome two new reporting venues this week, Eric Rice's DNCartoons.com and Recall Media Group's Bido.com. Rice, who recently started marketing names through his DNCartoons newsletter, made his first appearance on our elite all-extension list with #8 (tie) BetTheDerby.com ($25,000) while Bido debuted with #20 Dickinson.com at $12,000.

Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the week ending Sunday, August 10:

There were nine more five-figure sales just off the chart and Sedo had five of those including WJA.com and StepOne.com at $11,920 each. RuggedLaptop.com racked up $11,175, Perfumeria.com sniffed $10,500 and Dpharma.com dispensed $10,430. 

DNCartoons.com captured $10,500 with IYL.com and NameJet notched $10,100 for FirstStep.com. D4B.com sold MakeBook.com for $10,000 and Escort.mobi attracted the same price in the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East live auction. 

.Com Supporting Cast

Moniker also led the .com supporting cast with their $9,500 sale of OUX.com at the DomainerMeeting live auction in Paris a few weeks back (the sale just closed this week). From their web platform they also sold DQF.com ($6,838), StarSightings.com ($6,088) and IPDashboard.com ($3,125). 

At NameJet, EquineLaw.com landed $9,000, Sentimental.com sewed up $7,600 and HealthExam.com discovered $6,601. GoldBank.com deposited $4,999, DestinReservations.com booked $4,200 and CanadaHealth.com covered $3,910. 

FerrariCars.com and ClickHer.com hauled in $3,100 each while OrientialTrading.com (typo) added $3,000. BestPawn.com posted $2,923, Functionality.com fetched $2,800 and OzzyOsbourne.com bit the head off a $2,455 bat. ItalianHolidays.com welcomed $2,255 while Digiworks.com and CustomGreetingCards.com delivered $2,100 apiece. FloridaVoter.com punched in another $2,010. 

Back at Sedo GameOnly.com clicked for $8,000, and Mobiliario.com maxed at €4,000 ($5,894) while Cecam.com and HolyGrails.com grabbed €3,500 ($5,215) each. Sedo's premium site at GreatDomains.com kicked in $5,182 for Foal.com. Sedo had 21 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000. You can check those out in the table below:

SnapNames moved a couple of 3-letter .coms, banking $7,750 for TYV.com and $7,250 for KYU.com.

At the AfternicDLS FindARental.com located $6,500, OutdoorRooms.com cornered $6,000 and TattooDating.com inked $5,500. AsianPacific.com produced $5,000, Only4U.com yielded $4,643 and Inaxis.com cleared $3,985. A quartet of names added $3,588 apiece. That group included Bretigny.com, GolfTheWorld.com, LASurf.com and SavvyConsumer.com. 

The AfternicDLS had 48 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,500. You can review those in the table below:

Back at Bido.com QVK.com cranked out $6,730, UTQ.com contributed $6,001 and Harlot.com lit up $5,145. CerealBox.com sealed $2,695, DomainTalk.com tallied $2,415 and DebtSpecialist.com spawned $2,356. 

Elsewhere DNCartoons.com landed $5,200 for Lanny.com and CasinoNine.com changed hands for $4,500 in a private transaction. 

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

The top three domains on the Global Contenders Top 20 all made the all extension leader board you saw earlier. We also told you about #4 Escort.mobi being another 5-figure sale at $10,000. The top GC sale you haven't seen yet is actually a pair of sales tied for the #5 spot at $7,000 each; AmericanHistory.org (sold by DNCartoons.com) and Umbrellas.net (sold on the AfternicDLS). 

.Net took 13 of the 21 chart positions (the extra spot resulted from a tie for the final place). .Org claimed four openings with .info and .mobi getting two apiece. The AfternicDLS easily won the race among venues, claiming 10 positions but Sedo also staked a strong claim by sweeping the top three sales.

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending August 10:

At Sedo, Medicus.net notched $1,850, InSpirit.net inspired $1,800 and RedCherry.mobi chipped in $1,788. MedicalDoctors.net prescribed $1,758 while Catamarca.net and Tele.biz brought $1,639 each. Links.mobi mined $1,506, BigFatLie.org and TheLocal.org ladled out $1,490 apiece. MobileWeb.info went for $1,411 and EuroSex.biz unbuttoned $1,000. 

NameJet sold FFS.org ($1,860), GVC.net ($1,700) and MtSinai.org ($1,315) and added $1,000 for FindProperty.org. 

At SnapNames eMailAddress.net nailed $1,551. They also rang up four 3-letter sales with NLX.net ($1,130) and a trio at $1,030 each that included DZQ,net, FZQ.net and WJI.net. 

Elsewhere URLs.net sold Referenda.org for $2,600, Bido bagged $2,073 with Compete.net, DNCartoons.com drew $2,000 with WorldHistory.org and LouGehrigsDisease.org sold for $1,000 in the Moniker/DomainerMeeting live auction. 

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