This
Week's Chart Leaders Include a Six-Figure Sale at Sedo and One of
the Year's 10 Biggest ccTLD Sales
After missing in action for a month,
six-figure domain sales are back on the aftermarket scene. For the
second week in a row a member of that elite club heads our our all
extension Top 20 Sales Chart. Metal.com did the
honors this time out, changing hands for $140,000 at Sedo
in a deal handled by one of their top brokers, Dave Evanson.
Metal.com now has the added distinction
of topping the Big Board twice. The domain made its first
appearance at #1 on the elite list in February
2010 when it was sold for $165,000. Another
example of things domain names have in common with real world real
estate - as much as we may wish it wasn't so, prices don't
always go up.
Sedo also took the runner-up spot on the
new leader board with Chargepoint.com at $80,000 and
they went on to pile up nine chart entries overall, including five of the
top ten.
By
Ron Jackson
Another highlight of the week was one of the year's 10 biggest ccTLD
sales. That was #3 CheapCruises.co.uk, a domain that Frank
Paul of Fwitter.co.uk
sold to Adore Cruises for £50,000 ($77,500). That
put the domain at #8 on our Year
to Date Country Top 100 Sales Chart (second chart on
that page).
That was one of four ccTLDs to earn places
on the all extension Top 20 this week. Sedo posted the others
including #5 Sugar.co at $30,000 and #11 Message.us
at $14,000 - one of the biggest .US (United States
country code) sales we have seen in awhile.
The non .com gTLDs were limited to
one chart entry - #8 Car-Games.net at $17,000 via
Sedo. The buyer of that domain had previously purchased the
un-hyphenated version through Sedo for $28,820 in
April.
The AfternicDLS
and Frank Schilling's DomainNameSales
(DNS) both had strong outings to join Sedo in the multiple chart
entry club. DomainNamesSales scored four times and placed two names
in the top ten with their roster led by #4 Wagr.com at $33,200.
The AfternicDLS rang up five charted sales with #9 Shenyun.com
leading the charge for them at $16,475. That helped the .coms
sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries.
Also earning chart honors this week were DNSR.com
with their $20,000 sale of #6 Cashless.com and DropWizard.com,
who sold #19 (tie) HoustonCriminalLawyer.com for $7,500.
Here is how the sales leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, July 22:
The
DN Journal Top 20
Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. July 16, 2012 - Sun. July 22, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect July 25, 2012
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
Metal.com
$140,000
Sedo
2.
Chargepoint.com
$80,000
Sedo
3.
CheapCruises.co.uk
£50,000 = $77,500
Fwitter.co.uk
4.
Wagr.com
$33,200
DomainNameSales
5.
Sugar.co
$30,000
Sedo
6.
Cashless.com
$20,000
DNSR.com
7.
GarageCabinets.com
$17,500
DomainNameSales
8.
Car-Games.net
$17,000
Sedo
9.
Shenyun.com
$16,475
AfternicDLS
10.
TicketGarden.com
$15,000
Sedo
11.
Message.us
$14,000
Sedo
12.
tie
CompanyFormations.com
$13,000
DomainNameSales
12.
tie
DigitalGrid.com
$13,000
DomainNameSales
14.
EXPA.com
€10,000 = $12,100
Sedo
15.
SelfTanning.com
$12,000
AfternicDLS
16.
Globen.com
$10,000
AfternicDLS
17.
CloudTag.com
$8,150
AfternicDLS
18.
GoedkopeZorgverzekering.nl ("cheap health insurance" in Dutch)
€6,250 = $7,563
Sedo
19.
tie
HoustonCriminalLawyer.com
$7,500
DropWizard
19.
tie
MoviePlus.com
$7,500
AfternicDLS
19.
tie
PlayReal.com
$7,500
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 of
four-figure sales with ReadyForAction.com at $6,500.
Nuse.com added $6,000 while three others; Bmad.com,
HighLevel.com and HZM.com kicked in $5,000 apiece.
WomenOnFire.com went for $4,895, Persante.com
posted $4,800 and LexOffice.com landed $4,700.
Pisosdebancos.com bagged $4,477 and CordLash.com
drew $4,235.
Sedo had 30 more .com sales ranging from $2,000
to $4,000 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,000
breakstation.com
$4,000
clothestv.com
$2,750
crisisworks.com
$4,000
tauchreisen.com
$2,662
nowshop.com
$4,000
faveit.com
$2,550
rehealth.com
$4,000
yosay.com
$2,500
amalgama.com
$3,900
gold14.com
$2,420
sousvidecooking.com
$3,899
hausbau24.com
$2,420
bywho.com
$3,600
ideagora.com
$2,420
smbnetworks.com
$3,500
piana.com
$2,420
unashamedtour.com
$3,500
prosperia.com
$2,420
afghancarpet.com
$3,000
jetmagic.com
$2,178
brandwho.com
$3,000
davos-hotels.com
$2,015
cftv.com
$3,000
cbmo.com
$2,000
threebakers.com
$3,000
shopglass.com
$2,000
ustam.com
$3,000
westernenergy.com
$2,000
gamingslots.com
$2,868
weaponizer.com
$2,000
At DomainNameSales StrengthCenter.com
crunched $6,300, PorcelainSigns.com produced $5,000,
LuggageCentre.com unlocked $4,000 and VegasExchange.com
chalked up $3,000.
Back at the AfternicDLS OperaOnline.com
hit a high note of $6,212, CustomizedJewelry.com
attracted $5,750 and three others; CrowdSurfing.com,
SmithGardens.com and MyTemp.com tacked on $5,500
each.
Another five names were in a logjam at $5,000
apiece. That group included ChildrensDiscoveryCenter.com,
Current360.com, HomeAnswers.com, W4B.com
and WholesaleCellphones.com. Intermedios.com
captured $4,800, ListenPeople.com delivered a $4,750
lecture and ModernLogic.com came to a $4,588
conclusion.
The AfternicDLS had 80 more ranging from
$2,000 to
$4,500
that are listed in the table below:
Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,500
baris.com
$4,500
growcart.com
$2,588
marinavillage.com
$4,500
saveplan.com
$2,588
shoeheaven.com
$4,000
yudai.com
$2,588
upngo.com
$4,000
trustquotes.com
$2,585
watchonlinetv.com
$4,000
csexperts.com
$2,500
claiminvestigators.com
$3,988
explosionprotection.com
$2,500
kurun.com
$3,888
findaplant.com
$2,500
originalquebec.com
$3,888
heatstress.com
$2,500
positivetraining.com
$3,888
intelligentcity.com
$2,500
Bitable.com
$3,800
mentalhealthwork.com
$2,500
purepositiveenergy.com
$3,688
mrjuice.com
$2,500
midnightblack.com
$3,588
ntmcorp.com
$2,500
stewardshipresources.com
$3,588
qadvantage.com
$2,500
triptide.com
$3,588
ragemusic.com
$2,500
aspensport.com
$3,500
testzentrale.com
$2,500
ecep.com
$3,500
thintab.com
$2,500
nfdn.com
$3,500
xinhuan.com
$2,500
beautyworx.com
$3,388
igexpress.com
$2,488
thewealthfoundation.com
$3,388
chinamach.com
$2,397
localbusinesslistings.com
$3,350
travelwedding.com
$2,394
salvus.com
$3,300
dealerexperts.com
$2,388
salsakids.com
$3,288
inspirasi.com
$2,388
thisislandearth.com
$3,288
pulsedesigns.com
$2,388
jewelfactory.com
$3,200
athletenation.com
$2,350
mybravo.com
$3,200
pacsecurity.com
$2,329
upscalerentals.com
$3,177
saturdayclub.com
$2,300
weaponized.com
$3,177
affinitysoftware.com
$2,250
risto.com
$3,000
TRUSTEDSELLER.com
$2,250
usedtech.com
$3,000
teamlist.com
$2,200
usdreamact.com
$2,959
billionaireblueprint.com
$2,188
justnuts.com
$2,900
festivalsponsorship.com
$2,094
Dezine.com
$2,888
localsavers.com
$2,088
ecommercesuite.com
$2,888
turquoisemountain.com
$2,088
worldlotteryclub.com
$2,850
vigilantsolutions.com
$2,088
contentjobs.com
$2,800
adsco.com
$2,077
TTRAMYLOIDOSIS.com
$2,800
kingchip.com
$2,000
brianswish.com
$2,677
memorybridge.com
$2,000
WeaponGrade.com
$2,595
quotesoftheday.com
$2,000
buzzbuild.com
$2,588
shared-services.com
$2,000
dynamicperspective.com
$2,588
trustedmed.com
$2,000
Elsewhere NameDifference.com
sold CountryMusicCruise.com for $5,000 and YummyNames
teamed up with GoDaddyAuctions
to sell three domains; TheVapor.com ($3,496), SmartBulb.com
($2,796) and SageInsights.com ($2,196). YummyNames
also worked with the AfternicDLS to sell AddictionClinics.com
for $2,000.
Country Codes
TheccTLDs were led by the four
country code sales you saw on the all extension chart at the top of
this report including that big $77,500 sale of CheapCruises.co.uk
that tops our latest weekly
Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is also the biggest
.co.uk sale that has been reported thus
far in 2012.
The biggest sale from this category that you haven't
seen yet is #5 Auctionata.de, a domain that went for $6,050
at Sedo, a venue that wound up sweeping 16 of the 20 chart entries.
Meanwhile the .de extension (Germany's country code) won the TLD
race with six chart entries including #6 (tie) Farben24.de
at $4,840.
This week's remarkably diverse chart has a
dozen different countries represented on it. Only two other
extensions had multiple chart entries - Great Britain's .co uk with
three and the European Union's .eu with two.
Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked
up for the week ending Sunday, July 22:
Country
Code Top 20
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. July 16, 2012 - Sun. July
22, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect July 25, 2012
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
CheapCruises.co.uk
£50,000
= $77,500
Fwitter.co.uk
2.
Sugar.co
$30,000
Sedo
3.
Message.us
$14,000
Sedo
4.
GoedkopeZorgverzekering.nl ("cheap health insurance" in Dutch)
There were dozens of additional
four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by a trio of $2,420
sales at Sedo that included ADJ.eu, Dynargie.ch
and Episo.de. BettingApps.co.uk added $2,325
and Baederportal.de brought $2,160.
Sedo had 33 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging
from $1,000 to $2,118
that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,118
meinebettwaesche.de
$2,118
in-vendita.it
$1,210
meinebettwäsche.de
$2,118
nit.de
$1,210
frische.at
$1,815
scitec.de
$1,210
onlinecasino.im
$1,815
serruriernice.fr
$1,210
recyclingprodukte.de
$1,815
mng.co
$1,198
germany.me
$1,800
jori.de
$1,150
most.tv
$1,800
kieferorthopädie-münchen.de
$1,150
outdoor-arena.de
$1,694
lis.to
$1,150
tabakshop.de
$1,686
room.us
$1,150
introducing.us
$1,650
hundeversicherung.eu
$1,089
life-insurance-quotes.co.uk
$1,550
prezzooro.it
$1,089
ccw.eu
$1,513
lanyards.ca
$1,050
immobilienfonds.eu
$1,513
doppelgarage.de
$1,047
esmoke.co.uk
$1,500
solarinstallateure.de
$1,029
outreach.me
$1,500
tierversandapo.de
$1,029
esotheka.de
$1,331
inoar.it
$1,000
onecom.co.uk
$1,318
NetFleet.com.au
sold five Australian domains; ChineseRestaurant.com.au ($2,331),
ThePlant.com.au ($1,824), PaternityTest.com.au ($1,230),
HighTeaSydney.com.au ($1,089) and Wink.com.au ($1,075).
Elsewehere, DomainPicks.com
sold SmartHomes.tv for $1,500 and Brazilian.tv
for $1,000, DTC.us changed hands for $1,477 in
a private sale and DomainLore.co.uk
sold Bullfrog.co.uk for $1,249.
If there are country code extensions in our report
that you are not familiar with, you can look up the nation each
extension goes with here.
A lone five-figure sale set the pace the non .com gTLDs this week.
Car-Games.net
heads our new Non .Com gTLDTop 20 Sales Chart with
a $17,000 sale at Sedo. The next highest sale was StAnthonys.org
at $6,386 through the AfternicDLS who went on to sweep 14 of
the 20 chart entries including 7 of the top 10.
Thetop five was rounded out by #3 DBD.net
($5,500) and #4 Recess.org ($4,988), both via the
AfternicDLS, and Sedo's $4,840 sale of #5 Revision.info.
The .nets rang up
13 charted sales to easily win the
TLD race. The .orgs followed with six and .info had
one. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, July 22:
Non
.Com gTLDs Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global
TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. July
16, 2012 - Sun. July 22, 2012 Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect July 25, 2012
There were several more four-figure sales
just off the chart led by the AfternicDLS sale of CrystalWater.org
at $1,419. They also sold PixelPlanet.org ($1,388), DomainsCheap.net
($1,288) and Rockett.net ($1,250).
iInvest.net added $1,188, BizDev.org
drew $1,150 and UnitedNetwork.org connected for $1,125.
DestinationHealth.net added $1,088 and three others, AlphabetCity.org,
PowerTek.net and WesternWildlife.org went for
$1,000 each.
Back at Sedo Quizmaker.net nabbed $1,399
while StartupItaly.org and Solarrechner.net returned $1,210
apiece. AJOS.net and Solarrechner.org secured $1,089
each and Pedelecs.org provided $1,065.
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 Domain Sales Center also provides invaluable help
in collecting data for these sales
reports each week.
Every Wednesday we publish the highest reported domain name
sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us
their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that
information and write this article to give
you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry.
Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.
