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I Hear a Symphony! Symphony.com Leads This Week's Sales Chart at $375,000 & Mob.com Makes 6-Figure Music Too!

Two of the year's top 20 domain sales were reported this week with Symphony.com conducting the biggest transaction at a cool $375,000. AbdulBasit Makrani teamed up with  DomainNameSales.com to close that deal, one that, in addition to sitting at the pinnacle on this week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart, ranks #11 on our Year to Date Top 100 Chart. 

In another heavyweight sale, Marcus Cent moved Mob.com for a muscular $220,000 in a deal that went through the 4.cn platform. Three more .coms rounded out the first five with Sedo selling #3 BigSale.com for $50,000, FindYourDomain.com fetching $42,500 for #4 AutoAssurance.com and Sedo banking another $38,000 for #5 1346.com.

By Ron Jackson

While there were some excellent sales at the top of this week's leader board, there is also a gaping hole in this week's list (a hole that will remain for the next couple of months). As most of you have heard, Go Daddy recently filed to go public. That put them in the required "quiet period" that accompanies IPO filings. As a result they will not be putting out their usual sales reports combining completed transactions on their Go Daddy Auctions and Afternic platforms. Go Daddy/Afternic and Sedo have been the two largest sales venues who report their results each week, so the temporary absence of one of those two giants will leave all of us with a little bit cloudier view of what is happening in the domain aftermarket.

Even so, with the aftermarket continuing to rebound strongly after a long recession we will have plenty of notable sales to tell you about, including one of the year's top 20 non .com gTLD sales this week - a name that sits at #11 on the latest edition of the elite list. That is MH.net, a name that Domains90210.com sold for $15,260. In another charted sale from that category, Flippa.com sold #17 Matt.net for $11,501.

The ccTLDs did even better, filling four slots on the Big Board (all handled by Sedo), with #13 OnlineKasino.de heading that quartet after changing hands for $13,599.

Still there was no stopping the .coms. They swept the entire top ten and 14 of the 20 chart entries overall, including Hillcrest Media's $12,999 sale of #13 ChristianSelfPublishing.com.

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, June 15:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. June 9, 2014 - Sun. June 15, 2014
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect June 18, 2014
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Symphony.com $375,000 AbdulBasit.com/
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2. Mob.com $220,000 4.cn
3. BigSale.com $50,000 Sedo
4. AutoAssurance.com $42,500 FindYourDomain
5. 1346.com $38,000 Sedo
6.
tie		 HotelNews.com €15,000 = $20,400 Sedo
6.
tie		 JobBoerse.com €15,000 = $20,400 Sedo
8. Healthspark.com $20,000 FindYourDomain
9. Heals.com $16,800 Sedo
10. XMouse.com $16,000 Sedo

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11. MH.net $15,260 Domains90210
12. AllUp.com $15,000 Sedo
13. OnlineKasino.de €9,999 = $13,599 Sedo
14. ChristianSelfPublishing.com $12,999 HillcrestMedia
15. HandyBook.co.uk $12,000 Sedo
16. Casino-Casino.com €8,500 = $11,560 Sedo
17. Matt.net $11,501 Flippa
18. QuePasa.com.co $10,000 Sedo
19. RawStore.com $9,800 Sedo
20. Email.in $9,211 Sedo

Keep in mind that these are the highest value cash only 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.

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure .com sales with NA7.com ($9,000), Soorya.com ($8,000) and ATS-Group.com ($7,000). Verify360.com added $6,000 and four others - DeltaFixtures.com, Infringe.com, SexDeal.com and Skycap.com - kicked in $5,000 apiece.

TravelGreece.com grossed $4,999, IS-Net.com notched $4,800 and OrlandoParks.com attracted $4,775. Boxito.com bagged another $4,500 and GoldenCard.com captured $4,080. Sedo had 31 more four-figure .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
dermes.com $4,000   thequeensofclean.com $2,795
osint.com $4,000 icvc.com $2,787
wlpay.com $4,000 coldrush.com $2,500
resone.com $3,944 junk4.com $2,500
inderm.com $3,672 liposomal.com $2,500
urbanrx.com $3,500 oasismed.com $2,500
tvfones.com $3,400 revology.com $2,395
freakish.com $3,375 indigobay.com $2,267
roomlife.com $3,295 allinonepc.com $2,176
1stposition.com $3,250 dealercorp.com $2,095
atlia.com $3,000 yoghi.com $2,095
movvo.com $3,000 cashvouchers.com $2,000
bugshield.com $2,999 musicchild.com $2,000
myhug.com $2,950 smarttvbox.com $2,000
opticwhite.com $2,895 unsearched.com $2,000
lovehandle.com $2,800  

Sedo not only led the .com supporting cast, they were almost the entire cast, with only two other sales reported in this range elsewhere. MavenDomains.com moved MakeItCool.com for $2,999 and Flippa.com sold PrivateAirplanes.com for $2,750. 

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by the four five-figure sales you saw on the all extension leader board above. OnlineKasino.de took the top spot on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart with that $13,599 sale at Sedo.

The highest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is Sedo's $6,120 sale of #6 Jahreswagen24.de at $6,120. Another German domain was right behind with #7 MyMotel.de booking $5,290, also at Sedo, a venue that swept 18 of the 20 chart entries in the country code sector they have dominated for years.

DomainLore.co.uk filled one of the two spots Sedo missed, selling #8 Kites.co.uk for $5,070. Nidoma.com got the other one with #9 Recuperoanniscolastici.it  at $4,978.

Germany's .de easily won the extension race with eight chart entries. Great Britain's .co.uk was next with three. Here is how the country code sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, June 15:

Country Code Top 20
 Highest Reported ccTLD  Sales: Mon. June 9, 2014 - Sun. June 15, 2014
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect June 18, 2014
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. OnlineKasino.de £9,999 = $13,599 Sedo
2. HandyBook.co.uk $12,000 Sedo
3. QuePasa.com.co $10,000 Sedo
4. Email.in $9,211 Sedo
5. Unique.me $8,000 Sedo
6. Jahreswagen24.de €4,500 = $6,120 Sedo
7 MyMotel.de €3,890 = $5,290 Sedo
8. Kites.co.uk £3,000 = $5,070 DomainLore.co.uk
9. Recuperoanniscolastici.it €3,660 = $4,978 Nidoma
10. Aywa.de €3,500 = $4,760 Sedo

11. Atomik.be €3,499 = $4,759 Sedo
12. Tron.co $4,250 Sedo
13. Therapeutinnen.at €3,000 = $4,080 Sedo
14. CanopyLondon.co.uk £2,400 = $4,056 Sedo
15. Downloads.to $3,772 Sedo
16. GreenBeauty.de €2,500 = $3,400 Sedo
17. Taktgefühl.de (IDN) €2,250 = $3,060 Sedo
18. Financial.me $3,000 Sedo
19. Hebeschiebetür.de €2,010 = $2,734 Sedo
20. DiaetShop.de €1,950 = $2,652 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were more four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by Nidoma.com's $2,489 sale of IlContabile.it. They also picked up $1,020 for another Italian domain - AIT.it.

As always Sedo accounted for the bulk of the additional sales, scoring with Dekoratives.de at $2,448, Golfen.tv at $2,380 and Cookido.de at $2,285. Sedo had 19 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,020 to $2,200 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,020-$2,200
epneus.com.br $2,200   usa-fliegen.de $1,353
naturopathy.us $2,200 jahreswagen-welt.de $1,346
freiwild.ch $2,067 dic.es $1,156
cicero.ch $2,040 plg.co.za $1,150
mydentist.de $2,040 plunge.in $1,099
vogelfänger.de $2,040 kalenderwoche.de $1,088
aluminiumbleche.de $1,700 papierschredder.de $1,088
flipcover.de $1,605 claustrophobia.de $1,020
reputable.co $1,500 kerzenduft.de $1,020
monvillage.pl $1,360   

Elsewhere, NetFleet.com.au sold GeothermalEnergy.com.au for $1,703 and SkydiveSydney.com.au for $1,070 while DomainLore.co.uk moved Visionary.co.uk for $1,354.

f 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. 

Non .com gTLDs (.net, .org, .biz, .info, .pro, .mobi, .asia & others)

The non .com gTLDs were led by the two five-figure sales in this category that you saw earlier, with that duo fronted by MH.net at $15,260 via Domains90210.com. Sedo filled the next six spots on the leader board with a group led by #3 Bess.net at $5,000 and #4 Opzionibinarie.net at $3,600.

The absence of Go Daddy/Afternic (due to the Go Daddy IPO quiet period we talked about at the top of this report) was especially notable in this category. They often account for more than half of the sales on this chart because of the deep catalog of .net and .org domains in Afternic's inventory. In fact, with their results missing, only 18 sales were reported for the entire group. 

The .nets easily won the extension race, piling up 11 of the 18 chart entries. The .orgs followed with four leaving one spot each for .info, .estate and .club. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, June 15:

Non .Com gTLDs Top 20
 Highest Reported Non .Com Global TLD Sales 
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. June 9, 2014 - Sun. June 15, 2014
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect June 18, 2014
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. MH.net $15,260 Domains90210
2. Matt.net $11,501 Flippa.com
3. Bess.net $5,000 Sedo
4. Opzionibinarie.net $3,600 Sedo
5. Informed.net €2,600 = $2,536 Sedo
6. 493.net $2,462 Sedo
7.  Convenience.net $2,200 Sedo
8. GoSpace.net €1,547 = $2,104 Sedo
9. Shipping.info $2,050 Flippa
10. Vienna.estate €1,499 = $2,039 Sedo

11.
tie		 3-D.net $1,601 Flippa
11.
tie		 Kayaking.org $1,601 Flippa
13. Code.club $1,500 Sedo
14. SmartLife.org $1,496 Sedo
15. AllAboutAutism.org $1,289 Sedo
16. TravelNews.net $1,250 Sedo
17. Uitzendinggemist.org €750 = $1,020 Sedo
18. QGW.net $1,000 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

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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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. 

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.

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