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Buyers Love 3-Letter .Coms - Lov.com Tops This Week's Sales Chart with 7 More on the Leader Board

Domain buyers have long had a love affair with 3-letter .coms. That was shown again this week when LOV.com led our latest Sales Chart with a $91,800 payday at NameJet and seven more 3-letter .coms taking places on an expanded leader board.  I was away covering the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference in Miami Beach last week, so I have a double dose of data for you this time out,  including an all extension top sales chart that doubles from its usual 20 positions to 40.

Six of those 3-letter .coms landed on the top half of the elite list including #2 (tie) RSR.com, a domain that Heritage Auctions sold for $75,000. DomainGuardians.com also claimed a share of the runner-up spot with their $75,000 sale of Coin.org. That is the biggest .org sale reported so far this year and is one of the five biggest non .com gTLD sales reported in 2014.

Rounding out the first five are a pair of sales made at Flippa.com - #4 Sponsored.com at $50,200 and #5 (tie) LowCarb.com at $45,000 - and one from Sedo - #5 (tie) Pager.com at $45,000. Those three helped the .coms pile up 30 of the 40 chart entries, including one IDN - #9 Gartenmöbel.com, sold at Sedo for $25,000. 

By Ron Jackson

The ccTLDs had their usual strong outing with seven chart entries, led by Sedo's $30,000 sale of #8 Angel.in (Indian country code). Two others earned spots on the top half of the Big Board. Sedo sold #12 Koffer.ch (Swiss ccTLD) for $22,278 and Eytan Elbaz banked $21,500 for Pie.co (Colombian ccTLD) in a private transaction.

That left three places for the non .com gTLDs. In addition to that big Coin.org sale, #28 6.biz brought $12,637 and 38 (tie) Joy.club added $10,000, with Sedo ringing up the latter two sales. You probably heard about another big deal in this category involving Coffee.club that we detailed in our Lowdown section Tuesday. While the transaction will end up being worth $100,000 that is being paid out over 10 years. We only chart domains that have been fully paid for and transferred to the new owners but,  as the .Club Registry's biggest transaction to date, this one is still well worth noting.

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, November 2:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 20, 2014 - Sun. Nov. 2, 2014
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Nov. 5, 2014

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. LOV.com $91,800 NameJet
2.
tie
RSR.com $75,000 HeritageAuctions
2.
tie
Coin.org $75,000 DomainGuardians
4. Sponsored.com $50,200 Flippa
5.
tie
LowCarb.com $45,000 Flippa
5.
tie
Pager.com $45,000 Sedo
7. OAI.com $39,999 NameJet
8. Angel.in $30,000 Sedo
9. Gartenmöbel.com (IDN) €20,000 = $25,000 Sedo
10.
tie
0H.com (number zero-letter H) $23,000 NameJet
10.
tie
YSU.com $23,000 NameJet
12. Koffer.ch €17,822 = $22,278 Sedo
13. Pie.co $21,500 Pvt Sale
14.
tie
QEE.com $20,500 NameJet
14.
tie
TRO.com $20,500 Sedo
16.
tie
RookiePoker.com $20,000 Sedo
16.
tie
Semsem.com $20,000 Sedo
18. Entertain.com $19,900 NameJet
19. CupOfJo.com $18,888 Sedo
20. CMBank.com $16,805 NameJet

21. UPV.com  $16,200 NameJet
22. 9135.com $16,000 NameJet
23. Tencere.com £9,999 = $15,998 Sedo
24. VYU.com $15,000 Sedo
25. Megabus.de €11,940 = $14,925 Golem.eu
26. BlueMix.com $14,500 Sedo
27. Anonymity.com $13,433 Flippa
28. 6.biz  $12,637 Sedo
29. Lee.es €9,999 = $12,499 Sedo
30. Sadness.com $12,000 Flippa
31. iWealth.com  $11,900 NameJet
32. Astroline.com €9,500= $11,875 Sedo
33. Kemer.com  $11,400 NameJet
34. Minying.com $11,300 NameJet
35. Enyx.com €8,800 = $11,000 Sedo
36. Regio.eu €8,100 = $10,125 Golem.eu
37. XX.com.au AUD 11,682 = $10,047 NetFleet.com.au
38.
tie
3DFashion.com $10,000 Sedo
38.
tie
Joy.club $10,000 Sedo
40. Chenhong.com $9,500 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 Top Sales Charts

Click Link Below for
The All-Time Top 20 All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
 (2003 to Now)

.Com Supporting Cast

NameJet led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with RealityShow.com at $9,298, 1SO.com at $9,105 and CatScan.com at $9,000. Policemen.com produced $7,500, Pigo.com provided $7,499 and 1934.com notched $7,099.

TranscendUSA.com yielded $6,464, DohaBank.com deposited $6,000 and BeSeen.com spotted $5,600. Ameria.com made $5,200 and Fabei.com fetched $5,110.

NameJet had 36 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,900 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,900
t-v.com $4,900   itdc.com $2,500
muren.com $4,375 smartsell.com $2,500
gunsmithing.com $3,888 northhaven.com $2,485
directmarket.com $3,769 buyshares.com $2,444
bighomes.com $3,300 newyorkhouse.com $2,444
peppe.com $3,220 adfc.com $2,350
negatives.com $3,200 smalldata.com $2,322
infopro.com $3,100 donates.com $2,300
decisionmaking.com $3,085 netpioneer.com $2,300
funfun.com $3,000 cigarstores.com $2,222
snapphoto.com $2,980 profed.com $2,100
ragtop.com $2,922 tclub.com $2,090
3mp.com $2,800 truview.com $2,090
princesshotels.com $2,734 ladiesman.com $2,089
bebeshop.com $2,600 theflame.com $2,060
litely.com $2,600 vinsurance.com $2,050
barstar.com $2,599 hirao.com $2,006
integratedsecurity.com $2,500 hookie.com $2,000

Back at Sedo Expoline.com connected for $8,800, NVFund.com drew $8,200 and RailGuru.com gained $8,000. Eyee.com and Intropia.com corralled $7,500 each while Investex.com added $6,250

InvestIndia.com returned $6,000 with seven others - Bet77.com, ClearPop.com, Cruzo.com, EasyCrowd.com, Meresetfiles.com, SkyTrain.com and Vumedia.com - going for $5,000 apiece

Sedo had 73 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,900 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,999
olist.com $4,999   vercor.com $2,530
7even.com $4,999 mistersex.com $2,505
play2game.com $4,999 allforgod.com $2,500
iteachu.com $4,980 cobasliat.com $2,500
fidem.com $4,800 fksc.com $2,500
docucert.com $4,500 innotools.com $2,500
eliteassociates.com $4,500 picklocks.com $2,500
pallion.com $4,500 profitpros.com $2,500
yapyap.com $4,500 t-r-e-e.com $2,500
doghotels.com $4,375 vilia.com $2,500
instalove.com $4,300 concentrace.com $2,499
mrrent.com $4,200 bitpub.com $2,400
msok.com $4,000 hifactory.com $2,395
qamp.com $4,000 prbuilder.com $2,388
newsmo.com $3,995 shopwill.com $2,300
mindmedia.com $3,888 visitbratislava.com $2,300
nzhotels.com $3,750 39ask.com $2,250
slotmatrix.com $3,750 robocasting.com $2,250
goodmob.com $3,744 stylejack.com $2,250
idreal.com $3,500 vape4less.com $2,244
bigtaxi.com $3,125 karrus.com $2,200
projectlantern.com $3,119 arbitragecapital.com $2,195
bananasoftware.com $3,000 buzzness.com $2,077
dsgns.com $3,000 campspot.com $2,000
epur.com $3,000 celian.com $2,000
finreach.com $3,000 creditrepairreviews.com $2,000
gauri.com $3,000 jfcc.com $2,000
wikigarden.com $3,000 ondernemers.com $2,000
lakevermillion.com $2,999 passus.com $2,000
rocketforce.com $2,999 relatify.com $2,000
workboost.com $2,995 vimly.com $2,000
digout.com $2,888 redeurope.com $1,856
analdate.com $2,869 medialibrary.com $1,603
fundingnetwork.com $2,800 solarapparel.com $1,250
officeplace.com $2,800 bellabuy.com $1,235
toldot.com $2,777 shopminer.com $1,000
xgifs.com $2,588  

Elsewhere AbdulBasit.com sold Spadille.com for $5,000 and HomeBird.com for $4,500 while Flippa.com moved Inches.com for $6,750 and BestWine.com for $5,000

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by the seven five-figure sales you saw on the all extension leader board at the top of this report, with Angel.in leading the way at $30,000. The highest sales in this category that you haven't seen yet are a pair of names tied for #8 on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. Those are Erbjudanden.se and Monteurzimmer.eu, each of which sold for $8,125 through Sedo.

Another Sedo sale, this one an IDN - Billigerflüge.de - rounded out the top ten after changing hands for $6,944. Sedo went on to pile up 13 of the 20 chart entries. Golem.eu was next, filling four spots on the leader board including #4 Megabus.de at $14,925. Chart honors also went to NetFleet.com.au for #7 XX.com.au at $10,047 and DomainPicks.com for #20 Clique.tv at $3,800.

The European Union's .eu won the extension race wit four chart entries. Three others - Switzerland's .ch, Germany's .de and Sweden's .se each had two. In a remarkably diverse week, 10 other ccTLDs had representatives on the chart.

Here is how the country code sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, November 2:

Country Code Top 20 Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 20, 2014 - Sun. Nov. 2, 2014
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Nov. 5, 2014

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. Angel.in $30,000 Sedo
2. Koffer.ch €17,822 = $22,278 Sedo
3. Pie.co $21,500 Pvt Sale
4. Megabus.de €11,940 = $14,925 Golem.eu
5. Lee.es €9,999 = $12,499 Sedo
6. Regio.eu €8,100 = $10,125 Golem.eu
7. XX.com.au AUD 11,682 = $10,047 NetFleet.com.au
8.
tie
Erbjudanden.se €6,500 = $8,125 Sedo
8.
tie
Monteurzimmer.eu €6,500 = $8,125 Sedo
10. Billigerflüge.de (IDN) €5,555 = $6,944 Sedo

11. Mobilty.co.uk $6,600 Sedo
12. Bounce.se €4,700= $5,875 Sedo
13. Chaps.ru $5,500 Sedo
14. Homify.co.za €4,000 = $5,000 Sedo
15.
tie
LTG.ch €3,999 = $4,999 Golem.eu
15.
tie
Ultimo.eu €3,999 = $4,999 Golem.eu
17. IWE.us $4,950 Sedo
18. PartyKing.dk €3,500 = $4,375 Sedo
19. SCTE.eu €3,375 = $4,219 Sedo
20. Clique.tv $3,800 DomainPicks

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

There were dozens of additional four-figure sales off the chart led by Sedo's sales of Elpo.eu and Re-Blog.de at $3,750 each. Logis.es landed another $3,738, Hand.at hauled in $3,625 and IOR.es sold for $3,125.

Sedo had 65 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,938 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000-$2,938
dancepartner.de $2,938   meinflug.de $1,563
hello.se $2,750 rehasport-nrw.de $1,563
anthem.tv $2,500 loyal.nl $1,513
easy.cc $2,500 buying24.de $1,500
erzieher.de $2,500 number.me $1,500
greenies.co.uk $2,500 oue.us $1,500
karriere-lounge.de $2,500 rings.me $1,500
ke.ai $2,500 shouts.de $1,488
londontheatreguide.co.uk $2,500 grandtour.ch $1,401
futura.co $2,496 mhi.co $1,288
kfz-autoversicherung.de $2,438 bestsecret.gr $1,250
sco.co $2,400 ghk.se $1,250
kunst-am-bau.de $2,375 greenridge.co.uk $1,250
valise.ch $2,363 lumis.es $1,250
cocio.nl $2,188 straende.de $1,250
schlemmerblockshop.de $2,125 europarts.at $1,249
auto-outlet.de $2,000 ticketzone.de $1,249
dancepartner.co.uk $2,000 danskflowers.co.uk $1,238
elchollo.es $2,000 x-coach.de $1,238
consuel.fr $1,938 politico.tv $1,200
gpd.co.uk $1,912 baumarkt.eu $1,188
116117.at $1,875 ridnaun.eu $1,188
edited.co.uk $1,875 ropa.ch $1,188
showreel.co.uk $1,875 omnitest.de $1,125
ust.de $1,875 cityfox.ch $1,063
wrap.me $1,875 cookies24.de $1,063
umzugswelt.de $1,873 elog.ch $1,063
myticket.co.uk $1,869 jetpack.ch $1,063
valises.ch $1,863 trotti.ch $1,063
fitnessguru.eu $1,750 cardgate.de $1,019
bagdad.de $1,688 dvc.in $1,000
saunazubehoer.eu $1,625 lynda.za.co.za $1,000
fixedgear.nl $1,563   

Back at Golem.eu ProTrans.eu and Mesko.eu kicked in $3,749 each while four others - Burlington.eu, Kubb.eu, NoTime.eu and Stelzer.eu stacked up $3,124 apiece.

Golem.eu had 31 more sales ranging from $1,125 to $2,500 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Golem.eu ccTLD Sales Between $1,125-$2,500
nema.eu $2,500   lightart.eu $1,864
energyaudit.eu $2,249 cosma.be $1,563
ecoled .eu $2,249 reminiscence.ch $1,500
adair.be $1,874 querbeet .eu $1,499
coolbox.eu $1,874 viwa .eu $1,499
designmarket.eu $1,874 fietsenzaak.be $1,249
edugames.ch $1,874 firstconsulting.be $1,249
gourmetstar.ch $1,874 firstconsulting.eu $1,249
jobstar.eu $1,874 informationdesign.eu $1,249
marbre.eu $1,874 lige.be $1,249
nordika.eu $1,874 livevideo.eu $1,249
techron.eu $1,874 maza.eu $1,249
telesystem.eu $1,874 pingi.eu $1,249
transact.eu $1,874 serenissima.eu $1,249
weekday.ch $1,874 malu.eu $1,125
chaps.be $1,868   

Elsewhere, NetFleet.com.au sold Infinity.com.au ($3,117), Recycling.com.au ($2,880), Special.com.au ($2,880) and Argentina.com.au ($1,120).

NameJet notched $2,838 for TUI.cc, while Flippa fetched $2,050 for eCommerce.io and $1,050 for Paid.io. Also, DomainLore.co.uk banked $1,843 for Torbay.co.uk and $1,216 for TranscriptionServices.co.uk.

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

Non .com gTLDs (.net, .org, .biz, .info & others, including new gTLDs)

The non .com gTLDs had good reason to celebrate with DomainGuardians.com posting the year's biggest .org sale to date - Coin.org at $75,000. As you saw earlier that was one of three names from this category to take places in the all extension sale chart. The biggest sale in this group t hat you haven't seen yet is #4 on our latest weekly Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Pink.net, a colorful name that NameJet sold for $8,690.

Sedo rounded out the first five with OF.org at $8,000. They went on to sweep 13 of the 20 chart entries including #6 Tivi.net at $7,500. That helped the .nets win the extension race with eight chart entries. The .orgs followed with six and .info had four, leaving one spot each for .biz and .club.

Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, November 2:

Non .Com gTLDs Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 20, 2014 - Sun. Nov. 2, 2014
Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Nov. 5, 2014

  Domain

Sold For

Where Sold
1. Coin.org $75,000 DomainGuardians
2. 6.biz $12,637 Sedo
3. Joy.club $10,000 Sedo
4.