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Another Short .Com Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart But This One is Different

We've become used to seeing short .com domains at the top of our weekly domain sales chart, especially of the 3-letter or 3-number variety. However, 3-character .coms (a mix of letters and numbers) rarely land that high. Those domains do have value but seeing one go as high as HG7.com did this week at SnapNames.com - $60,001 - is almost unheard of. While you will likely be surprised by the price, you won't be surprised to hear that the domain went to China where so many other short .coms have migrated over the past couple of years.

The runner-up spot on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart went to Sedo for their $45,000 sale of Defiant.com. Short .coms filled the rest of the first five as well. BQDN.com sold #3 DTP.com for $44,000 and #4 2021.com for $43,000 while SnapNames scored again with #5 Xitong.com at $38,006.

The next four spots on the Big Board all went to non .com gTLDs with two new gTLDs in that quartet. Sedo had the top sale in that group with #6 Apuestas.net ("bets" in Spanish) going for €29,000 ($30,740). Following in order were OP.media ($20,500 at Synergy.media), Act.Today (a Magnum Domains listing that sold for $20,000 at DomainAgents.com) and MobileHomes.org ($18,800 at Sedo).

By Ron Jackson

Broker Sharjil Saleem completed a trio of .com sales at $18,000 apiece that rounded out the top half of the elite list. Those helped the .coms sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries. Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com also contributed to the .com charge with #15 StrongRoots.com at $13,600 and #18 DestinationsInternational.com at $9,888. Mann told us he bought the first name for $200 in 2012 and got the latter one for $69 in 2011.

The ccTLDs were limited to just one chart entry this week. That went to Sedo for #19 G.cx at $8,368.

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, February 19, 2017:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 13, 2017 - Sun. Feb. 19, 2017
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Feb. 22, 2017)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. HG7.com $60,001 SnapNames
2. Defiant.com $45,000 Sedo
3. DTP.com $44,000 BQDN
4. 2021.com $43,000 BQDN
5. Xitong.com $38,006 SnapNames
6. Apuestas.net
("bets" in Spanish)		 €29,000 = $30,740 Sedo
7. OP.media $20,500 Synergy.media
8. Act.today $20,000 DomainAgents
9. MobileHomes.org $18,800 Sedo
10.
(tie)		 4018.com $18,000 Sharjil Saleem
10.
(tie)		 6408.com $18,000 Sharjil Saleem
10.
(tie)		 Yizhe.com $18,000 Sharjil Saleem

13. Zome.com $14,000 Sedo
14. TheNewInternet.com $13,999 Sedo
15. StrongRoots.com $13,600 DomainMarket
16. Rapiddo.com £10,000 = $12,500 Sedo
17. EstoyBien.com $10,000 Sedo
18. DestinationsInternational.com $9,888 DomainMarket
19. G.cx €7,894 = $8,368 Sedo
20. Elium.com $8,000 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.

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

.Com Supporting Cast

DomainMarket.com led the .com supporting cast of four figure sales with Icram.com at $7,910. They added $6,800 for InfiniteCare.com and $6,000 for TheMandrake.com.

SnapNames banked $7,500 for Bingdu.com, $4,999 for Broadcastr.com and $4,510 for 53332.com. Rexia.com returned $3,218, AY8.com drew $3,138, Hopla.com hauled in $3,038 and Kastatus.com corralled $2,500. 

Back at Sedo, Yegoo.com yielded $6,625, Elastika.com captured $6,000 and SohoMarket.com made $5,194. Sedo had 42 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000
acepictures.com $5,000   s1s.com $3,450
roanokecity.com $5,000 symbiosys.com $3,300
thedimensiongroup.com $5,000 trovacase.com $3,300
tnaa.com $5,000 userfactor.com $3,180
broadcastr.com $4,999 plasmanorm.com $3,074
canadiancitizenship.com $4,775 farya.com $3,000
snapbank.com $4,500 feedad.com $3,000
scholo.com $4,150 display-solutions.com $2,995
fundrite.com $4,134 instaauto.com $2,650