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Trio of 6-Figure Sales Totaling $769,000 - Including the Biggest New gTLD Sale Reported To Date - Top This Week's Sales Chart 

This week's report actually covers the past two weeks of sales activity in the domain aftermarket. The four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the U.S. (November 22-25) cut that work week to three days for many and was accompanied by a commensurate drop in reported sales as is the case almost every year during that time frame. So, we combined that abbreviated week with the past one when things rebounded sharply as most people were back at work in the States.

Three headliners emerged from the past fortnight led by the biggest new gTLD sale reported to date as registry operator Donuts revealed they closed a $510,000 cash sale of Online.casino in June. In addition to topping this week's chart that ranks as the biggest non .com gTLD sale of the year to date and one of the year's 10 biggest sales to date, regardless of extension. While the identity of the buyer is not yet known, they have put up a landing page on Online.casino saying "Soon, the worlds best casino website Online.Casino will launch, and boy do we have a lot of cool stuff in store for you!" It looks like you will be able to judge that for yourself in the upcoming new year.

By Ron Jackson

A pair of six-figure .com sales at NameJet (who released all of their November sales) took the next two spots on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. 864.com commanded $147,000 while 1M.com added $112,000. One of the year's five biggest ccTLD sales to date filled the #4 hole. That was Hoteles.es ("hotels" in Spanish), a domain that someone somehow allowed to expire, giving Backorders.es an opportunity to auction the domain off, resulting in an €80,000 ($90,400) sale that was first reported at the Spanish domain forum Demene.com.

Sedo rounded out the first five with NFC.com at $77,066. That was the beginning of a streak that saw them pile up 11 chart entries overall, including the only other non .com gTLD on the leader board (besides chart topper Online.casino), #10 tie STO.org at $25,000. Sedo also accounted for two of the four ccTLD sales on the Big Board - #12 Sanierungsprofi.de ("restructuring expert" in German) at $20,171 and #16 Playfab.cn at $17,250. Sandwiched between those two was a private sale in which #15 Desconto.com.br ("discount" in Portuguese) was sold for $18,000.

The .coms swept 14 of the 20 chart entries, with the $38,000 private sale of #6 Kritik.com among the domains that helped the .com cause.

In another interesting development, two big .com sales that were made in 2017 just came to light for the first time. As DomainInvesting.com reported (after seeing a post about it by George Kirikos on Twitter) the founders of a new insurance company that purchased Cover.com last year revealed in an Entrepreneurs Handbook article that they had paid Digimedia.com $825,000 for the domain. As a result we have added Cover.com to our 2017 Top 100 Sales Chart where it ranks #9.

That 2017 chart may be amended again because soon after the report on Cover.com came out, George alerted us to another big transaction involving the Chicago.com domain that changed hands at an unknown price last year. Kirikos found an entry about the sale on an IRS 990 form (.pdf file with Chicago.com entry on page 24) filed by the buyer, Chicago Community Trust (CCT). The Schedule D entry listed "Chicago.com website" at $1,000,000. However, two questions remain - while it is listed as a "website" it appears CCT bought the name only as they are using no content from the seller's site but might there have been any other assets involved? Also, there is a possibility this is a "book value" they've assigned to the domain rather than the actual price paid. I sent an email to a CCT official asking if they could clarify those two points but have not heard anything back yet. If need be I will follow up by messaging a second contact there with the hope we can chart this in what would be the 7th biggest public sale of 2017. Thanks, as always, to George for his spadework in turning up this information.

Now on to the immediate task at hand. Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, December 2, 2018:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Nov. 19, 2018 - Sun. Dec. 2, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 5, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Online.casino $510,000 Donuts
2. 864.com $147,000 NameJet
3. 1M.com $112,000 NameJet
4. Hoteles.es
("hotels" in Spanish)		 €80,000 = $90,400 Backorders.es
5. NFC.com €68,200 = $77,066 Sedo
6. Kritik.com $38,000 Pvt Sale
7. eKing.com $28,000 Sedo
8. FruitWraps.com $27,300 Sedo
9. Manal.com $26,684 Sedo
10.
tie		 NZD.com $25,000 NameJet
10.
tie		 STO.org $25,000 Sedo

12. Sanierungsprofi.de
("restructuring expert" in German)		 €17,850 = $20,171 Sedo
13.
 tie		 JobList.com $20,000 Sedo
13.
 tie		 TIW.com $20,000 NameJet
15. Desconto.com.br
("discount" in Portuguese)		 $18,000 Pvt Sale
16. Playfab.cn $17,250 Sedo
17. Verway.com €15,000 = $16,950 Sedo
18. Soundbites.com $15,108 NameJet
19. CloudEstate.com $15,000 Sedo
20. Kanso.com $12,000 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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There were eight more five-figure sales off the chat with Sedo ringing up six of those including Have.fun and SkyOrganics.com at $11,500 each. Kinship.co kicked in $11,000, DWallet.com went for $10,735 and two others - Kurier.de and Reciclajes.com - commanded $10,170 apiece.

Meanwhile, NameJet sold AlertPay.com for $10,600 and QY.org for $10,000.

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with H1Z1REV.com at $9,999. They also picked up $9,040 for Potex.com, $9,000 for Mercarto.com and $8,500 each for two others - Deski.com and TeePrint.com.

Opinie.com posted $8,495, Xelo.com landed $8,188 and two others - Comeco.com and Stema.com - went for $6,215 apiece. Three names followed at $6,000 each - Armatus.com, JobWorker.com and Winsage.com.

Sedo had 54 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,594 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,594
hellovan.com $5,594   advertas.com $3,000
scorereport.com $5,500 beerfarm.com $3,000
casinovietnam.com $5,085 cipatex.com $3,000
1balance.com $5,000 flyder.com $3,000
chuah.com $5,000 moonart.com $3,000
drinkx.com $5,000 urbanjewelry.com $3,000
formare.com $5,000 dogness.com $2,999
odeko.com $5,000 cheapestairportparking.com $2,995
brightrealty.com $4,850 schutzshoes.com $2,988
atesta.com $4,500 platesales.com $2,900
btcprofit.com $4,500 actal.com $2,825
bifex.com $4,407 babyjordan.com $2,820
leador.com $4,407 hellobus.com $2,800
showtop.com $4,407 love19.com $2,786
fuckpal.com $4,000 collegebydesign.com $2,500
ggithub.com $4,000 pokket.com $2,500
logsta.com $4,000 harveyhouse.com $2,400
whitebit.com $4,000 tedra.com $2,400
mindchat.com $3,995 friendit.com $2,300
upway.com $3,995 fitsquare.com $2,260
valeon.com $3,900 klynge.com $2,222
zyonline.com $3,800 globalgala.com $2,200
arteconcert.com $3,750 bitmile.com $2,000
palema.com $3,729 hentaiblog.com $2,000
stilfabrik.com $3,673 mesina.com $2,000
powderstick.com $3,333 nosus.com $2,000
trendyman.com $3,051 socialim.com $2,000

Back at NameJet, GlobalCare.com dispensed $9,300, CharterYacht.com yielded $9,171 and Jeny.com kicked in $8,500. MedicalExam.com made $7,877, Jaden.com clicked for $7,144 and Cinematographer.com sold for $7,100.

Saho.com hauled in $7,088, NEBI.com notched $6,700 and BCCB.com brought $6,645. Curative.com contributed $6,500, GreenInsurance.com covered $5,100, Staunton.com collected $5,099 and WithYou.com added $5,022.

NameJet had 37 more four-figure sales ranging form $2,020 to $4,905 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,020 - $4,905
shortcode.com $4,905   detoxing.com $2,655
dowork.com $4,489 braind.com $2,588
gapo.com $4,000 hotelsuk.com $2,507
millimeter.com $3,855 casinotop.com $2,500
facecam.com $3,700 foodnet.com $2,500
mindforce.com $3,600 rearranged.com $2,500
chillipepper.com $3,336 newoffice.com $2,488
86858.com $3,109 nuworld.com $2,478
usis.com $3,100 35z.com $2,443
jepa.com $3,000 yhdj.com $2,417
pacificpartners.com $3,000 pitlane.com $2,365
attbi.com $2,956 ifirst.com $2,333
pa1.com $2,900 worldhelp.com $2,300
sextoyshop.com $2,850 z9z.com $2,300
familymediation.com $2,810 gaige.com $2,210
fremontstreet.com $2,802 sufresh.com $2,210
blackletter.com $2,801 cbil.com $2,103
ancore.com $2,755 pinless.com $2,020
claimswork.com $2,700  

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were led by the half-dozen five-figure sales you saw at the top of this report including four that made the all extension Top 20 Chart with Hoteles.es leading the way at $90,400. The biggest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is #7 on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Sedo's $9,040 sale of Sisal.es. 

Sedo went on to sweep 17 of the 20 chart entries including the rest of the top ten with #8 Feed.fr ($7,910), #9 VideoSlots.id ($4,999) and #10 Smarter.eu ($4,520). DomainMedia.ca got one of the sales that didn't go to Sedo, selling #14 Larch.io via GoDaddy for $3,500.

The ccTLD field was a very diverse one with 14 different TLDs represented on the leader board. As a result, it took just three chart entries for Germany's .de to win the extension race. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, December 2, 2018:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Nov. 19, 2018 - Sun. Dec. 2, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 5, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Hoteles.es
("hotels" in Spanish)		 €80,000 = $90,400 Backorders.es
2. Sanierungsprofi.de
("restructuring expert" in German)		 €17,850 = $20,171 Sedo
3. Desconto.com.br
("discount" in Potuguese)		 $18,000 Pvt Sale
4. Playfab.cn $17,250 Sedo
5. Kinship.co $11,000 Sedo
6. Kurier.de €9,000 = $10,170 Sedo
7. Sisal.es €8,000 = $9,040 Sedo
8. Feed.fr €7,000 = $7,910 Sedo
9. Videoslots.id $4,999 Sedo
10. Smarter.eu €4,000 = $4,520 Sedo

11.  Haupstadt.tv €3,990 = $4,509 Sedo
12. HIQ.de €3,500 = $3,955 Sedo
13. SNI.co.kr $3,600 Sedo
14. Larch.io $3,500 DomainMedia.ca/
GoDaddy
15.
tie		 Nachos.fr €3,000 = $3,390 Sedo
15.
tie		 SwissInvestor.ch €3,000 = $3,390 Sedo
15.
tie		 Toegangscontrolesysteem.nl €3,000 = $3,390 Sedo
18. DentsuaegisNetwork.at €2,999 = $3,389 Sedo
19. BSE.eu £2,500 = $3,175 Sedo
20. CNY.io $2,950 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

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There was were 18 more four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo ringing up 15 of those including MyWin.de at $2,882 and two others - Ambientedirect.nl and Keesing.de - at $2,825 each. WebForce.fr fetched S2,814, Maffick.de made $2,712 and BotStore.de delivered $2,543.

Also at Sedo, 100PerCent.co and Tenant.co tallied $2,500 each while TravelX.cn drew $2,499. Biologic.eu yielded $2,486 while two others - eSportsBetting.de and Malaguti.nl -  notched $2,260 apiece. Another pair - Aures.fr and ForSale.eu - added $2,000 each. 

Elsewhere, Seal.tv tuned in $2,000 at Uniregistry while DomainLore.co.uk sold Bigger.co.uk for $1,344 and Vegan.uk for $1,168.

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 and others, including new gTLDs)

That huge $510,000 sale of Online.casino gave the new gTLD a runaway win in the Non .com gTLD race with the three five-figure sales you also saw in the all extension section above following in its wake. The biggest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet rounds out the first five on our latest weekly Non .com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Sedo's $9,999 sale of VTube.net.

Sedo went on to pile up 12 of the 20 chart entries including 8 of the top 10 with a roster that included #6 MIS.org at $9,600. NameJet had a strong showing as well with five charted sales. The new gTLDs got an additional boost from AZ.company's purchases of two domains - #13 (tie) Energy.company for $4,000 through Uniregistry and #17 Mail.company for $3,300 via GoDaddy.

Still, it was the traditional extensions that won the TLD race - .net with seven chart entries followed by .org with six. Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, December 2, 2018:

Non .Com gTLD Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Nov. 19, 2018 - Sun. Dec. 2, 2018
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Dec. 5, 2018)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Online.casino $510,000 Donuts
2. STO.org $25,000 Sedo
3. Have.fun $11,500 Sedo
4. QY.org $10,000 NameJet
5. VTube.net $9,999 Sedo
6. MIS.org $9,600 Sedo
7. Maxis.net €5,888 = $6,653 Sedo
8. Listen.net $5,500 Sedo
9. ICO.asia $5,000 Sedo
10. Euro.digital €4,000 = $4,520 Sedo
11. VSA.net €3,999 = $4,519 Sedo
12. QPW.net $4,100 Sedo
13.
tie		 Burbank.net $4,000 NameJet
13.
tie		 Energy.company $4,000 Uniregistry
15. GON.org $3,995 Sedo
16. Handhelds.org $3,366 NameJet
17. Mail.company $3,300 GoDaddy
18. Bokeh.org $2,899 Sedo
19. PresidentsClimateCommitment.org $2,801 NameJet
20. Plovdiv.net $2,603 NameJet

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

 

There were three more four-figure sales off the chart let by Sedo's $2,577 sale of Egipto.net. NameJet sold two others - Timber.org at $2,200 and Glrppr.org at $2,100.

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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