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NDA Keeps Multi-Million $ Sale of Chocolate.com from Topping This Week's Chart But Gives Broker Kate Buckley Another Big Win 

Buckley Media Founder & CEO Kate Buckley has just closed another major domain sale after brokering a multi-million dollar deal for Chocolate.com. The exact price paid could not be released due to an NDA so, unlike many or Kate's other big wins over the past couple of years (including Rate.com, Refi.com, Sleeping.com and Snoring.com, to name just a few) we won't be able to chart this one. That in no way diminishes the significance of a sale that Kate told us closed in the mid to low 7-figure range. Seems to me that would make somewhere around $3.5-$4 million a pretty good guess. That is an altitude few have ever had a chance to fly at, so kudos to Kate!

With Chocolate.com off the board, Sedo was able to claim the top spot on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart with their $50,000 sale of Navibank.com. They took four of the next five spots as well, missing only #2 that went to Canavas Media for their $23,000 sale of REK.com. Canavas scored again with #7 Grew.com at $10,800.

By Ron Jackson

Otherwise, with only two more exceptions, it was all Sedo's show. Their haul included all four ccTLD sales that earned chart honors. That quartet was led by a pair German .de domains - #5 Hot.de at $16,751 and #6 Vergleichsportal.de at $13,560.

The non .com gTLDs were limited to just one spot - the .GLOBAL Registry's $8,000 sale of #14 (tie) ARE.global.

The .coms swept everything else, taking 15 of 20 entries overall. Vegas Options LLC contributed to the .com cause with their $10,000 sale of #9 HistoryOfTheGame.com.  

Here is how the sales leaders stacked for the week ending Sunday, March 3, 2019:

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 - Sun. March 3, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect March 7, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Navibank.com $50,000 Sedo
2. REK.com $23,000 CanavasMedia
3. Blume.com $22,000 Sedo
4. Fivelements.com $19,000 Sedo
5. Hot.de €14,824 = $16,751 Sedo
6. Vergleichsportal.de €12,000 = $13,560 Sedo
7. Grew.com $10,800 CanavasMedia
8. Aprende.com €8,999 = $10,169 Sedo
9. HistoryOfTheGame.com $10,000 Vegas Options LLC
10. ConcreteCutters.com $9,995 Sedo

11.
tie		 Marantankers.com €8,000 = $9,040 Sedo
11.
tie		 MarijuanaBank.com €8,000 = $9,040 Sedo
13. Intraday.com $9,000 Sedo
14.
tie		 ARE.global $8,000 .GLOBAL Registry
14.
tie		 HowThingsWork.com $8,000 Sedo
14.
tie		 Simpi.com $8,000 Sedo
17.
tie		 IPData.com $7,500 Sedo
17.
tie		 VideoSlots.ec $7,500 Sedo
17.
tie		 Wingtai.com $7,500 Sedo
20. Marketplace.ae $7,000 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.

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

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with Carfort.com at $6,900.   麻.com, (a Chinese IDN version of Hemp.com) added $6,688 and SlotsGuru.com garnered $6,550. Vigilamos.com landed another $6,215 while IslandConcrete.com cemented $5,700 and ColonialGaming.com attracted $5,000.

Sedo had 29 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,972 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,972
habital.com $4,972   xmassages.com $2,849
coworkingcafe.com $4,500 thefringe.com $2,825
clonezilla.com $4,029 emercator.com $2,800
winodds.com $3,970 eandcsnacks.com $2,627
oddsedge.com $3,965 foxfox.com $2,600
thetradehouse.com $3,799 littledonkey.com $2,500
laplandtravel.com $3,775 nowmarket.com $2,500
air-up.com $3,500 projectfun.com $2,500
hanatravel.com $3,500 tomatoart.com $2,500
investreal.com $3,390 traversehealth.com $2,500
bramlage.com $3,000 altogrande.com $2,499
thinksink.com $3,000 magnummetals.com $2,488
voyeurhouses.com $3,000 localowners.com $2,250
designiq.com $2,999 edgeny.com $2,000
quincyautoauction.com $2,971   

Elsewhere, DomainHub.com sold BMLtd.com for $5,455 and Carpetfitters.com for $5,000.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were, of course, led by their four entries on the all extension leader board that you saw above, with Sedo's $16,751 sale of Hot.de leading the way. The highest sale in this category that you haven't seen yet is #5 on our latest weekly Country Code Top Sales Chart. That is another Sedo sale, Zitat-des-tages.de at $5,716. 

In fact, for the second week in a row, every sale was another Sedo sale as they swept the entire leader board. Their romp continued with a pair of French domains - #6 ClubParis.fr at $5,650 and #7 Monchien.fr at $5,085. 

The extension race was also no contest. Germany's .de scored an easy win by piling up eight chart entries. No other TLD had more than two. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, March 3, 2019:

Domain Name Industry Newsletter

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 - Sun. March 3, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect March 7, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Hot.de €14,824 = $16,751 Sedo
2. Vergleichsportal.de €12,000 = $13,560 Sedo
3. VideoSlots.ec $7,500 Sedo
4. Marketplace.ae $7,000 Sedo
5. Zitat-des-tages.de €5,058 = $5,716 Sedo
6. ClubParis.fr €5,000 = $5,650 Sedo
7. Monchien.fr €4,500 = $5,085 Sedo
8. Filebox.es €3,989 = $4,508 Sedo
9.
tie		 FlashScore.pe $3,999 Sedo
9.
tie		 Remote.me $3,999 Sedo

11. Firmengruendung.de €3,500 = $3,955 Sedo
12. Development24.de €3,250 = $3,673 Sedo
13. Phoenix-Security.de €3,000 = $3,390 Sedo
14. Site.es €2,999 = $3,389 Sedo
15. Kaffeepads.eu €2,800 = $3,164 Sedo
16. Montessori.ch €2,691 = $3,041 Sedo
17. Cribs.ch $2,888 Sedo
18. LaCubanita.de €2,499 = $2,824 Sedo
19. Auto-Vogt.de €2,380 = $2,689 Sedo
20. Yaang.cn $2,585 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

Domain Name Industry Newsletter

There were three more four-figure sales off the chart. Sedo sold Serienreif.de for $2,543 and Support.ae for $2,500 while DomainLore.co.uk moved Debianhelp.co.uk for $1,246.

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)

It is still slow going on the Non .com gTLD front. For the third week in a row, less than ten sales were reported for the entire category. There were eight this week, led by the category's lone entry on the all extension leader board you saw earlier - ARE.Global at $8,000. 

The .GLOBAL Registry wound up producing five of the eight charted sales, including two that tied for #3 - Alexandria.global and CIA.global - at $4,800 each. Sandwiched among those .global domains at the top is #2 NewDay.org, a name that changed hands for $6,200 in a private transaction.

Here is how the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, March 3, 2019:

Non .Com gTLD Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales - Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 - Sun. March 3, 2019
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect March 7, 2019)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. ARE.global $8,000 .GLOBAL Registry
2. NewDay.org $6,200 Pvt Sale
3.
tie		 Alexandria.global $4,800 .GLOBAL Registry
3.
tie		 CIA.global $4,800 .GLOBAL Registry
5. EverydayHealth.org $3,900 Sedo
6. Mail.town €2,499 = $2,824 Sedo
7. Stellar.global $2,400 .GLOBAL Registry