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The First Six-Figure Sale of the New Year Leads This Week's Domain Sales Chart

Week two of the 2020 domain sales season produced the new year's first reported six-figure sale. It went to Shane Kinsch of NetraCorp LLC who sent Barri.com to the Barri Financial Group for an even $100,000. The buyer, who enlisted veteran broker Joe Uddeme of NameExperts.com to help them negotiate the deal, spent the money to  upgrade from their current domain, BarriGroup.com.

That sale helped the .coms sweep the first 13 entries on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart (and 16 of 20 places overall). The #2 spot went to Kiru.com, a domain that changed hands for $75,415 in a deal brokered by VPN.com. Meanwhile, three proved to be a lucky number for veteran domain investor Wendy Putnam who banked $33,333 for her sale of #3 SpaceElements.com. That sale came from a direct inquiry Wendy received via Godaddy. Sedo completed the first four with XOCO.com at $23,000 and they went on to pile up 11 chart entries overall. 

Three other venues helped power the .com onslaught. Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com moved #5 AscendMedical.com for $19,000, L2 Media sold #8 Ikhlas.com for $14,000 and Uniregistry rang up two others.

By Ron Jackson

The remaining four entries on the honor roll were split evenly between the ccTLDs and the Non .Com gTLDs. Sedo booked the two country code sales, the highest of which was #14 Fluent.io at $8,888. The non .com gTLDs were both .global domains sold by the .GLOBAL Registry.

Now that we have two full weeks worth of 2020 domain sales data in the books we have posted our first Year-to-Date Top Sales Charts of the new year. Throughout the year we will continually update our three YTD charts, one that covers all extensions, another than breaks out the top ccTLD sales, and a third that lets you follow the leaders in the Non .Com gTLD pack. 

Before we go to this week's charts, there is a BIG historical domain sale to tell you about. In a response to an unsuccessful (and ludicrous) UDRP filing aimed at stealing Lotto.com, the current owner of that enormously valuable domain revealed they paid $2.68 million to acquire in in 2017. That is the second biggest sale from that year that has come to light and we have added it to that position on the 2017 Top 100 Sales Chart in our Domain Sales Archive. As is so often the case, George Kirikos sent me the first tip on the revelation of that sale. A hat tip to George as well as  DomainInvesting,.com and DomainNameWire who both posted more details on this unwarranted UDRP filing. 

Now back to the immediate business as hand - here's how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, January 12, 2020:  

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The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 6, 2020 - Sun. Jan. 12, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Jan. 15, 2020)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Barri.com $100,000 NameExperts
2. Kiru.com $75,415 VPN.com
3. SpaceElements.com $33,333 GoDaddy
4. XOCO.com $23,000 Sedo
5. AscendMedical.com $19,000 DomainMarket
6. Purem.com $18,860 Sedo
7. MyArea.com £11,765 = $15,295 Sedo
8. Ikhlas.com $14,000 L2 Media
9. Cryptium.com €12,500 = $13,875 Sedo
10. Payzen.com $11,500 Sedo

11. Voliro.com €10,000 = $11,100 Sedo
12. LandlordTenantLaws.com $9,880 Sedo
13. Rewyre.com $8,995 Sedo
14. Fluent.io $8,888 Sedo
15. RentPower.com $8,500 Uniregistry
16. Ready.global $8,400 .GLOBAL Registry
17. GG.ie €7,500 = $8,325 Sedo
18.
tie		 NodeSoftware.com $8,000 Sedo
18.
tie		 Tech.global $8,000 .GLOBAL Registry
20. TheInfinite.com $7,300 Uniregistry

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

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

.Com Supporting Cast

The .com supporting cast of four-figure .com sales was led by Sedo's sales of VSuites.com at $6,762 and OrionInvest.com at $6,500. They added $6,000 for IBShop.com, $5,900 for Hostby.com, $5,800 for Snat.com and $5,550 for Swiss-Shine.com.

Sedo had 23 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
hsstore.com $5,000   biobrasil.com $3,386
onebooks.com $5,000 decennale.com $3,319
washdrop.com $5,000 sqale.com $3,000
youryear.com $5,000 dudua.com $2,999
tufftech.com $4,900 sniky.com $2,950
medguru.com $4,490 callboard.com $2,877
hardseltzer.com $4,100 lifeshow.com $2,775
xetech.com $4,000 hitsale.com $2,550
arbitrageincome.com $3,999 artami.com $2,500
wellcenter.com $3,750 imagiro.com $2,500
proxer.com $3,700 98119.com $2,000
66344.com $3,500  

Back at Uniregistry, Aadam.com commanded $6,000, Sejour-Linguistique.com drew $5,500 and five others - Ageist.com, EquipmentPro.com, GreenhouseDesigns.com, HairStraightener.com and SpeedyGo.com - clicked for $5,000 apiece.

Also at Uni, TheTrend.com captured $3,700 while four others - Free-Video.com, Inkism.com, Pristene.com and StylePlus.com - produced $3,500 each. Following close behind were BetTechnology.com, Sesamy.com and SundayGolf.com at $3,000 apiece. ImpulseAudio.com drummed up another $2,500.

Elsewhere, Logan Flatt at Media Code LLC secured $5,250 for OptimumCare.com.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were, of course, led by the two sales you saw on the all extension leader board above above with Sedo's $8,888 sale of Fluent.io setting the pace. Sedo, who has traditionally dominated this category, went on to sweep 18 of the 20 chart entries, including all of the top ten on our latest weekly Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. Their hit list included #3 CyberDefense.de at $6,166 and #4 Meet.at at $6,105.

The only exceptions to the Sedo rule were DomainLore.uk's $3,251 sale of #14 WC.co.uk and Uniregistry's $2,750 sale of #18 WeKids.de.

With eight chart entries, Germany's .de scored an easy win in the extension race. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the week ending Sunday, January 12, 2020:

Domain Name Industry Newsletter

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. Jan. 6, 2020 - Sun. Jan. 12, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Jan. 15, 2020)
  Domain

Sold For

 Where Sold
1. Fluent.io $8,888 Sedo
2. GG.ie €7,500 = $8,325 Sedo
3. CyberDefense.de €5,555 = $6,166 Sedo
4. Meet.at €5,500 = $6,105 Sedo
5. ShopifyPlus.co.uk £3,999 = $5,199 Sedo
6. Imaging.it €4,000 = $4,440 Sedo
7. MBank.co $4,330 Sedo
8. EasyToys.co.uk £3,195 = $4,154 Sedo
9. HypnoseInstitut.de €3,570 = $3,963 Sedo
10. Purem.de $3,885 Sedo

11. CG-Group.de €3,000 = $3,330 Sedo
12. Flechazo.es €2,999 = $3,329 Sedo
13. Agilelab.de $3,300 Sedo
14. WC.co.uk £2,501 = $3,251 DomainLore