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Biggest ccTLD Sale of the Year to Date Gives Sedo Top Spot on This
Week's Sales Chart
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in March DomainBooth.com sold Free.co.uk for $205,000.
That has reigned as 2020's biggest ccTLD of the year until
now. Sedo just ascended to the country code throne with an
eye-popping sale of another British domain, IT.co.uk
at £187,200 ($245,232). In addition to taking the top
spot on our latest bi-weekly all extension Top 20 Sales
Chart, IT.co.uk becomes the 6th biggest sale year
to date, regardless of extension.
The
typically dominant .coms responded with their own show
of force, reeling in the next eight chart entries in a row,
including a six-figure sale of their own. That was a $175,000
deal for #2 Prove.com closed by Brian Harbin
at GritBrokerage.com.
The name was purchased
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by
New York based Payfone Identity to upgrade their brand.
Elliot Silver published a comprehensive article about
this sale at DomainInvesting.com
on Friday (July 31) that is a very interesting read (Elliot
had a special interest in Prove.com because he had previously
tried to buy the domain).
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Rounding
out the first five are two more solid Sedo sales - Hiphi.com,
at $99,999 and Melp.com at $50,000, plus another
sale from GritBrokerage - Marilyn.com at $40,000. Sedo
and Grit went on to dominate the leader board, with Sedo sweeping 13
of 20 entries and Grit Brokerage piling up six. The only venue to
crash their party was EmpireNames.com
with their $15,000 sale of #13 (tie) SuperTravel.com.
The
.coms scored their usual win in the TLD battles with 13 chart
entries, however the ccTLDs also continued to show consistent
strength, claiming six places on the elite list. Sedo and Grit
Brokerage split those spots with three apiece. Sedo put a second ccTLD
in the top 10 with #10 Hausfinanzierung.de ("home
finance" in German) at $18,340. Grit's country code trio
was led by #13 (tie) Medallion.co at $15,000. Grit
Brokerage also gets credit for the only
non .com gTLD on the honor roll - #11
Perfect.net at
$18,000.
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By Ron
Jackson
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The past
couple of weeks also produced reports of another
major historical sale but there is an
unusual twist to this story that involves a 2015 sale
of We.org. Financial documents indicate
the name sold for one of two prices - either $500,000
or $1,000,000. The lack of clarity stems
from the fact that TWO charitable organizations
(both of which have come under ethical fire in Canada)
each stated they spent $500,000 to acquire a domain
name in the same time frame . At least 500K was
paid We.org - the question seems to be did the 2nd
charity kick in 500K more to help acquire that domain,
buy it in a quick flip or pay 500K for a different
unnamed domain? The paperwork doesn't provide a clear
answer. As most of you know, George
Kirikos has become the go to expert at
sifting truth from domain sales discovered in
financial filings. To try to get a definitive answer,
he contacted both the PR department at We.org (who did
not reply) and the seller of the domain, who
did reply Friday (July 31), but said his company was not
at liberty to comment on the price paid. So, as of
this writing, George said the jury is still out. The
Canadian government is reportedly set to begin
hearings into these charities, so perhaps those will
produce an answer. At $500,000 We.org would tie for
the 15th biggest sale of 2015.
At $1 million it would tie for that year's 4th highest
sale. Now
back to the immediate business at hand! Here's how
all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. July 20, 2020 - Sun. Aug. 2, 2020
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Aug. 5, 2020) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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IT.co.uk |
£187,200
= $245,232 |
Sedo |
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Prove.com |
$175,000 |
GritBrokerage |
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Hiphi.com |
$99,999 |
Sedo |
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Melp.com |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
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Marilyn.com |
$40,000 |
GritBrokerage |
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6. |
Through.com |
$35,500 |
Sedo |
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