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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
ending Sunday, August 2, 2020: |
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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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1. |
IT.co.uk |
£187,200
= $245,232 |
Sedo |
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2. |
Prove.com |
$175,000 |
GritBrokerage |
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3. |
Hiphi.com |
$99,999 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Melp.com |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Marilyn.com |
$40,000 |
GritBrokerage |
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6. |
Through.com |
$35,500 |
Sedo |
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7. |
NEOS.com |
€30,000
= $35,400 |
Sedo |
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8. |
Hekate.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Sexid.com |
$18,500 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Hausfinanzierung.de
("home finance" in German) |
€14,000
= $18,340 |
Sedo |
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11. |
Perfect.net |
$18,000 |
GritBrokerage |
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12. |
ForYou.de |
€12,000
= $15,720 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
Medallion.co |
$15,000 |
GritBrokerage |
13.
tie |
Merchant360.com |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
13.
tie |
SuperTravel.com |
$15,000 |
EmpireNames |
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16. |
CareCompany.com |
$14,999 |
Sedo |
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17. |
Conjure.co |
$14,500 |
GritBrokerage |
18.
tie |
Luxury.io |
$14,000 |
GritBrokerage |
18.
tie |
RoofGenius.com |
$14,000 |
Sedo |
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20. |
ThroughTheLens.com |
$13,800 |
Sedo |
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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 16 more five-figure sales off the
chart, with Sedo accounting for all but one of those. They took
in $13,500 for 2X4.com, $13,100 for Millions.co.uk
and $12,980 for Speckmann.com. It.lt added $12,733
and PropertyHoldings.com produced $12,000 while
ILoveMusic.com and Klarschiff.com collected $11800 each.
Also at Sedo, Nona.de notched $11,135, Yabie.com
yielded $10,620 and IntuitiveInsight.com secured $10,400.
eClear.com claimed $10,199 more, followed by a quarter of
domains - AmericanPayments.com, IPFS.org, ITInfra.com
and KMTX.com - at $10,000 apiece.
Elsewhere, Grit Brokerage booked another
$11,500 for Staircase.co.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of
four-figure sales with NordTeam.com at $9,995. 3Scores.com
chalked up $8,791 more, AssetHolding.com hauled in $7,800
and 340B.com brought $7,599. ProfessionalArtist.com
acquired $7,500 and two others - CFDNA.com and EUSlots.com
- paid out $7,499 each.
Depool.com posted $7,300,
RoofSurveys.com rang up $6,490 and four others - Briceno.com,
Diaconia.com, Kepax.com and TVMounts.com - made $6,000
apiece.
Sedo had 71 more four-figure .com sales ranging from
$2,000
to $5,997 that are
listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,997
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| kneeinjury.com |
$5,997 |
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linklog.com |
$3,000 |
| bioethica.com |
$5,799 |
papeldeparede.com |
$3,000 |
| lightshow.com |
$5,500 |
rocketav.com |
$2,999 |
| tripli.com |
$5,500 |
sacra.com |
$2,999 |
| spiritspace.com |
$5,300 |
travelsafetytips.com |
$2,988 |
| fynal.com |
$5,275 |
digitalcake.com |
$2,980 |
| mdph.com |
$5,200 |
atom-group.com |
$2,950 |
| aclo.com |
$5,000 |
fetishpartner.com |
$2,949 |
| hotpromos.com |
$5,000 |
thefutureishere.com |
$2,895 |
| otium.com |
$5,000 |
pharmea.com |
$2,688 |
| redsupport.com |
$5,000 |
bulso.com |
$2,500 |
| towio.com |
$4,995 |
cxtoday.com |
$2,500 |
| atlastax.com |
$4,899 |
firstfx.com |
$2,500 |
| marcheenligne.com |
$4,888 |
happychurch.com |
$2,500 |
| internetcomputer.com |
$4,700 |
luxmetall.com |
$2,500 |
| chillcbd.com |
$4,500 |
mavac.com |
$2,500 |
| gartenbauer.com |
$4,500 |
pinguino.com |
$2,500 |
| stocklogos.com |
$4,500 |
xoradio.com |
$2,500 |
| faststudios.com |
$4,495 |
gigjoy.com |
$2,499 |
| teska.com |
$4,000 |
hatchards.com |
$2,499 |
| empleox.com |
$3,999 |
polpetta.com |
$2,499 |
| ipsecure.com |
$3,750 |
therootofitall.com |
$2,400 |
| jobtrailer.com |
$3,599 |
bandsly.com |
$2,395 |
| 00-00.com |
$3,540 |
fastloot.com |
$2,388 |
| disclosed.com |
$3,540 |
advancedads.com |
$2,300 |
| php-freelancer.com |
$3,500 |
pinnacleleasing.com |
$2,288 |
| sixstars.com |
$3,500 |
zuleika.com |
$2,250 |
| vitalyc.com |
$3,500 |
edulytic.com |
$2,249 |
| artfizz.com |
$3,465 |
black-arrow.com |
$2,200 |
| sargramostim.com |
$3,422 |
maago.com |
$2,200 |
| yxiang.com |
$3,422 |
guardsy.com |
$2,155 |
| fit-up.com |
$3,304 |
vitask.com |
$2,035 |
| endlessart.com |
$3,300 |
helphealth.com |
$2,000 |
| vegamega.com |
$3,200 |
refundus.com |
$2,000 |
| thuiswerken.com |
$3,079 |
yobota.com |
$2,000 |
| espectacular.com |
$3,000 |
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Elsewhere, IDOffice.com
sold P2PG.com for $9,000 and EmpireNames.com
moved SmartFlex.com for $8,888.
Country Codes
The ccTLDs have been
performing well all year and this week was their best week yet.
In addition to posting the biggest country code sale of the year to
date with Sedo's $245,232 sale of IT.co.uk, every
other domain on the top half of our latest Country Code Top 20
Sales Chart reached five figures. We listed also all of the
five-figure sales in the all extension section above, so the biggest
sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #11 CarSpring.co.uk,
a domain that DomainLore.uk
sold for $9,432. They also claimed a second chart entry with
#18 Nude.co.uk at $4,978.
As usual, Sedo was the big
winner in this category, piling up 14 of 20 chart entries including 8
of the final 10. However, Grit Brokerage also had an impressive
outing, posting four of the top ten sales with all four of theirs
reaching five figures. Germany's .de scored yet another win in
the extension race, getting credit for six sales, followed by Great
Britain's .co.uk with four.
Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up
for the two weeks ending Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD 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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1. |
IT.co.uk |
£187,200
= $245,232 |
Sedo |
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2. |
Hausfinanzierung.de
("home finance" in German) |
€14,000
= $18,340 |
Sedo |
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3. |
ForYou.de |
€12,000
= $15,720 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Medallion.co |
$15,000 |
GritBrokerage |
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5. |
Conjure.co |
$14,500 |
GritBrokerage |
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6. |
Luxury.io |
$14,000 |
GritBrokerage |
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7. |
Millions.co.uk |
£10,000
= $13,100 |
Sedo |
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8. |
IT.lt |
€9,720
= $12,733 |
Sedo |
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9. |
Staircase.co |
$11,500 |
GritBrokerage |
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10. |
Nona.de |
€8,500
= $11,135 |
Sedo |
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11. |
CarSpring.co.uk |
£7,200
= $9,432 |
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