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With NDA Keeping the Lid on a 7-Figure Sale, Mid Five-Figure Domains Dominate Latest Sales Chart

During last week's NamesCon.Online conference, Giuseppe Graziano (GGRG.com) and I hosted a session in which we talked about what has been happening in the domain aftermarket this year. One point that came up is that while we continue to see a lot of solid sales, especially in the middle range of the market, we've yet to see a verified, publicly reported seven-figure sale this year. That doesn't mean they aren't happening though. In fact, the day before our session George Hong at Guta.com, who has had several of these,  let me know he had brokered a 7-figure sale of LT.com. As is often the case with sales at this level, the deal was subject to an NDA, so it can't be charted. Giuseppe also confirmed other 7-figure deals were made under NDAs that he was privy to.

We all would like to see more of them revealed because, like home runs in baseball, nothing grabs people's attention and boosts interest in the game like a million-dollar (or more) domain sale, even though the vast majority of sales are more akin to singles. You could look at the five and six figure sales that fill the charts as our game's version of extra base hits. We saw a lot of those again over the past two weeks with nearly three dozen five-figure sales being reported. Sedo posted four of the five biggest ones and claimed the#1 position on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart with HotelsGuide.com at $59,000

In a sale first reported by Raymond Hackney at TLDVinvestors.com, Park.io grabbed the #2 slot with a $48,888 sale of Daring.com. The buyer, a food company that sells a plant based product that mimics the look and taste of chicken, already has their site up on the domain.

The .coms went on to pile up the majority of chart entries, taking 13 of 21 places on the honor roll (the extra spot resulted from a tie for the final position). 

 

The ccTLDs also had an outstanding couple of weeks, earning seven chart entries and posting a dozen five-figure sales overall. Three of the country code sales landed on the top half of the Big Board. Sedo banked $47,200 for #4 Bags.co.uk, DomainLore.uk collected $39,585 for #6 HealthCare.uk and GritBrokerage.com bagged $35,000 for #7 Upper.co (Brian Harbin at Grit scored again with #13 Declare.co at $22,000).

 

 

 

 


        
 
     By Ron Jackson

Sedo accounted for most of the .com sales but the world's most popular TLD also got top 10 caliber help from NameJet (#8 ZML.com at $34,000), Michael Mann's DomainMarket (#9 Datagration.com at $30,000) and Uniregistry (who moved #10 LongLand.com for $28,980). 

Things were considerably quieter on the non .com gTLD front this time out. They were limited to one chart entry, Sedo's $15,000 sale of #20 (tie) YHXC.net. Here's how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020:

The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Aug. 31, 2020 - Sun. Sept. 13, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 16, 2020)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. HotelsGuide.com $59,000 Sedo
2. Daring.com $48,888 Park.io
3. Lokal.com €40,600 = $47,908 Sedo
4. Bags.co.uk €40,000 = $47,200 Sedo
5. OOTD.com $40,000 Sedo
6. HealthCare.uk £30,450 = $39,585 DomainLore.uk
7. Upper.co $35,000 GritBrokerage
8. ZML.com $34,000 NameJet
9. Datagration.com $30,000 DomainMarket
10. LongLand.com $28,980 Uniregistry
11. RoboticProcessAutomation.com €22,000 = $25,960 Sedo
12. Offices.co €19,000 = $22,420 Sedo
13. Declare.co $22,000 GritBrokerage
14. Taiyuan.com $17,500 NameJet
15. SAIO.com €14,800 = $27,464 Sedo
16. Wintage.com $17,000 Sedo
17. TheMarket.eu €13,500 = $15,930 Sedo
18. RumorFix.com $15,750 SnapNames
19. Lumen.eu €12,999 = $15,339 Sedo
20.
tie
Avelis.com $15,000 Sedo
20.
tie
YHXC.net $15,000 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 14 more five-figure sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all but one of those with a list led by WWHS.de at $14,160. ILEK.com added $12,000, Zukunft.de delivered $11,894 and Stoehr.de drew $11,800. ChinaGood.com and Villas24.com kicked in $11,799 each while Nutrinform.com notched $10,856. HomeTrainer.de hauled in $10,842, Wings.co went for $10,606 and four others - BancoItaubba.com, BuyWeedOnline.com, CoraLee.com and UMSO.com - clicked for $10,000 apiece. Meanwhile, back at NameJet, NCVC.org secured $10,500.

.Com Supporting Cast

NameJet led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales with CyberSales.com at $9,916. They added another $8,250 to the ledger with LoanShop.com while Ashok.com captured $7,777 and ThoseShirts.com attracted $6,337.

BlackIris.com returned $5,899, BlueStarJets.com cleared $5,811 and ScrapbookPages.com penciled in $5,751. BirdseyeView.com spotted $5,250, SabinoCanyon.com closed at $5,150 and Datta.com found $5,050. NameJet had 28 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,020 to $4,906 that are listed in the table below.

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,020 - $4,906

fooddonelight.com $4,906   asianamerican.com $2,930
windandsolar.com $4,906 estimators.com $2,900
hamptonshomes.com $4,072 etox.com $2,851
coin888.com $4,000 malunggay.com $2,811
shopinsurance.com $4,000 turiya.com $2,809
keynet.com $3,900 retirementage.com $2,751
flybetter.com $3,600 cancersurgery.com $2,678
snuggy.com $3,434 neuratech.com $2,522
yoin.com $3,201 yamp.com $2,502
myphr.com $3,200 miauto.com $2,334
v-s.com $3,099 floa.com $2,150
lionmedia.com $3,060 techboom.com $2,150
liveid.com $3,000 blosxom.com $2,055
moviepro.com $2,988 teeters.com $2,020

Back at Sedo, SmartOrganic.com grew $9,888, Codesee.com commanded $9,000 and SpecialtyBuildingProducts.com produced $8,888. HHUSA.com contributed $8,500, Compacon.com corralled $7,900 and EvolutionCare.com cost $7,500

FortFinancial.com fetched $7,399, ITBO.com brought $7,388 and Simla.com unlocked $7,100. AllMine.com made $7,080 and EyeWall.com went for $7,000. Sedo had 68 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,500 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $6,500

airportcoaches.com $6,500

 

xixa.com $3,510
ucawards.com $6,500 fasty.com $3,500
blue-way.com $6,490 fotofinish.com $3,500
mslsolutions.com $6,490 artaxi.com $3,465
compeak.com $6,400 ecombase.com $3,399
farzana.com $6,000 cloudortho.com $3,000
learnfully.com $5,995 cogniti.com $3,000
bbeb.com $5,850 nailster.com $3,000
freshq.com $5,800 sqagroup.com $3,000
immowert.com $5,605 thesewingstudio.com $3,000
binarysecurity.com $5,500 wandbild.com $3,000
hostrank.com $5,500 deena.com $2,999
securelayer.com $5,499 eyecessories.com $2,999
dryad.com $5,000 simplessa.com $2,995
justrock.com $5,000 dreamsbank.com $2,900
streo.com $5,000 truq.com $2,900
unitedtires.com $5,000 loqly.com $2,899
mediaassets.com $4,999 rstaff.com $2,899
westores.com $4,995 detectlink.com $2,895
promup.com $4,800 ceebeedee.com $2,500
hostrobot.com $4,500 low-tech.com $2,500
paralel.com $4,500 aguacate.com $2,499
gomitas.com $4,484 onlychefs.com $2,495
safjet.com $4,460 techsortium.com $2,495
genesisx.com $4,425 dualvolt.com $2,430
rethinkable.com $4,330 optipod.com $2,399
maqsur.com $4,287 lastminute-hotel.com $2,360
emsshop.com $4,199 versicherungs-vergleich.com $2,360
phigames.com $4,130 edenbox.com $2,200
magicstreamer.com $4,000 awakenedself.com $2,000
noxe.com $4,000 fundstarter.com $2,000
sensortechnologies.com $4,000 mdaspace.com $2,000
tfbc.com $4,000 notahouse.com $2,000
gopr.com $3,900 sebta.com $2,000

SnapNames piled up many more sales as well, raking in $9,190 for PerfectRecall.com, $7,790 for CountdownApp.com and $5,751 for Thyroid-Info.com. EvergreenSeeds.com sprouted $5,750, MyDigitalMoney.com managed $5,590 and two others - LongevityCollective.com and Anrok.com rolled to $5,390 each. 

CMICorp.com dispatched $5,190, GELY.com coaxed $5,029 and JR8.com swallowed $5,000. SnapNames had 16 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,055 to $4,790 that are listed in the table below:

Additional SnapNames .com Sales Between $2,055 - $4,790

fooddonelight.com $4,906   asianamerican.com $2,930
windandsolar.com $4,906 estimators.com $2,900
hamptonshomes.com $4,072 etox.com $2,851
coin888.com $4,000 malunggay.com $2,811
shopinsurance.com $4,000 turiya.com $2,809
keynet.com $3,900 retirementage.com $2,751
flybetter.com $3,600 cancersurgery.com $2,678
snuggy.com $3,434 neuratech.com $2,522

Elsewhere, XYNames.com sold DSLMart.com for $2,999 and Media Code LLC collected $2,500 for ChargingStationsNearMe.com.

Country Codes

As I noted in the all extension section above, the ccTLDs were rocking the first two weeks of September, piling up a dozen five-figure sales, including three that rank among the top 25 country codes sales reported so far this year. Sedo's $47,200 sale of Bags.co.uk sets the pace on our latest bi-weekly ccTLD top 20 Sales Chart, with HealthCare.uk ($39,585) at DomainLore.uk close behind.

All of the five-figure sales were listed at the top of this report, so the biggest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #13 Stereo.me at $8,260 via Sedo. Sedo, who always dominates this category, went on to sweep 17 of the 20 chart entries. 

Germany's .de won a close extension race, taking five chart entries - one more than .co. Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. Aug. 31, 2020 - Sun. Sept. 13, 2020
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 16, 2020)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where