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Editor's Note:
During the current Covid-19 pandemic we have been publishing the
domain sales report every other week. The latest report from
September 30, 2020 is below. The next column will be released
Wednesday evening, October 13, 2020. We review current conditions at
the start of each month in anticipation of resuming our usual weekly
release schedule as soon as possible. 3-Letter
.Com Changes Hands for $720,000 in the Biggest Domain Sale Reported
So Far This Year
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It
is always an accomplishment to top one of our weekly all
extension Top 20 Domain Sales Charts but Keith Trost
has taken it a step further than that. By selling NAS.com
for $720,000 in a private transaction, Trost also now
holds the biggest domain sale of the entire year
to date. As has been the case with so many two and
three letter .com sales, this one went to a buyer in China.
That is the highest price paid for a 3-letter .com since EKO.com
sold for $1.5 million in October 2019. As of this
writing the buyer has not yet changed the nameservers, so we
don't know if the domain will be used as a business site or
held as a domain investment.
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Brian
Harbin at GritBrokerage.com
claimed the #2 spot on this week's leader board with a $89,999
sale of FactoryOutlet.com. That helped the .coms sweep
13 of the 20 chart entries but the ccTLDs also had a
very strong outing, filling five slots including four of the
top 10. A pair of sales at Sedo
led the country code parade with #3 Blog.co.uk going
for €54,000 ($63,180) and #5 WowCasino.co.uk
raking in £23,750 ($30,638). Park.io
also aided the country code effort with a $28,888 sale
of Tiger.io.
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With the
.coms and ccTLDs feasting on 19 positions overall, that left just one
spot for the non .com gTLDs that went to a new gTLD, #15 Com.review
that went for €12,000 ($14,040) at Sedo. The only sales venue
with multiple chart entries, other than Sedo, was AbdulBasit.com
who hit the daily double with #7 LivingLabs.com at $25,888 and
#16 GeoComm.com at $13,500. Michael Mann's DomainMarket.com
also scored with #11 Biotoc.com at $15,915.
Thanks to George
Kirikos we also learned about a notable historical sale
this week. George found the details about a $105,000 sale of Fomo.com
in 2018 on a GetLatka.com
blog post as well as in a You Tube discussion about the deal that he
noted on Twitter.
We have placed that sale on our 2018
Top 100 Chart where it took over the #72 position.
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By Ron
Jackson
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Here's how
all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020: |
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Sept. 14, 2020 - Sun. Sept.
27, 2020
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Sept. 30, 2020) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
NAS.com |
$720,000 |
Pvt
Sale |
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2. |
FactoryOutlet.com |
$89,999 |
GritBrokerage |
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3. |
Blog.co.uk |
€54,000
= $63,180 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Trajectory.com |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
WowCasino.co.uk |
£23,750
= $30,638 |
Sedo |
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6. |
Tiger.io |
$28,888 |
Park.io |
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