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Big Domain Sales Continue to Burn Up the Charts as the 7-Figure Bell is Rung Again and 10 Others Reached 6 Figures

Temperatures aren't the only things sizzling this summer. In our last report, when 

the chart leader passed the million dollar mark and five others hit six figures, we though that was a high water mark that might stand for awhile, but over the past two weeks we saw yet another 7-figure sale and the number in six figures doubled to ten. That meant one of those 6-figure sales didn't even make the top half of the chart! 

 

The fireworks from the past fortnight got off to a fast start. Just one day after our last report was published, Kate Buckley at Buckley Media let us know she had closed a $1,008,900 sale of eBike.com (a sale we detailed in our Lowdown section that day). That put Kate in the #1 

position on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart this week and, just for good measure, she claimed a second chart entry with #17 Goldstreet.com at $70,623. Kate would have had a third if a big deal she brokered for Dutch.com was not subject to a privacy request. eBike.com now ranks as the 5th biggest publicly reported domain sale of the year to date.

GoDaddy played a very big role in the deluge of big numbers by releasing their top 20 sales for the month of January for the first time. That list included a half-dozen six-figure sales led by #2 Steam.com at $390,560 and #4 WeShare.com at $280,000. Sandwiched between those two is a $350,000 purchase of Yachts.com made by Eric Borgos that was detailed by Andrew Allemann in a post at DomainNameWire. Rounding out the first five is a $194,213 sale of RVsForSale.com that broker Jeff Garbutt at PrimeLoyalty.com sold for industry veteran Francine Callahan. Fran said that was actually the 3rd big sale Jeff has closed for her this year (the others, made under NDA, were Acquisition.com and CommercialProperty.com).

The six and seven figure sales were all .coms with one exception. That was a blockbuster German ccTLD sale at Sedo where On.de changed hands for €119,000 ($140,240). That is one of the five biggest country code sales posted so far this year. Two other ccTLDs also earned spots on the elite list. GoDaddy sold #14 Own.co for $87,750 and Grit Brokerage banked $75,000 for Versus.co.

 

Grit Brokerage also gets credit for one of the two non .com gTLD sales on the honor roll - an impressive $80,000 sale of #15 Clean.org. GoDaddy posted an even bigger sale in that category raking in $144,000 for Skweezer.net in the second biggest non .com gTLD sale of the year to date, trailing only Poker.net (sold for $750,000 in March).

 

 

   By Ron Jackson

It looks like eye-popping sales will be getting even bigger before this year is out. Just today, George Kirikos reported on his blog that Sports.com is changing hands for $6 million! $3 million of that has already been paidby Trident Acquisitions Corp., with the balance due by the end of the year (we will be able to chart the sale when that happens).

 

George generated some big news about newly discovered historical domain sales since our last report as well. As reported on his Twitter feed, Kirikos found proof in an SEC filing that Gambling.com sold for $2.5 million in 2011. We had actually reported speculation about that sale at the time, but did not know it had been closed. Gambling.com is the 2nd biggest sale reported for that year, trailing only Social.com ($2.6 million). We have added it to that spot on the 2011 Top 100 Sales Chart in our Domain Sales Archive

 

George also uncovered a $2 million sale of Chatter.com made in 2010 and that one has been added to the #3 position on our 2010 Top 100 Chart. In another old SEC filing, George learned that TDC.com was sold for $1 million in 2001. The was before we came into existence and started tracking aftermarket sales in late 2003, but we do have a list of verified pre-2004 sales in our Archive that TDC.com has now been added to. Thanks, as always, to George for his invaluable work in unearthing these sales and sharing them with the community.

Now back to the present! Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, July 4, 2021:

The DN Journal Top 20 
Highest Reported Domain Sales - Mon. June 21, 2021 -  Sun. July 4, 2021
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect July 7, 2021)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. eBike.com $1,008,900 BuckleyMedia
2. Steam.com $390,560 GoDaddy
3. Yachts.com $350,000 Pvt Sale
4. WeShare.com $280,000 GoDadddy
5. RVsForSale.com $194,213 PrimeLoyalty
6. Skweezer.net $144,000 GoDaddy
7. BTC365.com $143,480 GoDaddy
8. On.de €119,000 = $140,240 Sedo
9. Goon.com $120,000 GoDaddy
10. Symphonic.com $115,000 GoDaddy
11. DogGroomers.com $104,000 Pvt Sale
12.
tie
Mediant.com $90,000 GoDaddy
12.
tie
Pulseoximeter.com $90,000 GoDaddy
14. Own.co $87,750 GoDaddy
15. Clean.org $80,000 Grit Brokerage
16. Versus.co $75,000 Grit Brokerage
17. Goldstreet.com $70,623 BuckleyMedia
18. NextPlay.com $66,000 GoDaddy
19.
tie
Brensocatib.com $60,000 GoDaddy
19.
tie
Dedicate.com $60,000 GoDaddy
19.
tie
Parth.com $60,000 GoDaddy
19.
tie
TheCompany.com $60,000 GoDaddy
19.
tie
TheFightClub.com $60,000 GoDaddy

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 31 more five-figure sales off the chart, with GoDaddy accounting for several of those, including the highest - WhatIsLove.com at $57,250. They added $50,000 each for three others - BrainDump.com, Darb.com and LetsBet.com. Sedo also had a couple of $50,000 sales with MaturePorn.com and Samur.ai, while Grit Brokerage teamed up with Morgan Linton to broker a $54,000 sale of Twelve.co.

The table below has the two dozen other sales that rang the five-figure bell, with these ranging from $10,000 to $32,450:

  DOMAIN

SOLD FOR

  WHERE SOLD

  brockmeyer.com

$32,450

  Sedo

  bcc.co.uk

$27,600

  Sedo

  oroverde.com

$25,000

  Sedo

  prelude.co

$25,000

  Grit Brokerage

  warriortraining.com

$23,999

  Sedo

  anchor.ai

$20,000

  Grit Brokerage

  defined.ai

$20,000

  Grit Brokerage

  NBHX.com

$20,000

  IDOffice.com

  piedmont.com

$20,000

  Sedo

  dandy.co

$19,250

  Grit Brokerage

  carbon.network

$18,000

  Sedo

  learning.co.uk

$16,559

  Sedo

  notes.me

$15,000

  Sedo

  StreamFinancial.com

$14,988

  Media Code LLC

  done.ai

$14,000

  Grit Brokerage

  Catch.us

$12,500

  GoDaddy

  bioenergetics.com

$12,000

  Sedo

  binaryoptions.com

$11,800

  Sedo

  r.gd

$11,800

  Sedo

  cupra.store

$10,608

  Sedo

  ilimits.com

$10,350

  Sedo

  betnova.com

$10,000

  Sedo

  burnin.com

$10,000

  Sedo

  rfi.global

$10,000

  Sedo

You'll notice a number of ccTLDs and Non .com gTLDs sprinkled among those five-figure sales. We'll have more details on them in the sections and charts devoted to those categories later in this report.

 .Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .Com supporting cast of four-figure sales with SeaTaxi.com at $9,950, SatoshiPay.com at $9,700 and BeeNetwork.com at $9,204. Gigapipe.com posted $8,800, Amedius.com made $8,100 and WeissTechnik.com tallied $7,670.

Logad.com landed $7,650, Usopa.com commanded $7,500 and Amadys.com drew $6,962. Vendoc.com collected $6,900, Yoyes.com yielded $6,501 and ForHealth.com dispensed $6,200.

Sedo had 56 more four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 that are listed in the table below:

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

livefetish.com $6,000

 

wellnessdigest.com $3,000
viewo.com $6,000 durchblick.com $2,999
smilecrew.com $5,900 lovemyskin.com $2,999
walkforwater.com $5,900 howardshaw.com $2,995
ursmart.com $5,500 adstrive.com $2,895
databit.com $5,100 sunriz.com $2,832
starzoomer.com $4,999 campingplätze.com $2,808
candylondon.com $4,900 stiltreu.com $2,800
sundayhome.com $4,900 ardirect.com $2,760
ferienhäuser.com $4,844 thebrownbox.com $2,600
wige.com $4,720 vrew.com $2,600
wearableart.com $4,650 codelex.com $2,500
cargoshop.com $4,500 mondomenu.com $2,360
medicalbillers.com $4,500 neugrad.com $2,360
mordesign.com $4,500 skillrooms.com $2,360
intellition.com $4,484 opomo.com $2,350
astrophotographer.com $4,192 travel-portal.com $2,350
yandek.com $4,000 cinemaholic.com $2,200
digitalgale.com $3,997 iraqmart.com $2,200
legacyfitness.com $3,995 melkay.com $2,200
sitedex.com $3,995 asgame.com $2,000
panta-rei.com $3,540 brandease.com $2,000
livester.com $3,539 decisiondynamics.com $2,000
job-shop.com $3,499 originav.com $2,000
wheelpower.com $3,455 pinporn.com $2,000
chainpulse.com $3,195 plusdelta.com $2,000
dailybiz.com $3,000 reminda.com $2,000
gostuff.com $3,000 smartevent.com $2,000

Elsewhere, Vinodr.com sold AuraNova.com for $6,888, RapidNames.com moved JetTrades.com for $4,999 and Media Code LLC fetched $2,988 for MyFirstPeriod.com.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs also continue to burn up the track. Led by the $140,240 sale of On.de at Sedo and 14 five-figure sales, our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart is loaded yet again. That On.de sale is one of the year's five biggest ccTLD sales to date. It is followed by three strong .co sales. GoDaddy moved #2 Own.co for $87,750, Grit Brokerage sold #3 Versus.co for $75,000 and Grit team up with Morgan Linton to sell #4 Twelve.co for $54,000. Grit Brokerage had a hand in seven charted sales overall, second only to the perennial ccTLD king, Sedo, who has 11. Sedo's list includes a $50,000 sale of Samur.ai that rounded out the first five.

The $12,500 sale of #14 Catch.us by Jennifer Semple Siegel via GoDaddy is a reminder for me to tell you about a new news and information website for the .US community that was launched on the 4th of July. It's called, appropriately enough, American Domain Names, was created by yours truly, and can be found at ADN.US. You can also followed ADN on Twitter - @AmericanDomains.

Here is how the top ccTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, July 4, 2021:

Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. June 21, 2021 -  Sun. July 4, 2021
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect July 7, 2021)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. On.de €119,000 = $140,240 Sedo
2. Own.co $87,750 GoDaddy
3. Versus.co $75,000 GritBrokerage
4. Twelve.co $54,000 GritBrokerage/
MorganLinton
5. Samur.ai $50,000 Sedo
6. BCC.co.uk £20,000 = $27,600 Sedo
7. Prelude.co $25,000 GritBrokerage
8. Anchor.ai $15,107 GritBrokerage
9. Defined.ai $11,250 GritBrokerage
10. Dandy.co €8,925 = $10,621 GritBrokerage
11. Learning.co.uk £11,999 = $16,559 Sedo
12. Notes.me $15,000 Sedo
13. Done.ai $14,000 GritBrokerage
14. Catch.us $12,500 GoDaddy
15. R.gd €10,000 = $11,800 Sedo
16. Walton.in $9,800 Sedo
17. Urlaubmachen.de €6,000 = $7,080 Sedo
18. RobertoCoin.cc €5,999 = $7,079 Sedo
19. Olga.fr €5,899 = $6,961 Sedo
20. Cuba.nl €5,655 = $6,673 Sedo

CLICK HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts.

Sedo piled up dozens of additional sales off the chart led by 43.io at $5,999. Karriere-Campus.de added $5,310 and two others - Icon.in and Waterdrop.hk - added $5,000 apiece.

Sedo had 29  more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $2,200 to $4,995 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales from $2,200 to $4,995

groov.io $4,995   pink.ai $3,000
la.tv $4,900 aigostar.de $2,949
outletcars.de $4,484 hrr.at $2,820
roca.co.kr $4,130 smartcareer.cn $2,800
air-up.cz $3,540 optimumgroup.eu $2,655
conserve.co.uk $3,540 bits.fi $2,596
homemeal.de $3,539 hack.vc $2,500
monagenceimmobiliere.fr $3,539 sportnews.in $2,500
putzwunder.de $3,539 cancel.io $2,499
zahnarztzuerich.ch $3,528 iseki.es $2,360
shubham.in $3,500 spring.es $2,360
uhrenwert.de $3,466 sustainability-choice.es $2,300
repos.de $3,441 fuse.fi $2,200
fundoo.de $3,422 ket.io $2,200
besserleben.at $3,009  

Elsewhere,  DomainLore.uk picked up $1,417 for AYR.co.uk

If there are country code extensions in our report that you are not familiar with, you can look up the nation each extension goes with here

Non .com gTLDs (.net, .org and others, including new gTLDs)

The Non .Com gTLDs were led by that huge $144,000 sale of Skweezer.net at GoDaddy and very strong $80,000 sale of Clean.org at Grit Brokerage. Those are the second third biggest sales reported in this category so far this year.  Three more five-figure sales followed on our latest bi-weekly Non.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. Sedo rang up all of those, scoring with Carbon.network at $18,000, Cupra.store at $10,608 and RFI.global at $10,000

It was a very diverse week with a dozen different TLDs represented on the leader board, The .nets claimed the most spots with four. Here is is how all of the non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending ending Sunday, July 4, 2021:

Non .Com gTLD Top Sales Chart
Highest Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales - Mon. June 21, 2021 -  Sun. July 4, 2021
(Foreign currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in Effect July 7, 2021)

 

Domain

Sold For

Where Sold

1. Skweezer.net $144,000 GoDaddy
2. Clean.org $80,000 GritBrokerage
3. Carbon.network $18,000 Sedo
4. Cupra.store €8,990 = $10,608 Sedo
5. RFI.global $10,000 Sedo
6. Zenx.org $8,400 Sedo
7. Pets.xyz $7,500 Synergy.media
8. Kelv.inc €5,000 = $5,900 Sedo
9. Mite.org $5,000 Sedo
10. CDPQ.net $4,999 Sedo
11 Boundless.xyz $4,995 Sedo
12. Team.pro €3,500 = $4,130 Sedo
13. SJ.work $3,995 Sedo
14. CryptoMap.net $3,800 Sedo
15. Forsesite.tech $3,799 Sedo
16.
tie
Rooftop.net $3,500 Sedo
16.
tie
Senpai.net $3,500 Sedo
18. 0G.vip $2,995 Sedo
19. Contact.pro £1,840 = $2,539 Pvt Sale
20. Reality.club $2,019 1API GmbH

In other four-figure sale off the chart, Sedo sold Council.inc and Strive.tech for $2,000 each while  GoDaddy moved Arc.club for $1,500.

Now that you're up to date on what happened over the past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all categories by visiting our Year To Date Charts page

*****

As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies, private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale made through any channel. To contribute information and help make this column better,  just drop a note to [email protected]. We truly appreciate the industry leading companies who share their sales information with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current domain values. 

Every other Wednesday we publish the highest reported domain name sales reported to us over the preceding two weeks. Thanks to those data contributors we are able to produce the industry's most comprehensive sales report. 

Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.

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