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IT.com
Sells for $3.8 Million in Biggest Domain Sale Reported Year to Date
+ DNJ's Latest Domain Sales Report
Breaking
news: Just as we finished this report Wednesday
evening (Oct. 27), we got word from veteran broker James
Booth (Booth.com) that he has closed a $3.8 million
sale of IT.com that will rank as the highest reported
sale of theyear to date.
We expect to be
adding IT.com to our charts when we release our next
bi-weekly report and update on November 10. James also
reported closing a $150,000 sale of Chronic.com
that we will be charting then as well.
11/1/21
Update: Initial word on the IT.com sale came from
seller's broker James Booth. We have now gotten additional
details on the transaction from the buyer's broker, including
a payment plan for the domain and a new use for the domain
that began today. Since full payment will be made over time,
IT.com cannot be charted this year. Details on all of that are
in our Lowdown
section.
The
domain aftermarket continued to fire on all cylinders over
the past two weeks. The big sales were there - led by one at $600,000
and another at $450,000 that helped the .coms
pile up 13 entries on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales
Chart, but the ccTLDs and Non .com gTLDs also
had a strong presence on the Big Board. The country code
domains scored four times while the non .com G's put three on
the elite list. The
headliners are a couple of sales we told you about in our Lowdown
section over the past week - a $600,000deal
for ZeroCarbon.com closed by veteran broker Edward
Smeu and the $450,000
sale of NIF.com in a private transaction.Edward
also revealed the price he
realized
in brokering the 2020 sale of Monetary.com - $277,447.
That allowed us to add that sale to the2020
Top 100 Sales Chart in our Domain
Sales Archive where it ranks as the 10th highest
sale reported for that year.
We
learned of yet another six-figure sale this week that came
from Sedo's
latest Great Domains auction where Senior Broker Dave
Evanson oversaw a $350,000 sale of Portugal.com.
That one was awaiting transfer at press time but should be
ready to chart in our next report.
Joe
Uddeme at NameExperts.com
claimed the #3 spot on the new chart with GreenPlaces.com
at $82,000 and Sedo completed the first four
with a $75,000 sale of Adorable.com. Sedo also
helped James Jean sell #5 MetaXR.com for $60,000
in the latest of what has been an eye-popping string of
"Meta" keyword domain sales. In fact that was just
one of three that James put on this week's chart. He also
scored with #10 MetaDating.net at $35,000 and
#12 MetaFB.net at $30,000, with Sedo again
handling both transactions.
Mike Delucia was
among those contributing to the latest .com haul as he scored
using another uber popular term (NFT), banking $44,000 with his sale of
MusicNFTs.com via DAN.com.
Mike hand registered that domain for $8.39 last year - a
perfect example of how fast new technologies and developments can
explode and create amazing opportunities in the domain space.
The quartet of ccTLDs that I
mentioned above was led by a £22,500 ($31,050) sale of #11 Menu.co.uk
at BuyDomainNames.co.uk.
UnicDomains
chipped in with #17 UOF.ca at $23,500 with the other two
being rung up by perennial country code powerhouse Sedo.
DNGear
rounded out the non .com gTLD trio on the honor roll with their
$19,888 sale of #18 Power.pro joining the two meta related
.nets in the trio.
By Ron Jackson
Here is
how
all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending Sunday, October 24, 2021:
The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Oct. 11 - Sun. Oct. 24, 2021 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Oct. 27, 2021)
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
ZeroCarbon.com
$600,000
Private
Sale/
Broker: Edward Smeu
2.
NIF.com
$450,000
Pvt
Sale
3.
GreenPlaces.com
$82,000
NameExperts
4.
Adorable.com
$75,000
Sedo
5.
MetaXR.com
$60,000
Sedo
6
Topp.com
€47,500
= $55,100
Sedo
7.
EZG.com
$50,000
Sedo
8.
MusicNFTs.com
$44,000
DAN.com
9.
Trave.com
$38,000
Sedo
10.
MetaDating.net
$35,000
Sedo
11.
Menu.co.uk
£22,500
= $31,050
BuyDomainNames.co.uk
12.
MetaFB.net
$30,000
Sedo
13.
O-Office.de
€25,000
= $29,000
Sedo
14.
Hometail.com
$27,000
Sedo
15.
tie
Komes.com
$25,000
Sedo
15.
tie
Optimize.io
$25,000
Sedo
17.
UOF.ca
$23,500
UnicDomains
18.
Power.pro
$19,888
DNGear
19.
BusinessPartners.com
$18,000
Sedo
20.
Aerator.com
$17,499
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.
There were 10 more
five-figure sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for
nine of those including Actionariat.com at $17,400
followed by Heali.com and Reconomia.com at $15,000
each. OTouch.com added $13,920, Best5.com
fetched $12,000 and Plerion.com drew $11,000.
Therapies.com posted another $10,074 while BoatReviews.com
and CKSH.com commanded $10,000 apiece.
Elsewhere, ChristianCalvin sold ShareFare.com for $10,500 through
Lumis.com.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the .Com supporting cast
of four-figure sales with NewHomeCenter.com at $9,500, Klasen.com
at $8,880 and BestCryptos.com at $8,500.
LandRise.com added $8,400, Phill.com
drew $8,000 and Foxie.com fetched $7,866.
HRAutomation.com made another $7,540 while AlienShop.com
and WeSang.com sewed up $7,500 each and EstatePlanningAttorney.com
added $7,497.
Sedo had 59 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,888 that
are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $6,888
ampero.com
$6,888
sensusfidelium.com
$3,132
findawriter.com
$6,500
fauve.com
$3,105
silverxmining.com
$6,500
swingerking.com
$3,100
puppub.com
$6,488
herbertz.com
$3,015
famenet.com
$6,380
3-bee.com
$3,000
seitenwerk.com
$6,380
quantum-love.com
$3,000
ikoncity.com
$6,210
three-bee.com
$3,000
monplaisir.com
$6,000
ethiopiahotels.com
$2,999
nftcard.com
$6,000
unitedexchange.com
$2,999
fixthefuture.com
$5,999
flippingbricks.com
$2,995
tendance.com
$5,800
authentichealth.com
$2,900
cognicom.com
$5,742
oface.com
$2,675
trisio.com
$5,670
autoteile-shop.com
$2,667
driverfy.com
$5,500
moldlink.com
$2,552
customisation.com
$5,000
420resort.com
$2,500
josiahmcelheny.com
$5,000
accshop.com
$2,500
mwahaha.com
$5,000
beverlyhillsflowers.com
$2,500
redsen.com
$5,000
soundbin.com
$2,500
ntico.com
$4,900
int21.com
$2,415
masterdance.com
$4,800
go4k.com
$2,355
hrtalk.com
$4,600
huxhealth.com
$2,320
metafish.com
$4,500
in180.com
$2,320
s-fin.com
$4,500
gameinside.com
$2,203
sheperd.com
$4,406
logosmiths.com
$2,200
xerena.com
$4,330
metadance.com
$2,188
kiwi-electronics.com
$4,060
herogo.com
$2,170
hydeal.com
$3,999
caseystoner.com
$2,000
onlyhands.com
$3,995
everymanforhimself.com
$2,000
murdershow.com
$3,500
metavegas.com
$2,000
unionventures.com
$3,500
Elsewhere, Anna
Bastian banked $7,888 for BossRealty.com while
Nicole Hyatt rang up $4,497 for BoxingNFT.com
with both using Afternic to close their sales. XYNames.com
moved a trio of their own names with SmokePost.com at $5,100,
ToughLine.com at $4,500 and FleetYard.com
at $2,600.
Country Codes
The ccTLDs
were led by that quartet of five-figure sales that you saw on the all extension Top 20 Chart
above with the $31,050 sale of Menu.co.uk at BuyDomains.co.uk
leading the charge. The first five on our latest ccTLD Top 20
Sales Chart is rounded out by a $9,000 sale of Qualify.ca
by UnicDomains.
Sedo swept 13
of the 20 chart entries with a roster than included an $8,700
sale of #6 Fan-tastic.de. The ccTLDs also got a boost
from a CAD 10,000 ($8,100 U.S.) sale of #7 CashForScrap.ca
by EMall.ca
and Media
Code LLC's $8,000 sale of #8 Upside.ai.
Germany's .de scored
another win in the TLD race with seven chart entries while Canada's .ca
also made a solid showing with four charted sales. No other TLD had
more than one. Here is how the top ccTLD
sales stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, October 10, 2021:
Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Oct. 11 - Sun. Oct. 24, 2021 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Oct. 27, 2021)
There were dozens of
additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart, led by Sedo's
sale of Insider.es at $4,640. They added $4,524
for Fantastic.de and $4,500 for Lend.ly.
Sedo posted 20 more sales ranging from
$2,320 to $4,176 that are listed in the table below:
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,320 - $4,176
bikelift.de
$4,176
sigfrid.de
$3,474
betterbooks.de
$4,060
kleiderschraenke.ch
$3,468
meilleurscasinos.ca
$4,060
goodmorning.io
$3,363
pinpoint.de
$4,060
anybrand.de
$3,248
wic.io
$3,999
fruits.in
$3,000
koro.co.uk
$3,799
home.id
$3,000
kleiderschrank.at
$3,480
agency.in
$2,900
rhomberg-reisen.at
$3,480
stromspeicher.ch
$2,900
lgl.io
$3,479
fct.be
$2,899
politikerinnen.de
$3,478
aum.ch
$2,320
UnicDomains
continued to fuel a good run for .ca with seven more
sales including 4F.ca at $4,000, UOV.ca at $3,950
and AdventureTours.ca at $3,500. QBL.ca
brought $3,463, EZMoney.ca made $3,300,
MoneyCard.ca sold for $3,000 and Futur.ca
added $2,900.
Elsewhere, DomainLore.uk
collected $4,637 for Competition-Commission.org.uk,DaaZ.com
sold Epik.in ($2,250) and Fortess.in ($1,985) and OWS.us
changed hands for $1,188 via Uniregistry.
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 gTLDswere, of course, led by their trio of five-figure sales
that made the all extension leader aboard above. A pair of .net
sales that Sedo made for James Jean set the pace
with MetaDating.net making $35,000 and MetaFB.net
adding $30,000. The biggest sale in this group that you
haven't seen yet is #4 on our latest Non .com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart.
That is another Sedo sale, EMN.org at $12,500.
A $7,500 sale
of Drama.club at Google Domains rounded out the
first five. Sedo then continued on their way toward 16 chart
entries overall with #6 Simply.life at $6,899.
Another new TLD, Cube.art, was next at #7 with a $6,250
sale at Name.com. PDR Ltd. landed the other
sale that didn't go to Sedo, ringing up $1,540 for #20
Rush.club.
Here is is how the
non .com gTLD sales stacked up for the two weeks ending
ending Sunday, October 10, 2021:
Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Oct. 11 - Sun. Oct.
24, 2021 (Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Oct. 27, 2021)
Domain
Sold For
Where
Sold
1.
MetaDating.net
$35,000
Sedo
2.
MetaFB.net
$30,000
Sedo
3.
Power.pro
$19,888
DNGear
4.
EMN.org
$12,500
Sedo
5.
Drama.club
$7,500
Google
Domains
6.
Simply.life
£4,999
= $6,899
Sedo
7.
Cube.art
$6,250
Name.com
8.
TMTG.org
€5,000
= $5,800
Sedo
9.
ShibaSwap.net
$4,900
Sedo
10.
WatchBox.net
€3,900
= $4,524
Sedo
11.
NovaLabs.net
$3,995
Sedo
12.
Foxie.net
$3,500
Sedo
13.
NursingTheory.org
$2,995
Sedo
14.
PYE.net
€2,500
= $2,900
Sedo
15.
tie
CLS.shop
$2,800
Sedo
15.
tie
MedBank.net
$2,800
Sedo
17.
BestOf.net
$2,500
Sedo
18.
ETH.baby
$2,200
Sedo
19.
Claus.net
$2,100
Sedo
20.
Rush.club
$1,540
PDR
Ltd.
Now that you're up to date
on what happened over the past two weeks, 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
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We truly appreciate the industry leading companies who share
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get a handle on current domain values.
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Editor's
Note: If you wish to review previous Domain Sales
columns, they are available in our Archive.