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2023
Domain Sales Remain on Fast Track with a Million $ Trio Topping Our
Latest Chart
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In the glory days
of Motown, the Four Tops had a big hit with "It's
the Same Old Song." The phrase has always had a
negative connotation but if the domain aftermarket keeps
playing the same tune it played in the first two months of
this new year, I don't think anyone is going to get tired of
it.
Three more very
solid six-figure sales - totaling more than $1 million
- headline our latest bi-weekly all extension Top
20 Sales Chart. A sale we just told you about in our Lowdown
section yesterday (February 28) - Giveaway.com at $400,000
via Sedo
- set the pace. Sedo also handled the #2 sale of PFP.com
at $353,000 for seller K-Ventures
(one we also first reported in The Lowdown early last
week).
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Kate
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Buckley Media |
The Million Dollar trio
at the top was completed with Kate Buckley's
$303,295 sale of Tactic.com. The Buckley
Media Founder let us know that the
innovative digital asset accounting firm that acquired
the domain completed their payment plan to close out
escrow, but what they accomplished while paying
for the name was a story in itself.
Kate told us, "The
startup did great things with that name.
Not only did they use it to build a killer brand,
but they were acquired
by Tax Bit just 11 months later! It
was a meteoric rise for a company to go from founding in 2021, two rounds
of funding in 2022, then acquisition in 2023. Getting
the .com was a great use of their
capital." Kate also noted
that this sale is a continuation of the boom
she experienced in 2022 when she saw her already
healthy business triple its revenue. |
In
addition to being the top three sales on the new chart, this
power trio now accounts for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th biggest
reported sales of the year
to date. The top sale remains Above.com's $3
million sale of Help.com that started the year off
with a bang in the first week of 2023.
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The .coms
went on to sweep 14 of the 20 chart entries including a $12,999
sale of #20 RollingCasino.com that had several
different hands in the mix. Namoxy.com
sold the name through a Sedo listing but GoDaddy's
brokerage service also had a role as the buyer
used them to make the acquisition.
While
the .coms romped, the non .com gTLDs also
celebrated with their strongest outing of the year,
shaking off a slow start to claim five spots on the Big
Board. They were led by four of the five biggest sales this
group has produced this year. The headliner was Swetha.xyz's
$74,888 sale of Socrates.xyz through Sedo.
Sedo also sold #8 Cloak.net for LegalBrandMarketing.com,
giving the non .com gTLDs a second name on the top half of the honor
roll at $29,888.
The ccTLDs
racked up four five-figure sales but only one of those reached
the all extension Top 20 - Sedo's $26,500 sale of #9 QM.de.
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By Ron Jackson
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Here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks
ending ending Sunday, February 26, 2023:
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 13 - Sun. Feb. 26, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect March 1, 2023) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Giveaway.com |
$400,000 |
Sedo |
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PFP.com |
$353,000 |
K-Ventures/Sedo |
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Tactic.com |
$303,295 |
Buckley
Media |
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4. |
Kulta.com |
$75,000 |
Sedo |
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5. |
Socrates.xyz |
$74,888 |
Swetha.xyz/Sedo |
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