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Kate
Buckley and Matt Chase (Lumis) Team Up to Close Chart Topping
$260,000+ Sale
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We're back from a
great NamesCon Global conference
where good news from the domain aftermarket was abundant. On
the first day of the conference Kate Buckley (Buckley
Media) let me know that she and Matt Chase
from the Lumis
Group had closed a six-figure sale of HDL.com
that tops our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart.
The net price to the seller was $260,000 and we will
chart it at that figure though the buyer also paid an
undisclosed fee to the Lumis for their assistance in acquiring
the name. In addition to topping the bi-weekly chart, this
also ranks as one of the ten biggest publicly
reported sales year to date.
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Kate (seen here speaking
at NamesCon in Austin last week) told me, "HDL.com
went to its perfect end user. The seller, a private entity, had owned the domain name for
28 years and contacted Buckley Media to represent them in maximizing value on this long term investment. The buyer,
HdL Companies, worked with Lumis Group to represent their interests in acquiring the domain name. Terms were negotiated that are beneficial to all
concerned and we look forward to seeing HdL companies putting this legacy domain name to
its best and highest use!"
This sale gives Kate two
of the year's 10 biggest publicly reported sales to
date. She also brokered the sale of Tactic.com
for $303,295 in March. |
Some other good
signs from NamesCon included RightOfTheDot.com's live
domain auction bringing in $2.2 million in sales (the
highest level in several years). The online auction is
actually still
going on and won't close until June 15. In another
nice tidbit, Chinese investor Yue Dai (the owner of 18
two-letter .com domains including DN.com) was there and he
reported a friend his just sold HD.com for over $6
million.
Getting back to
verified sales that have come in since our last report, Sedo
claimed the #2 spot on the Big Board with Biti.com at $61,200
and Mike Mann (DomainMarket.com)
filled the #3 hole with Climateers.com at $59,888.
That was one of three top ten entries for Mike who also sold
#6 ClosDuMarquis.com for $29,888 and #9
DeepResearch.com for $25,000.
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The
.coms went on to sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries. The non-com
gTLDs claimed three spots, led by GoDaddy's
$31,500 sale of MentalHealthCenter.org. Another
member of that trio was a new gTLD - #15
Digital.digital, sold for $15,000 at Dynadot.
The ccTLDs
scored twice, ringing the top ten bell with both of their
entries. Above.com's
$34,407 of Tree.com.au led the charge for the
country code domains. Sedo completed the one-two punch with
their €25,000 ($27,000) sale of #7 (tie) FerienJob.de
("holiday job" in German).
Since
we were away last week for NamesCon (when a new report would
normally have come out), the new chart covers three weeks
worth of sales rather than the usual two. Here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the three weeks ending Sunday, June
5, 2023:
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By Ron Jackson
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 15 - Sun. June 5, 2023
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect June 8, 2023) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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HDL.com |
$260,000 |
Buckley
Media/Lumis |
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Biti.com |
$61,200 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Climateers.com |
$59,888 |
DomainMarket |
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4. |
Tree.com.au |
$34,407 |
Above.com |
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5. |
MentalHealthCenter.org |
$31,500 |
GoDaddy |
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