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Here
we are at the end of another eye-opening domain sales season
with the arrival of the last batch of sales data for 2024.
Several factors came together at once to make our final
bi-weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart of the year
an especially memorable one. First among those was Domain King
Rick Schwartz's $1,025,000
sale of BestOdds.com, making it one of the
top five publicly
reported sales in 2024. Rick gave the buyer 3
years to pay for this domain (an especially timely one with
the arrival of legal sports betting by mobile phone in
many states) and they decided to make the final payment six
months ahead of schedule to finalize ythe deal.
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In another
development that added fuel to the fire, we were able to get
documentation verifying a large number of impressive sales
that TOP.DOMAINS
(a company that holds a portfolio of over 10,000 domains) made
throughout the year. With those sales added to our
charts for the first time, a $600,000 sale of Bet.bet
that was made early in the year earned the top spot on our
2024 Non .Com
gTLD Top 100 Sales Chart, as well as #1 on our
last bi-weekly Top 20 Chart for 2024. The domain was purchased
through Afternic
by a casino company registered in Curaçao that serves the
Brazil market. That is one of five TOP.DOMAINS sales on the
leader board, including another one of the six 6-figure sales
on the honor roll, #4 People.love at $255,000,
also via Afternic.
Adding
more fuel to the sales steamroller was the continuing boom in
.AI sales, led this time around the track by a $230,000
sale of Boyfriend.ai at Afternic. That is the third
biggest ccTLD sale reported in 2024. What's #1? That
would be Andy
Booth's $274,610 sale of Girlfriend.ai
through Atom.com
that we told you about in our last
report. Way to go girls, you beat the boys again!
:-)
Also
ringing the six-figure bell was Park.io Founder Mike
Carson's $399,999 sale of Cursor.com (a name he
bought just last year for $60,000), Sedo
with #6 Tachat.com at $103,000 and Swetha.xyz
with a $100,000 sale of #7 Stable.xyz through
Afternic.
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Two
of the sales I was most happy to see were #12 (tie) DreamHomeLottery.com
at $60,000 amd #20 DreamHomeLottery.org at $30,000,
both made by Josh Goddard through his Brokerage.Domains
site. What was so special about those? I'm glad you asked! I
met Josh for the first time during the Namescon
Global conference in Austin last summer when we
both attended the Internet
Commerce Association's member dinner. He is a
personable guy with a great passion for domains and I
immediately thought "this is someone I'll be hearing a
lot more from in future" and sure enough I did with these
sales. Oh, by the way, Josh is 19 years old! How can
you not love a business where this is possible for anyone
willing to study it, then get to work making their dreams come
true? (PS - thanks to Josh's dad Drew for the
introduction)!
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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
Sunday,
Jan. 5, 2024
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Dec. 23 - Sun. Jan. 5, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Jan. 9, 2025) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
BestOdds.com |
$1,025,000 |
Rick
Schwartz |
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2. |
Bet.bet |
$600,000 |
TOP.DOMAINS/Afternic |
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3. |
Cursor.com |
$399,999 |
Mike
Carson |
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4. |
People.love |
$255,000 |
TOP.DOMAINS/Afternic |
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5. |
Boyfriend.ai |
$230,000 |
Afternic |
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6. |
Tachat.com |
€100,000
= $103,000 |
Sedo |
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7. |
Stable.xyz |
$100,000 |
Swetha.xyz/Afternic |
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8. |
Advice.ai |
$80,000 |
Sedo |
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9. |
QR.app |
$79,499 |
TOP.DOMAINS/Dan.com |
10.
tie |
Poker.world |
$75,000 |
TOP.DOMAINS/Dan.com |
10.
tie |
Ready.co |
$75,000 |
Sedo |
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12.
tie |
DreamHomeLottery.com |
$60,000 |
Brokerage.Domains |
12.
tie |
Universal.xyz |
$60,000 |
Lumis |
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14. |
Newton.xyz |
$55,000 |
Swetha.xyz/Afternic |
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15. |
IQAI.com |
£35,000
= $43,050 |
Sedo |
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16. |
Hype.gg |
$40,000 |
Sedo |
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17. |
CoreResources.com |
$39,000 |
Sedo |
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18. |
Wow.now |
$37,500 |
TOP.DOMAINS/Atom.com |
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19. |
Doyen.com |
£29,999
= $36,899 |
Sedo |
20.
tie |
Ani.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
20.
tie |
DreamHomeLottery.org |
$30,000 |
Brokerage.Domains |
20.
tie |
iSpace.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
20.
tie |
Rey.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
20.
tie |
Virgil.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
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Keep in mind that these are the highest value
cash only sales that have been reported to us in the
past two weeks. 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 17 more
five-figure sales off the chart, ranging from $10,000 to $27,988
that are listed in the table below:
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Domain |
Sold
For |
Where Sold |
| brain.dev |
$27,988 |
TOP.DOMAINS |
| Shipsy.au |
$22,888 |
DomainBooth |
| soulai.com |
$21,000 |
Sedo |
| farizonauto.co.uk |
$20,000 |
Dynadot |
| RWA.art |
$20,000 |
Afternic |
| brain.link |
$19,888 |
TOP.DOMAINS |
| Fortess.app |
$19,499 |
TOP.DOMAINS/Afternic |
| DeadThreads.com |
$17,000 |
SAW.com |
| avatar.one |
$15,289 |
TOP.DOMAINS |
| railroad.app |
$15,289 |
TOP.DOMAINS |
| washi.com |
$14,000 |
Sedo |
| sicore.de |
$13,390 |
Sedo |
| stopbox.com |
$12,500 |
Sedo |
| jackpotter.com |
$10,550 |
Sedo |
| LUX.network |
$10,437 |
TOP.DOMAINS/DAN |
| bonjourdubai.com |
$10,300 |
Sedo |
| retouch.app |
$10,000 |
TOP.DOMAINS |
.Com
Supporting Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales
with Osher.com at $9,000. HelloFellow.com fetched
another $8,240 and StreetKing.com commanded
$6,500. Wonderise.com went for $6,245, TacoInc.com
tallied $6,170 amd StaffDigital.com drew $6,000.
FoxGold.com
tapped in $5,999, Podoo.com posted $5,665
and PanoramaGlobal.com provided $5,600. Cereja.com
and GlamCapital.com claimed $5,150 each while Linqi.com
landed $5,100. Those were followed by AskFrank.com,
Bond-St.com, CWWK.com and MFGHoldfings.com
at $5,000 apiece.
Sedo had 33 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,160 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,160
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| animalrepublic.com |
$4,959 |
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gartner-group.com |
$3,000 |
| obliqe.com |
$4,914 |
marinalounge.com |
$2,995 |
| fortetechnology.com |
$4,888 |
coastalprimarycare.com |
$2,888 |
| hostspaces.com |
$4,825 |
serverspaces.com |
$2,830 |
| subfi.com |
$4,635 |
efek.com |
$2,800 |
| immo4you.com |
$4,500 |
thinksmartmarketing.com |
$2,799 |
| mototag.com |
$4,239 |
tutornest.com |
$2,795 |
| h2site.com |
$4,120 |
sleepfox.com |
$2,670 |
| louton.com |
$4,000 |
sindys.com |
$2,599 |
| workbeyond.com |
$3,999 |
musicaround.com |
$2,575 |
| stage23.com |
$3,995 |
finanzcoach.com |
$2,570 |
| biocove.com |
$3,955 |
rylly.com |
$2,485 |
| pepti.com |
$3,348 |
carplakes.com |
$2,460 |
| dctools.com |
$3,250 |
9oh.com |
$2,266 |
| v2studio.com |
$3,199 |
emolument.com |
$2,000 |
| harcourthotel.com |
$3,197 |
tipw.com |
$2,000 |
| bestproxies.com |
$3,000 |
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At Dynadot
65G.com sold for $6,124, Senzaglutine.com
secured $4,893 and LetTheGamesBegin.com banked $2,995.
BridgesOfBudapest.com attracted $2,949 while Power32.com
and BigDishEnergy.com generated $2,895 each.
OnlineMath.com added $2,561 and MobileOrchard.com
made $2,236.
Elsewhere, XYNames.com
sold PackageBox.com for $6,500, BookingPlace.com
for $6,000 and EarnWin.com for $5,000.
Country
Codes
.AI continues to
dominate the ccTLD pack, racking up the top two entries on our
latest ccTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
and sweeping six of the first eight places. The headliners were that
$230,000 Boyfriend.ai blockbuster at Afternic and Sedo's
$80,000 sale of Advice.ai. Namecheap
posted the other four .ai sales on the top half of the honor roll.
Sedo had the top sales in
others TLDs, ringing up $75,000 for #3 Ready.co and $40,000
for #4 Hype.gg. Sedo went on to rack up eight chart entries
overall. DomainBooth.com
and Dyandot also earned top 10 spots with Shipsy.au
($22,888) and FarizonAuto.com ($20,000) respetcively.
Here is how the all of the
top ccTLDs stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Jan.
5, 2025:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Dec. 23 - Sun. Jan. 5, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Jan. 9, 2025) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Boyfriend.ai |
$230,000 |
Afternic |
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2. |
Advice.ai |
$80,000 |
Sedo |
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3. |
Ready.co |
$75,000 |
Sedo |
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4. |
Hype.gg |
$40,000 |
Sedo |
5.
tie |
Ani.ai |
$30,000 |
Namecheap |
5.
tie |
iSpace.ai |
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