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Buyers
have always placed a premium on short domains, prizing
how easy they are to remember and the low risk of typos. Their
popularity is evident on our latest bi-weekly all-extension
Top 20 Sales Chart with 11 entries weighing in at 5
letters or less. The top three, all carrying six-figure price
tags, were no more than four letters long. The other
continuing trend was the dominance of .com and .ai.
.ai took three of the top four spots and the
first 12 were all either .com or .ai domains.
Atom.com
fueled the ongoing .ai explosion with their $300,000
sale of #1 Rush.ai, as well as a $225,000 sale
of #3 Seed.ai. Hilco
Digital Assets, an investor in Atom, used the
platform to close that sale with
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Managing
Director Andrew
Miller overseeing the transaction. Those two both
rank among the three highest publicly reported ccTLD
sales of the year to date
(only Sedo's $375,000 sale of Tyres,co.uk in February has been
higher).
The Spaceship
Seller Hub put three more .ai domains on the top
half of the elite list, banking $89,500 for #4 Champion.ai,
$65,000 for #6 Ponder.ai and $50,000 for
#8 (tie) Segura.ai.
While
the .coms have had to share some their traditional
spotlight since the artificial intelligence boom ignited .ai,
the world's most popular extension hasn't lost a step,
sweeping 11 entries overall, led by Telepathy's
$280,000 sale of UIG.com through Afternic.
Saw.com
added a $75,000 sale of #6 FFSN.com to the Fans
First Sports Network and Sedo
closed another nice four-letter .com sale in #7 BORJ.com
at $58,520.
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The ccTLDs
took all of the entries that did not go to .com, ending up
with nine spots overall. Of course, .ai gets the lion's share
of the credit for that but the country code domains also
scored with Sedo's $22,400 sale of #13 Idealiste.fr and
a $21,280 sale of #14 Metal.co.uk through DomainLore.uk.
With all of that
activity, there was no room at the inn for the non .com
gTLDs this time out, though they did have a couple of-five
figure sales you will see in the supplemental chart that
follows the Top 20.
Before we go to the
charts, there is also a newly unveiled historical sale to tell
you about. Elliot Silver at DomainInvesting.com
learned that DAN.com Founder Reza Sardeha paid $400,000
for Anyone.com
in 2023 to serve as the home for his latest enterprise. Reza
called on MediaOptions.com
to help make the acquisition and the sale has now been added
to the 2023
Top 100 Chart in our Domain
Sales Archive where is its tied for #11 that
year.
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By Ron Jackson
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Now,
here is how the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday,
May 11, 2025
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The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. April 28 - Sun. May 11, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect May 14, 2025) |
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Domain
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Sold For
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Where
Sold
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1. |
Rush.ai |
$300,000 |
Atom.com |
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2. |
UIG.com |
$280,000 |
Afternic |
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3. |
Seed.ai |
$225,000 |
Atom.com |
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4. |
Champion.ai |
$89,500 |
Spaceship
Seller Hub |
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5. |
FFSN.com |
$75,000 |
Saw.com |
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6. |
Ponder.ai |
$65,000 |
Spaceship
Seller Hub |
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7. |
BORJ.com |
£44,000
= $58,520 |
Sedo |
8.
tie |
Segura.ai |
$50,000 |
Spaceship
Seller Hub |
8.
tie |
Sollers.com |
$50,000 |
Sedo |
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10. |
Bookz.com |
$48,000 |
Sedo |
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11.
tie |
Blueconomy.com |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
11.
tie |
VAUS.com |
$25,000 |
Sedo |
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13. |
Idealiste.fr |
€20,000
= $22,400 |
Sedo |
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14. |
Metal.co.uk |
£16,000
= $21,280 |
DomainLore.uk |
15.
tie |
HyperNetwork.com |
$21,000 |
Sedo |
15.
tie |
Zoiks.com |
$21,000 |
Saw.com/Sedo |
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17 |
AIWheel.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
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18. |
GRY.ai |
€17,000
= $19,040 |
Sedo |
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19. |
ContainerPark.com |
$19,000 |
Sedo |
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20. |
Fizz.ai |
$17,999 |
Sedo |
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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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CLICK
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Click Link Below
for
The All-Time Top 20
All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
(2003
to Now) |
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There were 22 more
five-figure sales off the chart that are shown in the table below:
| Domain |
Sold For |
Where
Sold |
| Fizz.ai |
$17,999 |
Sedo |
| Recess.xyz |
$17,888 |
Swetha.xyz/Afternic |
| JRU.com |
$17,000 |
Sedo |
| Normal.bg |
$16,800 |
Sedo |
| Windsurf.de |
$16,800 |
Sedo |
| Autodor.com |
$15,500 |
Sedo |
| Nafas.com |
$15,500 |
Sedo |
| FireDynamics.com |
$14,766 |
Sedo |
| Norm.eu |
$14,559 |
Sedo |
| Wallpapers.de |
$14,000 |
Sedo |
| HBRE.com |
$13,478 |
Sedo |
| Capetown.org |
$13,391 |
GoDaddy |
| Carzilla.com |
$13,300 |
Sedo |
| EasyUsenet.com |
$13,000 |
Sedo |
| Devialet.cn |
$12,800 |
Sedo |
| VITD.com |
$12,740 |
XYNames |
| BCGame.at |
$10,640 |
Sedo |
| MEXC.eu |
$10,640 |
Sedo |
| Rulz.com |
$10,640 |
Sedo |
| Housesitting.com |
$10,000 |
Sedo |
| TurboSearch.com |
$10,000 |
Saw.com |
| VisualScience.com |
$10,000 |
Saw.com |
.Com
Supporting Cast
Sedo led the .com supporting cast of four-figure sales
with Comtrac.com and LoopNest.com at $9,995 each.
They added $9,888 for Bagattini.com, $9,799
for Mealsy.com and $9,500 for TheCenterParty.com.
Plaw.com
plucked another $8,999, MegaDream.com made $8,960
a reality and WebInternet.com went for $8,000.
Bactoflor.com brought $7,900 and two
others - CyberCult.com and TGTGlobal.com
- commanded $7,500 apiece.
Sedo had 59 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $6,940 that are listed in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $6,200
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| semnic.com |
$6,940 |
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fluentera.com |
$3,445 |
| happy-day.com |
$6,500 |
banfactoryfarming.com |
$3,360 |
| coverflow.com |
$6,496 |
critical-minerals.com |
$3,360 |
| dictionaries.com |
$6,000 |
indyconcrete.com |
$3,195 |
| avvail.com |
$5,690 |
neobroker.com |
$3,000 |
| vaultsy.com |
$5,665 |
ro88.com |
$3,000 |
| hiseller.com |
$5,516 |
arinvestors.com |
$2,999 |
| pulmo.com |
$5,500 |
savvyscore.com |
$2,999 |
| braes.com |
$5,100 |
packai.com |
$2,988 |
| blue-tech.com |
$5,000 |
barnegat.com |
$2,980 |
| deltaprecision.com |
$5,000 |
bellbird.com |
$2,860 |
| fitnessrx.com |
$5,000 |
ozfootball.com |
$2,800 |
| jeddahrealestate.com |
$5,000 |
verostudio.com |
$2,799 |
| roofingandsiding.com |
$5,000 |
bayareawebdesign.com |
$2,750 |
| wallpaperonline.com |
$5,000 |
amenya.com |
$2,700 |
| gorditas.com |
$4,999 |
trekessentials.com |
$2,700 |
| adamsproperty.com |
$4,995 |
data4me.com |
$2,699 |
| firstfuelcell.com |
$4,988 |
theraw.com |
$2,688 |
| bluesaw.com |
$4,960 |
blendio.com |
$2,660 |
| multnomahfalls.com |
$4,900 |
forgegeo.com |
$2,595 |
| nodepilot.com |
$4,825 |
karotek.com |
$2,500 |
| healr.com |
$4,480 |
mobile-zeitgeist.com |
$2,500 |
| sexymoda.com |
$4,256 |
richardroeper.com |
$2,500 |
| mailboxes4less.com |
$4,199 |
secureapp.com |
$2,500 |
| joinq.com |
$4,000 |
tridentdrilling.com |
$2,500 |
| souqcapital.com |
$3,999 |
olyvis.com |
$2,105 |
| domsub.com |
$3,960 |
dyni.com |
$2,000 |
| casspi.com |
$3,888 |
empee.com |
$2,000 |
| astrara.com |
$3,545 |
simerlaw.com |
$2,000 |
| buburuza.com |
$3,499 |
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Elsewhere, XYNames
notched $6,500 for ShortPro.com and
another $5,500 for SweepKing.com.
Country
Codes
The ccTLD story
just keep getting more impressive. In our last report I noted
"we list all
five-figure and higher sales in our all extension section so you've often seen the top 10 ccTLD sales before you even get to this
section." I went on to note that readers had again already viewed
the entire country code top 10 after 11 ccTDs reached at
least five figures. Here we are, two weeks later, and 16 ccTLD
sales hit five-figures or more!
That leaves just four
sales on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart that
you didn't see above - all of which were posted by Sedo.
That quartet was led by #17 Bookie.de at $9,520.
This, or course, is a classic case of the kind of problem
that's good to have. With all of these big .ai sales
chalking up wins for the country code category, the sun will
likely be out for this group for a long time to come. The latest
evidence of this is their sweep of the first five places on the
ccTLD Top 20, led by those huge blasts from Atom.com - Rush.ai
at $300,000 and Seed.ai at $225,000.
For the record, here is how
the top ccTLDs stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, May
11 2025:
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Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales - Mon. April 28 - Sun.
May 11, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect May 14, 2025)
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Domain
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Sold
For
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Where
Sold
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| 1. |
Rush.ai |
$300,000 |
Atom.com |
| 2. |
Seed.ai |
$225,000 |
Atom.com |
| 3. |
Champion.ai |
$89,500 |
Spaceship
Seller Hub |
| 4. |
Ponder.ai |
$65,000 |
Spaceship
Seller Hub |
| 5. |
Segura.ai |
$50,000 |
Spaceship
Seller Hub |
| 6. |
Idealiste.fr |
€20,000
= $22,400 |
Sedo |
| 7. |
Metal.co.uk |
£16,000
= $21,280 |
DomainLore.uk |
| 8. |
GRY.ai |
€17,000
= $19,040 |
Sedo |
| 9. |
Fizz.ai |
$17,999 |
Sedo |
10.
tie |
Normal.bg |
€15,000
= $16,800 |
Sedo |
10.
tie |
Windsurf.de |
€15,000
= $16,800 |
Sedo |
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| 12. |
Norm.eu |
€12,999
= $14,559 |
Sedo |
| 13. |
Wallpapers.de |
€12,500
= $14,000 |
Sedo |
| 14. |
Devialet.cn |
$12,800 |
Sedo |
15.
tie |
BCGame.at |
€9,500
= $10,640 |
Sedo |
15.
tie |
MEXC.eu |
€9,500
= $10,640 |
Sedo |
| 17. |
Bookie.de |
€8,500
= $9,520 |
Sedo |
| 18. |
Research.ca |
$9,000 |
Sedo |
| 19. |
Vivo.in |
$8,800 |
Sedo |
| 20. |
CMO.nl |
€6,499
= $7,279 |
Sedo |
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There were dozens
of additional ccTLD sales off the chart led by Sedo's sales
of Giga.in at $7,000 and two others - MVC.eu
and Nexusai.de - at $6,719. They added $6,346
for 9x.de and $6,222 for YOM.at.
Sedo had 38 more
four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,998 that are listed
in the table below:
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Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,000 - $5,998
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| te-im.de |
$5,998 |
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clubs4cash.co.uk |
$3,325 |
| ENM.ch |
$5,600 |
abflussteam.de |
$3,080 |
| expoteam.de |
$5,600 |
fishing24.de |
$3,080 |
| dart-europe.eu |
$5,542 |
easycharge.de |
$2,912 |
| sudokugratuit.fr |
$5,040 |
made-in-china.de |
$2,912 |
| artificial.si |
$4,999 |
neue-fenster.de |
$2,800 |
| btcc.eu |
$4,479 |
wedoo.be |
$2,799 |
| flowerpower.fr |
$4,255 |
woven.be |
$2,696 |
| bunker.fr |
$3,920 |
markmywords.de |
$2,666 |
| canvary.de |
$3,920 |
milea.de |
$2,666 |
| moniteurautomobile.fr |
$3,920 |
installateur24.de |
$2,464 |
| Meat.co |
$3,500 |
asterisque.fr |
$2,240 |
| sportmental.de |
$3,373 |
basker.de |
$2,240 |
| largo.be |
$3,360 |
gemeindeverzeichnis.de |
$2,240 |
| launch.es |
$3,360 |
primeengineering.de |
$2,240 |
| YRS.de |
$3,360 |
rammount.es |
$2,240 |
| ninjatrader.eu |
$3,359 |
spielmarkt.de |
$2,240 |
| smartpractice.eu |
$3,359 |
bee.fm |
$2,000 |
| anyone.co.uk |
$3,325 |
easysite.ai |
$2,000 |
At DomainLore.uk
Theta.co.uk clicked for $1,855, PurplePatch.co.uk
produced $1,314 and RRI.co.uk returned $1,103.
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
It was unusually quiet
on the non .com gTLD front this time out with just 10
sales reported. Two of those did reach five figures - a $17,888
sale of #1 Recess.xyz that Swetha.xyz
made through Afternic
and a nice geodomain sale at Godaddy
in Capetown.org at $13,391.
Five of the 10 sales
reported were .orgs, including the $9,888 sale of ZTC.org
that Mazen Ghani made through Afternic.
Here is how the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending
Sunday, May 11, 2025:
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Non
.Com gTLD Top Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. April 28 - Sun.
May 11, 2025
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect May 14, 2025)
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Domain
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Sold
For
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Where
Sold
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| 1. |
Recess.xyz |
$17,888 |
Swetha.xyz/Afternic |
| 2. |
Capetown.org |
$13,391 |
GoDaddy |
| 3. |
ZTC.org |
$9,888 |
Afternic |
| 4. |
Lets.golf |
$7,200 |
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