Kaya to metal: sale of $ 165,000 in Sedo WINS race for Aftermarket domain this week

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Peddle to the Metal: $165,000 Sale at Sedo Sends Metal.com to Victory Lane in This Week's Aftermarket Race 

Metal.com scored a runaway win in this week's domain aftermarket race, selling for $165,000 at Sedo.com to take the pole position on our new Top 20 Sales Chart. Metal.com finished more than $100,000 ahead of the next closest sale, StockPrices.com at $60,000. Sedo also sold that domain and they went on to sweep 12 of the 20 positions on our all extension leader board. 

Sedo's roster included four ccTLDs that broke through the strong .com defensive line to take places on the elite list. Two of those country codes landed in the top ten; #4 Furniture.co.za (South African ccTLD) at $33,000 and #8 MO.de (German ccTLD) at $21,039. 

The non .com gTLDs had two representatives on the Big Board, led by #5 FuneralHome.net at $30,000. That sale, made by ProForma Inc., the sales wing of Frank Schilling's company, Name Administration, is the second biggest non .com gTLD sale of 2010 to date. 

By Ron Jackson

ProForma was the only other venue besides Sedo to ring up multiple chart entries, taking five places including four of the first ten. A pair or four-letter .coms helped their cause. #6 Itao.com commanded $25,000 and #7 HRSI.com drew $22,000.  

Also earning chart honors this week were Moniker.com who closed the $40,000 sale of #3 FederalAid.com from their DOMAINfest Global live auction, Bido.com who banked $16,500 from the sale of #12 UDRP.com and the AfternicDLS who scored with #14 Swifty.com at $16,000.

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 28:

 

The DN Journal Top 20 
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Feb. 22, 2010 - Sun. Feb. 28, 2010
Euro to Dollar Conversion (? to $) is Based on Rates in Effect March 2, 2010

Keep in mind that these are the highest value 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.

For the many newcomers entering the domain industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market. If you do not understand why specific domain names command the prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases. We highly recommend that you do some basic research before you buy anything! As a starting point we have built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.

There were a dozen more five-figure .com sales just off the chart led by Sedo's sale of FranceHotels.org for ?9,999 ($13,599). They also sold ISP.co.uk for ?7,500 ($11,250) and a trio of domains for $10,000 each; 2C.com, KCMS.com and Manilla.com. 

ProForma Inc. sold Weena.com ($13,000), EmbroideryPatterns.com ($12,500) and Locox.com ($10,000). The AfterDLS.com sold Discern.com for $12,800 and General AutoInsurance.com for $10,000 while Moniker moved GuyTube.com for $12,250 and SpamGuard.com for $12,000 through their DOMAINfest Global auction.

.Com Supporting Cast

NameJet.com led the four-figure .com supporting cast with wwwintuit.com at $9,999. Balmoral.com bagged $8,000 and WinGames.com went for $6,500. PayXpress.com provided $5,544, Practica.com pulled $5,532 and USATrade.com tacked on $4,300. 

MichaelsFurniture.com delivered $4,200, FirstQuote.com fetched $4,074 and GreatBeginnings.com grossed $4,055. NameJet had 25 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,601 that are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,601Back at Sedo SageCollege.com conferred $9,860, CityHouse.com seated $8,500 and Solar-Panel.com generated $6,528. SocialFlow.com soaked up $6,500 with three others; Simman.com, Topicology.com and TravelRobot.com returning $6,000 each. 

ShockBox.com plugged in $5,440 and AvWorld.com unwound $5,237 while SeizeTheDay.com and Kakoo.com kicked in $5,000 apiece. Sedo had 40 more .com sales ranging  from $2,000 to $4,999 that are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,999At the AfternicDLS BeachBabies.com and Pipsa.com produced $9,000 each while 2DR.com and BestHeadphones.com brought $7,000 apiece. FamilyAttorney.com found $6,900, IntegratedMarketingServices.com added $6,800 and MarijuanaSeed.com sprouted $6,622. 

Sobrevive.com secured $6,400, StarSites.com attracted $5,188 and MasterArt.com displayed $5,100. Locol.com landed $4,600 while GetVisible.com and Guud.com grabbed $4,388 each. The Afternic DLS had 63 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,188 that are listed in the table below:

Additional AfternicDLS .Com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,188As part of their expanded promotion program, the AfternicDLS also sold three more names through Sedo; OffShow.com ($3,888), Andare.com ($3,150) and Unguru.com ($2,488). 

At Rick Latona Auctions, DebtConsolidator.com cornered $9,500, CleaningCompany.com and TireCenter.com tallied $3,500 each and Romanced.com connected for $2,500. 

Sales from Moniker's DOMAINfest Global auction also continued to close. Those finalized this week included Chilling.com ($8,000), CollectibleCards.com ($5,000) and DigitalServers.com ($2,700). From their online platform Moniker also sold IdealNetwork.com for $4,574 and HVC.com for $4,149. 

At SnapNames.com GoPolitics.com produced $7,750, StateAutoInsurance.com covered $4,115 and WoolScarves.com warmed up $3,607. MotorcycleSupplies.com braked at $3,150, Whitefield.com corralled $3,005 and TicketPlus.com admitted $2,155. 

Elsewhere, GoDaddy Auctions sold Pravo.com for $3,010 and FileQube.com for $2,227, YummyNames.com got a $3,000 yield from Travelology.com and MediaOptions.com captured $2,350 with iTattoo.com. 

 

Country Codes

South Africa's .co.za extension has been making some noise in recent months and that trend continued this week when Furniture.co.za produced the leading sale on our new Country Code Top 20 Chart. That domain went for $33,000 at Sedo, a venue that swept 19 of the 20 positions on our latest weekly leader board. With the 2010 World Cup soccer championship coming to South Africa in June, that nation is going to be in a global spotlight that may add additional fuel to the .co.za fire. 

The next three spots went to a trio of five-figure .de domain (German ccTLDs). You saw all of those on the all extension leader board at the top of this report. The biggest country code sale you haven't seen yet is #6 DI.de at $9,520. The .de and .co.uk (Great Britain) extensions pied up eight chart entries each.  

The other countries earning chart entries this week were Italy (.it), France (.fr) and Australia (.com.au). Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Feb. 28:

Country Code Top 20
 Highest Reported ccTLD  Sales: Mon. Feb. 22, 2010 - Sun. Feb. 28, 2010
Euro to Dollar Conversion (? to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Tue. March 2, 2010

There were dozens of additional four figure sales off the ccTLD chart with Sedo again accounting for the vast majority of those. Their supplemental list was led by Sonometre.fr ($3,944), EYC.de ($3,808), KGForum.de ($3,468) and MLED.de ($3,305). 

Sedo had 55 more country code sales ranging from $1,000 to $3,200 that are listed in the chart below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $3,200Elsewhere NetFleet.com.au sold WaterRestrictions.com.au ($2,115) and EnergyNews.com.au ($1,260) while the AfternicDLS moved a 1-letter Costa Rican domain - O.cr - for $1,300. 

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.

Global Contenders (Non .com gTLDs: .biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org, .pro & .tel)

The $30,000 sale of FuneralHome.net by ProForma Inc. tops our new Global Contenders Top 20 Chart and ranks as the second highest GC sale so far in 2010, trailing only Poker.org (admittedly trailing by a mile since Poker.org went for $1 million last week). 

The FuneralHome.net sale was one of three five-figure transactions in the non .com gTLD category this week - all of which were listed in the all extension section earlier. The top GC sale you haven't seen yet is #4 Testberichte.info, a name that brought $8,160 at Sedo. 

That was the only .info on the leader board. The .nets set the pace by sweeping 10 spots, followed by .org with seven. .Biz hit the daily double with a pair of names that reached the top ten; #7 Gutscheine.biz at $6,800 and #9 Denver.biz at $4,700. Both of those domains were sold by Sedo whose 12 chart entries led all venues. 

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending Feb. 28:

Global Contenders Top 20
 Highest Reported Non .Com Global TLD  Sales 
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Feb. 22, 2010 - Sun. Feb. 28, 2010
Euro to Dollar Conversion (? to $) is Based on Rates in Effect March 2, 2010

There were several dozen additional GC sales just off the chart. NameJet had the highest of those with Visit-Annapolis.org at $2,102. HospitalList.net added $2,000 and Routes.net returned $1,410. KWRU.org contributed $1,354, Limsat.org located $1,345 and Hoax.net notched $1,200. 

At the AfternicDLS Spielautomat.net and GetLocal.org got $2,088 each while Preva.net nailed $1,988. The AfternicDLS had 23 more non .com gTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,888 that you can review in the table below:

Additional AfternicDLS GC Sales Between $1,000 - $1,888The AfternicDLS also used Sedo to sell Educaweb.net for $1,588 through their expanded promotion platform.

At Sedo the winners included Cree.org ($1,999), Bracelet.org ($1,700) and Hmong.net ($1,499). LoveBox.info flirted iwth $1,360, Fussballtrikot.net trapped $1,292 and CarHifi.net cranked out $1,258. 

Adnoc.net drew $1,170, SolarHosting.org sold for $1,156 and Truculenica.org locked up $1,047. Webstar.info and Brillenmode.net brought $1,020 each while StrokeAwareness.net and Sheba.net buttoned up $1,000 apiece. 

Elsewhere, SnapNames sold HairDryer.org ($1,500), Zhibo.net ($1,263) and Plotter.net ($1,250) and MediaOptions moved Rentals.biz ($1,600) and Pickles.net ($1,200). 

Now that you're up to date on what happened over the past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all categories by visiting our Year To Date Charts page.

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We truly appreciate the industry leading companies who share their sales information with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current domain values. Richard Meyer of Domain Sales Center also provides invaluable help in collecting data for these sales reports each week.

Every Tuesday night or Wednesday morning we publish the highest reported domain name sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that information and write this article to give you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry. 

Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.

 

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