Parameter name: request
Translate Request has too much data
Parameter name: request
Dirt Poor No More: Dirt.com Sells for Six Figures to Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
You've heard the expression - "Cheaper than dirt" - well, when it comes to domain names dirt is anything but cheap. GoDaddy Auctions proved that by selling Dirt.com for $100,000 to take the #1 position on our latest weekly Top 20 Domain Sales Chart. GoDaddy placed two more names on the all extension leader board; #18 TVSDesign.com at $14,000 and #20 UKC.com at $12,000.
Only Sedo had more chart entries, sweeping nine places on the elite list. Their roster was led by an unlikely candidate, a domain with not one, not two, but three hyphens in it! #3 Entre-Midi-Et-2.com changed hands for $35,100 in the highest sale we have ever seen for a triple hyphenated domain.
Sedo also accounted for all five ccTLDs that earned places on the Big Board. That country code quintet was led by #4 (tie) Sites.co.uk at $35,000. Two other ccTLDs landed on the top half of the chart; #6 HairSpray.co.uk at $26,000 and #7 ProShop.de at $25,025.
By Ron Jackson The non .com gTLDs had three representatives (all .nets) on the Top 20, led by the RickLatona.com sale of #4 (tie) BreastCancer.net to the National Breast Cancer Foundation for $35,000. Latonas.com (the auction house that is a sister site to RickLatona.com's brokerage operation) also had a big sale this week, closing #2 Temp.com at $80,000.
One other venue, the AfternicDLS , had multiple chart entries, scoring with #8 SmartStuff.com at $22,650 and #19 EWE.net at $12,500 as well as teaming up with YummyNames on #13 GoldenRetrievers.com at $17,799. Chart honors also went to Moniker for #9 ConsumerRentals.com at $21,000.
Two of the week's 20 biggest deals were consummated in private transactions. Bill Karamouzis (the subject of our April 2010 Cover Story) acquired #14 ExecutiveMBA.com for $17,000 and Jason Drake moved #15 KII.com for $16,300. Karamouzis made another five-figure purchase that fell just short of the Top 20 - MinuteGames.com at $10,000.
Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Sept. 12:
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Sept. 6, 2010 - Sun. Sept. 12, 2010
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 15, 2010Keep 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 4 more five-figure sales just off the chart with Sedo accounting for the highest of those - HermesWorld.de at $11,700. They also sold Sparked.com for $10,000. In a pair of private sales PlaygroundEquipment.info changed hands for $10,000 and, as we noted above, MinuteGames.com moved to a new owner - also at $10,000. .Com Supporting CastGoDaddy Auctions led the four-figure .com supporting cast with MyFavorites.com at $9,995. Their roster also included LHO.com ($8,045), ChinaReview.com ($4,999) and iWebsites.com ($4,116). TVBNow.com added $4,105, ODAL.com kicked in $3,550 and SolarSkimmer.com drew $3,500. Two others; Beach Accessories.com and GeoBlog.com banked $3,004 each. Back at Sedo, JazzHeaven.com drummed up $8,970, PropertyCheck.com chalked up $8,000 and OKDigital.com commanded $6,500. Ikana.com, Mioma.com and OnPay.com posted $5,000 each while Betxchange.com chipped in $4,550. OffShoreWorld.com went for $4,500 and Hanfsamen.com captured $4,446. Sedo had 27 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,900 that are listed in the table below:Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,900At the AfternicDLS CharmedMemories.com recalled $6,160, Ponding.com produced $6,000 and ChildCareInfo.com fetched $4,388. ArabPC.com booted up $4,188 while ManagementCourse.com and UnitedMarketing.com yielded $4,000 apiece. AMGCorp.com corralled $3,688 and MainBar.com bottled $3,588. The AfternicDLS had 43 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,500. Those are listed in the table below:Additional AfternicDLS .Com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,500The AfternicDLS also sold a couple of names through Sedo as part of their expanded promotion platform; Skrill.com at $3,988 and AFJK.com at $2,064. They moved another - EventsUSA.com - through GoDaddy Auctions for $3,500. Elsewhere YummyNames sold BBQGuru.com for $4,300 and NationwideRecycling.com for $4,000 while Moniker moved SmilesForAll.com for $3,836.
Country CodesA half dozen five-figure sales (all listed in the all extension section at the top of this report) led by Sites.co.uk at $35,000 headlined the action in the country code category this week. The highest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet is #7 on our new Country Code Top 20 Chart - Secret.it (Italian ccTLD), a name that sold through Sedo for $9,880. Sedo went on to sweep 17 of the 21 chart entries (the extra spot resulted from a five-way tie for the final position). BliXem Internet claimed three places on the leader board, led by #10 Banensite.nl (Dutch ccTLD) at $7,605. DropWizard.com also cracked the Top 20 with their $4,000 sale of #15 Seasonique.ca (Canadian ccTLD). As is usually the case, Germany's .de extension had the most chart entries with 7. Great Britain's .co.uk and the Netherlands' .nl were next with three apiece. The notable sales included a one letter .st domain (Sao Tome and Principe ccTLD) #12 J.st at $5,000 through Sedo.Here is how all of the country code leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sept. 12:
Country Code Top 20Highest Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. Sept. 6, 2010 - Sun. Sept. 12, 2010
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 15, 2010
There were dozens of additional four figure sales off the ccTLD chart. Sedo had the lion's share of those including InfoPlan.de and LiveScores.co.uk at $3,120 each. They also sold Tracker.us for $3,000 and InternetWeek.eu for $2,795. Sedo had 43 more ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,600 that are listed in the table below:Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,600Drop.com.au once again had a nice group of Australian ccTLD sales to add including CreditCardApproval.com.au at $2,390, League.net.au at $1,499 and FantasyFootball.com.au at $1,406. EscortAgencies.com.au added $1,219 and Naturopaths.com.au notched $1,099. 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, .asia, .pro & .tel)One of the year's 10 biggest non .com gTLD sales - BreastCancer.net at $35,000 via RickLatona.com - led the Global Contenders pack this week. That was one of four five-figure sales in this category. You saw all of those in the all extension section at the top of this report. The highest GC sale you haven't seen yet is #5 CableTelevision.net, sold for $6,000 by Moniker in their DOMAINfest New York live auction and just closed this past week. Sedo and the AfternicDLS each had a hand in eight GC sales. Sedo's line up included #6 Medicos.org at $5,850 while the AfternicDLS team included #7 (tie) OutdoorThermometers.net at $5,000. The two venues teamed up to sell another domain at that price, Xmas.org. The same keywords were featured in two of the charted sales - PlaygroundEquipment.info at $10,000 and PlaygroundEquipment.biz at $4,000. The same buyer - an end user - bought both domains in private sales involving two separate sellers. Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sept. 12:
Global Contenders Top 20Highest Reported Non .Com Global TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Sept. 6, 2010 - Sun. Sept. 12 2010
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Sept. 15, 2010
There were several dozen additional four-figure GC sales just off the chart with the AfternicDLS posting the highest of those - Medcomp.net at $2,500. They added $2,388 for DJMix.org and $2,200 for NaturalSelection.net. The AfternicDLS has 22 more non .com gTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,000. Those are listed in the table below:Additional AfternicDLS non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,000In additional expanded promotion sales using Sedo the company sold Kaminoefen.net ($1,733), DoorLocks.net ($1,188) and PhotoFix.net ($1,000). The AfternicDLS also worked with YummyNames to sell PickupArtist.org for $1,277. Sedo sold Jugendherberge.mobi for $2,340 and Kit.org for $2,000. Sedo had 16 more four-figure non .com gTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,690. Those are listed in the table below: Additional Sedo non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $1,690 Elsewhere, SCM.info went for $1,500 in a private sale.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.
*****As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies, private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale made through any channel. To contribute information and help make this column better, just drop a note to editor@dnjournal.com.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 Wednesday 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.
No comments:
Post a Comment