|
The second month
of the 2024 domain sales season is underway with a pair of six-figure
sales heading our latest bi-weekly all extension Top 20
Sales Chart. Nothing out of the ordinary about that except
for the fact that a .net domain led the charge. That
was a solid $108,897 sale of Profile.net via DAN.com.
The seller's representative, Deepak Rajani,
orchestrated the highest publicly reported .net sale since
last August when IO.net sold for $118,000. Profile.net was
being used as a directory site but Deepak said that will go
away as soon as the buyer changes the nameservers. The new
owners didn't share any details on their plans for the domain
with him.
|
|
|
Sedo
also rang the .com bell at about the same price, banking €100,000
($107,000) for PhotoBooth.com. It may be awhile
before we see what that will become as well. It currently goes
to a Dutch registrar's parking page. Sedo went on to pile up a
dozen chart entries overall including a $45,000 deal
for #6 Soaring.com that was closed by Sedo premium
broker Mark Ghoriafi.
Then
there are all of those impressive .AI sales. With the
artificial intelligence boom currently underway, five .AI
domains landed on the Big Board with four reaching the top
ten. The $59,995 sale of #3
Boombox.ai by James Booth (DomainBooth.com)
led the pack with a $59,500 sale of FEM.ai, reported by Namecheap,
right behind.
|
|
Those .AI sales gave the ccTLD
category a big boost, allowing them to claim eight chart
entries overall. While the TLD is being marketed to mean
"artificial intelligence" it is actually the country
code TLD for Anguilla, a Caribbean island that is a
British overseas territory with a population of just 15,000.
Sedo accounted for all three of the ccTLD sales that were
not .AI, with #12 Alexander.ch leading
that trio at $24,075. While
the non .com gTLDs were limited to three spots they
claimed the big one - #1 with Profile.net - and also
scored with Afternic's
$50,000 sale of #4 (tie) Elixir.xyz and Sedo's $20,000
sale of #14 (tie) Fun.chat.
|
By Ron Jackson
|
|
|
|
One other note
before we go to the bi-weekly charts. With this report we have
just put up our first 2024
YTD Top Sales Charts. Those start with 20 entries
each and will grow with each new report until they are finally
capped at 100 entries each for the remainder of the
year. The final 2023
Top 100 Chart can now be found in our Domain
Sales Archive (along with all of the other annual
Top 100 charts from the past 20 years).
Now, here is how all of the
leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Feb.
4, 2024:
|
|
|
The DN Journal Top 20
Highest
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. Jan. 22 - Sun. Feb.4, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb 7, 2024) |
|
|
Domain
|
Sold For
|
Where
Sold
|
|
1. |
Profile.net |
$108,897 |
DAN.com
|
|
2. |
PhotoBooth.com |
€100,000
= $107,000 |
Sedo |
|
3. |
Boombox.ai |
$59,995 |
DomainBooth |
|
4. |
FEM.ai |
$59,500 |
Namecheap |
|
5. |
Elixir.xyz |
$50,000 |
Afternic |
|
6. |
Soaring.com |
$45,000 |
Sedo |
|
7. |
CardPlus.com |
$35,000 |
Sedo |
|
8. |
Spindle.ai |
$32,560 |
Namecheap |
|
9. |
DataCenters.ai |
$29,700 |
Namecheap |
|
10. |
AstroPhotography.com |
$28,750 |
Sedo |
|
|
11. |
InPlay.ai |
$24,651 |
Namecheap |
|
12. |
Alexander.ch |
€22,500
= $24,075 |
Sedo |
|
13. |
PortOfNeom.com |
$21,209 |
Dynadot |
14.
tie |
Fun.chat |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
PremiumResidency.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
14.
tie |
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.com |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
|
17. |
YourServer.com |
$18,000 |
Sedo |
|
18. |
First.ca |
$17,250 |
Sedo |
|
19. |
XUSD.com |
$16,500 |
Sedo |
|
20. |
Fly.co |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
|
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. |
|
CLICK
HERE for our Year-To-Date Top Sales Charts |
Click Link Below
for
The All-Time Top 20
All-Cash Domain Sales Reported By DNJournal.com
(2003
to Now) |
HealthInsurance Services, Inc
eHealthInsurance Services, Inc
eHealthInsurance Services, Inc
There were seven more five-figure sales just off the chart with Sedo
accounting for all but one of those. They sold Samon.com
for $12,840, Skinned.com for $12,500
and Eoco.com for $11,808. Thailand.org
added $11,000 while DropServicing.com and AutoPrivacy.com
produced $10,000 each.
Elsewhere, Hypsta.com
moved ChessHero.com via SquadHelp for $12,000.
.Com Supporting
Cast
Sedo led the
.com supporting cast of four-figure sales with GardenFence.com
($9,995), XClinic.com ($9,844) and Energiequelle.com
($9,613). They added $8,000 apiece for FireCo.com
and MetalArt.com while HappyNurse.com
dispensed $7,995.
BancoCentral.com
deposited $7,920, ReferUs.com returned $7,500
and TrustName.com notched $7,000. StreetApp.com
drew $6,688, HappyStones.com hauled away
$6,500, BeatStore.com booked $6,300 and NewQuay.com
kicked in $6,159.
Sedo had
38 more
four-figure .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,900 that
are listed in the table below:
|
Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,900 |
| medusaweb.com |
$5,900 |
|
h2core.com |
$3,210 |
| titronic.com |
$5,900 |
extempore.com |
$3,209 |
| axaar.com |
$5,500 |
aniday.com |
$3,000 |
| tennistoday.com |
$5,350 |
farm-ing.com |
$3,000 |
| oamall.com |
$5,213 |
poopeys.com |
$2,889 |
| polartherm.com |
$5,000 |
smithheat.com |
$2,888 |
| event-go.com |
$4,999 |
emare.com |
$2,675 |
| aicv.com |
$4,900 |
fallstudien.com |
$2,675 |
| charolles.com |
$4,800 |
nukeitalia.com |
$2,675 |
| evelyne.com |
$4,800 |
schwarzenberger.com |
$2,675 |
| aleccook.com |
$4,340 |
ednalewis.com |
$2,500 |
| occultism.com |
$4,280 |
oguser.com |
$2,500 |
| lawvegas.com |
$4,000 |
sugapop.com |
$2,500 |
| pushkar.com |
$4,000 |
thailandtrip.com |
$2,500 |
| 2direct.com |
$3,839 |
causepreneur.com |
$2,495 |
| ameliavicini.com |
$3,800 |
causepreneurs.com |
$2,495 |
| gta-rp.com |
$3,800 |
hpcworld.com |
$2,400 |
| multicoach.com |
$3,495 |
uvmatrix.com |
$2,245 |
| pornscene.com |
$3,488 |
holygifts.com |
$2,000 |
Dynadot
had a nice group in this range too, ringing up $9,010 for
Rarbg.com. $6,310 for Voronoi.com
and $6,110 for AkitaFan.com. JDTrucks.com
drove off with $5,346, MasonicAid.com
contributed $5,000 and KickingTheStigma.com
clicked for $4,895.
Also at Dynadot, EclipseTrades.com
took in $3,895, PersonsAttempting.com
posted $3,500 and SecondMe.com sold for $3,394.
Parcely.com pulled another $3,060, JerilAndGreene.com
welcomed $2,895 and RAUA.com yielded $2,785.
FastLaneLending.com located $2,498, Creatuforo.com
fetched $2,235 and LemonClaims.com squeezed
out $2,000.
At XYNames.com
MyToyland.com and Gift2Give.com gathered $5,500
each while Earnm.com captured $4,200. InvestTrek.com
tallied $3,699, QuizPod.com plucked $3,500
and ChipWatch.com chalked up $2,000.
Country
Codes
Most of the ccTLD
story from the past couple of weeks was told in the all
extension section above with country domains piling up eight
chart entries on the premier chart - just one less than the
always powerful .coms. Since you saw all of those on the Big
Board, the highest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet is the #9
domain on our latest Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Sedo's $9,500 sale of Talentus.ch.
Sedo rounded out the
top ten with ClearBank.de at $8,453 and went on to
pile up 13 of the 20 chart entries overall. Aside from
DomainBooth and Namecheap, the only other venue to
sidestep the Sedo steamroller was DomainLore.uk
where #18 Mood.uk went for $6,048 and #20 RAB.co.uk
sold for $5,670.
Here is how the ccTLDs stacked up for the
two weeks ending Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024:
|
|
Country
Code Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest Reported
ccTLD Sales - Mon. Jan. 22 - Sun. Feb.4, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb 7, 2024) |
|
| |
Domain
|
Sold For
|
Where
Sold
|
|
1. |
Boombox.ai |
$59,995 |
DomainBooth |
|
2. |
FEM.ai |
$59,500 |
Namecheap |
|
3. |
Spindle.ai |
$32,560 |
Namecheap |
|
4. |
DataCenters.ai |
$29,700 |
Namecheap |
|
5. |
InPlay.ai |
$24,651 |
Namecheap |
|
6. |
Alexander.ch |
€22,500
= $24,075 |
Sedo |
|
7. |
First.ca |
$17,250 |
Sedo |
|
8. |
Fly.co |
$15,000 |
Sedo |
|
9. |
Talentus.ch |
$9,500 |
Sedo |
|
10. |
ClearBank.de |
€7,900
= $8,453 |
Sedo |
|
|
11. |
RenewTech.de |
€7,500
= $8,025 |
Sedo |
|
12. |
Templar.co |
€7,499
= $8,024 |
Sedo |
|
13. |
Pages.fr |
€7,000
= $7,490 |
Sedo |
|
14. |
NextDay.eu |
€6,499
= $6,954 |
Sedo |
|
15. |
Immobilienwerk.de |
€6,000
= $6,420 |
Sedo |
|
16. |
Skills.eu |
€5,999
= $6,419 |
Sedo |
|
17. |
Vibe.eu |
€5,999
= $6,419 |
Sedo |
|
18. |
Mood.co.uk |
£4,800
= $6,048 |
DomaLore.uk |
|
19. |
RXS.fr |
€5,450
= $5,832 |
Sedo |
|
20. |
RAB.co.uk |
£4,500
= $5,670 |
DomainLore.uk |
|
CLICK
HERE for our Year-To-Date Charts. |
 |
There were dozens of
additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart, led by Sedo's
sales of Zepto.in at $5,500 and Onsen.eu
at $5,350.They added $5,000 for E.pn
and $4,558 apiece for Lighters.eu and Marelle.fr.
Fundraising.de
delivered another $4,387, ABN.co commanded $4,280
and Nunc.de drew $4,066. Sedo added 36
more sales in this
ranging from $2,140 to $3,995 that are listed in the table below:
|
Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $2,140 - $3,995
|
| janelinha.com.br |
$3,995 |
|
2dekansje.nl |
$2,675 |
| singlebörse.at |
$3,745 |
garten-liebe.de |
$2,675 |
| smart-dock.de |
$3,531 |
medsys.eu |
$2,675 |
| notifications.ai |
$3,500 |
meinnow.de |
$2,675 |
| evolution.cx |
$3,424 |
electricmind.de |
$2,674 |
| bauwerksabdichtung.de |
$3,210 |
yesyoucan.fr |
$2,674 |
| beddengoed.be |
$3,210 |
dax.es |
$2,515 |
| bluplanet.de |
$3,209 |
egr.ch |
$2,354 |
| heyai.de |
$3,209 |
trueheart.de |
$2,301 |
| solarmate.de |
$3,209 |
wattsup.de |
$2,246 |
| aklief.de |
$3,103 |
bugout.eu |
$2,140 |
| supplyx.de |
$3,103 |
guardrail.eu |
$2,140 |
| sonnenkönig.de |
$2,996 |
homestaging.fr |
$2,140 |
| droneshop.de |
$2,943 |
onlineabmeldung.de |
$2,140 |
| familymobil.de |
$2,943 |
online-abmeldung.de |
$2,140 |
| united-events.de |
$2,943 |
renting.de |
$2,140 |
| vs-cloud.de |
$2,943 |
smartbuy.ch |
$2,140 |
| driver.ca |
$2,825 |
standortbestimmung.de |
$2,140 |
Dynadot
had a strong run of numerical .tv domain sales
that included the following:
| 996.tv |
$5,531 |
| 995.tv |
$4,675 |
| 328.tv |
$4,235 |
| 826.tv |
$2,976 |
| 857.tv |
$2,877 |
| 693.tv |
$2,131 |
| 713.tv |
$1,975 |
| 677.tv |
$1,367 |
Dynadot also moved Melissa.io
for $5,039, Pogo.io at $4,957 and Starlink.io
at $3,383.
Backat DomainLore.uk,
ProlificLondon.co.uk produced £1,925 ($2,426).
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
The Non .com
gTLDs were led by that 800-pound .net gorilla - Profile.net
at $108,897 that led off this report. That headed a power
trio at the top of our latest
bi-weekly Non .Com TLD Top 20 Sales Chart that also
included Elixir.xyz at $50,000 and Fun.chat
at $20,000. Sedo rounded out the first five with
Thailand.org at $11,000 and Yellow.network at $7,500.
The .nets won
the TLD race with seven chart entries - two better than the five
put up by .org. With nine different extensions
represented on the leader board, the only other TLD with
multiple entries was .art with a pair that tied for #15
at $3,250 each - Forma.art at Namecheap and
Trash.art via Godaddy.
Here is how all of the non
.com gTLD leaders stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, Feb.
4, 2024:
|
|
|
Non
.Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart
Highest
Reported Non .Com gTLD Sales: Mon. Jan. 22 - Sun.
Feb.4, 2024
(Foreign
currency to U.S. Dollar Conversions Based on Rates in
Effect Feb 7, 2024)
|
|
| |
Domain
|
Sold For
|
Where
Sold
|
|
1. |
Profile.net |
$108,897 |
DAN.com
|
|
2. |
Elixir.xyz |
$50,000 |
Afternic |
|
3. |
Fun.chat |
$20,000 |
Sedo |
|
4. |
Thailand.org |
$11,000 |
Sedo |
|
5. |
Yellow.network |
$7,500 |
Sedo |
|
6. |
Uplooder.net |
$6,500 |
Sedo |
|
7. |
SafeDrive.org |
$5,100 |
Sedo |
|
8. |
Strafrecht.net |
€5,450
= $5,832 |
Sedo |
|
9. |
StopImpairedDriving.org |
$5,011 |
Dynadot |
|
10. |
TidalWave.net |
$4,995 |
Afternic |
 |
11.
tie |
SpellingBee.net |
$4,500 |
Sedo |
11.
tie |
Squares.org |
$4,500 |
Sedo |
|
13. |
Senka.net |
€3,800
= $4,066 |
Sedo |
|
14. |
ClimateMedicine.org |
$3,895 |
Dynadot |
15.
tie |
Forma.art |
$3,250 |
Namecheap |
15.
tie |
Trash.art |
$3,250 |
GoDaddy |
|
17. |
CryptoCasinos.online |
€3,000
= $3,210 |
Sedo |
|
18. |
Bit.club |
€2,888
= $3,090 |
Sedo |
|
19. |
Eternel.net |
$2,995 |
Sedo |
|
20. |
Liz.biz |
$2,888 |
Afternic |
 |
|
|
In additional sales
just off the chart, Sedo sold 2028.paris for $2,674
and MoneyManagementInternational.org for $2,500
while Dynadot moved Eigenclass.org for $2,236 and
Yacht.pro for $1,173.
Now that you're up to date
on what happened over the past two weeks, check out our first 2024
Year to Date Top Sales Charts.
*****
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 [email protected].
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.
Every other Wednesday
we publish the highest reported domain name sales reported to us over
the preceding two weeks. Thanks to those data contributors we are able
to produce the industry's most comprehensive sales report.
Editor's
Note: If you wish to review previous Domain Sales columns,
they are available in our Archive.
|
