The Year's Three Biggest Sales Were ALL Posted This Week With One Topping $900,000
The last couple of weeks we've been wondering if buyers fromChina would return in force after their Chinese New Year's break. With the kinds of domains they prefer (short .com acronyms and numeric domains) largely missing from our charts in February it looked questionable. But with NameJet releasing all of their February sales this week - and some other venues chiming in with solid sales - it became obvious that a lot of those kinds of names were being sold throughout the month (domains that are being seen on the chart for the first time this week). That is a very good sign. In fact the year's three biggest sales to date were all reported this week, led by a blockbuster $929,000 sale of TP.com via NameJet. It was followed by two more sales that totaled nearly half a million dollars - Clash.com at $250,000 in a private transaction and Lawn.com at $240,000 via NameJet.  Two more six-figure sales rounded out the first five on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart - TotalCare.com at$120,000 and Youi.com at $100,000 (both in private transactions). The leader board also includes eight ever popular3-letter .coms led by a pair that tied for #8 at $53,000 each -ABU.com via NameJet and GFN.com through ErwanKina.com. Those helped the .coms sweep 18 of the 20 chart entries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The two non .com sales were also ultra short and highly valued. In fact #6 C.gl at $85,000 viaFlippa was the highest ccTLD sale reported so far this year (.gl is the country code forGreenland). The other big winner from the non .com group was #13 NK.net at $37,300 through NameJet. In addition to all of these sales, George Kirikos of Leap.com dug up a couple of big ones from late 2015 by going through a corporate SEC filing and a WIPO case this week. One of those was amonster deal involving the sale of CancerInsurance.com to Tranzact that could earn the seller as much as $7.9 million! the passage George uncovered said, "The purchase price included cash of $1.1 million and a liability of $2.0 million for contingent consideration that is payable if EBITDA exceeds amounts defined in the purchase agreement between November 6, 2016 and May 6, 2018. The maximum amount of the contingent consideration is $6.8 million." If it reaches the max, that amount added to the $1.1 million already paid should give the seller avery comfortable retirement! With the final number for CancerInsurance.com still in flux we can't chart that sale but were able to add another one George found to our 2015 Top 100 Chart (where it ranks #36). A WIPO decision he reviewed revealed that Halifax.com has been sold for $175,000 in September. Unfortunately for the company who bought it, they would up losing the name in this UDRPproceeding. As always, our thanks to George for uncovering these important transactions as he has done with others many times in the past. Now back to this week's chat activity. Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016: HealthInsurance Services, Inc eHealthInsurance Services, Inc eHealthInsurance Services, Inc
There were 33 more five figure sales off the chart with NameJet booking 19 of those led byEMX.com at $28,200, followed by four more 3-letter .coms - VKM.com ($27,000), OAH.com ($26,000), VKF.com ($23,301) and XAY.com ($23,001). 97088.com added $22,500, EXJ.com commanded $22,300 and Layouts.com landed $22,050.4330.com clicked for $16,800, Spew.com and Ichong.com chalked up $14,000 apiece andHuoyao.com yielded $13,800. NameJet's ledger also included 4753.com at $13,100, Centra.com at $12,200 and Jet.ski at$12,000. Rounding out their hit parade were 34569.com at $10,100 and two others at $10,000 apiece - 98.tv and Wrappers.com. Sedo rang up $24,900 for VKN.com, $21,800 for Maschine.com and LeoTech.com tacked on$20,000. Weltliteratur.de delivered $16,132 and Selenite.com notched $14,200 whileDataSecure.com and LocoMotor.com made $10,000 apiece. Elsewhere, Flippa sold RPU.com for $26,505 and OOO.net for $10,000, GoDaddyAuctionsmoved PropertyTax.org at $19,800 for John Napoletano, SnapNames sold Xingbao.com for$16,001 and StrategyNaming.com collected $15,000 for HelpYa.com. Also in a pair of private transactions 5thAvenue.com changed hands for $25,000 and SellRealEstate.com sold for $10,000. .Com Supporting Cast NameJet led the .Com supporting cast of additional four-figure sales with a pair of $9,900names - Lega.com and Minu.com. 99229.com added $9,001, Keypoint.com kicked in $8,160and Restored.com returned $6,800. 79558.com captured $6,720, SmokeWeed.com went for $6,600, NOJA.com drew $6,500and Palu.com provided $6,300. NameJet had 111 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000to $6,000 that are listed in the table below:
XX8.com secured $7,000, Lexit.com located $6,000 and AAMoney.com made $5,938.Hantar.com hauled in $5,800 while MoneySmarts.com and OrientStar.com added $5,341 each. Sedo had 38 more four-figure sales ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:
In a couple of private transactions VoyeurCams.com sold for $7,777 and Child-Guard.comgarnered $2,000. Elsewhere, GenieDomains sold Deltree.com and FieldGo.com for $2,000 each while Flippa moved BoostSEO.com for $2,501 along with DWWJ.com ($2,295), JJWP.com ($2,150) andLSWP.com ($2,050). Country Codes The ccTLDs were led by the big $85,000 sale of C.gl at Flippa - the year's biggest country code sale to date. Two other five figure sales were reported in this category - Weltliteratur.de at$16,132 via Sedo and 98.tv at $10,000 through NameJet. The first five on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart was filled out by #4Leaflets.co.uk ($8,456 at DomainLore.co.uk) and #5 Data.me ($8,000 at IndusDomains). Sedo piled up 15 of of the 21 chart entries (a 3-way tie for the final spot resulted in the extra position) with a roster than included #6 Sid.co at $7,500. Germany's .de easily won the extension race with nine chart entries. No other TLD had more than two. Here is how the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016:
There were several more four-figure sales off the chart led by Sedo's $2,593 sale ofMyPasta.de. FCP.cc added $2,388, Tristar.de delivered $2,387 and LVB.nl notched $2,344.TruckPaper.ca sold for $2,238, HBK.co brought $2,200 and Madoo.de made $2,188. Four others - Die-Cloud.de, Hive.eu, Metanet.de and PanPizza1879.cn - generated $2,180 apiecewhile Yagizi.com.br banked $2,000. UnicDomains also used Sedo to sell 5K.ca for $1,850. Elsewhere Golem.eu sold Metenet.eu for $2,179 and BlackPowder.eu for $1,090. Also, in a private transaction, IAS.us changed hands for $1,855. 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 (.net, .org, .biz, .info & others, including new gTLDs) The non .com gTLDs were led by that $37,300 NameJet sale of NK.net that you saw on the all extension Top 20 chart at the top of this report and the three additional five-figure sales we noted below that chart. The highest sale in this group that you haven't seen yet is #5 on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. That is Backgrounds.net, a domain that Sedo sold for $9,999. Four of the next six spots went to new gTLD .top domains sold by the Jiangsu Bangningregistrar. Those were led by #6 Fang.top at $9,792 and #7 News.top at $9,486. The .nets easily won the extension race with 10 chart entries, followed by .top with five. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016:
There were dozens of additional four-figure sales off the chart with NameJet accounting for the bulk of those including the biggest in the bunch - TTF.net at $4,000. YSG.net added $3,930,QQH.net notched $3,910 and KXX.net kicked in $3,820. NameJet had 116 more four-figure non .com gTLD sales - the vast majority of them 3-letter .nets - ranging from $2,001 to $3,800 that are listed in the table below:
Back at Sedo Kunstrasen.online landed $3,269, BU.biz banked $3,100 and CyberSex.org sold for $3,000. Mars.audio made $2,998, EGH.net drew $2,600 and EAAS.org gained $2,500.833.org added $2,202 and 797.org attracted $2,051. Elsewhere, Jiangsu Bangning sold Zhuangxiu.top for $3,060, Light.pro changed hands for$1,690 in a private transaction, Phoenix.life fetched $1,300 for Todd Savage atDomainNameSales and Klaxons.net booked $1,001 via SnapNames. 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. 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 ourArchive. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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