February 2010, Top Domain Sales !

Boating.com Docks at $250,000 to Top Domain Aftermarket Action Over the Past Two Weeks
I was away covering the DOMAINfest Global conference in Los Angeles last week so, with this double length report, I’m going to bring you completely up to date on all domain sales reported since our last column two weeks ago. Our usual Top 20 Charts have all been expanded to 40 positions to make room for the double dose of data we have for your this time out. Starting at the top, a trio of six-figure sales set the pace over the past fortnight, with the AfternicDLS sale of Boating.com at $250,000 leaving all comers in its wake. The next two spots went to a pair of country code domains sold through Sedo.com; Website.de at €101,150 ($141,610) and Designer.co.uk at £76,300 ($122,080). The surging ccTLDs accounted for three of the top five sales with Lundi.fr settling into the #5 slot after a €50,000 ($70,000), also at Sedo. The country codes wound up take 11 of the 43 places on the expanded Big Board (the extra positions resulted from a 6-way tie for the final opening).	By Ron Jackson
The .com contingent drew strength from #4 Macaroni.com ($74,607 at NameJet) and a string of Sedo sales that filled positions 6 through 11. ComTech.com at $60,000 led that pack and helped Sedo pile up 30 chart entries overall, more than any other venue. .Com domains took 29 of the 43 chart positions which, coupled with the 11 ccTLDs on the elite list, left just 3 places for non .com gTLDs. The highest of those was #13 CH.org at £13,500 ($21,600) via Sedo. A pair of .nets rounded out the non .com gTLD trio with places on the second half of the leader board. Sedo, the AfternicDLS, NameJet and SnapNames all had multiple chart entries. The SnapNames list was led by #12 CZR.com at $22,250.

.Com Supporting Cast

SnapNames led the four-figure .com supporting cast with AMZ.com at $9,750. Their roster also included GZC.com ($6,550), Vakanties.com ($6,501) and Suizhou.com ($6,250). DHJ.com added $5,890. Coni.com kicked in $4,100 and Harrodsburg.com brought $4,000.

Also at SnapNames, Stelle.com staked out $3,700, SlotTournament.com collected a $3,440 jackpot and VacatureBank.com deposited $3,200. BuyDVD.com drew $3,100 while TextCast.com and PenCast.com posted $3,000 each. TaxSaving.com conserved $2,650, Gilfs.com generated $2,450 and Casares.com rang up $2,087.

Back at NameJet MalaysiaAir.com landed with $9,023 on board, ePing.com posted $8,700 and CleanEating.com devoured $8,101. Wickes.com went for $7,501, USASports.com spawned $7,008 and TVBank.com withdrew $6,655. Zava.com unzipped $6,500, Xina.com zapped $6,000, Ponte.com produced $5,655 and LifeSearch.com located $5,055.

At Sedo HostDNS.com connected for $8,400, Tereva.com took in $8,259 and Flirt24.com attracted $8,000. Développementdurable.com (IDN) doled out $7,700, SocialTalk.com tacked on $7,500 and Require.com racked up $7,000.

Echafaudage.com fetched $6,300 while Aatime.com and NationwideSeries.com secured $6,000 each. LimousineHire.com landed $5,880, Purchased.com penciled in $5,499, AutoLogic.com locked up $5,250 and Kaika.com corralled $5,099.

The AfternicDLS had a big week, booking almost $1.5 million in total sales. Their roster included MarketQuest.com ($7,500), CRTA.com ($6,951) and Mingtsai.com ($6,600). Global-Finance.com garnered $6,000, FastTechnology.com turned in $5,660 and PalBox.com pulled $5,588.

Synthesist.com and OpenSkyUS.com yielded $5,500 apiece while CityCamp.com sold for $5,400. A four-name pack at $5,000 each included Reconn.com, ShoppingGames.com, SocialStatus.com and StickyBits.com.

As part of their expanded promotion program, the AfternicDLS also sold five more names through Sedo: Free-Horoscope.com ($3,200), Profumerie.com ($3,188), AllUNeed.com ($2,541), MasterProjects.com ($2,440) and 2Options.com ($2,250).

Elsewhere, Latonas.com sold PropertyAds.com and Vibromasseur.com for $5,000 each, Moniker.com moved GayFlicks.com for $4,149 and YummyNames.com sold Extende.com for $2,577.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs, especially powerhouse extensions .de (Germany) and .co.uk (Great Britain), are continuing to enjoy the boom they enjoyed in 2009 when the total value of country code sales reported to us soared 28% over the previous year (there are more details on this in our latest monthly newsletter). Over the past two weeks we logged 11 ccTLD sales of five figures or more with two of those cracking the six-figure mark; #1 Website.de at $141,610 and #2 Designer.co.uk at $122,080.

Both of those domains were sold by Sedo who swept 38 of the 40 positions on our expanded Country Code chart. The only venues able to break through the Sedo monopoly were OwnThisDomain.co.uk who sold #11 AmateurPoker.co.uk for $10,000 and Got.us who sold #13 (tie) GVT.us to a Houston based software company for $7,000.

While .de and .co.uk domains traditionally dominate the ccTLD action, other country code extensions have been popping up fairly often on our country code charts  including France’s .fr which had two names in the first 15 this week – #3 Lundi.fr at $70,000 and #13 (tie) AssuranceScooter.fr at $7,000. Russia’s .ru also put two names in the first 15 and claimed four places on the leader board overall. Their roster was led by Deichmann.ru at $10,500.

There were dozens of additional four figure sales off the chart with Sedo again accounting for the vast majority of those. Their supplemental list was led by ActiveNation.co.uk at $3,600 and two names that went for $3,500 apiece; Backöfen.de (IDN) and Promovacances.be.

Vornamen-Datenbank.de dispensed $3,360, NSSL.co.uk contributed $3,200 and Anoniem.nl notched $3,150. BookFactory.eu churned out $3,111, Häuser.eu (IDN) hauled in $3,087 and Sportnahrung.eu speared $3,080.

Elsewhere NetFleet.com.au sold K9.com.au ($2,070), IceSkating.com.au ($1,540), NewAndUsedCaravans.com.au ($1,260) and Golfer.com.au ($1,125). Registrars.co.uk rang up $1,600 for TaxiSales.co.uk and $1,592 for LoveYourSmile.co.uk. The AfternicDLS tuned in $1,000 with ColoradoHomes.tv and INT.im changed hands for $1,000 in a private sale.

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)

A nice two-letter .org led the Global Contenders (non .com gTLDs) sales over the past two weeks with a $21,600 transaction handled through Sedo. There were two other five-figure sales in this category, but over the 14-day period only 7 GC sales above $5,000 were reported.

With the aftermarket continuing to show a strong preference for .coms and local ccTLDs over non .com gTLDs one has to wonder how investors will view resale prospects for the unlimited number of new non .com gTLDs that ICANN hopes to start rolling out later this year. Certainly, the success or failure of any of the new gTLDs will hinge more on new registrations and development activity than aftermarket sales results, but the data shows that entrepreneurs looking to make money from new gTLDs shouldn’t expect significant profits to come from the secondary market.

The .nets continue to be the most popular extension in this category as they took 23 of the 40 chart entries on our new GC leader board. The .orgs also continue to hold their own with a dozen entries. .Info scored with a pair of top ten domains; #5 BWL.info at $8,400 and #8 Umzuege.info at $4,838. A third .info landed at #20 – Enfant.info at $2,800.

.Biz and .Travel also made appearances this week. #21 PDX.biz earned $2,800 at Sedo and #40 Dental.travel drilled $2,295 at the same venue. Sedo piled up 15 chart entries and the AfternicDLS did even better, placing 23 names on the expanded GC chart.

There were dozens of additional GC sales just off the chart, led by NameJet’s $2,250 sale of CMC-Ocean.org. Their roster also included EnvironmentalSustainability.info ($2,214), Faster.net ($2,100) and CreateAWebsite.net ($1,810).

Geneve.org gathered $1,611, LearningOnline.org landed $1,550 and Deutschebotschaft-China.org chipped in $1,521. HCA.net nailed $1,366, 5N.org grossed $1,300 and LongtermCareCareers.org captured $1,234. ModelAirplanes.net flew off with $1,200, Termites.info chewed up $1,111 and two others; IRT.net and WaterConserve.info went for $1,005 each. In another sale, 672.net counted out $1,002.

The AfternicDLS used Sedo to sell three more domains through their expanded promotion platform, Those were Schaukel.net ($1,570), AssetAllocation.net ($1,275) and ISDI.org ($1,183).

At Sedo Kork.info kept the cash registers ringing with a $2,240 sale. PharmacyTechnicians.net tacked on $2,200 and  three others; Girokontovergleich.org, IT-recht.net and Kupplung.mobi added $2,100 apiece. NewsWorks.org tossed another $2,028 into the till.

Elsewhere, Moniker moved Okey.org for $1,499, SnapNames sold RMJ.net for $1,350 and YummyNames found UAC.org a new home for $1,000.

DPS Team by dj..