Saturday, August 28, 2010

The domain names after market is heating up again as domains sold widely.

International Domain NamesImage by vaXzine via FlickrThe after market in internet domain names has always been very active since the advent of the dns system (circa 1994) In the early days, headline grabbing sales included Business.com at $7M and Sex.com at $10M as well as many many more.

In those early days the extensions that sold mostly were, in order, .com, .net and .org.  Of course, if you had the forsight to see this markets potential in its infancy, you might have been able to register dynamic words in these extensions such as Casino.com, work.com, Funds.com (recently sold for $10M) etc, and you would have made a small fortune, as you can tell from some of these valuations. Country code domains with dynamic words also sold very well, albiet, at lesser valuations.  However, country code valuations have come a long way, and so has the domain after market in general.

Many current domain investors are still registering good domains, for as little as $9.99 at some registrars, and sell them in the hundreds of dollars.  The bulk of the market has gone in this direction however, depending on the domains, many sell in the thousands, tens of thousands and still some, in the millions.

Here is a recent top 100 list of domains sold this year (2010), their prices, and which brokers did the selling, from the list at the domain name journal (DNJournal.com) which is a must site for todays domain investors



Slots.com $5,500,000 Moniker

Dating.com $1,750,000 Moniker/DF FTL

Photo.com $1,250,000 Moniker


$1,100,000 Pvt Sale

Poker.org $1,000,000 Sedo

Credit.fr €587,500 =$851,875 Sedo

Guns.com $800,000 Moniker

Files.com $725,000 Sedo

BoardGames.com $450,000 Moniker/DF FTL

Poker.ca $400,000 Moniker/SnapNames


LongIsland.com $370,000 Pvt Sale

CGM.com $365,000 Sedo

PartySupplies.com $360,000 Moniker

O.CO $350,000 Pvt Sale

Screensavers.com $335,000 Moniker/SnapNames

Software.de €235,025 = $303,182 Sedo

Pilot.com $300,000 Sedo

Imoveis.com.br
("real estate" in Portuguese)
$300,000 Pvt Sale

Kredit.com €220,000 = $270,600 Sedo

MusicVideos.com $250,000 Sedo

Biking.com $250,000 AfternicDLS

Boating.com $250,000 AfternicDLS

Prince.com $235,000 MediaOptions

Sofas.com $231,500 RickLatona.com

Lottery.net $220,000 Sedo

LoanCalculator.com $215,000 Moniker/DFG

Slots.ca $206,906 Moniker Brokered
Pvt Sale


Nasty.com $200,000 Sedo

Metal.com $165,000 Sedo

Free-SMS.de €115,000 =$162,150 Sedo

Idol.com €120,000 = $154,800 Sedo

CamRoulette.com $151,000 DomainMadness2

Website.de €101,150 = $141,610 Sedo

Huddle.com $131,400 NameJet

HomeRun.com $131,200 Moniker

Pig.com $125,000 AfternicDLS

Migraine.com $125,000 Moniker/Sedo

SZ.com $125,000 Pvt Sale

Designer.co.uk £76,300 = $122,080 Sedo

DolceVita.com $120,000 Sedo

Optimize.com $115,000 PremiumDomains

Bright.com $112,500 Sedo

029.com $110,000 Sedo

Business.tv $100,999 Sedo

XI.com $100,930 Moniker

027.com $100,000 Sedo

Pengyou.com
("friend" in Chinese)
$100,000 Sedo

Pengyou.net
("friend" in Chinese)
$100,000 Sedo

Cheesecake.com $100,000 RickLatona.com

Tr3s.com $100,000 Domainator.com

Prize.com $100,000 Sedo

Guagua.com $100,000 Sedo

SydneyHotels.com $100,000 Pvt Sale

CashUSA.com $100,000 AfternicDLS

MEC.com $99,000 Sedo

KissingGames.com $98,000 Pvt Sale

Gifted.com $94,000 Sedo

FreeMarket.com $93,000 Sedo

OY.com $90,000 Sedo

Fiction.com $90,000 Pvt Sale

Pakistan.de €65,450 = $87,049 Sedo

MyGarage.com $85,000 YummyNames

E.co $81,000 Sedo

Hi.ru $80,600 RU-Center

Kip.com $80,000 Sedo

46.com $80,000 SnapNames

Gamez.com $77,100 Sedo

TVS.co.uk £51,000 = $75,990 Sedo

ChinaVision.com $75,000 Sedo

Macaroni.com $74,607 NameJet
Devisen.de €55,930 = $70,472 Sedo

UBP.com $70,000 Sedo

BabyFood.com $70,000 RickLatona.com

Lundi.fr €50,000 = $70,000 Sedo

FirstNationalBank.com $69,100 NameJet

 
Schmuck.com €49,000 = $65,170 Sedo

Lyrics.net $65,000 Pvt Sale

GolfLessons.com $65,000 Moniker/DFG 2010

Fly.co.za $65,000 Latonas.com

Gold.co.uk £42,050 = $63,916 Sedo

Pepe.com €45,000 = $61,200 Mocus/Sedo

рф.com (IDN) $60,000 Pvt Sale

PW.ca $60,000 Pvt Sale

DrunkDriving.com $60,000 NameConnect

StockPrices.com $60,000 Sedo

ComTech.com $60,000 Sedo

MySports.com $60,000 Sedo

Baibu.com $57,000 AfternicDLS

Ground.com €40,000 =$56,400 Pvt Sale

BestOnlineColleges.com $56,000 Sedo

MathsGames.com £36,238 = $54,719 Sedo

ISDB.com $53,500 Sedo

Capture.com $53,200 Sedo

Games1.com €39,000 = $53,040 Sedo

Italy.net $52,000 MediaOptions/
UpMarketURLs

Therapists.com $50,000 Moniker/DF FTL

PearlEarrings.com $50,000 Moniker/DFG

GoFish.com $50,000 Latonas.com

GolfZone.com $50,000 Sedo

Items.com $50,000 Sedo

KnowYourOptions.com $50,000 Sedo

VideoDating.com $50,000 Sedo

XYZ.com $50,000 Latonas/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver

Its not too late to get into this market.  Many investors have banks of hundreds, even thousands of domains in their portfolios and it is some of those that are listed above. Good domains are still available in this after market. As an example, you can purchase any of these internet domain names at Sedo.com today:

Retirefund.com
Retirefunds.com
Nanoman.com
ForFlights.com
ForTravel.net
FuturesExchange.net
OptionsExchange.net
DerivativesExchange.net
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