Xixia.com at $19k and other NameJet Expired Domain Name Sales

Reviewing the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet.

China reclaims the top spot among this past week’s expired domain auctions at NameJet. For 12 out of the past 30 weeks, the top sale (out of the auctions I’ve covered) has been attributable to the Chinese domain market. Last week, CarAds.com reigned supreme. This time it’s Xixia.com ($19.5k), a county in Henan province or (alternatively) a district of Yinchuan city.

The phrase NewLogic.com suggests disruptive innovation. It’s edgy but feels right. At $12.6k, the name is more likely to brand the back side of jeans or consumer electronics than go to the intellectual heirs of Bertrand Russell.

Several exact-match, shippable-product domains did well – from clothing accessories such as Shawls.com ($6.9k) to ElectricHeaters.com ($3.8k) and PaperLanterns.com ($3.2k). We can extend that list still further if we go beyond exact matches to point-of-purchase e-commerce domains like CarpetSale.com ($3.1k) and BuyAmmo.com ($2.8k).

Domain Name	End $	Domain Name	End $
Xixia.com	19488	NewLogic.com	12600
Shawls.com	6900	4958.com	6700
15U.com	6189	Silvester.com	4621
SleepStudy.com	4300	ElectricHeaters.com	3800
FloridaFishing.com	3281	PaperLanterns.com	3200
CarpetSale.com	3100	Budde.com	3100
BuyAmmo.com	2800	Noah-Health.org	2600
Draken.com	2099	LCRB.com	1825
ClubHavana.com	1800	Bosson.com	1721
WineConsulting.com	1710	Sankalp.com	1636
ClearSailing.com	1611	CreditReport Free.com	1500
TexasRehab.com	1412	Illiteracy.com	1101
LMAR.com	980	VeganCook.com	960
PCUniverse.com	915	OrganicWool.com	860
FINS.net	810	PlymouthMA.com	789
TheCIA.com	786	SpaceImage.com	772
SavingIceland.org	770	E-Referrer.com	700
EducationSeek.com	690	NYMM.com	639
TheBriefs.com	590	Shikle.com	575
SpotOnSEO Services.com	500	FamilySolicitors.com	498
Professional Painter.com	495	WeMotivate.com	491
TwelveStep.com	478	NDPI.com	476
SecureRealty.com	465	Cirtas.com	465
Dokus.com	463	Employment Solicitors.com	411
DGAL.com	410	AKSuper Station.com	410
ElectronicCampus.com	409	GSGN.com	405
RedTank.com	367	Feed Aggregation.com	365
DivinoTuscany.com	360	85773.com	340
WeAreManMan.com	336	WRIB.com	315
77829.com	309	InternetYoga.com	305
JillThompsonArt.com	280	Z4A.com	280
DaVinciAwards.org	280	O48.com	276
ShuSai.com	262	SparkleHorse.com	250
08575.com	210	PornQuest.com	209
NoAlCierre DeWebs.com	180	Marmarth.org	161
AutomotiveBlogs.com	159	TravelersWorld.com	140
CaliforniaSIDS.com	133	CelPhones.com [sic]	110
WaveSounds.com	109	StevenAlmond.com	95
CelebrityWizard.com	90	Exreme.com [sic]	90
Nigai.com	90	IndiaFotos.com	83
Community Analytics.com	81	BioLawBusiness.com	80
SnowVIGate.com	79	KMOCA.org	75

I’m a bit surprised by SleepStudy.com’s $4.3k finish, since medical studies tend to be temporary and have a relatively easy time attracting guinea pigs. But making such an observation at 2:42 a.m., I’m clearly no expert on sleep.

ClubHavana.com, on the other hand, I expected to go higher than $1.8k, since Havana.club sold for $8k last August. Multiple end users should want the name apart from that buyer.

Budde.com ($3.1k) might be intended for Budde.com.au, which describes itself as “the largest telecommunications research site on the internet” yet is confined to the ccTLD for Australia. Solicitors, as many of you already know, are a species of British lawyer – barristers being another. Australia and other former British colonies might have a shared interest in FamilySolicitors.com ($498) and EmploymentSolicitors.com ($411).

Sankalp.com ($1.6k) is a Sanskrit-derived Hindu term, somewhat intricate as a philosophical idea but loosely meaning intention or will. It’s also the name of a multi-brand food franchise in India, various Indian restaurants in the USA, and an ambitious global development initiative.

Bosson.com ($1.7k) isn’t the subatomic particle named for Einstein’s Indian colleague; it’s a Swedish singer songwriter guilty of insipid, derivative euro-pop. Speaking of Sweden, Draken.com ($2.1k) was a Swedish-made fighter jet.

FeedAggregation.com ($365) follows close on the heels of Aggregation.com, whose sale I just reported. I think TravelersWorld.com ($140) is a strong word pairing; and I hope it’s put to use more globally than as a local RV park.

There isn’t time to touch on everything. Do we dare discuss TheCIA.com ($786)? Sssssshhh! They’re listening!