Companies are buying domains in response to the pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic is driving end user domain name sales, it’s just not for garbage domain names people have registered in recent weeks.

Consider SchoolToGo.com, a domain purchased by an initiative to help educate kids who are at home due to school closures. Or MedVideo.de, which, for now, is gearing up to provide information about the pandemic.

Sedo sold WashYourHands.com for $17,500 this week. The domain sale is clearly because of the pandemic, but it’s not yet clear who bought it. VMeet .com is probably for an online conference service or something similar. It’s still pending transfer, but I suspect it’s an end user that bought this domain for $17,995.

As a side note, Sedo has a 4 Letter .com auction starting Thursday.

Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought at Sedo this past week. You can review previous end user sales lists here.

Cico.com €45,000 – It seems that an individual in China bought this domain for his personal site.

Giftee.com $20,000 – Giftee, Inc. is a Japanese company that enables people to give gifts electronically, just as a Starbucks drink coupon. It uses the domain name Giftee.co.

FTW.org $7,500 – The buyer is in the Arizona startup scene.

Ainos.com $5,000 – AI Nose is a Chinese company with a product for discovering smells for things like air quality and the presence of gases. Note that the domain it purchased is Ainos, not AInose. The latter domain is parked.

SchoolToGo.com $5,000 – Forwards to SchoolToGo.de. This website launched as a result of recent school closures to provide educational activities to students 6-18 years old.

UHR.org €5,000 – This domain is for Ultra HR, an online HR management tool. Companies can use this platform to manage and report on their various teams including administrative tasks like vacation time scheduling and time clock modules.

VGCX.com $3,500 – Victoria Gold Corp manages Victoria Gold’s Eagle Gold Mine, located in central Yukon, Canada. It forwards this domain to its website vitgoldcorp.com.

Drager.com.cn $3,000 – Forwards to Draeger.com. Draeger, Inc. is an international medical and safety products company.

MedVideo.de €2,500 – This website is still in development but it will deliver daily updates and information regarding COVID-19.

MediNow.de €2,500 – Forwards to Savit.de, which sells store systems for pharmacies, labs and clinics.

GoSwordfish .com $2,499 – Swordfish Prime Services Ltd purchased this domain. It will provide financial information.

A car dealer, cargo port, and email marketing firm bought domain names.

The spread of the coronavirus is having a significant impact on business, but domain name sales continue to happen. This week’s end user list of transactions at Sedo includes a .be domain that sold for €45,000.

Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought at Sedo this past week. You can review previous end user sales lists here.

Perfectos.be €45,000 – Forwards to SnakeandRabbit.com, a website for a screen printing consultancy and products company. The forward seems to be new, so I believe this is the new owner.

Carizona.com $16,888 – Forwards to Carizona.net, a website for a local used car dealership in Mesa, Arizona.

Groundies.com $15,000 – Forwards to Groundies.de, a German footwear company.

AdTix.com $10,000 – This domain was bought by Proxima Systems, which appears to be a telecom company in London. I’m not sure what it’s for.

Nemport.com $4,999 – Nemport is a private container port of the Aegean Region in Turkey that has been in operation since 2010. It forwards to the port’s site at Nemport.com.tr.

RubyLabs.com $4,500 – Ruby Labs is a mobile apps publisher and developer.

YesAuto.com $4,125 – Forwards to the new top level domain Yes.Auto, a car-buying site.

JustQuiz.com $4,000 – This domain was bought by Just Click Media, an IT and Marketing Consulting Firm. It appears to be set up as a tracking domain.

OnlyFans .de €3,380 – Forwards to OnlyFansBible .com, a site that helps people make money with the OnlyFans paid-content service.

GreenSlope.com $3,325 – Green Slope is the brand name for a roof ponding repair kit. The domain forwards to the company’s site at Greenslope.co.

ModSol.com $3,000 – Forwards to ModularsInc.com, a builder of high quality permanent and relocatable building and space solutions.

VinMail.com $2,900 – Vinmail is an email marketing software company.

Green-Cleaning.de €2,500 – Forwards to Buero-Reinigung.com, “Buero” means office in German while “Reinigung” means cleaning. This company offers commercial cleaning services for specific areas such as escalators, glass cleaning, etc.

Evety.com $2,300 – This domain was bought by Open Grid Europe GmbH, or “OGE”, one of the largest gas transmission system operators and energy suppliers. It previously bought OGE.net for $62,000.

GBG.org $2,750 – Forwards to a website for a program at the University of Delaware called Go Baby Go. It focuses on increasing mobility and quality of life solutions for children.

British broadcaster and creators of three comparison sites bought domain names.

The British broadcaster Sky is the highest-profile buyer on this week’s end user sales list of names sold at Sedo. Another thing you’ll notice is that buyers picked up three domain names to build comparison sites. The domains are hosted on different servers, so it appears the buyers are unrelated.

Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought at Sedo this past week. You can review previous end user sales lists here.

RS.de €70,000 – The domain name was purchased by a MarkMonitor customer, so it’s definitely an end user. We just don’t know who it is yet.

Memories.net – $41,000 – This high .net sale was courtesy of Skymorials Pty Ltd in Australia. It appears to operate the memorials site memories.com.au.

BreitBand.de €20,000 – Breitband is German for ‘broadband’. The buyer is building a lead generation site for broadband services.

Krankenkassevergleich.ch €9,000 – This domain translates to “health insurance comparison”. It is being used as an Insurance comparison site to find the best rates in Switzerland.

Intonation.com €7,000 – Forwards to Intonation.co.uk, a UK company that provides professional translation and interpretation services.

Flotten-Versicherung.de €5,400 – This is German for “fleet insurance”. It forwards to Flottenrechner24.de, a corporate car leasing/insurance company. It bought another domain last week.

Amiamo.com $5,000 – GION Intl. is a company in Mesa, Arizona. I’m not sure what this domain is for but Amiamo means “we love” in Italian.

SkyWorlds.com $4,946 – The British media and telecommunications conglomerate Sky.

ListenLoud.com $3,000 – Purchased by the record company Pi Rat records in Santa Cruz, California.

Casinovergleich .info £3,000 – This translates to “Casino Comparison” in German. It’s a comparison site for casinos.

Roadmate.co.uk £2,500 – Rewire Security sells GPS trackers. This domain was previously used for a site reviewing satellite navigation and automotive gadgets.

WeLoveGaming .de €2,500 – Forwards to a page on gaming products site Alternate.de. It seems to be branding for its signature gaming PC.

MarbellaRentals.com $2,500 – Forwards to a page on marbella.se, a Swedish vacation property rental site for Marbella, Spain.

FoundationWellness.com $2,288 – This domain was bought by Gridiron Captial, a business investment firm. I suspect this is for a portfolio company.

VIPTicket.de €2,150 – Forwards to DeineTickets.de, a German ticket selling platform.

OnBoard.co $2,000 – Passageways, a software company that provides an application for Boards of Directors called OnBoard.

An interesting play on coworking, a leadership training company, and a mortgage company bought domains this week.

This week, Sedo’s top public domain sale was Codi.com, and it looks like the buyer is making an interesting play in the coworking space.

Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought at Sedo this past week. You can review previous end user sales lists here.

Codi.com $40,000 – According to the buyer’s LinkedIn page, Codi is building a network of home-based coworking communities.

Citizenship.me €10,000 – A site with information about getting second citizenship. The domains used to be used with information about citizenship in Montenegro. (.Me is the country code for Montenegro.)

Gluteo.com $7,500 – This domain was purchased by Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which is a U.S. wholly-owned subsidiary of Lupin Limited, one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in India.

TPA.org $6,800 – The Policy Academies, which uses ThePolicyAcademies.org as their website. This nonprofit group was founded in 2016 to address the lack of diversity and inclusion of researchers of color in mainstream think tanks.

FRDA.com $4,500 – Foreign Resource Development Associates, LLC bought this domain. This organization provides creative human-based solutions to operational and training support issues, both domestically and abroad. It currently uses FRDALLC.com. Nice upgrade.

CultureAdvantage.com $4,000 – Partners In Leadership bought this domain. It is a California-based company focused on leadership training and management consulting.

C-Control.com $3,000 – This domain was bought by SIA Sistemas S.A., a digital interactive agency.

FlexiCloud.com $2,999 – Flexi, a financial software company that uses Flexi.com for its website.

CBD-Plus.de €2,990 – German online retailer for CBD oil.

KFZ-Flottenversicherung.de €2,700 – Forwards to Flottenrechner24.de, a platform for companies to lease cars for their employees. They will provide estimates of the costs of gas, insurance, etc. Flottenversicherung means “fleet insurance” in German.

Freedomortgage.com $2,688 – This domain was bought by the home mortgage company Freedom Mortgage, which currently uses FreedomMortgage.com as their website. This domain could be a defensive domain purchase, but it is not yet forwarding to the main site.

OrgaTeam.de €2,500 – Forwards to OrgaTeam.org, an HR firm.

Rubezh.com $2,000 – Forwards to Rubezh.ru. The Rubezh Group of Companies is the largest manufacturer of engineered safety systems in Russia and CIS countries.