Moderna buys a domain and Microsoft sells one.

Moderna, a healthcare company trying to create a Covid-19 vaccine, bought the domain ModernVaccines.com at Sedo this past week. It wasn’t the only company picking up domains.

The top two .com sales at Sedo this past week involved a trio of Seattle companies. Xplore, a private space company in the area, bought Trajectory.com. Microsoft sold OneCare.com to a health media company in Seattle.

Here’s a list of some of the end user sales at Sedo this past week. You can see previous lists like this here.

Trajectory.com $50,000 – Xplore, Inc., a private space travel company working to send science missions to space. It hopes to launch its first payloads this year or next. The domain had a previous life as a book discovery site.

OneCare.com $25,000 – OneCare Media, a health media company that runs Testing.com, Help.org and Sleep.org. It bought the domain name from Microsoft, showing that you can obtain Microsoft’s unused domains for a “reasonable” price. Of course, the buyers might have had a personal connection to people at Microsoft.

Fetchcare.com $15,000 – Treadstone Group, an intellectual property acquisition company, likely bought this for one of its clients.

LifeGoals.de €5,000 – This domain has a “Coming soon” page that suggests it will offer personal and business coaching.

BuildBid.com $4,500 – Jay Rutter Construction, a residential construction company servicing southern Louisiana, bought this domain.

ScentCard.com $4,460 – Taylor Technologies, a manufacturer of chemicals and test kits for monitoring water quality. They offer nearly 600 different test-kit configurations, including options for wet-chemistry and dry-chemistry methods, along with microprocessor-based instruments. Perhaps this will be the name for a water test for odors.

WhereBy.com$4,000 – Whereby is an online meeting service similar to Zoom. Its sales pitch is that no apps or installations are required and that the same meeting link can be used every time.

ModernVaccines.com $4,000 – Moderna Therapeutics, a biomed company that has been making headlines as a leader in developing a Covid-19 vaccine. The domain was registered for the first time in December of last year.

CopyBook.com $3,900 – RBS Global Media bought this domain. It’s forwarding it to airport-suppliers.com, a procurement portal for aviation companies.

CitrusClub.com $3,888 – This is the website for The Citrus Club, a members-only golf club at the La Quinta resort in La Quinta, California.

ForkliftRental.com $3,680 – Doggett Equipment Services bought this domain name. It is a North American machinery and construction equipment dealer representing and servicing manufacturers. It also offers construction equipment parts, new and used sales and rentals.

LabMixer.com $2,999 – This domain was bought by Smart2Test BV, a company out of the Netherlands that supplies testing equipment and machines for testing surfaces, materials, sheet metals and corrosion.

TTMotorsports.com $2,899 – TT Motorcycles bought this domain. It is a brand of motorcycles, ATVs and sport recreation vehicles and accessories.

JustWatch.org $2,400 – This domain was bought by the television streaming service JustWatch. The service aggregates all of your streaming services within one app. JustWatch.com is its current website.

Casinocruise .de €2,350 – Mediapool Communications Limited bought this domain for an online gambling website.

Vereinsbesteuerung.info $2,177 – This website provides information and referrals about taxes. It translates to “Association taxation” in German.

A green energy company, an office space broker, and a fire detection company bought domain names at Sedo.

Sedo’s public sales this week were led by HotelsGuide.com. A Romanian direct response company bought the domain name.

Here’s a list of some of the end user sales at Sedo this past week. You can see previous lists like this here.

HotelsGuide.com €50,000 – Romanian direct response agency Signivis bought this domain. I assume they’ll create a hotel booking site.

Offices.co €19,000 – This site helps connect businesses with office space.

Ilek.com $12,000 – Ilek is a French company that helps people switch to green energy. The company uses Ilek.fr for its website.

CXSummit.com $10,000 – UC Today LTD, a media company for Unified Communications, collaboration, and customer experience technology news.

FortFinancial.com $7,399 – Fort Financial FCU is a credit union with locations in Indiana, Mississippi and North Carolina.

Dryad.com $5,000 – Dryad offers ultra-early fire detection as well as health & growth monitoring solutions for public and private forests. The sensors they produce can detect wildfires and provide valuable insights into the microclimate and growth of the forest. Sure would be handy in the US West! It forwards the domain to its site at Dryad.net.

UCAwards.com £5,000 – UC Today LTD, which also bought CXSummit.com.

SafJet.com $4,460 – This domain was bought by eJet international, a consultant group specializing in aviation fuel facilities at airports, airport fuel operators and associated organizations.

EMShop.com $4,199 – Engineered Medical Systems is a manufacturer of medical instruments and implant devices.

GenesisX.com €3,750 – Del Rey Marketing, a digital marketing agency out of California. This domain might be for a client.

Salzmann.eu €3,599 – Salzmann is a manufacturer of high-performance reflective vests and clothing.

Luxusmesse.de €3,050 – Luxusmesse is German for “Luxury Fair”. The domain now forwards to the site for CyberFair.de, a virtual tradeshow marketing firm.

DetectLink.com $2,895 – GMO Brights Consulting is a Japanese intellectual property rights consulting group. This might be for a link detection or IP rights protection service.

FundStarter.com $2,000 – Nextone Media Limited, a media group in the UK, is listed as the owner in Whois. This purchase might be for a client or a new service.

Minimax.in $2,000 – Gunnebo AB Group sells the Minimax brand of fire extinguisher.

A modular buildings company, a lumber business, and a social networking app bought domain names at Sedo.

There’s been a lot of chatter about Sedo’s sale of Lokal.com for €40,600. Some people think Lokalise, a localization and translation software company, bought the domain after raising $6 million in funding. Maybe so. But the turn means local in a handful of languages, so it could well be another company.

Here’s a list of some of the end user sales at Sedo this past week. You can see previous lists like this here.

Avelis.com $15,000 – Avelis SA is a modular buildings company.

HomeTrainer.de €9,188- This domain forwards to a company called Cabaneo that helps people invest in online companies. This might be a domain name for one of its businesses.

SpecialtyBuildingProducts.com $8,888 – US Lumber Group, a distributor of specialty building materials in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States, bought this domain.

EvolutionCare.com $7,500 – Lasso Creative, an Australian web design and creative agency, bought this domain. It’s likely for a client.

ITBO.com $7,388 – This domain forwards to IT.bzob.de. This is the website for the IT department of the Oberbayern district in Germany. It provides basic information and communication technology services for official institutions.

Zement24.de €5,000 – Zement is German for cement, and German cement company Heidelberg Cement is the buyer.

Streo.com $5,000 – Stereo is an audio-based social networking app where you can join live discussions, have conversations with your friends or be matched with people who have similar interests. The company owns Stereo.com, so this was a defensive domain purchase.

Liquids.ch €3,990 – Forwards to E-zigarette.ch, a Swiss e-cigarette site that sells e-cigarette devices and other accessories related to vaping.

Eyecessories.com $2,999 – The Hillsinger Company, a U.S. consumer goods company that operates HilcoVision, bough this domain. Sounds like a brand for a vision product.

SmartSmiles.co.uk £2,500 – Smart Smiles A dental practice in the UK.

AguaCate.com $2,499 – This domain was bought by Worldwide Retailing LLC, in Colorado.

A robot sweeper company, a popular online form creator, and a maker of adjustable furniture bought domain names.

Sedo had some cool end user domain name sales this past week. One of the companies makes an outdoor Roomba-like device.

Here’s a list of end user sales this past week. You can see previous lists like this here.

MoovLogistics.com $21,000 – The top .com sale for the week went to an intercontinental logistics and supply chain services company called Moov. It was recently created as a spin-off and renamed from KLG China. A sales email address at the top of the page is for @moov.com, but I can’t tell if this is an error or if the company is associated with the business as Moov.com.

Gravity.io $13,000 – The domain name is forwarding to GravityForms.com, the site for a popular online form creator.

Founders.co $13,000 – Based on the Whois record, I believe the buyer is the same German entrepreneur who bought Founders.net for $37,500.

Viabot.com $10,000 – ViaBot sells a robot that sweeps parking garages and other larger commercial spaces. It looks like a miniature Zamboni. The domain forwards to viabot.co.

Apartments24.com €4,999 – Forwards to Apartments-Regensburg.com, a travel blog and short term apartment rental listing site still in development.

WashingtonDentalClinic.com $4,799 – The Whois record shows Washington Dental Clinic at a residential address in Chula Vista, California. There’s also a chain of dental clinics in Tijuana that uses this name.

eSquirrel.com €4,000 – When was the last time you remember an e- domain selling? eSquirrel GmbH bought this domain for its online course platform.

MyFitness.in €3,800 – Tanvi Healthcare, an Indian food processing company, bought this domain.

StrategicPlanningGroup.com $3,699 -Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company bought this domain.

MediaTrader.com $3,600 – The Media Trader is an online and offline media buying agency.

WiseTable.com $2,499 – This is a furniture company that specializes in “lift” technology pieces. Their WiseTables can be adjusted to multiple levels and the chairs lift at the seating area to help the person sitting in it reach the table better or stand up.

ChallengePrinting.com $2,399 – This domain was bought by The Challenge Printing Company, a printer based in New Jersey that specializes in the pharmaceutical industry. The company currently uses ChallengePrintingCo.com for its website.

A capsule-filling machine company, a large PR firm, and a realty office bought domain names.

August tends to be a slow month for domain name sales, but Sedo had a good week led by Capsules for $50,000. It also sold Tuma.com for $42,000, but it’s unclear who bought that domain.

Here’s a list of end user sales this past week. You can see previous lists like this here.

Capsules.com $50,000 – LFA Machines bought this category-defining domain for its business, which is providing machines for filling capsules.

NextPR.com $25,500 – SSPR, a large public relations firm with several office locations in the US, bought this domain.

Waltermart.com $9,995 – Forwards to WaltermartDelivery.com.ph. WalterMart is a grocery store chain in the Philippines that also offers a same-day delivery service.

Siegmann.com $8,000 – This is an excellent upgrade for the logistics company Siegmann, which uses the domain Siegmann.biz.

MarketTrend.com $8,000 – This is a website for investors and traders to access tools to identify significant price changes and patterns occurring in the stock market. The site seeks to provide a better understanding of financial markets and to analyze how, where, and why prices shift.

PowerPC.com $4,000 – An online video gaming website still in development.

UrbanTransit.com $3,600 – Delk Industries, Inc. is a privately held consumer product company based in Nashville, TN. It promotes several brands on its website, including Mychanic, FrostGuard and SolarGuard. I’m not sure what this domain will be used for.

CorinthHomes.com $3,499 – Bailey Williams Realty in Corinth, Mississippi bought this domain.

Jerusalen.com €3,000 – A Spanish-language website about planning trips to Jerusalem.

SashReplacement.com $2,999 – This domain was bought by the NCI Group, Inc., which offers home building and renovation services. This domain likely refers to window sashes.

SmartCitizenship.com $2,895 – This website is still in development for a new company called Smart Citizenship. It will offer citizenship by investment services, e.g., getting citizenship by investing in the country.

ES-Tec.com $2,800 – Forwards to ES-Technologies.de. ES-Tec GmbH is an engineering development partner of the automotive industry, specifically involved with electrical/electronics product developments.

Moreganics.com $2,500 – This domain was bought by Acti Laboratories, a skincare and beauty products company out of the UK.

Wonder.Fund $2,499 – Superfund Asset Management Group bought this domain. It is an international systematic investment manager that uses fully-automated technical trading systems.

Saver.se €2,250 – This domain forwards to Savr.com, a Swedish investment fund company.

Gov.br.com $2,100 – This website is for a group called, CLAG which is an organization made up of more than 50 member partners seeking to strengthen trade between Brazil and China.

Yachte.com €2,000 – Bitzer Familienstiftung bought this domain name. It is a family foundation in Germany that manages assets and invests in the following classes: private equity, impact investing and real estate.