A look back at what domains sold a year ago and how they’ve been developed.

Every week I post a list of end user domain name sales that took place at Sedo. I review Sedo’s public sales list to see which domains were scooped up by end users and explain who bought them. It’s not always easy to figure out which end users bought domain names, especially before they are developed. You can only tell so much from Whois records and nameservers.

But what about a year later?

I reviewed Sedo’s sales list from the last week of October 2019 to see how many sites were developed and if there were more end user sales to report.

Sedo reported 60 domain sales of $2,000 or more on its 10-27-20 sales list. I identified 13 end user sales when I wrote the report a year ago. Today, I’m able to identify an additional 24 end users. (Some of these domains may have changed hands again since the original report.)

That means that at least half of the domains went to end users.

It’s also interesting to note that 36 of the 60 domains have been developed or forward to a developed site.

Let’s start by reviewing domains that weren’t on the original end user report:

Flexable.com $19,800 – It’s still not developed but Whois shows the owner is Great Portland Estates Services Limited.

Linel.com €7,800 – Mestek Technology, Inc is located in Dallas and DNB says it’s a Control, Electromedical, Measuring & Navigational Instruments Manufacturing company. The domain isn’t developed.

Beitel.com €5,500 – Beitel Group is a real estate investment company.

TAF.se €5,000 – The Athlete’s Foot shoe store bought this domain for its Swedish presence.

PureNectar .com $5,000 – Pure Nectar is a line of CBD products.

Cloud22.com $5,000 – Cloud22 is a WordPress hosting service.

Jongen.com €4,999 – Jongen Bouwpartners is a construction company.

GoSauna.com $4,500 – The domain forwards to a site for Diamond Sauna & Steam.

Heelr.com $4,500 – Surterra Holdings, Inc owns this domain for a hemp oil brand for pets.

Lunella.com €4,359 – Lunella offers a solution for Sleep Apnea diagnosis and treatment.

Lucatis.ch €4,200 – Lucatis is a European and Middle Eastern investment company.

MyBike.be €4,000 – MyBike is a bicycle retailer.

Gr8pay.com $4,010 – It fails the radio test, but GR8PAY is an active online payments company.

W-Sports.com $4,000 – Setanta Sports is listed in Whois as the owner but hasn’t developed the domain.

Sabbar.com $4,000 – Sabbar is a contract worker company.

TheArtExchange.com $3,750 – The site says it offers trading tokenized fine art and art derivatives. It forwards the domain to TheArt.Exchange.

PoliceBox.com $3,177 – HeliMedia Ltd uses this domain for its mobile workforce solution.

Banca.me $3,000 – Banca.me offers consumer loans.

LawButler.com €2,900 – This domain is used to generate leads for a law firm.

Idrica.com – $2,200 Aguas de Valencia provides services to water utilities through this brand.

Wohnzimmer.de €2,000 –  A restaurant by this domain plans to open in November this year. The name is German for “living room”.

FitTour.com $2,000 – FitTour hasn’t launched yet but will be a tour package site.

Anza.ca $2,000  – Anza is the first name of a Realtor who uses this domain for his real estate business.

Dew.co $2,000 – Dew.co is a beauty shop.

 

Here are the domains I identified for my report a year ago. Note that three of the domains have updates.

Goldina.com €11,000 – Richworks International Sdn. Bhd. is a seminar organizer in Malaysia. I’m not sure what this domain is for. Update: the domain is being used for a gold-trading platform called Goldina.

Pernaturam.com €6,250 – Forwards to Pernaturam.de, the website for German company PerNaturam, which produces nutritional supplements for dogs, cats and horses.

Aromar.com $5,980 – Forwards to Aromar.us – a manufacturer and developer of home fragrances including fragrance oils, concentrated air fresheners, tea light candles, incense, oil burners and other home fragrance products.

Corpia.com $4,900 – Corpia is a financial company that uses technology to build a more precise credit risk model to target small to medium-sized businesses in obtaining loans to fund their growth.

HowtoSell.com $5,000 – ClickFunnels acquired the domain name.

Lucatis.ch €4,200 – Forwards to Lucatis.com, the site for global Private Equity Firm Lucatis.

Comtuer.com $3,445 – Forwards to Comtuer.de, the website for Comtuer, which manufactures and installs high-end interior doors.

Tubeo.eu €3,000 – Forwards to Tubeo.fr, a French fiber optic service provider.

Seneque.com €2,900 – Purchased by Journme SA. When I google that name, it pulls up information on Sénèque SA.

Closd.com $2,500 – The buyer is likely the French legal project management platform Closd, which uses the domain Closd.fr. I assume this is pronounced “closed.” Update: Yes, that was the buyer.

Bauprofi24.ch €2,500 – Forwards to Floormatex.ch, a German B2B building materials provider. Bauprofi is German for building professionals. Update: the site no longer resolves.

SB-IT.de €2,500 – Forwards to Schauenburg-Industrietechnik.com, a German industrial engineering firm specializing in molded parts, stamped parts and hose technology. They recently also purchased the .com version of this name, too.

Anza.ca $2,000 – A Remax branded website for a real estate agent named Anza Malik, who is based in the Toronto area.

 

A training company, a small businss app maker, and an IT consultant bought domain names.

Sedo’s top public sale this past week was RCV.com for $53,000. The Whois changed into a domain broker’s account before going private, so it’s possible that an end user funded the transaction.

Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that were recently completed at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here.

Tourist.de €32,000 – Rotella Management Ltd is creating a new site on this domain.

CKH.org $12,500 – Flippen Group, a training company, offers a training program for educators called Capturing Kids Hearts (CKH).

Dialed.com $10,500 – Dialed gives microbusinesses a business phone number with contact management and marketing capabilities combined in one app.

MEF.fr €5,250 – The domain forwards to edouardfrancois.com, a site for an architecture/design firm that goes by MEF.

SpecialFriends .com £5,000 – Yeah, it’s a sugar daddy site.

Serd.com €2,613 – Fusion Supply SRL is a company in Romania, and DNB shows that it’s in the drug manufacturing business. Serd can be short for a type of drug called a selective estrogen receptor degrader.

Heuf.com $2,600 – Heuf is a water filtration and drinking water management company. It forwards the domain to its site at Heuf.eu.

TrulyMint.com $2,399 – It’s not clear who the end user is, but the buyer has put up a coming soon countdown clock.

Uplix.com €2,350 – WizzMedia is a French web design shop. It appears to be developing Uplix as a new SEO agency.

Pitera.com $2,350 – Piotr Pitera, an IT consultant named Piotr Pitera in Chicago, bought his last name and forwards it to PiotrPitera.com. I wish I could buy my last name for this price!

GandhiFoods.com $2,200 – Gandhi Foods started in the appliances business and then expanded to foods, specifically Indian food products. It forwards the domain to GandhiFood.com.

 

 

 

A tattoo ink provider, a law firm, and a Canadian cleaning products company bought domain names.

This week’s end user report is a bit shorter than last week’s long one. Here’s the list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here.

ScentCheck.com $5,995 – Taylor Technology Services, a printing company, bought this domain. It’s not clear what it will be for. They produce an assortment of what they refer to as “business identity products” like business cards, stationery, envelopes, presentation folders, custom stamps and more.

QTY.co $5,500 – Cosmic Shovel, a web development company that runs Amazon price tracker camelcamelcamel.

IronRoad .com $5,000 – Depot Drug, a mail-order pharmacy, is affiliated with the health insurer Iron Road Healthcare.

Gaer.it €3,660 – Gaer Società Cooperativa is an Italian electronics retailer.

BigData.info $3,300 – Forwards to BigData.it, the site for an Italian marketing company.

Slimbook.com €3,000 – The buyer appears to be a computer maker called Tuxedo Computers.

Fundamental.in $3,000 – An Indian company, Fundamental Electronics PVT LTD, bought this domain. It manufactures electronic components.

CasinoMentor .com €3,000 – This website links to online gambling services.

MiniFabrik.com €3,000 – Forwards to Nobilia.de, the website for a European kitchen manufacturer. I can’t find any connection between this brand and the company, but fabrik is German for factory.

VikingInk.com $2,800 – Maimi Paint Sociedad Limitada bought this domain. This Spanish company appears to operate the tattoo ink brand Viking Ink.

GL.law $2,700 – Gregg Latchams Solicitors forwards this domain to its website at gregglatchams.com.

SW.dev $2,250 – Developer Daniel Green forwards this domain to Daniel.Green. He is associated with Comic Shovel (see QTY.co sale).

Optimax.ca $2,200 – Optimax is a Canadian maker of cleaning and sanitary products.

Nutreno.com $2,065 – Nutreno bills itself as “The Netflix of training”, offering unlimited streaming of physical fitness content.

F-Pay.com $2,000 – The buyer is affiliated with Fast Payment, a payment services company licensed by the Morrocoo central bank.