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GoldenState.com, Rightwing.com among top auction sales

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SnapNames lands some whales.

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Web.com’s domain name auction platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 97 domains at $2,000 or more last month, totaling $566,000.

SnapNames led the way with the sale of 9j.com for $60,400. But here are the domains that jump out at me:

  • GoldenState.com $37,100 – It’s the nickname for California. When most people hear this term they think of the Golden State Warriors basketball team. NameJet.
  • Rightwing.com $20,900 – A big political domain that could sell for much more to a conservative publication. I own LeftOfCenter.com and frequently get inquiries on it. Rightwing.com is obviously much bigger. SnapNames.
  • Rezy.com $10,500 – If restaurant reservation site Resy.com didn’t pick up this domain, it really missed out. NameJet.
  • StreetMaps.com $6,601 – A limited pool of buyers but they have big pockets. NameJet.
  • Trendspotting.com – I wish I would have noticed this auction. NameJet.
Domain NameSale PricePlatform
9j.com60400SnapNames
goldenstate.com37100NameJet
kihls.com30614NameJet
woolwarehouse.com29888NameJet
rightwing.com20900SnapNames
zhongce.com20400SnapNames
onebank.com17856NameJet
smartick.com15856NameJet
uxv.com12500NameJet
vestidos.com11488NameJet
rezy.com10500NameJet
aspx.com9750SnapNames
collegeportraits.org9400NameJet
sanbruno.com9222NameJet
zgroup.com8608NameJet
bdsy.com7300NameJet
streetmaps.com6601NameJet
aghg.com5980NameJet
mortgageservices.com5766NameJet
paida.com5719NameJet
trendspotting.com5301NameJet
continente.com5288SnapNames
eyeview.com5177NameJet
flattery.com5022NameJet
asrv.com4655NameJet
hedef.com4610NameJet
suv.org4600NameJet
womenactionmedia.org4600NameJet
cavemen.com4540NameJet
painmedicine.com4488NameJet
complaints.org4400NameJet
onroute.com4200NameJet
redefiningpower.com4188SnapNames
netter.com4089NameJet
delfina.com3911NameJet
comments.org3875NameJet
propertyadvisors.com3755SnapNames
sabana.com3736NameJet
oomm.com3700NameJet
petaware.com3695SnapNames
nextjet.com3655SnapNames
shetty.com3517NameJet
sis.org3422NameJet
premiercapital.com3279NameJet
achoo.com3200NameJet
jiaoyisuo.com3200SnapNames
omusic.com3100NameJet
compassroserealty.com2995SnapNames
mangels.com2956SnapNames
96158.com2942NameJet
verbania.com2909NameJet
landmanagement.com2889NameJet
insureamerica.com2800NameJet
foodbag.com2711NameJet
mosfet.com2710NameJet
actualized.com2700NameJet
popgun.com2700NameJet
spxpo.com2695NameJet
rennen.com2655NameJet
globalauto.com2645NameJet
btube.com2605NameJet
w6w.com2510NameJet
68005.com2500NameJet
befamous.com2500NameJet
jetengines.com2480NameJet
2-8.com2453NameJet
axishealth.com2441NameJet
itmarketing.com2433NameJet
redcrane.com2427NameJet
tu3.com2414NameJet
luxurydestinations.com2400NameJet
animalauthority.com2395SnapNames
creditclean.com2350NameJet
y-g.com2334NameJet
prun.com2272SnapNames
bestskin.com2250NameJet
portatil.com2213NameJet
82520.com2200NameJet
chicago.info2200NameJet
purecoffee.com2200NameJet
seedsmart.com2200NameJet
techgo.com2110NameJet
67005.com2100NameJet
78728.com2100NameJet
focusdata.com2100NameJet
opinions.org2100NameJet
privacyjournal.net2100NameJet
firstcrush.com2089NameJet
unec.com2051NameJet
pixology.com2021NameJet
sockstore.com2016NameJet
23005.com2000NameJet
52113.com2000NameJet
58922.com2000NameJet
62993.com2000NameJet
87119.com2000NameJet
89116.com2000NameJet

17 end user domain name sales up to €59,500

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A German travel site, several property development companies and a bitcoin trading platform bought domain names last week.

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The company that developed The Edge observation deck at Hudson Yards in NYC bought another domain name.

Sedo had a lot of good end user country code domain names over the past week including SeeReisen.de for €59,500.  Also, the company that developed The Edge observation deck at Hudson Yards in New York City bought another domain name.

Here’s the list of end user sales from the past week. You can view previous lists like this here.

SeeReisen.de €59,500 – This domains translates to “Sea cruises” from German and is the top overall sale from last week. It currently forwards to UrlaubsExperte.de which translates to “Travel expert”, a German travel booking site specializing in cruise ship travel.

EdgeNYC.com $10,000 – The Related Companies, a property development company that develops both commercial and residential properties. This is for an observation deck at Hudson Yards in NYC. It bought EdgeNY.com for $2,000 a couple of months ago.

NGJ.org $8,800 – Forwards to NoGreaterJoy.org for the No Greater Joy Ministries Inc. out of Memphis, Tennessee.

SelfStorage.info $6,999 – It looks like the buyer is setting up a self storage search site.

BitcoinFuture.com $5,960 – A bitcoin trading platform.

RowingBlazers.us $5,900 & RowingBlazers.se €5,000 – Both domains were purchased by Rowing Blazers for their clothing brand founded by Jack Carlson, a former member of the U.S. national rowing team. They currently use RowingBlazers.com as their main site.

Devise.nl €4,900 – Forwards to DeviseAnalytics.com, an analytics software platform catering to ambulance services, hospitals, general practitioners and umbrella organizations in health care. Their current site is in Dutch so it makes sense that they now own the shorter Netherlands ccTLD.

Immobilien.berlin €4,900- Forwards to www.strategis.eu, or “Strategy”, a company providing sales and management solutions within the real estate sector. Immobilien means real estate in German.

M-Tower.com €3,700 – A new high-rise building being developed in Yangon, Myanmar. It forwards to M-Tower.co. This domain was sold via SedoMLS.

MisPro.com $2,999 – Mispro Biotech but the shorter version of its MisProBiotech.com domain.

AllCaps.eu €2,500 – Forwards to AllCaps.be with a message stating that they are “The platform for and by collectors of Champagne capsules” which are the foils covers for champagne/sparkling wine corks.

ShopSosie.com $2,640 – A women’s clothing online shop currently being developed.

ZDL.org €2,288 –  Center for Digital Lexicography of the German Language (ZDL). It forwards to DWDS.de, an online searchable digital dictionary of the German language supported by ZDL.

Führungskraft.de €2,500 – Forwards to FuehrungsKraft.com, a website in German offering workshops and training for executives.

NewMouth.com $2,000 – This was appropriately purchased by Dentistry Brands, LLC out of Orlando, FL.

Sport-Wear.com $2,000- Forwards to TexMarketSports.com, an Italian sportswear company that produces personalized team uniforms, exclusively for retailers.

15 end user domain sales up to $100K

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An online dating site, the National Conference on Weights and Measures and two home accessory brands bought domain names last week.

graphic of briefcase full of money related to end user domain name sales

The six-figure sale of Yotta.com topped this week’s Sedo end user sales report. There were several unique buyers this past week including a line of all natural marshmallows. Yum!

Here’s the list of end user sales from the past week. You can view previous lists like this here.

Yotta.com $100,000 – This Six-figure sale was the top overall sale at Sedo for the week. It’s still in escrow, but a likely buyer is the software company by the same name that currently uses WeareYotta.com as its domain. Another potential buyer is the ecommerce company called Yottaa (two a’s).

EndlessSummer.com $20,000 – There are a ton of trademarks on this term. Whois shows a French company called Palem.

EHVentures.com $10,000 – Rental car company Enterprise Holdings.

PlayWell.com $9,500 – Forwards to Hape.com, a German brand of high quality educational wooden toys. With this purchase, the company may be launching a new line or marketing campaign.

Date.app €5,000 – A nice .app sale. Web design firm Tuner Media in Madrid bought the domain, perhaps for a client.

DiGift.com $5,000 – Forwards to DiGift.ru, an online gift card giving service.

NCWM.com $4,995 – The National Conference on Weights and Measures, which currently uses the .net version of this domain.

CushionShop.com $4,988 – Cushion.com, an online cushion retailer that creates custom made cushions, pillows, pads and umbrellas. Its main domain is awesome so I’m curious to see what they do with this one.

Alcari.com $4,000 – Alcari is a knitwear brand specializing in men’s and women’s scarves and knit hats. It currently uses AlacariOfficial.com for its website so this is a big upgrade.

Dandies.com $3,988 – A company that produces all natural marshmallows under this name. These treats are made with all natural ingredients, contain no high fructose corn syrup or gelatin and were the first marshmallow to be Non-GMO Project Verified. I like the name.

ADA.ag $3,898 – A healthcare app out of Berlin that uses AI technology enabling users to complete health assessments from their mobile devices without having to go to the doctor. It already owns ADA.com. The ccTLD for Antigua and Barbuda could be a sign it wants to get into animal medicine (.AG is sometimes used as short for Agriculture) or it could just be a brand protection move.

Fortuny.it €3,660 – Forwards to VenetiaStudium.com, an interior design brand based out of Venice, Italy with an original line of lamps under the Fortuny moniker. With this purchase, it could now feature these lamps on a dedicated landing page.

Delta.io $2,999 – Delta Lake is an open-source storage layer to bring ACID transactions to Apache Spark.

CHPM.com €2,800 – All County Heritage Property Management in California bought an acronym domain.

Shag.co.uk £2,000 – An online dating site purchased this domain and has begun developing it.

Centric.com tops Great Domains auction with three days to go

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Centric.com is over $20,000 in the current Great Domains auction.

People holding bid cards in an auctionSedo’s bimonthly Great Domains auction doesn’t end until Thursday but has already attracted some nice bids.

Centric.com has met its reserve and stands at $21,722. Presale.com has also met its reserve and has a top bid of $10,999. ZBO.com is close behind at $9,999.

Other domain names have higher bids but haven’t met the reserve price yet. Cooking.com clocks in at $149,998, which is well below its reserve price of $250k-$500k.

Sedo changed its Great Domains auction from a monthly event to every other month this year and I think it’s paying dividends. Not only do the auctions get more attention but they seem to have better inventory. Other nice names this time include Bootcamp.com, LoveBird.com, Stimulation.com and HardCover.com.

19 end user sales…including one to Uniregistry

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A domain name registrar was an end user this week.

graphic of briefcase full of money related to end user domain name sales

It’s not often that you see a domain name registrar acquire a domain name as an end user. But that happened this week as Uniregistry (or is it now Uni?) bought the domain name UniEmail.com at Sedo.

This was one of 19 end user sales I uncovered at Sedo for the past week.

One that I didn’t include because I don’t know the buyer is Club.app. It sold for just $2,000, which sets a value point for .app domains.

Here’s the list of end user sales from the past week. You can view previous lists like this here.

Lootjes.nl €29,500 – Forwards to Lootjestrekken.nl. This site lets you set up gift exchanges by pulling straws. It randomizes who your gift recipient is.

Capiche.com – A fun name but it reminds me of the spelling challenges that Gazoontite experienced back in the day. I’m not sure who bought it but the domain resolves to a page with a Capiche logo.

AutoPiter.com €9,900 – Forwards to AutoPiter.ru, a Russian auto and motorcycle parts dealer.

Chacon.com €9,850 – Chacon sells smart home goods and cameras at Chacon.be. It now has the .com to match its country code domain. I think it got a good deal on this name.

InversorGlobal.com $6,000 – This domain was purchased by Inversor Global, a Spanish Investment Firm that currently uses IGDigital.com as its main website.

Lyst.ch and Lyst.at €5,500 each – Lyst Ltd is an online fashion store that uses the domain name Lyst.com.

OmniGym.com $5,465 – Omnigym (Puuha Sports Oy) produces home fitness and gym equipment out of Finland.

CloudTechSolutions.com $4,999 – Cloud Technology Solutions is a Google Cloud Premier Partner that provides G Suite and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) solutions. The domain forwards to CloudSolutions.co.uk.

EYUP.com $3,900 – David Richards of the David and Jane Richards Family Foundation, a charitable organization whose goal is to educate, empower and improve the lives of children. For now, the domain forwards to the foundation’s website at djrff.org.

QAD.nl €2,900 – Forwards to QAD.com, an integrated business software company for manufacturing companies. The company now owns the Dutch ccTLD.

WER.io $2,800 – A new digital marketing agency whose claim is to connect the physical store aspect of businesses with digital channels, enabling an immersive, spatial computing environment and direct marketing channel between brands and consumers at the local store and online.

ChefsResource.com $2,500 – This website is still being developed but has the message posted, “We are trusted by millions of home cooks as the authority for best recipes, cooking tips, and much more”. Might be some hyperbole there since it’s a fresh install of WordPress.

LQ.be €2,200 – Lemmis Q is a French Consultancy Firm that helps organizations through structural changes using their own readiness scan based on the “Six batteries of change”. Its website is LemmisQ.com.

Viak.com – $3,500 Viak is an organization trying to make smartphones more affordable.

UniEmail.com $3,000 – Domain name registrar Uni (aka Uniregistry) bought this domain.

Arcade.one $3,000- This new site appears to be for games and has a cool coming soon page.

George.pro – €2,019 Erste Group’s George Labs, which has a banking solution called George.

RenewalTherapy.org $2,000 – Forwards to RenewalCounselling.com – an individual counseling and psychotherapy services provider.