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These companies upgraded their domain names

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Lots of companies are paying to get a better version of their domain name.

Image with green background that states "Domain Upgrades"

Of the forty reported sales at Uniregistry over the past two weeks, I was able to connect 17 of the purchases to end users. Many of these are upgraded domain names that are flawed.

For example, the sewing machine company Bernette dropped the ‘My’ off the front of its domain. Brave Thinking Institute shortened its too-long domain name with a three-letter domain. And iDecideInteractive bought the short, clear domain iDecide.com.

These are just three of the companies that realized they could improve their brand presence with a better domain.

Here are the end user sales I discovered:

BTI.com $100,000 – The domain forwards to Brave Thinking Institute, which is some sort of life and business coaching company.

Holocare.com $22,200 – Holocare bills itself as the “World’s first innovation centre for mixed reality in health.” Think holographs.

Gelal.com $16,500 – Gelal is a Turkish courier service.

AutoZen.com $15,000 – Open Road Auto Group is a car dealer.

TheAdvocates.com $11,500 – The Advocates personal injury attorneys smartly upgraded from UtahAdvocates.com.

ShopShowroom.com $11,000 – Showroom, as the business will be called, is “Creating a personal showroom for the modern woman.”

JacoBeach.com $10,000 – This is interesting. The buyer forwards the domain to an Airbnb in Jaco, Costa Rica.

Cricket .bet $8,500 – It’s not every day that you see a .bet domain sell. EGames Bond Ltd in Malta bought the domain.

iDecide.com $8,000 – iDecideInteractive creates interactive presentations. It uses the domain iDecideInteractive.com. Nice upgrade.

Bernette.com $8,000 – Sewing machine company Bernette bought this domain. It’s an upgrade from MyBernette.com.

NotaryOnline.com $7,600 – Sequiter operates legal and document websites, including LawDepot.

Phoenix .ca $6,000 – This domain forwards to GetPhoenix .com, a site that sends ED medicine to Canadians.

RapidRadiology.com $5,000 – Rapid Radiology provides radiology reports to healthcare organizations. It forwards the domain to its website RapidRad.com. Smart purchase.

Chocho.com $5,000 – Chocho is a plant protein. The website at this domain shows the brand Mikuna, so that might be the buyer.

CustomLandscapes.com $5,000 – Custom Landscapes is a landscaper in Denver, North Carolina.

KETK.com $4,400 – Nexstar Media Group bought this domain for its television station KETK.

CoinCollecting.org $3,000 – American Numismatic Association. It promotes coin collecting.

This report has great aftermarket and primary domain data

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Report provides rich data on domain names and the aftermarket.

A few weeks ago, Sedo and InternetX released a Global Domain Report covering data about the domain name industry and their own businesses. I was at NamesCon and bogged down but I finally got a chance to review it last week.

Here are some of the interesting stats from the report. You can download the full report here.

Domain search of all TLDs by length

I’ve seen many charts showing that most domains that sell are about 7-12 characters, and prices drop off from there. This chart from InternetX shows the length of domains people are searching for, and it’s no surprise that it correlates with what’s selling.

Chart depicting number of domain searches based on length. It shows the sweet spot is 7-15 characters.

Domain aftermarket prices

The report reviews domain sales data at Sedo and breaks out data in an easy-to-read format. For example, you can review top sales by country code. I also found this chart showing median prices interesting:

Chart depicting average and median domain prices at Sedo

Note how many domains are selling at low prices. Half of .com domains are selling for under $630! Also, note how much higher .AI domains are selling for. Keep in mind that many of Sedo’s customers are other domain investors, so median prices here are a blend of end users and investors.

Hot Topics

Want to know what topics people are searching to buy? This graphic sums it up:

Chart showing top keyword searches at Sedo including CBD, Libra, and Crypto

There’s a lot of other good data in the 40-page report.

 

15 end user domain sales including a .Tel domain

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An accounting firm, streaming services comparison site, and multiple consulting firms bought domain names.

Picture of bundles of 500 euro notes with the words "End User Domain Sales" and the logo for Sedo

Sedo’s top public sale a week ago was Profitable.com. It’s not clear if the buyer is a domain investor or end user.

Last week also saw a rare .tel domain sale, and it is a unique domain hack: hos.tel.

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.

Buchhaltung.de €22,500 – Buchanltung means ‘accounting’ in German. The domain is used by accounting firm Zettel Wirtschaft. What a great value for this accounting firm to acquire a category-defining domain name in German.

Memories.co $10,000 – This website is still in development with the message, “Memories.co is a revolutionary new service that will help you collate, share and preserve your most precious memories for future generations.”

UpFix.com $6,000 – This domain was purchased by My Airbags, an online auto parts supplier and repair shop that uses the domain MyAirbags.com.

Playzo .com $4,995 – Cyber Play Management, which appears to be an online gaming company in Malta.

CapBay.com $4,995 – CapitalBay, a peer-to-peer lending platform, acquired the domain. It forwards to its website at CapitalBay.com.my.

CopperToxicity .com $4,500 – A site about Copper Toxicity, which the author states is a build-up of copper in the body.

BDG.io $3,899 – Better Decisions Group is an international business consultancy. It was founded in 2004 and was previously known as 2K Business Intelligence Solutions. It forwards BDG.io to better-decisions-group.com (ouch).

Light-beam.com €3,450 – The head of school for a group of international schools in Bangkok called The Early Learning Center bought this domain.

MPI.at €3,099 – Forwards to Moser-Partner.at, a website for Moser & Partner, an engineering and architectural consultancy based in Austria that provides planning services for building solutions.

Ceratek.com $3,000 – SencorpWhite sells a product called Ceratek, a sealant for medical pouches and trays.

Opera.it €3,000 – This domain was purchased by the Italian investment management firm Anima SGR. This could potentially be a purchase for the launch of a new product.

ProExpo.com €3,000 – Forwards to HERCProExpo.com, a website for Herc Rentals’ national leadership and sales meeting and internal trade show.

Novarise.com $2,750 – Novarise is a real estate education website.

Hos.tel €2,500 – Success Hotel Management GmbH bought this clever domain hack.

StreamingDienste.net €2,000 – German website that compares streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. Dienste means ‘services’ in German.

 

 

Should you get your own TLD? – DNW Podcast #274

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Is getting your own TLD a good investment?

There’s been a lot of debate about new top level domain names. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s a legitimate business opportunity to get your own top level domain name. On today’s show, you’ll hear a presentation from .Club at NamesCon about how it works and its own experience, plus some predictions for the next round.

Also: Frank’s payday, .Org sage continues, Spring Break canceled.

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How to use 4.cn to see domain sales in China

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Keep track of market activity in China.

I received a promotional email from 4.cn a few days ago. Although I don’t sell directly in China, out of curiosity, I clicked the link and learned that you can see results of domain auctions and the information is available in English.

Apparently, you need to sign up and then log in. Here’s how to access the information.

  1. Visit 4.cn
  2. Click Live Auctions
  3. Click the Closed Auctions tab

graphic showing domain auction results at 4.cn

You’ll see a list of auction results. Prices are shown in yuan but you can click the Detail button to see additional information. For example, I see that VQX.com was sold for 59,499 yuan (or $8,172) on February 12, 2020, and the reserve price range is $2,747 to $6,867. This is followed by the bid history.

Graphic depicting top sales at 4.cn

Go back to the Closed Auction page and you’ll also see the Top Sales section which lists the most expensive domains. No time indication is given but they likely represent the best domain sales of all time at 4.cn. For example, the No. 1 sale on the list is 125.com for 1.8 million yuan, which is also reported by Namebio as a sale which occurred on June 27, 2015 for $292,214 at 4.CN

So, if you are interested in the Chinese domain market, 4.cn can be a good place for your study because the domain sale information is provided in English.