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16 end user domain name sales up to $25k

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A Black Friday site, a gaming company and an apartment community bought domain names last week.

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

Sedo had a variety of end user domain name sales this past week, including a rare appearance by .travel. As usual, it was an international list of buyers.

Here are the end user sales I found. You can view previous lists like this here.

Vivlio.com $25,000 – A French company called Tea, which bills itself as The eBook Alternative, bought the domain. A rebrand in the works?

Mandom.com €20,000 – Japanese company Mandom Corporation.

BF.de €15,000 – Forwards to black-friday.de, a site in German about Black Friday deals and a countdown to retail’s biggest day of the year. This is a nice, shorter version of the domain.

Artificer.com $12,000 – This site is still in development with a message that says, “CRAFTING GOOD GAMES: We are Artificer, a new veteran studio…” Looks like it will be a game developer.

Ostsee.travel €9,500 – Kuehlungsborn Travel KG bought this domain. Ostsee seems to be German for Baltic Sea.

PostCodeSoftware.com $8,495 – MRI Software in Ohio specializes in real estate software.

Endumax.com $8,400 – TriMM, an internet agency in The Netherlands, bought this domain name. It’s likely for a client.

ExportPartner.com €4,300 – Export Partner BV, a Netherlands company that specializes in international exporting of products and consumer goods. The website is still in development.

SaludDigital.com €3,800 – Fundacion Carlos Slim (the foundation for the 5th richest man in the world) bought this for its healthcare service.

WestridgeApartments.com $3,181 – Glenco Apartments Incorporated bought this domain for its luxury apartment community in Burlington, Wisconsin.

Aero.pk $3,000 – Forwards to Aero.de, a news site in German covering aviation topics. .PK is the country code for Pakistan.

Magniva.com $2,895 – Lallemand is a global leader in the development, production and marketing of yeast, bacteria and specialty ingredients. Magniva sure sounds like a bacteria product.

SightseeingToursAustralia.com $2,714 – True to its name, this is a travel site for Australian tour providers and other travel services down under.

TwistedAlchemy.com $2,500 – A new company producing high-end mixers for cocktails from freshly squeezed juices.

CoolQuotesCollection.com $2,500 – This might have been a website purchase as it had an existing site featuring quotes. The site hasn’t been updated since 2012.

Pulte.net $2,500 – A guy whose last name is Pulte.

15 end user domain name sales up to $70K

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A German clothing brand, a link shortener and the SyFy network all bought domain names last week.

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

The top sale on Sedo this past week seems like a great deal for the buyer. Not only is boot.com a great brandable name, but it means boat in German. The top ccTLD sale also made the end user list, SwimmingPool.de at €12,750. And these weren’t the only 5-figure sales, there were several that made the list this week.

Let’s take a look at some of the end user sales on Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here.

Boot.com $70,000 – Boot is German for boat. The domain forwards to Boot.de, which looks like a trade show for the boating world. It’s worth noting they also use Boot.club for a program. This was a great deal for the buyer!

TZGZ.com $43,000 – Universal Studios acquired the domain name and it now redirects to SyFy.com, the popular science fiction television network. It has applied for trademarks for TZGZ It Comes after Syfy, suggesting this might be the new name for the network.

Datenschutzauditor.com €15,000 – It’s now owned by a German software company specializing in privacy and data protection.

SwimmingPool.de €12,750 – Forwards to SwimmingPool.com, an online network to find pool service providers.

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22 end user sales up to $50,000

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A new NYC tourist attraction, a bank and a soccer score business bought domain names.

Photo of Edge New York viewing balcony

The Edge at Hudson Yards will soon be a big tourist attraction in New York City. The group behind Hudson Yards bought the domain name EdgeNY.com. Photo from HudsonYardsNewYork.com.

It was a big week for end user domain name sales, led by a bank name for $50,000. Also notable (because it’s cool, not the price) is that the developer of Hudson Yards in New York City bought EdgeNY.com for its viewing balcony. The balcony opens this month. Someone registered the domain back in 2005. NYEdge.com is registered by a music band.

Let’s get to this week’s long list of end user domain sales. You can view previous lists like this here. Click here to see the list…

Cover.com buys Cover.ca and 15 other end user domain sales

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The company that paid $825,000 for Cover.com just bought Cover.ca for $10,000.

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

This week’s top public sale at Sedo was a new top level domain: buy.game for $29,999. I can’t figure out the buyer but it’s worth noting that buy.gameS was also purchased recently, suggesting that someone is getting ready to start a games website on one of these domains and thought it wise to get both versions.

I can’t be sure this is an end user at this price so I didn’t add it to the list below, but keep an eye on these domains!

Lads.com leads Sedo’s end user list this week, and check out what insurance company Cover paid for the .ca version of its Cover.com domain name.

Here are the end user sales from Sedo last week I was able to uncover. You can view previous lists like this here. Click here to see the end user sales list…

Domain marketplaces should build better search tools

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They are leaving money on the table with poor search features.

Image of Sedo.com search feature

Sedo’s search leaves a lot to be desired.

Jamie Zoch tweeted a lot of domain aftermarket observations yesterday, and one of them struck a chord with me.

There are great third-party tools such as ExpiredDomains.net for buying expired domains. I don’t know that the expired domain services need to recreate these but there could be some benefits.

The sites that do need to recreate tools like this are Sedo and Afternic. It’s very difficult to refine a search on these marketplaces. They might have a competitive reason to not expose their entire inventory to sites like ExpiredDomains.net…but this means they need to make it easier to search on their own sites.

Imagine getting an alert when someone adds a new name to Sedo that matches your criteria: length, number of TLDs the keyword is registered under, number of words, keywords, age, etc.

Even without alerts, wouldn’t it be great to search Sedo’s inventory this way? To be able to sort by your own quality metrics?

There are hidden gems listed for sale on both Sedo and Afternic but domain investors can’t find them.

This is low hanging fruit. The aftermarkets are leaving money on the table.