The yearly charted domain name sales are always interesting to look at. Since we can only see the reported domain name sales, you have to go by the data provided but I think several things can be learned by looking at last years data.
DnJournal.com keeps a handy running list of the highest reported domain name sales in a simple chart which is easy to follow. With 2010 only 15 days old, the "new" 2010 list has not been started yet but I don’t think it will be long before we have the first seven figure reported domain name sale. The questions yet to be answered are what the domain name will be and who will have a hand in selling it.
Using data from DnJournal.com and taking a look at the top 5 reported sales from 2009:
- 2 sales were from Private Transactions
- 3 were from an auction service
4 of the top 5 sales happened in the first 6 months of the year and only two were above the $1M dollar mark. Candy.com for $3M and Toys.com for $5.1M. All of the top 5 reported sold domains were .com (top 26 are .com really).
With those numbers, it would be a pretty good bet the first 7 figure domain sale of the year will be a .com and it would have a pretty good shot selling in an auction.
If you include the Top 10 of 2009
- 2 sales were from Private Transactions
- 8 sales were from an auction service
5 of the top 10 sales happened in the first 6 months of the year with 8 of the top 10 being over $1 Million dollars.
The highest reported ccTLD for 2009 was Spel.es (games) in Swedish for $266,000. The highest Global Contender was Casino.mobi for $135,000 beating out Jesus.net which sold for $124,337.
That is the history and the future is ahead of us. Although only 2 weeks are in the books for 2010, the early reports look like ccTLD’s (country code) will be a player in the list!
Credit.fr is currently leading the highest reported domain sales of 2010 with a sale price of $851,875 USD. The domain name sold at the auction service Sedo.com .
The highest reported .com domain name sales of 2010 at time of posting:
- CookingGames.com $350,000
- Leisure.com $150,000
- Migraine.com $125,000
It will be 11 more months until we can say 2010 domain sales numbers are history and we will truly have the answer then, but if I were a betting man, I would say the highest reported domain name sale for 2010 will be a .com and will sell at an auction type service. ccTLD’s may give .com a run for it’s money but .com is much too popular to lose the top spot.
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