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Top Selling Domain Names for 2014
December 31, 2014
Although 300 new gTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains) were released and
3.5 million domains were registered during 2014, do.tcom remains king, according to sedo.com's annual report, and
the new extensions are beginning to show signs of who's in and who's out. Which domain sold for more than $1,000,000 and what
is expected for 2015? The new gTLDs that will survive and profit are the ones that offer an alternative to the dot.com.
So think .click, .web., and .link, because they are Internet terms that are globally used and recognized. Dot.world is a sleeper
string, but if you are a domainer, you might want to grab a few before the likely pop in the ensuing months.
The highest selling domain for the year was mm.com at $1,200,000,
while the most profitable new string was coffee.club for a sweet $100,000. Of the 300 new suffixes released
in 2014, .club was the gTLD investment winner of the year, sweeping 7 of the top ten sales, but it had also faced
little competition when it launched on January 18, 2014. It was .xyz that was crowned the 2014 gTLD overall winner
with more than 750,000 domains sold, but aiding the generic domain, priced at $15, were all the other gTLDs selling for
$30 to $50, and even higher for many so-called premium names.
Sedo.com*, which is the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, has announced its 2014
list of the highest-valued public domain sales of the year:
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These were the highest public new gTLD domain name sales at Sedo in 2014:
| 1) coffee.club |
100,000 US Dollar |
| 2) baltic.cruises |
25,000 US Dollar |
| 3) eat.club |
20,000 US Dollar |
| 4) english.club |
17,500 US Dollar |
| 5) jobboerse.berlin |
8,000 Euro |
| 6) joy.club |
10,000 US Dollar |
| 6) penguin.club |
8,000 US Dollar |
| 7) havana.club |
8,000 US Dollar |
| 8) viking.cruises |
5,500 Euro |
| 9) ritz.club |
7,500 US Dollar |
| 10) uhr.kaufen |
4,200 Euro |
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These were the highest public domain name sales at Sedo in 2014:
| 1) mm.com |
1,200,000 US Dollar |
| 2) true.com |
350,000 US Dollar |
| 3) malls.com |
320,000 US Dollar |
| 4) flashcards.com |
250,000 US Dollar |
| 5) gab.com |
200,002 US Dollar |
| 6) cornerstonehomes.com |
150,000 US Dollar |
| 7) kaffee.de |
100,000 Euro |
| 8) chat.fr |
99,999 Euro |
| 8) musik.de |
99,999 Euro |
| 9) vitaminc.com |
104,000 US Dollar |
| 10) credits.com |
100,000 US Dollar |
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The Top 10 list of highest IDN New gTLDs includes prices that are related
to domain packages including the keyword in different variations:
| 游戏.在线 |
25,388 US Dollar |
games.online |
| 赌场.在线 |
25,000 US Dollar |
casino.online |
| 房地产.在线 |
16,000 US Dollar |
realestate.online |
| 租赁.在线 |
15,500 US Dollar |
rent.online |
| 比特币.在线 |
14,388 US Dollar |
bitcoin.online |
| 房地产.中文网 |
10,000 US Dollar |
realestate.website |
| 俱乐部.在线 |
7,100 US Dollar |
club.online |
| 名表.在线 |
6,400 US Dollar |
look.online |
| 销售.在线 |
5,588 US Dollar |
sell.online |
| 优惠.在线 |
4,100 US Dollar |
offer.online |
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So what is in store for 2015? While past performance is no guarantee of
future results, where have you heard that before, it should be a great year as 300 additional suffixes are released and
as gTLDs continue to gain recognition and momentum (and appear in search results), but while demand for .com is
expected to remain robust, look for strong sales with Internet nouns .link (general availability on April 15,
2014) and the newly released $9.99 .click (general availability was November 25, 2014), as well as high demand for
.web since it is anticipated to be the most sought after extension for 2015, while the more expensive
niche .club and less appealing, generic .xyz begin to slow.
The extensions that will survive and profit are the ones that offer an alternative
to dot.com. So think .click, .web., and .link, because, even as English words, they are highly recognized Internet terms on
every continent. Would you click on war.click or military.click or garden.shiksha, for instance? How about
disease.blackfriday or 411.space?
One factor that will definitely plague the gTLDs for the coming year is the failure of speculators to
renew. The speculators that hurled hundreds and even thousands of
dollars into the new strings, only to be holding very expensive empty bags when the annual renewals hit, will be
flooding the market with their domains (and tears) as their unfulfilled dreams expire without a suitor. Applicants
are also going to be the losers, because, in addition to paying ICANN the annual renewal fee of $25,000, they are forced
to remain married to their domains even as they die for lack of buyers. Applicants, according to ICANN, had to post
a bond covering three years of operations.
But do meet cousins .web, .webs, .website, and .webcam, and will there eventually be
the birth of .webpage, .webguy, and so on? And then there is .wed, which could be confused with .web, and which extension
will your browser default to, .web or .webs?. So walk softly and carry a tightfisted purse, and always perform your DD.
*Figures provided courtesy sedo.com.
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