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All Are 3-Digit or 3-Letter Domains Names Sales Chart
The weeks ending Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, The 588.com domain name changing hands for $1 million on China’s popular 4.cnplatform, as reported earlier this week at TheDomains. And $200,000 sale of #2 OBE.com on behalf of seller Anything.com – and Tracy Fogarty’s eNaming.com scored big with #3 419.com at $150,000.
| No | Domain | Sold For | Where Sold |
| 1 | 588.com | $1,000,000 | 4.cn |
| 2 | OBE.com | $200,000 | GetYourDomain |
| 3 | 419.com | $150,000 | eNaming |
Non .com gTLDs (.net, .org, .biz, .info & others, including new gTLDs). Domain name USA.wiki sold for $5000
The .nets won the extension race with four chart entries nipping the .orgs who had 3. Here’s how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, January 25:
| NO | Domain | Sold for | Where sold |
| 1 | USA.wiki | $5,000 | Sedo |
| 2 | SmartSource.org | $4,500 | Sedo |
| 3 | DearWorld.org | $4,400 | Sedo |
| 4 | Krankenhaus.net | $3,989 | Sedo |
| 5 | Helicopters.net | $3,000 | Flippa |
| 6 | Bookmark.org | $2,550 | Flippa |
| 7 | Pragmatic.marketing | $2,400 | Sedo |
| 8 | Apico.net | $2,052 | Sedo |
| 9 | Coding.pro | $2,000 | Sedo |
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| 9 | Debt.wiki | $2,000 | Sedo |
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| 9 | Lionel.net | $2,000 | Flippa |
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Country Code Top 10 Sales Chart In Jan 2015 by DNJournal. Sweden’s .se easily won the extension race with six chart entries, Spanien.se at $60,000 standing at No. 1
1. Spanien.se $60,000 Tradera
2. SE.se $52,000 Tradera
3. WebShops.nl $39,279 Undeveloped.nl
4. SD.se $24,000 Tradera
5. PS.se $15,600 Tradera
6. IT.se $15,400 Tradera
7. DJ.se $15,000 Tradera
8. FirstChoice.com.au $12,908 NetFleet.com.au
9. SEO.io $11,000 Flippa
10. Autoteile.eu €7,000 = $7,980 Sedo
Top 10 domain names sales in Jan.2015 by DNjournal: HomeCare.com and SuperSeats.com give Michael the 1st and 4th spots on sales chart, with the two biggest ccTLD sales sandwiched in between. The .SE Registry, continuing their sale of previously reserved Swedish domains filled 3 more chart positions with names they auctioned off on EBay’sTradera.com platform. That group was led by #2 Spanien.se (“Spain” in Swedish) at $60,000and #3 SE.se at $52,000. The #5 slot went to WebShops.nl, a Dutch domain thatUndeveloped.nl sold for $39,279.
Domain name/ Sales amount/ Where sold
1. HomeCare.com $350,000 NamesCon/RightOfTheDot Auction
2. Spanien.se $60,000 Tradera
3. SE.se $52,000 Tradera
4. SuperSeats.com $48,888 Sedo
5. WebShops.nl $39,279 Undeveloped.nl
6. RBU.com $27,500 Sedo
7. SD.se $24,000 Tradera
8. 2009.com $22,500 Sedo
9. PJT.com $19,799 Sedo
10. Nachos.com $18,051 Flippa
You can find and buy expired domain names.
Domain names expire on different schedules, depending on the original Registrar they were registered with. Since desirable domain names can be grabbed in seconds once they become available, the only way to have a chance of securing a domain name of value is to be prepared by arming yourself with the knowledge of exactly when it will become available.
There are several sources of expired domain name information, some free and some that require the payment of a subscription or membership fee.
One of the best free resources is JustDropped.com. From this site, you can research which domain names have expired in the last 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days or 60 days.
Always bear in mind that crawling for interesting expired domain names requires effort, whether it’s thinking up search terms and feeding them into a search engine, or painstakingly stepping through a long list of expiring names. With over 20,000 domains expiring some days, the hunt for quality names can often feel like searching for a very small needle in a towering haystack, but the effort can be worthwhile should you succeed in tracking down and registering a highly desirable expired domain name.
One assumes you’re hunting down expiring domain names for one of two reasons:
If you’re hunting for names to use in building a site or service, you’ll already have a list of criteria as to what makes a good name, including suitability to the product or service it is intended to represent.
When hunting for expiring names, you also need to bear in mind who the previous owner of the name was and what they were using the name for, if anything. While most expiring names can be considered “fair game” (meaning they are available to be registered by anyone), you clearly wouldn’t wish to run afoul of the legal department of a giant corporation such as Microsoft or IBM. Even if you’re eventually proved to be in the right, always watch out for trademarks.
Many times, a simple WHOIS search is sufficient to reveal the current owner of a domain name that has been placed on hold and ready for deletion. However, there can be times when the ownership information is not as readily available, such as when the original Registrant’s information has been deleted in the domain record and substituted for information provided by the Registrar.
This is where the “Wayback Machine” offered by Archive.org can come in handy. This site allows you to view stored “snapshots” of millions of sites around the web as they appeared at different points in time. To check for information on the expiring domain name you’re interested in, enter “www.ExpiringDomainName.com” into the search box at Archive.org’s main page and see if any snapshots have been recorded for an old site at that domain. If some snapshots exist, you can browse the snapshots to get an idea of who the previous domain Registrant was and what they were using the domain name for.
While it is still possible to manually register some expiring domain names near the moment they become available, the competition surrounding the most desirable names has become so heated that manual methods alone are unlikely to be successful.
An entire mini-industry has sprung up around the backordering, or grabbing, of expiring domain names. While none of the solutions below provide an infallible solution to the problem of securing expiring domain names, they can help even the playing field.
The biggest firm in the expiring name acquisition game, and perhaps the most well-known, is SnapNames.com. For a fee, SnapNames will register expiring domains on your behalf, but if it’s a good domain there will likely be some competition. If two or more people attempt to “snap” the same expiring name, the name will be placed up for auction between the interested parties the moment SnapNames acquires it.
There are other such services that help you register expired domains in addition to SnapNames. Browse our Domain Backordering section of our Domain Resources for additional companies.
To maximize your chances of getting an expired name, it can be helpful to backorder the name at several of the automated services simultaneously. Since most of them charge only for successful registrations, you won’t be charged for any unsuccessful attempts.
Before jumping to the domain investment section of the guide, let’s talk about Multi-Lingual Domain Names.
(Written by Igoldrush)
There are some ways to do with your domain names
1. Domain names establish a unique identity in cyberspace.
2. Domain names can be resold, leased and bartered.
Aside from being used to identify a website, domain names can be resold to other companies or people, leased, or even bartered for other names or for goods or services. An entire industry has sprung up around the resale of domain names, with domain brokers acting as middlemen in the sales process. The profits from a successful sale can be enormous compared to the original value of the name. In fact, some domains have sold for over $1 million and cost under $10 to register!
However, there are many more sellers than buyers, making it difficult to locate a potential purchaser for a given domain name. There are also too few quality names, so the more valuable names often get buried in a mass of low-quality listings on domain brokerage sites. If you want to dabble with making money from buying and selling domain names, check out our domain investment guide for more information. You should always keep in mind that the vast majority of registered domain names have little to no resale value .
3. Domain names can be used to provide a unique, permanent email address.
4. Domain names can be used to improve a site’s ranking in search engines.
Even though the rules by which search engines “rank” sites change often, search engines generally favor sites with their own domain names over sites that do not have a domain name of their own (for instance, a MySpace page or WordPress blog hosted on the service’s site). Most search engines also give increased relevancy to domain names that contain “keywords” that people search for. For example, a search engine might rate a site with the domain name “FreeStuffGuide.com” higher than a site with the domain name “FreeBuyGuide.com” for the search “free stuff” since the first domain name contains the actual search terms. In addition, Google provides an exact match bonus used for determining search results if the search terms and the domain name’s SLD are an exact match. This provides a huge benefit over domains who’s Websites have many more favorable SEO characteristics such as Page Rank and Back Links.
There are some legal issues for domain name of your site
As you search for the right cheap domain registration, there are some legal issues you’ll want to pay attention to. Most importantly is the subject of trademarks. For details on potential legal issues, refer to our legal issues guide.
Trademark issues and their connection to domain names have one of the most ambiguous precedents in court today. The rule in the beginning was ‘first come, first serve’. But in certain areas, the rule has become ‘if you have enough money for a team of lawyers, then help yourself’. But still, there are plenty of smaller companies who have beaten corporate giants who try to take away their domains in court under the label of trademark infringement.
Look through the news history archive on this site to find dozens of back and forth judgments on such cases, both from courts and from the UDRP.
The easiest way to avoid trouble is to avoid registering domains of famous trademarks. Try generic names that are often used in the English language. Even words that are easily interpreted for a company name can get you into hot water though. Dell, for example, has taken a number of people to court for registering domain names that could be misspellings of their own domain. For example, owning the name deelFinancialServices.com is considered to be a type-squatted version of DellFinancialServices.com and the courts have yet to set a precedent for such cases.
Current laws allow U.S. courts to fine trademark infringement violators up to $100,000 for each domain. You likely don’t want those kinds of fines, court costs, lawyer fees, and other headaches. Play it safe now and do some research before investing money into a domain name that will draw the attention from big companies.
Buying a domain name for your website: Researching and Brainstorming.
Remember, the point of a cheap domain registration is to make a website easier to find and more memorable. So, as you research and brainstorm, it’s important to remember this central idea – a memorable domain name is always better than a cute or catchy domain name. If you have a great idea for puns to include in your ‘company name’, it’s advisable to use them in titles or headlines on your website rather than in your domain. In order to get people to visit and revisit your website, stick to the obvious.
Finding a domain for a new website can be something of a challenge, considering the fact that you’re selecting a name to use for years to come. Yes, you can always change domain names later, but the process usually disrupts your traffic to the site and confuses search engines.
It’s best to start with a bit of brainstorming. Grab a few blank sheets of paper, a thesaurus (or browser opened to Thesaurus.com), and have a little patience.
Jot down what your website will be about, in a paragraph or two. Next, boil down this description into a maximum of 2 sentences. Don’t worry about covering all the details; just make sure you’re addressing the essentials of what your website will be about.
Now, take your short description and underline all the “key” words that describe your future website. Let’s take a specific (fictional) example:-
“Our website will be the leading source of information on weaving and knitting, providing knitting patterns and design ideas, an introduction to weaving, a guide to selecting and caring for looms, and a store for people to buy wool, yarn and books.”
Now try to come up with a domain name that either addresses the one fundamental concept of the site or that marries two or more key concepts in a single name.
In our example, the following domain names may be possibilities: weavingandknitting.com, knittingandweaving.com, knittingpatterns.com, knittingworld.com, weavingworld.com etc.
Once you’ve drawn up a short-list of possible domain names, start searching for available names using the iGoldrush domain search tool.
In the above example, “weavingandknitting.com” and “knittingandweaving.com” were both available as of December 2000. But we can do better than that!
“knitandweave.com” and “weaveandknit.com” are both available, and while neither has the instant impact of an “amazon.com” or “internet.com”, both will be acceptable to our target audience – in fact, at the low prices today’s domain Registrars are charging, it would be worthwhile picking up both names!
If you’re having difficulty coming up with useful domain name combinations from your keywords, try a single keyword and add prefixes or suffixes, such as “the”. Not all prefixes and suffixes are appropriate in all situations. Instead, use your judgment when deciding which to add.
Common Prefixes
e, e-, my, i, i-, the, online, net, web, internet, hot, cool, our, your
Common Suffixes
world, links, site, web, net, resource, business, company, corp, inc, shop, store, mall, search, directory, guide
If you still can’t find any names you like, try brainstorming using some of the domain name research tools listed in the resources section of this site! One great tool is DomainIt’s domain name suggestion tool, which will give you suggestions for available names based on the keywords that you choose.
If you have a budget for your new domain name, then you need not be restricted to available, unregistered domain names. You may be able to buy the perfect domain name from its current owner. For more information on how to buy an already registered domain name, read our guide to buying and selling domain names.
If you want to buy a domain name for a website that is already up and running, your options will be more limited than if you’re starting from scratch, especially if you’ve already been operating under a clearly-recognizable “name” or “title”. Even if your website is hosted on a free service or on a free site like MySpace or WordPress, you may have given it a short title in large letters (or in a logo). While your search may be more difficult, start your search using your operating title and go from there.
For instance, if your site is called “The Knitting Expert” then your search is over, as “theknittingexpert.com” is available (as of the time this article was written.)
If your website’s name is very generic, you may well find one, or many, other sites already using it and the corresponding domain name(s) long since gone. In that case, you must decide whether you want to buy the existing domain name, look for an alternative extension, or use the brainstorming tricks outlined earlier in this article to find a suitable alternative.
Written by Igoldrush
The .com rule for choosing the right domain names registration
The .com domain names registration is always worth more than any other TLD for the same name. As a matter of fact, most other TLDs don’t even come close to the .com price of a domain name in the aftermarket. However, the smaller price tags on alternative TLDs could make them ideal for someone starting on a low budget.
Don’t be fooled into putting loads of money into second-choice names with an alternative TLD though. A name like computer.com is great. A name like computer.net is good, but not nearly as good as computer.com. But a name like thebestcomputers.org ends up being practically worthless in terms of resale value, unless a fair bit of online marketing is done to earn traffic for the site.
Once you understand all the rules, look at some of the most common mistakes that novices make in the domain industry.
Non .com gTLDs Highest Reported Domain Sales – Oct. 26, 2015 – Nov. 1, 2015.
The Non .Com gTLDs cheap domain registration sales were led by a half dozen five-figure sales that were listed in the all extension section above. JR.net set the pace with an impressive $55,000 sale at NameJet. The biggest sales in this group that you haven’t seen yet are a pair of .top domains that fill the 7th and 8th places on our latest weekly Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart. Those are Best.top at$9,474 and Good.top at $7,895, with both of those handled by the Jiangsu Bangningregistrar.
Rounding out the top ten are Sedo’s $6,000 sale of Mama.club and NameJet’s $5,865 sale of9F.net.
The extension race wound up in a dead heat with the .nets and .clubs each taking seven spots on the elite list. Here’s how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 1:
| No | Domain | Sold For | Where Sold |
| 1 | JR.net | $55,000 | NameJet |
| 2 | VIP.club | $40,000 | .CLUB Registry |
| 3 | The.club | $19,000 | RightOfTheDot |
| 4 | Steam.net | $17,250 | Sedo/SnapNames |
| 5 | MJ.club | $15,000 | .CLUB Registry |
| 6 | BetStars.net | $10,000 | Pvt Sale |
| 7 | Best.top | $9,474 | Jiangsu Bangning |
| 8 | Good.top | $7,895 | Jiangsu Bangning |
| 9 | Mama.club | $6,000 | Sedo |
| 10 | 9F.net | $5,865 | NameJet |
| 11 | Backup.net | $5,601 | NameJet |
| 12 | Repair.org | $5,145 | Sedo |
| 13 | Gadgets.org | $5,087 | NameJet |
| 14 | Cool.house | $5,000 | RedefineWeb/ |
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| 14 | Traffic.club | $5,000 | Key-Systems |
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| 14 | Diesel.club | $5,000 | GoDaddyAuctions |
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| 14 | Tour.club | $5,000 | GoDaddyAuctions |
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| 18 | GPX.net | $4,800 | Sedo |
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| 18 | SAO.net | $4,800 | Sedo |
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| 20 | 321.top | $4,737 | Jiangsu Bangning |
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| 20 | 528.top | $4,737 | Jiangsu Bangning |
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