sales Defence.com Sold for $20,000; MUHU.com for $15,200...

[Domain Sales]

The top domain name sale of the day was Defence.com selling for $20,000.00 at Flippa. NameBio tracked 141 domain sales for a reported total of $102,236.00 with an average price of $725.08 per sale. Compared to the day before, there was a decrease of 29% in the number of sales and the total dollar volume decreased by 16%.

Top Sales for October 5th, 2018

Domain	Price	Venue
defence.com	$20,000	Flippa
muhu.com	$15,200	NameJet
channelmyanmar.com	$4,255	GoDaddy
wagen.net	$3,459	Sedo
benmax.com	$2,664	DropCatch
humorstar.info	$2,000	GoDaddy
bankingapp.com	$1,760	GoDaddy
tedox.com	$1,565	DropCatch
bettingblog.com	$1,499	Sedo
himobility.com	$1,394	BuyDomains
galorebeauty.com	$1,265	BuyDomains
wngroup.com	$1,200	NameJet
51106.com	$1,000	NameJet
bodyinvest.com	$1,000	DropCatch
gaymencentral.com	$1,000	GoDaddy
therepair.com	$1,000	NameJet

Market Stats for October 5th, 2018

TLD Type	Num Sales	Dollar Volume	Average	Median
gTLDs	136	$101,512	$746	$301
New gTLDs	0	$0	$0	$0
ccTLDs	5	$724	$145	$135

gTLD	Num Sales	Dollar Volume	Average	Median
COM	119	$90,480	$760	$302
ORG	13	$5,323	$409	$281
NET	3	$3,709	$1,236	$140
IO	3	$343	$114	$104
AI	1	$201	$201	$201
INFO	1	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
ME	1	$180	$180	$180

Venue	Num Sales	Dollar Volume	Average	Median
GoDaddy	52	$26,435	$508	$355
NameJet	39	$32,724	$839	$430
DropCatch	35	$13,916	$398	$231
Park.io	5	$724	$145	$135
Sedo	3	$5,308	$1,769	$1,499
Dynadot	3	$345	$115	$110
Flippa	2	$20,125	$10,063	$10,063
BuyDomains	2	$2,659	$1,330	$1,330

Category	Num Sales	Dollar Volume	Average	Median
Dictionary (English)	2	$1,034	$517	$517
Dictionary (Spanish)	0	$0	$0	$0
Keyword (x2)	46	$27,718	$603	$333
Keyword (x3)	13	$4,395	$338	$187
Keyword (x4)	1	$206	$206	$206
Geo Domains	4	$1,666	$417	$281
Geo + Keyword	5	$4,730	$946	$120
Surnames	2	$381	$191	$191
Given Names	1	$201	$201	$201
Domain Hacks	0	$0	$0	$0
Crypto Domains	1	$572	$572	$572

For a complete list of the day's sales visit: https://namebio.com/blog/daily-market-report-for-october-5th-2018

 

[private123]

I think one word defence.com cheap sold

 

[Coinking]

I think one word defence.com cheap sold

Flippa sale so most probablly reseller sale.

 

[Michael]

I think one word defence.com cheap sold

It is the British spelling so that’s probably why it didn’t sell for very much.

 

[xynames]

Muhu good four letter comparable @ $15.2k, especially at NameJet.

 

[Deepak Bhandari]

It's very low for defence.com

 

[FolioTeam]

I think one word defence.com cheap sold

Me too

 

[Grego85]

-I'm actually surprised Defence.com sold for so much. It is not spelled correctly and it was sold on Flippa.

-One thing I wish domain sales reporting platforms would start doing is specifying with venues like Godaddy and Namejet whether the sale is from expired/pre-release or if it is an actual end user sale.

 

[urlurl]

its not the incorrect spelling, its just not the american spelling - Britain, Canada, Australia, etc all spell it defence.

LOL

 

[private123]

defence/defense

I'm actually surprised Defence.com sold for so much. It is not spelled correctly and it was sold on Flippa.

 

[Grego85]

^ hunh, didn't know that.

 

[xynames]

<<whether the sale is from expired/pre-release or if it is an actual end user sale>>

I suppose we might be able to know if it's an expired domain but how could we know if it is to an end user? At least we might not know this right away. I've sold domains to end users who sat on the domain for months if not longer.

 

[Grego85]

^ Well with Godaddy the sale could be from a normal auction or bin (most likely an end user sale), or it could be an expired domain regged with GD or one of its partners (more likely domainer/investor). Sometimes with sales mostly in the $500 - 5k range I have to stop and wonder which it is. Same with Namejet.

 

[Michael]

^ Well with Godaddy the sale could be from a normal auction or bin (most likely an end user sale), or it could be an expired domain regged with GD or one of its partners (more likely domainer/investor). Sometimes with sales mostly in the $500 - 5k range I have to stop and wonder which it is. Same with Namejet.

There's not really a clear-cut line though. What if an end user wins an expired auction against only other domain investors and pays a wholesale price? What if two domain investors battle it out on an expired auction at NameJet and end up in the low-retail range?

We were thinking of having a scale from low wholesale to high retail and scoring a domain based on close comps, so if similar domains sold for much less we could call it retail. Still giving it some thought though.

 

[Kate]

I think defence could have sold for a bit more. But these names are not very liquid.
It's a great name for a magazine or website with a UK/Canada (limited) focus, but too generic for a business. Companies like Northtrop Boeing etc have built their whole reputation on their own brand names and would not benefit much.

BTW:

• .com.au: developed site
• .uk, .co.uk: parked for sale
• .ca: inactive, registered to a Canadian government entity

=> could be a nice add-on for the Australian end user

 

[Kingslayer]

Nice sale, i think it sold about right to be honest.

2 variations of spelling i think many companies will be hesitant branding around it, so think low 5 figures is a fair price.

 

[urlurl]

i agree - i avoid alternate spelling words unless i control both (colour vs color, etc)