Because auctions must start at $1 on Sav, it is true that many auctions close for just a few dollars. That said, most strong names do go for a reasonable
wholesale price. While both retail and wholesale buyers can bid at Sav, I suspect that most buyers are wholesale in the auctions.
I am not quite sure, but I am pretty certain that the only Sav sales that are tracked at NameBio are from the auctions (and occasionally a private seller who reports Sav as venue). Assuming that is so, I had a look at the
past 12 months. Over that time period
Sav auctions accounted for $1.8 million, with
5351 reported sales at an
average price of $336. Here is the list:
https://namebio.com/?s==ADO1kDN4EDN (you will need a NameBio account to access the details).
The
largest sale was for $31,250 (an .xyz name). I had a look at the
top 20 sales and here is breakdown by TLD:
- io 11
- org 4
- com 1
- xyz 1
- co 1
- tech 1
- international 1
Even if I go to the
top 50 Sav auction sales of the past 12 months, only 2 of them are .com. I found the above somewhat surprising, with many more org, and especially io sales, than com. It does not mean you can't get a good price for a .com, but just that fewer are selling on that auction platform (it is just the reverse at GoDaddy auctions that are dominated by .com).
I may at some point do a deeper analysis.
-Bob