Sedo sales analysis (plus comparison with Afternic)

Sedo.com’s reportable .com only sales were $606,516 USD spread over 160 domain names for the past two weeks: 7/01/12-7/15/12.

These sales are of course only the reportable domain name sales. It seems that the most expensive sales have the highest possibility on being confidential. Sedo charges 2.5% of the sales price the party that wants to keep the sale private. Nevertheless I think these reportable sales are worth a more detailed analysis. I compiled a few sublists and graphs. Please let me know what other statistics you would like to see for these sales lists. I am thinking of making one of these posts every month with the total sales of the month. One for Afternic and one for Sedo. Do you think that a combined post would be more useful? Please make a comment and let me know.

Last week I did a report on two weeks of Afternic .com sales above $1,000. This week I will do the same report for Sedo and compare the results. Sedo is a bit trickiest as it reports sales from 700 USD/EUR/GBP and above and in three different currencies. I had to convert all prices to USD and then dismiss any domain below 1000 USD so that it would be directly comparable to Afternic’s analysis. Again these statistics are for the .com domain name sales only.

Statistics

Sedo’s list includes one of the longest domain that I have seen sold. It is alongtimeagoinagalaxyfarfaraway.com that was registered in 2002 and has 31 characters!!! May the force be with it.

The average sales price for these 160 .com domains was $3,791.

The median sales price for these 160 .com domains was $2,500.

These two figures are significatly higher that the Afternic ones. The average sales price for the Afternic sales was $2,337. The median sales price for the Afternic sales was $1,800.

The average holding time of the seller was 7.73 years. This is the time that the seller has the domain name in its possession before he/she makes the sale. This is over a year more than Afternic’s 6.66 years. That is understandable if you consider the higher sales average that sedo has. (see below) So when you register a domain name be prepared to hold on to it for at least 8 years. Up to 19 years in the case of the oldest domain sold these couple of weeks.

The oldest domain on the list is witsend.com that sell for $25,000.00. It was registered on 26-oct-1993.

The youngest domain on the list is georgiasingles.com that sell for $1,000. It was registered on 31-may-2012.

Domain name sales count by year

Sedo has the domain sales count by year more evenly distributed. 2002 and 2009 stand above the rest though.

Year	Domain names sold
1993	1
1994	0
1995	0
1996	3
1997	6
1998	10
1999	4
2000	12
2001	11
2002	19
2003	11
2004	9
2005	12
2006	10
2007	5
2008	5
2009	17
2010	5
2011	12
2012	8

Afternic’s busiest years were 2003 and 2004. Probably because most of the afternic sales are from the BuyDomains.com inventory. BuyDomains.com was very active in drop catching and hand regging during those years.

Average sales price by year

Sedo’s average sales price by year is also more predictable. The oldest a domain name is the highest the sales price is. Sedo’s sales prices start in 1993 and then reduce gradually up until 2012. Actually, all 8 domains that were registered in 2012 were sold for exactly $1,000.

Year	Average sales price (USD)
1993	25000
1994	0
1995	0
1996	21533
1997	12760
1998	7815
1999	6147
2000	5223
2001	4397
2002	3540
2003	2911
2004	2326
2005	1946
2006	1774
2007	1570
2008	1500
2009	1324
2010	1217
2011	1112
2012	1000

Afternic started strong with 1995 and 1996 but from then on the averages were ranging from $1,510 to $3,406 with no apparent pattern for the rest of the years up until 2012.

Finally here is the complete list of 160 domain names sorted by year and then by sales price in USD:

Domain Name	Registration Year	Sales Price (USD)
witsend.com	1993	25000
pict.com	1996	25000
taxzone.com	1996	20600
shopfront.com	1996	19000
wardrobes.com	1997	15499
bellcapital.com	1997	14995
nextnet.com	1997	12294
funplus.com	1997	11925
jumpco.com	1997	11750
cafeterias.com	1997	10099
tackboard.com	1998	10000
riyal.com	1998	9835
mamasan.com	1998	8500
redmessage.com	1998	7500
wealthguide.com	1998	7500
scenarioplanning.com	1998	7500
spracherkennung.com	1998	7495
onlinebusinesses.com	1998	7376
erotv.com	1998	6300
documentaires.com	1998	6147
wakingup.com	1999	6147
pame.com	1999	6147
swiig.com	1999	6147
holidaysflorida.com	1999	6146
ssm.com	2000	6000
usabusiness.com	2000	6000
polarsports.com	2000	5500
greatharbor.com	2000	5250
mietausfallversicherung.com	2000	5004
facewise.com	2000	5000
udni.com	2000	5000
markmedia.com	2000	5000
autismspectrum.com	2000	5000
water-slides.com	2000	5000
matm.com	2000	5000
cubafacts.com	2000	4918
officedeskchairs.com	2001	4918
gamblingaffiliateprograms.com	2001	4800
eyein.com	2001	4750
racechip.com	2001	4500
clickout.com	2001	4500
icrush.com	2001	4500
360virtualtours.com	2001	4300
volkmer.com	2001	4100
metaline.com	2001	4000
filipinoads.com	2001	4000
multitour.com	2001	3995
prss.com	2002	3971
worldbibles.com	2002	3950
storehere.com	2002	3939
solarway.com	2002	3895
apio.com	2002	3888
naturenation.com	2002	3850
buzzrewards.com	2002	3800
edusfera.com	2002	3750
techscout.com	2002	3688
propertyfund.com	2002	3688
geteco.com	2002	3600
etqan.com	2002	3500
mytraveljobs.com	2002	3300
alongtimeagoinagalaxyfarfaraway.com	2002	3200
spoofmail.com	2002	3077
1fy.com	2002	3074
copeo.com	2002	3074
moisson.com	2002	3010
cashsites.com	2002	3000
flipcard.com	2003	3000
mindsteps.com	2003	3000
xx5.com	2003	3000
winefridge.com	2003	3000
powtek.com	2003	3000
pawnnet.com	2003	3000
mydec.com	2003	2990
visionbook.com	2003	2900
solto.com	2003	2877
grandesofertas.com	2003	2705
parknplay.com	2003	2550
worldia.com	2004	2500
new-level.com	2004	2500
wordmill.com	2004	2500
presshub.com	2004	2425
kipsy.com	2004	2397
printedtowels.com	2004	2213
krpo.com	2004	2200
perfumereviews.com	2004	2200
biglnk.com	2004	2000
partyhouses.com	2005	2000
greenelectric.com	2005	2000
aboriginalartstore.com	2005	2000
skyter.com	2005	2000
ladybox.com	2005	2000
jumia.com	2005	2000
newjerseyassistedliving.com	2005	2000
hotelea.com	2005	1899
backtraffic.com	2005	1895
crazysheep.com	2005	1860
bunked.com	2005	1849
pilotproperty.com	2005	1844
trafficpartner.com	2006	1844
atlanticpacific.com	2006	1844
krebstherapie.com	2006	1800
individi.com	2006	1800
ecarworld.com	2006	1800
vipjuegos.com	2006	1795
owncasino.com	2006	1795
reddomedia.com	2006	1711
createdinchina.com	2006	1700
apcenter.com	2006	1652
high-t.com	2007	1600
iziplay.com	2007	1600
wohn.com	2007	1599
survivaltube.com	2007	1550
jobeur.com	2007	1500
tabletize.com	2008	1500
cloudrating.com	2008	1500
hangwith.com	2008	1500
realestatesnewyork.com	2008	1500
air4life.com	2008	1500
i-sea.com	2009	1495
samnaun.com	2009	1475
hellomedicare.com	2009	1400
qirin.com	2009	1400
kingseducation.com	2009	1395
hucast.com	2009	1352
streetbeauty.com	2009	1310
welcomecanada.com	2009	1300
betnet365.com	2009	1300
testteach.com	2009	1299
thefertilityproject.com	2009	1295
moneylabel.com	2009	1295
clearviewconsulting.com	2009	1250
questionstoask.com	2009	1249
winnernews.com	2009	1229
exploreable.com	2009	1229
southrichmond.com	2009	1229
coloradospringsmortgage.com	2010	1229
luxdeco.com	2010	1229
myworkbook.com	2010	1229
holisticevolution.com	2010	1200
yfoods.com	2010	1200
acceo.com	2011	1200
inhouse-consulting.com	2011	1200
applift.com	2011	1168
nofi.com	2011	1106
covercrazy.com	2011	1100
insectescomestibles.com	2011	1100
receiptless.com	2011	1100
madisonlily.com	2011	1100
appolls.com	2011	1095
nanobay.com	2011	1095
lutherpartner.com	2011	1050
iotworks.com	2011	1028
valuera.com	2012	1000
portaromana.com	2012	1000
allergyexperts.com	2012	1000
hauptstadtmakler.com	2012	1000
georgiasingles.com	2012	1000
r4-3ds.com	2012	1000
cruise4miles.com	2012	1000
global-tickets.com	2012	1000

You can find the complete raw list here.