Sedo’s 2015 Top Domain Name Sales (give.com, star.casino)

Sedo announced its 2015 list of the highest-valued public domain sales of the year. The list does not include Sedo’s confidential sales.

Leading this year’s public sales list is give.com, which closed at $500,000 stealing the top honors from heika.com at $300,000. .Com names reigned supreme but the biggest headline maker was the demand for short and numeric sales within the Chinese market.

Top 10 public domain name sales at Sedo in 2015:

1) give.com	500,000 US-Dollar
2) heika.com	300,000 US-Dollar
3) same.com	233,333 US-Dollar
4) pax.com	200,000 US-Dollar
5) response.com	150,000 US-Dollar
6) anker.com	130,000 US-Dollar
7) khc.com	120,000 US-Dollar
8) ignite.com	112,500 US-Dollar
9) mercari.com	100,000 Euro
10) material.com	100,000 US-Dollar

The Upswing among Chinese Buyers
2015 has seen a huge rise in sales of 2, 3 & 4 character & numeric sales. The surge in demand for these domains is being driven largely by Chinese buyers including some of our top overall sales. While China is the country with the biggest spike in regard to purchasing domain names, domain investors and end users from other regions are also recognizing the value of shorter and numeric domains.
Top 10 public domains purchased by Chinese customers in 2015:

1) heika.com	300,000 US-Dollar
2) same.com	233,333 US-Dollar
3) khc.com	120,000 US-Dollar
4) daikuan.cn	75,000 Euro
5) houtian.com	59,000 US-Dollar
6) ryb.com	50,000 US-Dollar
7) aoao.com	49,900 US-Dollar
8) lrz.com	46,000 US-Dollar
9) dcr.com	42,000 US-Dollar
10) pdz.com	37,010 Euro

Top 10 public numeric domain sales in 2015:

1) 0857.com	38,333 US-Dollar
2) 8255.com	26,500 US-Dollar
3) 2009.com	22,500 US-Dollar
4) 2675.com	16,500 US-Dollar
5) 0622.com	10,000 Brit. Pound
6) 1104.com	10,000 Brit. Pound
7) 0702.com	10,000 Brit. Pound
8) 4129.com	9,998 Brit. Pound
9) 7179.com	15,000 US-Dollar
10) 5082.com	14,500 US-Dollar

Continued Growth within the New Generic Domain Names
Currently there are close to 11 million new domains registered and Sedo has seen several high value sales of new domain names throughout 2015. Our marketplace has shown continuous positive growth and sustainability in this category. Almost 2 years after general availability began for the new domain names; purchases have increased from both end users such as large corporations using the names in their marketing and branding campaigns as well as prominent investors. Indicators point to new domain gaining in profitability and usage as additional names come into the market during 2016.

Top 10 public new generic name sales:

1) star.casino	10,000 Euro
2) city.tips	8,500 Euro
3) basic-fit.fitness	7,949 Euro
4) one.boutique	4,999 Brit. Pound
5) 贷款.在线 (loan.online)	7,500 US-Dollar
6) entrepreneur.club	7,500 US-Dollar
7) sms.world	6,000 Euro
8) juegos.club	6,000 US-Dollar
9) drone.academy	6,000 US-Dollar
10) 555.club	5,755 US-Dollar

The Top 10 longest domain names (in English)
Using shorter more memorable domain names is not always the strategy utilized by some websites.  A highly anticipated guilty pleasure for some; feast your eyes on 2015’s top 10 longest domain names of which the top honors (63 characters!) goes to name using a new domain extension- .XYZ:

1) xyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyz.xyz

2) atlantacommercialrealestateagent.com

3) online-day-trading-emini-futures.com

4) canadianrockiesvacationrentals.com

5) firstamericanmortgagesolutions.com

6) its5oclocksomewheremargaritas.com

7) grannypeacebrigadephiladelphia.org

8) thenewenglandjournalofmedicine.com

9) castleconstructioncorporation.com

10) certificadoenergeticonavarra.com

You can see last years top 10 lists here and here.