OnlineDomain.com Domain Name News & Opinions
Sedo announced some of the highlighted domain name sales from the past year.
At $375,000 USD, Broker.com had the highest price tag among domains sold through Sedo in 2016. Short domains were as usual popular; demonstrated by the most bid on web addresses having only one to three characters.
Top 5 Domain Sales
| 1.) broker.com | 375,000 | USD | ||||||
| 2.) mikihouse.com | 224,224 | USD | ||||||
| 3.) ada.com | 200,000 | USD | ||||||
| 4.) circa.com | 150,000 | USD | ||||||
| 5.) hotbot.com | 155,000 | USD | ||||||
Top 5 Most Popular Domains in Auctions
Each with 84 bids, there is a three-way tie for the most popular domain. And the trend towards short, concise web addresses continued this year and is clearly reflected in this category: all five of the chart toppers have no more than three characters. The release of new .at short domains fueled this trend even further.
| 1.) ö.at | 84 Bids | 7,400 | EUR | |||||||||
| 2.) cun.com | 84 Bids | 113,611 | EUR | |||||||||
| 3.) 4.at | 84 Bids | 6,900 | EUR | |||||||||
| 4.) 111.club | 82 Bids | 5,320 | USD | |||||||||
| 5.) dj.at | 78 Bids | 3,600 | EUR | |||||||||
Top 5 Longest Domains
In contrast to high-priced short domains are the longest domains sold during 2016. These are significantly lower in price and are usually related to a particular niche topic. Domain names can be a maximum of 63 characters and 2016’s winner proudly stands at 60 characters.
| comcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcomcom.com | 60 Characters | 250 | USD | |||||||||
| chiropractic-acupuncture-homeopathy-self-help-workshops-dvd.com | 59 Characters | 148 | USD | |||||||||
| berufsunfaehigkeitsversicherung-vergleich.net | 41 Characters | 500 | EUR | |||||||||
| aansprakelijkheidsverzekeringvergelijken.nl | 40 Characters | 100 | EUR | |||||||||
| mercer-tazewellcountyboardofrealtors.com | 36 Characters | 404 | USD |
