
The report shows that in the first quarter of the year,the total $ volume of reported domain name sales across all the extensions was of $21,8 million.This means a 3% slip from the same quarter a year ago,and a 16,5% decline from the fourth quarter of 2012 ,when a total of $26,1 miilion in sales was reported.
In the first quarter of 2013,the highest domain name sales was Booker.com at $375,000 .There were nine six figure domain name sales ,which,added together came in at $1,83 million.No seven figure domain name sales were reported in the first quarter of 2013.Compared to the same quarter a year ago,when the two biggest domain name sales added up to a total of $1,85 million,you could see a huge difference .
Other highlights include :
- .COM sales saw a 6% growth compared to both the same quarter a year ago and the preceding quarter ..COM transaction added up to a total of $16,1 million in the first quarter of 2013,while in the first quarter of 2012,.com sales add upt to a total of $15,2 million.
- The year-over-year median .COM sales price grew by over 3%
- ccTLD sales saw a 24% decline compared to the first quarter of 2012 ,from $4,6 million to $3,5 million .
- The median ccTLD sales price declined 2% compared to the same quarter of 2012 .
You can see al the report here .