First Quarter 2013 Domain Name Sales Results

DnJournal released the domain name sales report for the first quarter of 2013 .According to the report,the total reported domain name sales across all extensions slipped in 1Q 2013,compared to the same quarter a year ago .

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 .