The 20 Most Expensive Domain Names of 2013
In 2012, Investing.com was the highest selling domain name at $2,450,000. By comparison, the highest selling domain name this year is IG.com and cost $4,7 million.
In the first half of 2013, Booker.com was the highest selling domain name at just $375,000.Most of the big-value domain name sales were brokered in the second hald of 2013.
The top 20 domain name sales add up to a total of $18 million in 2013,compared to $9,7 million in 2012.
Here are the highest reported domain name sales of 2013:
1.IG.com$4,700,000
2.KK.com$2,400,000
3.114.com$2,100,000
4.eBet.com$1,350,000
5.tieFix.com$850,000
5.tieHot.com$850,000
7.MathGames.com$725,000
8.ReverseMortgages.com$600,000
9.tieFinances.com$500,000
9.tieHousing.com$500,000
11.Brand.com$500,000
12.tie Jobs.ca $450,000
12.tie Shout.com$450,000
13.Teen.xxx$400,000
14.Body.com$380,000
15.Booker.com$375,000
16. Ride.com$325,000
17.tieDJI.com$300,000
17.tieYinhang.com$300,000
17.tieMojo.com$300,000
20.Moms.com$252,000
2013 Highest Reported Non .COM gTLD Sales
Teen.xxx was the higest selling non .COM gTLD in 2013. The domain name changed hands for $400,000 through ICM Registry. The second biggest non .COM gTLD sale was another .XXX domain – Mobile.xxx,sold for $160.000.
Here are the highest reported non .COM gTLD sales in 2013:
1.Teen.xxx$400,000
2.Mobile.xxx$160,000
3.Pizza.net$150,000
4.Medicine.org$75,000
5.3DPrinter.net$60,000
6.Bike.net$60,000
7.USA.org$56,000
8.CashForCars.org$55,000
9.AHN.org$50,000
10.Amsterdam.org$40,500
11.Fab.net$39,000
12.Haberler.net$35,400
13.CloudID.net$28,750
14.Kittens.org$27,500
15.World-Tourism.org$27,100
16. ITV.org$26,900
17.LT.org$26,000
18.tieAutoCare.org$25,000
18.tiePokerRoom.net$25,000
18.tieHotel.biz$25,000
18.tieQF.net$25,000
Fossil Wins Fossil.name Domain Name in Arbitration
An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has recently awarded the domain name Fossil.name to Fossil Group, Inc. .The company submitted a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum on November 1, 2013 ,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain name .
FOssil Group owns many trademark registrations for the “Fossil” mark all over the world.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar with its trademark .Moreover,the company contended in the complaint that the respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith .
One of the key points of this complaint was when Yahoo managed to demonstrate that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name bad faith,by trying to attract Internet users for Respondent’s own commercial gain by creating a likelihood of confusion with Complainant’s FOSSIL mark.
Fossil Group managed to establish all three elements required under the ICANN Policy and the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
You can see the decision here.
2013 Highest Reported ccTLD Sales
Jobs.ca was the highest selling coountry code top level domain in 2013. Jobs.ca changed hands for $450,000 through Sedo .
Here are the top 40 ccTLD sales in 2013:
1.Jobs.ca$450,000
2.Fotograf.de$117,810
3.Pizza.nl$103,500
4.Cruises.com.au$103,400
5.Flight.ca$99,000
6.Schokolade.de$80,640
7.5.co.uk$67,611
8.tieMega.co$60,000
8.tieSale.co.uk$60,000
10.DailyDeals.co.uk$55,000
11.Ed.co$50,000
12.Grydladzieci.pl$48,870
13.Pizza.es$48,300
14.Pay.co$46,807
15.GayForum.de$45,500
16. Kurzreise.de$43,982
17.Domains.in$40,000
18.Mail.co.uk$39,235
19.Racing.ca$39,200
20.Singlebörse.de (IDN) $38,700
21.XE.co$37,500
22.tieSaubillig.de$33,000
22.tieBuild.de$33,000
24.tieGirl.me$30,000
24.tieDating.co$30,000
24.tieSS.tv$30,000
24.tieWholesale.co.uk$30,000
28.CBS.de$29,940
29.MySuper.com.au$28,691
30.Drugs.ca$27,840
31.ULive.tv$27,000
32.Farmaci.it$26,800
33.Home.co$26,000Sedo
34.Bankenvergleich.de$25,968
35.Connect.tv$25,000
36.Schiffssuche.de$24,536
37.Stamps.co.uk$24,160
38.Schedule.me$24,000
39. Aandacht.nl$23,777
40.SMS.pl $23,616
Yahoo Files Complaint for YahooCheckInvisible.com and CheckYahooInvisible.com Domains
Yahoo has filed a UDRP ,seeking control of YahooCheckInvisible.com and CheckYahooInvisible.com domain names.The complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum a few days ago.
The National Arbitration Forum will examine if YahooCheckInvisible.com and CheckYahooInvisible.com domain names are confusingly similar to Yahoo’s trademark,if the current owner has rights over it and if the domains are being used in bad faith .The disputed domain names will be passed over to Yahoo if it falls under all three of these stipulations.
The case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum .
