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Nearly triples sales in second quarter — Domain Holdings

Nearly triples sales in second quarter — Domain Holdings

Firm sells close to $10 million worth of domain names.

Domain HoldingsDomain name brokerage Domain Holdings had a big second quarter, turning in almost 3x the sales of its first quarter.

The firm noted today that it sold $9.9M worth of domain names in the second quarter of this year. That compares to just $3.4 million in the first quarter.

How did it do it? The firm states it made over 12,000 phone calls and send 72,000 targeted emails.

While the firm did not note a median sale price, when it removed the five highest and lowest sales, the average transaction was $29,019.

Numeric domain names represented the highest category of domain name sales, making up 23% of transactions. Much of that came through portfolio acquisitions.

80% of the sales were to end users counting Liberty Tax and Mark Cuban Investments.

You may also recall that this quarter included a big fresh TLD sale with Luxury.estate changing hands for $50,000.

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