Expired Domain Note: NNN.net sells for $7.2k
A look back at the past week in expired domain name sales.
SnapNames turned in the top expiry result this stretch: 489.net ($7.2k). Such 3-digit .NETs are fairly rare in these charts, since only 1000 exist and those few rarely expire. The last time we saw one was 9 months ago, ahead of the Chinese surge in prices; and it’s interesting to note how little the value has changed between these 2 NNN.net sales – quite unlike the steep appreciation in categories like LLLL.net, where 160,000 “CHIPs” exist to be scooped up and hyped. So much for scarcity!
For quite some time, numerical domains have been selling as well at SnapNames as anywhere. Indeed, they sold a pair of 6N .COMs during 1 week last September for $7.5k / $7.3k – a higher price than this NNN.net. These days, I see a handful of 6N .COMs in the $385 – $520 range; but most that sell fall below $200, usually around the $69 minimum bid. Numerics are by no means dead, though. NameJet sold a 5N for $5.9k. Still, it’s a long step downward to the next expired 5N item at $940.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 489.net | 7150 | SN | LaPlagne.com | 7055 | NJ |
| SmokeWeed.com | 6600 | NJ | 13713.com | 5900 | NJ |
| PineHill.com | 5126 | NJ | SIHI.com | 5101 | NJ |
| CurlyHair.com | 4900 | NJ | SoulMan.com | 3100 | NJ |
| BaseCapital.com | 2967 | NJ | NeedWork.com | 2699 | NJ |
| SunProperties.com | 2601 | NJ | Sueno.com | 2526 | NJ |
| CheckNow.com | 2525 | NJ | Migom.com | 2450 | SN |
| DietRecipes.com | 2320 | NJ | ZYTP.com | 2260 | NJ |
| Brasa.com | 2226 | NJ | LYZW.com | 2201 | NJ |
| SodFarm.com | 2200 | NJ | WFRZ.com | 2119 | NJ |
| XHSN.com | 2019 | NJ | QBPL.com | 2010 | NJ |
My favorite domain from the list above would certainly be Sueno.com ($2.5k). Interpreted as “sueño” with an “Ñ”, this is spanish for a “dream” as well as “I dream”. If you can’t think of a way to put dreams to use, then you lack imagination.
La Plagne is a ski area in the French Alps; so LaPlagne.com ($7.1k) will either upgrade or compete with the existing site at La-Plagne.com. Migom.com ($2.5k) is a surname; but Migom is also a Russian-language product catalogue built on .BY, the ccTLD of Belarus. Meanwhile, Brasa.com ($2.2k) is a name used by a number of restaurants, which isn’t surprising given that it’s the same root as “braise”.
SoulMan.com ($3.1k) owes its appeal to this hit song by Sam & Dave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYh-LwbUwoQ
Nobody belted more rousing anthems than they did. You’ve heard this one too.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OrangeGrove.com | 1950 | NJ | Upson.com | 1877 | NJ |
| Rossana.com | 1866 | NJ | Perra.com | 1837 | NJ |
| HostingCenter.com | 1810 | NJ | Kadry.com | 1749 | SN |
| Dollz.com | 1655 | NJ | TZHU.com | 1540 | NJ |
| Aktan.com | 1537 | NJ | PlainEnglish.com | 1533 | NJ |
| CarCollection.com | 1475 | NJ | DeepClean.com | 1427 | NJ |
| CloakAndDagger.com | 1400 | NJ | PlasticWrap.com | 1400 | NJ |
| NELN.com | 1311 | NJ | XiaoXiaoDai.com | 1310 | SN |
| RBM.org | 1260 | NJ | Glitches.com | 1230 | NJ |
| 闽.com (xn--oi5a.com) |
1125 | SN | BitVault.com | 1110 | NJ |
| Commenced.com | 1110 | NJ | MaxMon.com | 1103 | NJ |
| Advanced Funding.com |
1100 | NJ | Gabler.com | 1008 | NJ |
Farmers grow dirt itself as well as citrus fruit. In fact, SodFarm.com ($2.2k) outsold OrangeGrove.com ($2.0k). No phrase better suits espionage than CloakAdDagger.com ($1.4k). Possible uses include surveillance, spy museums, mystery novels, or this Marvel comic book. No people are more dedicated to surveillance than the British. Indeed, that’s what MaxMon.com ($1.1k) is likely to be – an upgrade for a firm that specializes in monitoring remote property.
The prior week, I noted a Chinese IDN sale – only the 2nd ever to have made it into these charts in nearly 2 years. And I suggested that we might see Chinese IDNs selling with greater frequency. Well, 1 week later we have 3 more! Let’s see if this trend continues.
The highest-priced of these is 1 solitary character: 闽.com ($1.1k), an abbreviation for Fujian province. Next up, 金牛座.com ($394) is “Jīn niú zuò”, the zodiac sign “Taurus”. As if anybody in China cared regarding auspicious omens like the numeral “8” or horoscopes! Finally, 飞镖.com / “fēi biāo” ($250) is the world’s favorite pub game, darts. You’ll notice that each of these defines a monetizable category. They’re not fanciful brandables.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFFM.com | 999 | NJ | JESP.com | 970 | NJ |
| NPTN.org | 950 | NJ | TQL.org | 949 | NJ |
| 45530.com | 940 | NJ | OrientTravel.com | 940 | NJ |
| ZanPiao.com | 924 | SN | FJQ.org | 920 | NJ |
| Conas.com | 911 | NJ | EarthMatters.com | 910 | NJ |
| GreekGod.com | 902 | NJ | SecureGlass.com | 900 | NJ |
| CapitalSecurity.com | 898 | NJ | Thinking Couch.com |
885 | NJ |
| Liters.com | 864 | NJ | Temple Inland.com |
861 | NJ |
| 857755.com | 855 | NJ | Rutorg.com | 851 | SN |
| XiaoMuJi.com | 825 | SN | IQOptions.com | 819 | SN |
| SABL.com | 801 | NJ | BTDI.com | 787 | NJ |
| Security Research.com |
786 | SN | FreeBoxes.com | 779 | NJ |
OrientTravel.com is a great brand name for an Asian tour firm and, at $940, a real steal. XiaoMuJi.com ($825) may be a Chinese personal name. One guy even named his aluminum boat “Xiao Mu Ji”, although I highly doubt he’d present that boat with this domain as a love token.
Averse to reading? Not to worry! There are still IQOptions.com ($819) left for the laziest among us. Simply buy a ThinkingCouch.com ($885). Then lie back, smile, and stare at the ceiling until all the universe’s inmost truths reveal themselves. Or if that’s not the style of thinking you’re hankering following, then grab that romance novel and feel free to fantasize regarding your sultry LatinLover.com ($580), Carlos, as he carries you up a very long flight of stairs.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollegeEdge.com | 765 | NJ | ChosenOne.com | 761 | NJ |
| 58946.com | 730 | NJ | P3I.com | 722 | NJ |
| ImageCapture.com | 717 | NJ | UnitedEarth.com | 711 | NJ |
| 87945.com | 700 | SN | EFZ.org | 690 | NJ |
| Colani.com | 660 | NJ | MilkShop.com | 660 | NJ |
| GPIT.com | 657 | NJ | GreenWin.com | 635 | NJ |
| Mozong.com | 627 | SN | HackerCity.com | 620 | NJ |
| SecondSite.com | 612 | NJ | EliteAviation.com | 611 | NJ |
| Combinatorics.com | 610 | NJ | Spario.com | 598 | NJ |
| CorporateNet.com | 590 | NJ | Private Airplane.com |
583 | SN |
| LatinLover.com | 580 | NJ | ZLU.org | 579 | NJ |
| DeepLight.com | 570 | NJ | Maynardije.org | 570 | NJ |
| 686161.com | 560 | SN | ZZVZ.com | 553 | NJ |
| UltraTickets.com | 551 | NJ | ProVending.com | 551 | NJ |
In this next U.S. presidential election, many Republicans would rather they ChoseNone.com ($761) than choose the ChosenOne.com, Donald Trump. Raise your hand if you guessed (as I did) that Maynardije.org ($570) was Dutch or Polish or Ukrainian. Not so. MaydardIJE.com must be the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, by now found at MIJE.org. Apparently, Mozong.com ($627) is a surname as well as an area within the city of Lahore (Pakistan).
PrivateAirplane.com ($583) seems quite undervalued at $583. Which would you rather sell – private jets or a warehouse full of 686161s? EliteAviation.com ($611) is yet another flight-themed name. Sometimes clusters like these indicate that 1 owner registered multiple domains long ago at the same time and has let them all slip simultaneously. But I haven’t checked to see if that’s the case with these 2.
A couple of positive-sounding “earth” domains went to auction at roughly the same time and sold in roughly the same range: EarthMatters.com ($910) and UnitedEarth.com ($711). Rounding out a trio, there’s also GreenWin.com ($635).
Among brandables, CollegeEdge.com ($765) stands out since of its repeating “J” sound. College applicants are looking for an edge – some advantage that sets them apart. Once they get in, of course, most students will take that edge off with beer-drenched frat / sorority parties in lieu of studying.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecanicos.com | 543 | NJ | QVB.org | 540 | NJ |
| Ittehad.com | 531 | NJ | 854111.com | 520 | NJ |
| EQD.org | 520 | NJ | ArtsCouncil.com | 514 | SN |
| Renovated Homes.com |
511 | SN | Content- Wire.com |
510 | NJ |
| Josefs.com | 498 | NJ | 883982.com | 491 | SN |
| JS1238.com | 489 | SN | Selphie.com | 488 | SN |
| NVCoins.com | 479 | SN | JBOP.com | 470 | NJ |
| Liberty-Ship.com | 470 | NJ | QBGardens.org | 461 | NJ |
| SECDE.com | 461 | NJ | FAPD.com | 460 | NJ |
| Advertising Marketing.com |
460 | NJ | Building Demolition.com |
460 | NJ |
| Asthmatics.com | 458 | NJ | TKBA.com | 455 | SN |
| KKZ.biz | 451 | SN | 881939.com | 450 | NJ |
Mecanicos.com ($543) are Spanish-speaking “mechanics” or any plural set of “mechanical” items. Meanwhile, Ittehad.com ($531) is a transliteration of the Arabic اتحاد, meaning “union” or “federation”. This is a very common word, found not only in the names of nation states like the former Soviet Union but also in scads of official-sounding titles for organizations. Pick up any newspaper, and you’ll find the اتحاد of something or other.
In much the same way, practically every state, county, and sizable city in the USA has its own ArtsCouncil.com ($514). Even a modest area like Atlantic Highlands (population 4385) has one. Which is a good thing.
Josefs.com ($498) isn’t this Joseph’s Selphie.com ($488), thank you very much. Spelling truly is the Enemy of the People. I pity any English learner who runs across words like “asthma” and Asthmatics.com ($458) only to be told that the “TH” is silent.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDMLaw.com | 445 | NJ | ChongChun.com | 435 | SN |
| Rainbow Bookstore.org |
435 | NJ | uTubes.com | 431 | SN |
| 885378.com | 430 | SN | SugarX.net | 427 | SN |
| KJN.biz | 425 | SN | SWZ.biz | 425 | SN |
| KYZ.biz | 425 | SN | BossArea.com | 425 | SN |
| Gleanings.com | 425 | SN | TeenVoices.com | 420 | NJ |
| Naturels.com | 413 | SN | AntiqueGolf.com | 411 | NJ |
| Elgra.com | 411 | SN | WorldBirder.com | 410 | NJ |
| BoatCanvas.com | 409 | NJ | 991163.com | 403 | NJ |
| PBLegal.com | 400 | NJ | EuroTreaties.com | 400 | NJ |
| HSEBooks.com | 395 | SN | 金牛座.com (xn--xxtn25bl4w.com) |
394 | SN |
| 798987.com | 385 | SN | SchoolOfFashion.com | 384 | SN |
| Cricket Australia.com |
380 | SN | Bhubaneshwar.com | 377 | NJ |
| Bladders.com | 375 | NJ | XXBB.net | 370 | NJ |
Naturels.com ($413) means “natural” in French. Yet translation doesn’t work in 1-to-1 correspondence. Actually, “naturels” is 1/4 of our English word “natural”, since it’s the masculine plural – as opposed to the masculine singular, feminine singular, or feminine plural. The same issue affects Mecanicos.com (see above). American domain investors tend to underestimate linguistic factors like these.
WorldBirder.com ($410) is 1 of 2 bird-watching domains to have sold the prior week, the other being a far less global address: DelawareBirdingTrail.org ($260). Wonder what uTubes.com ($431) applies to … Google’s lawyers are no match for this winning bidder, surely.
No, the Bhubanesh War isn’t a chapter of military history you somehow skipped. Worse! Not having run across this name ahead of is far more deeply embarrassing for me than that. For Bhubaneshwar.com ($377) is the capital city of Odisha in India. More human beings live in that 1 city than there are people in Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Cuba, Switzerland, or Israel. Yet we’ve all heard of those places, right? As for Odisha, that single state is larger than Canada, Poland, or Iraq – nearly as big as Spain, Kenya, or South Korea! Buying a .COM city name at a rate of 30 residents per penny? You could do worse.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master Printers.com |
365 | NJ | BestMind.com | 360 | SN |
| ChengXiang Tong.com |
359 | SN | MXRV.com | 358 | NJ |
| Villa Management.com |
355 | SN | Minecraft- Skins.com |
354 | SN |
| LVZang.com | 350 | SN | 3695888.com | 345 | NJ |
| IHRQ.com | 342 | NJ | RZZX.net | 341 | NJ |
| Biolex.com | 337 | NJ | 111305.com | 336 | SN |
| 5156.biz | 335 | SN | LeFoto.com | 335 | SN |
| E-SOL.com | 331 | SN | DKJE.com | 330 | NJ |
| PeaceCom.com | 329 | NJ | SpermRiver.com | 328 | SN |
| WebSalon.com | 326 | SN | Quenta.com | 326 | NJ |
| DDJJJ.com | 325 | SN | QHR.biz | 320 | NJ |
| 7797.info | 319 | NJ | DZE.org | 319 | NJ |
| 815581.com | 314 | SN | 820188.com | 310 | NJ |
| Zen-Yuu.net | 310 | NJ | Ideup.com | 309 | NJ |
| Mayford.com | 308 | NJ | 223669.com | 305 | SN |
| Weaver Models.com |
301 | SN | Libay.com | 299 | NJ |
One body of water I recommend nobody go skinny dipping in is SpermRiver.com ($328). Mayford.com ($308) is a village in Surrey, England, with 1776 residents. The per-person cost of this place name is therefore 17.4 cents – 522 times the normalized price of Bhubaneshwar.com.
Ideup.com ($309) must be what you say to your Id’s primal animalistic urges when you’re ready to cut loose at a gallop. Ideup! Pharmaceutical firm Biolex ($337) was founded in 1997, raised $190 million from investors, and went bankrupt in 2012. In between, they did notable work with recombinant DNA.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WorldYoung Models.com |
298 | SN | 177991.com | 279 | SN |
| UggAustrailia.com | 279 | SN | NGX.biz | 279 | SN |
| Sol-Linux.com | 276 | SN | XZQD.net | 276 | SN |
| 88VA.com | 275 | SN | Kitchen ShowRoom.com |
275 | NJ |
| Rebounded.com | 272 | NJ | VIGuide.com | 270 | NJ |
| CAFireAlliance.org | 266 | NJ | ZKJJ.net | 264 | SN |
| Ladad.com | 262 | NJ | NJFilm.org | 260 | NJ |
| GDFD.net | 260 | SN | Delaware BirdingTrail.org |
260 | NJ |
| NGONet.org | 260 | NJ | FunAuto.com | 258 | NJ |
| YLXX.net | 256 | SN | XYHT.net | 256 | SN |
| TinyMedia.com | 255 | SN | SWFJ.net | 252 | SN |
| SideBarNation.com | 252 | SN | YDRK.net | 251 | SN |
| PQNP.net | 251 | SN | CZJZ.net | 251 | SN |
| JMWS.net | 251 | SN | QSYL.net | 251 | SN |
| FWSH.net | 251 | SN | CYWF.net | 251 | SN |
| JJWT.net | 251 | SN | JKJP.net | 251 | SN |
| TDRF.net | 250 | SN | HNTJ.net | 250 | SN |
| 飞镖.com (xn--wd5an3e.com) |
250 | SN | ZJY.biz | 250 | SN |
| XDQR.net | 250 | SN | FDTW.net | 250 | SN |
Setting aside the outlier XXBB.net ($370), this past week, LLLL.net “CHIPs” ranged $210 – $276. Most now fall beneath my $250 reporting threshold. Just 1 week ahead of, this category had been $232 – $300. And a week prior to that, the lowest .NET “CHIP” sale I had to note was $258. That’s a decline of regarding $25 per week for 2 weeks straight. During the first week of 2016, they were mainly clustered $242-$295. Compare that to the week ahead of Christmas, in which .NET “CHIPs” dominated these charts, solidly filling in the full $250 – $344 range. Looks like this category is down $40 – $75 since last month and trading in lower volume. Maybe in a few weeks, CHIPs will have Rebounded.com ($272). Maybe not.
