Reglikedomain industry desk

GoDaddy Auctions sold over 35,000 domain names counting Spokes.com for $40,000

GoDaddy Auctions sold over 35,000 domain names counting Spokes.com for $40,000

GoDaddy Auctions helped sell over 35,000 domain names last month.

GoDaddyGoDaddy Auction’s monthly market note is out, and it is reporting 35,209 sales for January. This preliminary number is typically adjusted upward later in the month.

Here are the top ten sales from last month, some of which have by now been noted in the firm’s weekly sales lists:

spokes.com $40,000
radiant.org $23,000
rottencredit.com $22,000
oair.com $20,100
myanmar.org $20,000 – purchased by MAHA Business Group in Myanmar/Burma
bloggapedia.com $19,600
fia.org $18,000 – purchased by Futures Industry Association
lcloud.com $13,700 – purchased by Lithium Technologies in San Francisco
irishgold.com $11,950
interiordesigners.net $11,050

53% of sales were auction format, 45% were “Buy Now”, and the remainder of sales were through negotiation.

“Online” was the most common word found in domain names sold on the platform. Other popular words include blog, home, free and best.

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