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Rightside reveals big list of 5-figure fresh TLD sales up to $183,000

Rightside reveals big list of 5-figure fresh TLD sales up to $183,000

Video.games leads list at $183,000.

Fresh top level domain name firm Rightside today revealed 53 fresh TLD sales it has made for $10,000 or more. The firm has made 85 such sales in total; the 53 are ones in which the buyers allowed the firm to reveal the sales.

The list is led by Video.games, a domain name the firm sold in February for $183,000. The buyer right now uses Whois privacy, but a historical Whois record shows that the buyer is likely an individual game developer in California.

Three names sold for at least $100,000, but some of Rightside’s sales aren’t included. Only five of its top ten sales are disclosed.

Notably missing from the list is 3D.software, which the firm previously revealed sold for six figures.

The full list of revealed domains is below.

So, what does this data reveal?

It depends on how you look at it. On the one hand, all of these sales are good sales. On the other hand, it’s a relatively modest number for 40 top level domains.

In fact, the list publicly released today only has names for 17 of the firm’s 40 TLDs. Even if the names were evenly spread, there would be an average of just two per TLD.

17 of the names are in the .market top level domain, and most of the domains I checked are registered with Whois privacy at Epik.

15 unique buyers are responsible for the purchases, Rightside states.

Does the data show a robust market for premium fresh TLDs? Or are they merely “lottery ticket” sales that come from owning such a sizable portfolio of domains? I’m curious what readers think.

Domain NameSale Price
video.games183000
sex.live160000
porn.live120000
homes.forsale75000
personalinjury.attorney60000
for.sale50000
art.market50000
job.market50000
caraccident.attorney50000
auto.market40000
accident.lawyer40000
global.market40000
organic.market35000
luxury.market35000
app.market35000
insurance.market35000
i.news35000
local.market35000
live.live25000
finance.market25000
medical.market25000
stream.live20000
church.live20000
berlin.immobilien20000
solar.engineer20000
drug.rehab20000
sex.forsale20000
sex.social20000
hollywood.live15000
design.studio15000
energy.market15000
flower.market15000
the.market15000
meat.market15000
fish.market15000
bitcoin.market15000
furniture.market15000
ferien.haus15000
houses.forsale15000
wetter.live15000
irish.pub15000
neworleans.attorney15000
edu.video15000
hamburg.immobilien15000
water.engineer15000
accident.attorney15000
injury.lawyer15000
porn.reviews15000
dot.market10000
koeln.immobilien10000
stuttgart.immobilien10000
adult.reviews10000
wrongfuldeath.attorney10000

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