The latest Domain Name Journal chart of top reported sales sees a whopper of a sale reported and the yearâs biggest to date â that of z.com for Â¥800,000,000 ($6,784,000) in a private sale. It is also the largest reported domain sale since the sale of sex.com for $13.0 million in November 2010.
The sale of z.com was by the Japanese automaker Nissan Corporation who has a series of âZâ sports cars. They have sold the domain to GMO Internet, Inc., one of Japanâs leading ISPs and applicant for new gTLDs and operator of the countryâs largest domain registrar
The sale easily eclipses the yearâs second biggest reported sale â mi.com, sold for $3.6 million in another private sale. There have also been another two sales topping the three million dollar mark â whisky.com ($3.1m) and sex.xxx ($3.0m).
Back to the weekâs top sales for the week ending 23 November, the sale of z.com dwarfed the next biggest sales, coming in equal second was everything.org and rin.com, both selling for $35,000 through Sedo.
On the TLD side of things, there were 12 .com sales, along with one each for .org, .nl, .co, .co.uk, .mobi, .de, .ch and .net.
On the aftermarket outlets, Sedo dominated taking places two through 19.
To check out the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for the week ending 23 November, go to:
dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2014/20141203.htm