Sales at Dan.com increased month-to-month in October.
.Com’s percentage of sales at Dan.com was down slightly in October, but it made up more of the top 10 sales than in September. Graphic courtesy Pixel Corp.
The domain name aftermarket remained strong last month, according to data from Dan.com.
Leanne McMahon aggregated the sales data and found:
- 4368 public sales UP 189
- 4 six figure sales (same as September)
- Highest sale of the month a .game $133,000
- The top 10 sales are: .game .com .com .net .fashion .com .co.uk .com .com (5 .com’s in the top 10 this month)
- .com responsible for 64.3% of sales (2809), down 1.7%
- .nl is 2nd with 3.5% (151)
- 163 different tld sales in total DOWN 9
- Average sale $1341 UP $91
- USA makes up 51.7% of the buying market, UK 2nd at 7.3% and Canada 3rd with 5% (consistent with last month)
In September, there were five new top level domain sales in the top ten. Last month there were two.
Leanne also ran some comparisons month-to-month:
September Sales Volume: 4179
October Sales Volume: 4368
UP 189
September Sales over $2500: 319
October Sales over $2500: 346
UP 27
September Average Sale: $1250
October Average Sale: $1341
UP $91
September Five Figure Sales: 68
October Five Figure Sales: 91
UP 23
September # Different TLDs sold: 172
October # Different TLDs sold: 163
DOWN 9
It will be interesting to watch this data as we head into the end of the year.
