Grid.com and downloadmusic.com topped the weekly sales chart, selling for $275,000 and $242,500 respectively in Domain Name Journal’s list of top reported sales for the week to 31 July. The two sales easily eclipsed the second-biggest sale for the week, Namibia.de, which sold for €35,000 ($49,700). Fourth biggest sale was also a .DE domain, gartenzaun.de (or “garden fence”), selling for €19,000 ($26,980). As well as having the top selling domain for the week, Sedo accounted for 11 of the top 20 sales while AfternicDLS and NoktaDomains were responsible for four and three domain sales respectively. There were 14 .COM domains in the top 20, five ccTLD sales with a .NET domain taking out 20th position. To see the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for the week to 31 July, check out dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110810.htm .

It appears likely the Saudi Arabian Oil Company snapped up the top reported sale for the week to 17 July according to the Domain Name Journal weekly sales chart. The domain name topping the chart was sadara.com, sold for $71,000 through Sedo. It was a quiet week for big sales with the second biggest sale being nursepractitioner.com, selling for $36,300. Overall there were 12 .COM sales in the top 20 while Sedo also accounted 12 of the top 20 sales. There were also five ccTLD sales in the top 20. To see the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales in full, go to: dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110727.htm

The year’s second seven-figure sale, and the year’s biggest to date, topped the weekly sales chart to 7 August. Social.com sold for $2.6 million through Moniker/NameQuiver, easily surpassing the year’s second-biggest sale, DomainName.com, which sold for an even $1 million back in May. In a sales chart covering two weeks due to Domain Name Journal holidays, there was one other sale over $100,000, that of UcakBileti.com (”flight ticket” in Turkish) that sold for $250,000 through NoktaDomains. Jewel.com was the third biggest sale of the week, selling for $74,333, and also the first Sedo sale on the chart. Overall there were 27 .COM domains in the top 40 chart and Sedo sold 24 of the domains with one other being a collaboration between Sedo, Moniker and SnapNames. There were also 11 sales through AfternicDLS. There were ten ccTLD sales, with the top seller being fr.cc, selling for $50,000 and three non-.COM gTLD sales. To see the full listing of Domain Name Journal’s top reported sales in the fortnight to 7 August, check out: dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110713.htm

A good week for big domain name sales with a triple-whammy of six-figure sales in the week to 19 June. Top of the charts was datacenter.com, selling for $352,000 through Sedo, while billionaire.com was the second biggest seller, going for $215,000, also through Sedo. Rounding out the six-figure sales was cars.net, selling for $170,000 through UpMarketDNS. The remaining 17 of the top 20 sales all made it into the five-figure mark. It was a good week for Sedo with 15 of the top 20 sales while .COM sales made up 13 of the top 20. Of the ccTLD sales, the biggest was finance.co, selling for $45,000 while bitcoin.de and bitcoins.de sold in a package deal for €14,875 each, or $21,420. There were also four .NET sales. To see the Domain Name Journal list of reported sales for the week to 19 June, check out: dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110629.htm

After a quiet week for big sales, the week to 12 June popped up with a good six-figure sale. Adventure.com topped the Domain Name Journal weekly sales chart, selling for an adventurous $200,000 through MediaOptions. It easily topped the second-biggest sale, phrases.com, which sold for $80,000 through UpMarketDNS followed by AdNet.com, selling for $60,000 through AfternicDLS/Moniker/SnapNames. Overall .COM names dominated the week with 16 of the top 23 (there was a three-way tie for 20th spot) while Sedo was a little quiet with the top sales leaderboard, accounting for 12 of the sales. There were also five ccTLD sales – three .CO domains, one .LY and one .DE. To see the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for the week, go to dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110622.htm .

In a week where the top selling domain (soles.com) went for the relatively low amount of $50,000 there were only 13 domain names that made the five-figure mark. Overall in the week to 8 June, the week was quiet for Sedo who accounted for only nine of the top 20 sales while .COM domains made up ten of the top 20. There were six ccTLD sales including one .CM domain. For further information on Domain Name Journal’s list of top reported sales, see dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110615.htm .

There were no six-figure sales in the week to 29 May according to Domain Name Journal’s list of reported sales where FatBurners.com topped the weekly chart, selling for $66,000 through Sedo. Internet.co was second, selling for a somewhat surprisingly low $40,000, while another surprisingly low sale was TheWall.com in eighth place, selling for $25,000. However while there were no big sales, the mid-market was busy with over 40 five-figure sales for the week. Overall there were eleven .COM sales in the top 20 and ten Sedo sales including the top three. To see the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for the week to 29 May, see: dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110608.htm