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Extension Spotlight: .Net

August 1, 2018 by Raymond Hackney

Extension Spotlight

In this new series I am going to delve into the present and past of an extension, looking at trends, sales and other info.

In this post the focus is on .net.

The extension gets a lot of hate from some domain owners while others still seem to like it.

Yesterday Mike Mann tweeted out he sold consumers.net for $29,888, he purchased it in 2005 for $350.

Cash consumer sold https://t.co/R8f9V7t83n $29,888. Purchased 2/21/05 $350.

— Mike Mann (@mikemanndotcom) July 31, 2018

When we look at the top 10 .net sales of all time, we see they took place years ago for the most part.

Mobile.net is the highest .net sale. It sold for $500,000 in 2014. The domain is developed A division of ADX Labs, LLC. Selling products like watches and headphones.

Sex.net sold for $454,500 way back at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in 2006. The domain is parked and for sale. Not sure who would be paying more than $454,500?

Porn.net sold for $400,000 on SnapNames in 2008. Also parked at NameLogic with the same owner as Sex.net, DVLPMNT MARKETING, INC.

Here is a look at the top 10 .net sales of all time:

mobile.net 500,000 USD 2014-04-16 Uniregistry
sex.net 454,500 USD 2006-05-19 T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
porn.net 400,000 USD 2008-02-13 SnapNames
realestate.net 300,000 USD 2007-02-06 Private
lottery.net 220,000 USD 2010-08-18 Sedo
recovery.net 200,000 USD 2016-01-17 Private
diy.net 200,000 USD 2007-11-14 domainclub.org
pisos.net 187,500 USD 2008-11-18 Sedo
cdn.net 185,000 USD 2012-03-21 Uniregistry
chinese.net 180,000 USD 2011-02-19 Sedo

In 2016 the highest .net sale was recovery.net at $200,000. In 2017 the highest sale was $100,000 for co.net. So far in 2018 Vape.net is the highest reported sale at $30,000.

In total Namebio shows 37,900 sales for a total of $67 million in sales. Yet only $21.1 million has sold in the past 5 years.

Only 1 .net site is in the top 50 Alexa sites, #34 CSDN.net, a Chinese website.

If we look at popular niches like 4L names, 2018 has produced a few big sales but as the chip trend has turned downward over the past couple years, a lot of the non pronounceable names have dropped.

There have been 38 4L.net sales in 2018 that have reached four figures:

vape.net 30,000 USD 2018-02-25 GoDaddy
main.net 12,500 USD 2018-01-25 Sedo
hola.net 5,000 USD 2018-07-17 Sedo
neex.net 4,791 USD 2018-04-20 Sedo
nurd.net 4,500 USD 2018-04-27 Sedo
goya.net 4,000 USD 2018-07-20 Sedo
fsbr.net 4,000 USD 2018-01-31 Uniregistry
prim.net 3,901 USD 2018-06-19 NameJet
aqua.net 3,750 USD 2018-01-07 NameJet
ccwb.net 3,100 USD 2018-03-27 NameJet
oppo.net 2,999 USD 2018-02-14 Sedo
swkj.net 2,548 USD 2018-06-29 NameJet
csid.net 2,541 USD 2018-05-25 BuyDomains
leak.net 2,500 USD 2018-01-30 Sedo
qase.net 2,388 USD 2018-04-26 BuyDomains
dddd.net 2,310 USD 2018-01-02 NameJet
yayi.net 2,150 USD 2018-06-29 DropCatch
bama.net 2,125 USD 2018-03-08 GoDaddy
qtpf.net 2,100 USD 2018-03-15 NameJet
pubs.net 1,999 USD 2018-05-24 NameJet
envy.net 1,975 USD 2018-04-19 GoDaddy
wopr.net 1,788 USD 2018-03-11 BuyDomains
sisi.net 1,528 USD 2018-05-03 GoDaddy
dolo.net 1,500 USD 2018-06-13 BuyDomains
icre.net 1,421 USD 2018-02-28 BuyDomains
unct.net 1,418 USD 2018-01-02 BuyDomains
awpa.net 1,400 USD 2018-03-19 BuyDomains
cvet.net 1,341 USD 2018-01-19 BuyDomains
haze.net 1,275 USD 2018-03-14 GoDaddy
ooni.net 1,200 USD 2018-06-29 Sedo
ttci.net 1,191 USD 2018-01-23 BuyDomains
pugs.net 1,125 USD 2018-02-17 GoDaddy
alaa.net 1,111 USD 2018-04-23 Sedo
cups.net 1,102 USD 2018-02-09 NameJet
wxzb.net 1,066 USD 2018-06-25 DropCatch
perm.net 1,011 USD 2018-04-24 Flippa
warm.net 1,011 USD 2018-03-25 NameJet
sono.net 1,000 USD 2018-02-28 Uniregistry

3 Letter .net sales have produced 73 four figure sales.

yyy.net 20,150 USD 2018-05-27 DropCatch
smm.net 10,005 USD 2018-03-28 Uniregistry
jsl.net 5,888 USD 2018-06-15 Sedo
poa.net 5,200 USD 2018-03-27 NameJet
pwp.net 5,000 USD 2018-07-18 Sedo
fkm.net 5,000 USD 2018-06-05 Sedo
qyh.net 5,000 USD 2018-04-27 Sedo
xab.net 5,000 USD 2018-02-15 Sedo
jam.net 3,990 USD 2018-06-19 Sedo
ebs.net 3,560 USD 2018-06-17 DropCatch
gum.net 3,499 USD 2018-05-25 NameJet
pca.net 3,300 USD 2018-06-01 NameJet
gws.net 3,200 USD 2018-06-07 Sedo
aml.net 2,600 USD 2018-03-22 NameJet
wed.net 2,505 USD 2018-04-03 NameJet
xtw.net 2,334 USD 2018-01-08 NameJet
ina.net 2,250 USD 2018-06-28 NameJet
fae.net 2,100 USD 2018-02-15 NameJet
jlp.net 2,010 USD 2018-01-26 NameJet
xen.net 2,000 USD 2018-06-18 Sedo
caw.net 1,988 USD 2018-04-29 Afternic
bgn.net 1,983 USD 2018-05-12 NameJet
mpm.net 1,920 USD 2018-05-24 NameJet
idi.net 1,800 USD 2018-04-25 Sedo
nrs.net 1,755 USD 2018-05-08 NameJet
ccd.net 1,650 USD 2018-04-18 DropCatch
ihg.net 1,630 USD 2018-04-17 NameJet
jaz.net 1,501 USD 2018-05-21 NameJet
kwk.net 1,455 USD 2018-02-20 NameJet
idi.net 1,445 USD 2018-01-16 GoDaddy
mda.net 1,413 USD 2018-03-12 GoDaddy
xhs.net 1,400 USD 2018-03-07 NameJet
fky.net 1,400 USD 2018-01-25 NameJet
xcm.net 1,391 USD 2018-03-28 NameJet
aop.net 1,365 USD 2018-04-17 GoDaddy
jnb.net 1,350 USD 2018-03-26 NameJet
hll.net 1,309 USD 2018-03-25 NameJet
pmc.net 1,305 USD 2018-04-18 NameJet
frs.net 1,300 USD 2018-04-12 NameJet
qld.net 1,300 USD 2018-04-11 NameJet
xns.net 1,300 USD 2018-03-27 NameJet
fsp.net 1,300 USD 2018-01-19 NameJet
nsl.net 1,261 USD 2018-01-10 NameJet
kac.net 1,250 USD 2018-05-28 NameJet
cgr.net 1,228 USD 2018-05-22 NameJet
chd.net 1,220 USD 2018-06-25 NameJet
clh.net 1,220 USD 2018-03-13 NameJet
hbp.net 1,209 USD 2018-01-30 NameJet
jzc.net 1,205 USD 2018-03-19 NameJet
nwm.net 1,200 USD 2018-05-17 NameJet
kls.net 1,200 USD 2018-05-17 NameJet
rxq.net 1,200 USD 2018-01-25 NameJet
lbf.net 1,115 USD 2018-04-20 NameJet
bgn.net 1,111 USD 2018-07-25 NameJet
yll.net 1,111 USD 2018-03-13 NameJet
mfn.net 1,110 USD 2018-03-17 NameJet
mqw.net 1,108 USD 2018-03-22 NameJet
kgy.net 1,106 USD 2018-01-14 NameJet
mqp.net 1,105 USD 2018-04-24 NameJet
rxc.net 1,100 USD 2018-03-24 NameJet
sxn.net 1,100 USD 2018-03-05 NameJet
gzg.net 1,100 USD 2018-02-02 NameJet
hal.net 1,060 USD 2018-03-21 DropCatch
von.net 1,049 USD 2018-05-14 DropCatch
hsx.net 1,030 USD 2018-03-16 GoDaddy
kht.net 1,019 USD 2018-03-26 NameJet
fzw.net 1,010 USD 2018-06-20 NameJet
fqs.net 1,010 USD 2018-03-04 NameJet
bxp.net 1,009 USD 2018-03-16 NameJet
spu.net 1,000 USD 2018-06-14 NameJet
vec.net 1,000 USD 2018-04-25 NameJet
txj.net 1,000 USD 2018-03-12 GoDaddy
rnj.net 1,000 USD 2018-02-07 NameJet

So there is a snapshot of .net, thanks to Namebio for all the data they provide.

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Filed Under: .net, Domain trends, Extension Spotlight

About Raymond Hackney

Raymond Hackney has been involved with domain names since 1997. One of the most prolific writers in the domain industry and founder of TLDinvestors.com and 3Character.com

Comments

  1. Frank says

    August 1, 2018 at 2:37 pm

    Sex and Porn that has to hurt, wow, hope they got Ky.net. LOL

  2. Green Jobs says

    August 1, 2018 at 4:26 pm

    Didn’t Adam Dicker sell Mobile.net?

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