In its latest ranking of the highest reported domain sales, DN Journal confirmed what market experts have been saying for several weeks now: this summer presents an anomaly. But in a good way, which bodes well for domain investors, since not only did the market avoid a seasonal slowdown, but has been delivering major new deals on an almost weekly basis.
Ron Jackson, who compiled the ranking, believes that this could point to a longer-term trend. He compared H1 performance in 2024 and 2025 to demonstrate that all indicators increased substantially year-on-year. In the first half of 2024, about 2,300 transactions of $1,000 or more were reported, while this figure increased by 30 percent to exceed 3,000 in the first half of 2025. The average transaction value in H1 2024 was $13,434 against $16,233, or a 21 percent increase, a year later. The total volume of reported sales surged by 58 percent from $30.9 million in the first half of 2024 to $48.7 million in the same period of this year.
As for the ranking of the highest reported deals, Sedo topped it with three biggest transactions. Ferienhaus.de, which can be loosely translated from German as “holiday home,” sold for EUR 357,000, or $421,260. According to NameBio, this is the sixth largest deal for Germany’s domain space. Footage.com sold for $300,000, while Crypto.bot’s new owner had to pay $250,00 to get the domain name. Anguilla’s ccTLD also reached new heights with Sim.ai selling for $220,000. Swetha Yenugula, an Indian domain investor who came to be known as the Queen of XYZ, has also made headlines by selling Turtle.xyz for $106,000.
