March 2016 Monthly UK Domain Sales Report
Hello, and welcome to the March 2016 edition of the UK domain name sales report!
For those of you that haven’t been here before, every month I give an overview of all the interesting bits from publicly reported UK domain name sales.
You can read all previous UK domain name sales reports, which are powered by sales data collated from Domain Sales History.
If you have sold any UK domain names or are aware of any sales that do not exist in the database, please do get in touch and let me know.
Have you read last months sales report?
If you haven't done so already, I recommend reading the February 2016 Monthly Sales Report as we compare sales data frequently throughout this report.
With that shameful self-promotion out of the way, let's move on to this months sales report!
March 2016 UK domain sales overview
Lets have a very brief overview of the UK domain market over the last month...
The following table shows a breakdown of key data comparing this months sales data against last month.
| Month | Total Sales | .uk | .co.uk | .org.uk | LLL | Total Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 136 | 8 | 128 | 0 | 11 | £52,961 |
| February | 172 | 11 | 161 | 0 | 25 | £47,485 |
Total Sales Revenue
There were 136 reported domain sales this month, generating a total revenue of £52,961.
The total revenue of the top 10 sales this month was £38,710 (+43%)
Domain sales grouped by extension
Lets take a look at how many domains were sold per extension in March 2016.
The best way of achieving that is to group the sales by extension, then sort them into descending order, which gives us:
- 128 .co.uk (-33)
- 8 .uk (-3)
Coming out on top this month is the .co.uk extension with 128 sales.
LLL domain sales
There were 11x LLL's sold this month, which is -56% on last months tally of 25.
Breaking LLL sales down by extension gives us 9x .co.uk, 2x .uk.
abr.co.uk was the top selling LLL this
month, with a price of
£2,500
For those of you that don't know, LLL means a three letter domain. If it contains a number (or hyphen) it does not qualify as an LLL.
What was the longest domain that sold in March 2016 ?
For some reason, I like to keep an eye on what the longest domain is each month.
This month it was sustainablewastemanagement.co.uk with
26 characters, selling for
£90
Top 3 UK domain names sold in March 2016
Domainlore takes gold and silver this month, with BuyDomainNames.co.uk coming in bronze.
- In 1st place this month we have distancelearning.co.uk, selling for
£8,940
via Domainlore .
- Original: £8,940 (GBP, Mar 2016)
- Inflation Adjusted: £12,705 (CPI: 1.421)
- gossip.co.uk comes in 2nd, selling for
£6,776
via Domainlore .
- Original: £6,776 (GBP, Mar 2016)
- Inflation Adjusted: £9,630 (CPI: 1.421)
- Finally, in 3rd place we have kindred.co.uk, selling for
£6,000
via BuyDomainNames.co.uk .
- Original: £6,000 (GBP, Mar 2016)
- Inflation Adjusted: £8,527 (CPI: 1.421)
Top 10 UK domain names sold in March 2016
| No. | Domain | Price | Platform | Extension | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distancelearning.co.uk |
£8,940
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 16 |
| 2 | gossip.co.uk |
£6,776
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 6 |
| 3 | kindred.co.uk |
£6,000
|
BuyDomainNames.co.uk | .co.uk | 7 |
| 4 | want.co.uk |
£5,200
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 4 |
| 5 | redline.co.uk |
£3,355
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 7 |
| 6 | paye.co.uk |
£2,788
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 4 |
| 7 | abr.co.uk |
£2,500
|
BuyDomainNames.co.uk | .co.uk | 3 |
| 8 | genes.co.uk |
£1,355
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 5 |
| 9 | nudge.co.uk |
£1,101
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 5 |
| 10 | cbh.co.uk |
£695
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 3 |
This months top 10 was dominated by Domainlore. Not content with sitting top of the table, they also sold 8 domains!
Domain sales grouped by platform
Here I list the top sale from each platform to try and promote each platform as best I can - even if they don't hit the top sales figures.
Platforms are ordered alphabetically.
Acorn Domains sales in March 2016
Acorn Domains reported 23 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £2,196.
The the top selling domain this month was NewAccessPlatforms.co.uk, which sold
for
£150
View all Acorn Domains sales from March 2016
BuyDomainNames.co.uk sales in March 2016
BuyDomainNames.co.uk reported 2 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £8,500.
The the top selling domain this month was kindred.co.uk, which sold
for
£6,000
View all BuyDomainNames.co.uk sales from March 2016
Domainlore sales in March 2016
Domainlore reported 110 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £42,261.
The the top selling domain this month was distancelearning.co.uk, which sold
for
£8,940
View all Domainlore sales from March 2016
Flippa sales in March 2016
Flippa reported 1 sale this month, rometour.co.uk, which sold for £4.
Top Performing Sales Platforms for March 2016
I like to believe that “Top Performing” is a relative phrase. Some sales platforms have been around longer and have earned a loyal customer base. Other sales platforms (like Sedo) sell a broad range of domain extensions and naturally receive a larger viewership, meaning more potential buyers which can inflate the eventual sale price.
You also need to remember that Sedo charges 15% sales commission (at time of writing) for marketplace domains. The buyer is also expected to pay a 3% handling fee for any domain purchases over 500 USD / GBP / EUR when using Alipay, PayPal, and Credit Card.
(The below table is ordered alphabetically as that seems the most sensible).
| Platform | Sales | Revenue | Avg. Sale Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn Domains | 23 | £2,196 | £95 |
| BuyDomainNames.co.uk | 2 | £8,500 | £4,250 |
| Domainlore | 110 | £42,261 | £384 |
| Flippa | 1 | £4 | £4 |
Acorn Domains closed the month with 23 sales. Total revenue was £2,196, which gives us an average of £95 per domain.
BuyDomainNames.co.uk reported 2 sales this month. Total revenue was £8,500, with an average domain price of £4,250.
Domainlore closed the month with 110 sales. Total revenue was £42,261, which gives us an average of £384 per domain.
Flippa reported 1 sale this month. Total revenue was £4, with an average domain price of £4.