June 2017 Monthly UK Domain Sales Report
Hello, and welcome to the June 2017 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 May 2017 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!
June 2017 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | 95 | 11 | 82 | 2 | 11 | £35,357 |
| May | 95 | 13 | 79 | 3 | 15 | £66,119 |
Total Sales Revenue
There were 95 reported domain sales this month, generating a total revenue of £35,357.
The total revenue of the top 10 sales this month was £22,904 (-47%)
Domain sales grouped by extension
Lets take a look at how many domains were sold per extension in June 2017.
The best way of achieving that is to group the sales by extension, then sort them into descending order, which gives us:
- 82 .co.uk (+3)
- 11 .uk (-2)
- 2 .org.uk (-1)
Coming out on top this month is the .co.uk extension with 82 sales.
LLL domain sales
There were 11x LLL's sold this month, which is -27% on last months tally of 15.
Breaking LLL sales down by extension gives us 7x .co.uk, 4x .uk.
LTV.co.uk was the top selling LLL this
month, with a price of
£2,600
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 June 2017 ?
For some reason, I like to keep an eye on what the longest domain is each month.
This month it was FreelanceMarketingConsultant.co.uk with
28 characters, selling for
£175
Top 3 UK domain names sold in June 2017
BuyDomainNames.co.uk came in gold and bronze this month, with Domainlore coming in silver.
- In 1st place this month we have commonsense.co.uk, selling for
£7,000
via BuyDomainNames.co.uk .
- Original: £7,000 (GBP, Jun 2017)
- Inflation Adjusted: £9,650 (CPI: 1.379)
- browse.co.uk comes in 2nd, selling for
£3,034
via Domainlore .
- Original: £3,034 (GBP, Jun 2017)
- Inflation Adjusted: £4,182 (CPI: 1.379)
- Finally, in 3rd place we have amax.co.uk, selling for
£3,000
via BuyDomainNames.co.uk .
- Original: £3,000 (GBP, Jun 2017)
- Inflation Adjusted: £4,136 (CPI: 1.379)
Top 10 UK domain names sold in June 2017
| No. | Domain | Price | Platform | Extension | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commonsense.co.uk |
£7,000
|
BuyDomainNames.co.uk | .co.uk | 11 |
| 2 | browse.co.uk |
£3,034
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 6 |
| 3 | amax.co.uk |
£3,000
|
BuyDomainNames.co.uk | .co.uk | 4 |
| 4 | LTV.co.uk |
£2,600
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 3 |
| 5 | area.co.uk |
£1,700
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 4 |
| 6 | TotalSupply.co.uk |
£1,495
|
Afternic.com | .co.uk | 11 |
| 7 | Compensationclaims.co.uk |
£1,080
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 18 |
| 8 | vitally.co.uk |
£1,000
|
Sedo | .co.uk | 7 |
| 9 | food2go.co.uk |
£1,000
|
Sedo | .co.uk | 7 |
| 10 | ETM.co.uk |
£995
|
Domainlore | .co.uk | 3 |
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.
Afternic.com sales in June 2017
Afternic.com reported 1 sale this month, TotalSupply.co.uk, which sold for £1,495.
The details of the sale were published by Acorn Domains
BuyDomainNames.co.uk sales in June 2017
BuyDomainNames.co.uk reported 2 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £10,000.
The the top selling domain this month was commonsense.co.uk, which sold
for
£7,000
View all BuyDomainNames.co.uk sales from June 2017
Domainlore sales in June 2017
Domainlore reported 81 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £20,162.
The the top selling domain this month was browse.co.uk, which sold
for
£3,034
View all Domainlore sales from June 2017
Flippa sales in June 2017
Flippa reported 4 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £525.
The the top selling domain this month was muffins.co.uk, which sold
for
£430
View all Flippa sales from June 2017
Private Sale sales in June 2017
There were 5 Private Sales reported this month, with a total sales revenue of £1,175.
The the top selling domain this month was DentalVeneer.co.uk, which sold
for
£300
View all Private Sale sales from June 2017
Sedo sales in June 2017
Sedo reported 2 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £2,000.
The the top selling domain this month was vitally.co.uk, which sold
for
£1,000
View all Sedo sales from June 2017
Top Performing Sales Platforms for June 2017
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afternic.com | 1 | £1,495 | £1,495 |
| BuyDomainNames.co.uk | 2 | £10,000 | £5,000 |
| Domainlore | 81 | £20,162 | £248 |
| Flippa | 4 | £525 | £131 |
| Private Sale | 5 | £1,175 | £235 |
| Sedo | 2 | £2,000 | £1,000 |
Afternic.com closed the month with 1 sale. Total revenue was £1,495, which gives us an average of £1,495 per domain.
BuyDomainNames.co.uk reported 2 sales this month. Total revenue was £10,000, with an average domain price of £5,000.
Domainlore closed the month with 81 sales. Total revenue was £20,162, which gives us an average of £248 per domain.
Flippa reported 4 sales this month. Total revenue was £525, with an average domain price of £131.
Private Sale closed the month with 5 sales. Total revenue was £1,175, which gives us an average of £235 per domain.
Sedo reported 2 sales this month. Total revenue was £2,000, with an average domain price of £1,000.