UK Domain Sales Report for March 2020 - domainsaleshistory.uk

Have you read last months sales report?

If you haven't done so already, I recommend reading the February 2020 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 2020 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	263	113	139	11	28	£229,173
February	367	215	135	17	61	£65,176

Total Sales Revenue

There were 263 reported domain sales this month, generating a total revenue of £229,173.

The total revenue of the top 10 sales this month was £199,705 (+745%)

Domain sales grouped by extension

Lets take a look at how many domains were sold per extension in March 2020.

The best way of achieving that is to group the sales by extension, then sort them into descending order, which gives us:

139 .co.uk (+4)
113 .uk (-102)
11 .org.uk (-6)

Coming out on top this month is the .co.uk extension with 139 sales.

LLL domain sales

There were 28x LLL's sold this month, which is -54% on last months tally of 61.

Breaking LLL sales down by extension gives us 20x .uk, 7x .co.uk, 1x .org.uk.

ETC.uk was the top selling LLL this month, with a price of £288 sold via Domainlore.

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 2020 ?

For some reason, I like to keep an eye on what the longest domain is each month.

This month it was merseysideinnovationawards.co.uk with 26 characters, selling for £50 via UKBackorder.com.

Top 3 UK domain names sold in March 2020

Honours are shared this month, with Private Sale, Dropped.uk, Sedo making up the top 3 sales platforms for March 2020.

In 1st place this month we have Free.co.uk, selling for £160,566 via Private Sale .
nova.co.uk comes in 2nd, selling for £9,251 via Dropped.uk .
Finally, in 3rd place we have starcasino.co.uk, selling for £6,900 via Sedo .

Top 10 UK domain names sold in March 2020

No.	Domain	Price	Platform	Extension	Length
1	Free.co.uk	£160,566	Private Sale	.co.uk	4
2	nova.co.uk	£9,251	Dropped.uk	.co.uk	4
3	starcasino.co.uk	£6,900	Sedo	.co.uk	10
4	britain.co.uk	£6,000	Domainlore	.co.uk	7
5	coffeepods.co.uk	£3,990	Sedo	.co.uk	10
6	mobilephones.uk	£3,500	Sedo	.uk	12
7	roadmate.co.uk	£2,500	Sedo	.co.uk	8
8	makeupstore.uk	£2,500	Sedo	.uk	11
9	marra.co.uk	£2,498	Sedo	.co.uk	5
10	checked.co.uk	£2,000	Sedo	.co.uk	7

Although Private Sale sits at the top of the tree, the top 10 is dominated by Sedo with 7 domains sold.

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.

Domainlore sales in March 2020

Domainlore reported 132 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £21,377.

The the top selling domain this month was britain.co.uk, which sold for £6,000 .

View all Domainlore sales from March 2020

Dropped.uk sales in March 2020

Dropped.uk reported 1 sale this month, nova.co.uk, which sold for £9,251.

Private Sale sales in March 2020

There was 1 Private Sale reported this month, Free.co.uk, which sold for £160,566.

The details of the sale were published by DN Journal

Sedo sales in March 2020

Sedo reported 9 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £27,121.

The the top selling domain this month was starcasino.co.uk, which sold for £6,900 .

View all Sedo sales from March 2020

UKBackorder.com sales in March 2020

UKBackorder.com reported 120 sales this month, with a total sales revenue of £10,858.

The the top selling domain this month was ti.uk, which sold for £630 .

View all UKBackorder.com sales from March 2020

Top Performing Sales Platforms for March 2020

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
Domainlore	132	£21,377	£161
Dropped.uk	1	£9,251	£9,251
Private Sale	1	£160,566	£160,566
Sedo	9	£27,121	£3,013
UKBackorder.com	120	£10,858	£90

Domainlore closed the month with 132 sales. Total revenue was £21,377, which gives us an average of £161 per domain.

Dropped.uk reported 1 sale this month. Total revenue was £9,251, with an average domain price of £9,251.

Private Sale closed the month with 1 sale. Total revenue was £160,566, which gives us an average of £160,566 per domain.

Sedo reported 9 sales this month. Total revenue was £27,121, with an average domain price of £3,013.

UKBackorder.com closed the month with 120 sales. Total revenue was £10,858, which gives us an average of £90 per domain.

Final Thoughts

View all domain sales from March 2020.

March 2020 Monthly UK Domain Sales Report