March 12th Marketplace Domain Sales Analysis — $603K Total, collaris.com at $35,000
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3,075
Total Domains Sold
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$602,501
Total Volume
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658
Domains $100+
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$35,000
Top Sale Price
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$916
Avg. Sale Price ($100+)
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Market Overview
March 12th brought a moderately active day to the domain marketplace, with 3,075 total domains changing hands for a combined volume of $602,501.All figures in this report are drawn directly from the NameBio Daily Market Report the industry's most widely referenced source for verified domain sale data. The session recorded 658 domain sales at the $100+ threshold, producing an average sale price of $916 for that tier — a solid benchmark that reflects steady mid-market demand. Compared to the previous session, the market dipped slightly, with the number of sales declining by 3% and total dollar volume falling by 5%. While these declines are modest, they reinforce a recurring pattern of mild day-over-day variance that experienced domain investors have come to expect. For a deeper look at how previous numbers stacked up, see the March 11th Marketplace Domain Sales Analysis.
The day's premium tier — the 238 domains that sold for $500 or more — accounted for the lion's share of market value, with GoDaddy continuing its dominant grip on venue distribution at 63.4% of all analyzed transactions. DomainMarket.com, while contributing just two sales, punched well above its weight by delivering the session's two highest-priced domain transactions, confirming that premium brokerage still commands a distinct corner of the high-value aftermarket. An additional 2,417 sales below the $100 mark added $34,372 to the day's overall tally, underscoring that volume at the lower end of the market remains consistently robust.
Thematic strength today skewed toward brandable single-word domains, legacy category terms, and AI-adjacent names — a trio of segments that has been building sustained momentum across recent sessions. The session's breadth of categories, from food and hospitality to fintech and nonprofit, demonstrates that buyer appetite for quality domains spans a wide range of industries, not just the headline-grabbing technology sectors.
📌 Key Highlight: The top two domain sales of the day — collaris.com at $35,000 and phonogram.com at $29,888 — were both brokered through DomainMarket.com, accounting for over 10.8% of the entire day's $602,501 total volume on their own. Single-word and two-word legacy brandables continued to set the pace at the top of the market.
Table A — Full Market Breakdown by Tier
| Price Tier | Domains Sold | Total Volume | Notes |
| Below $100 | 2,417 | $34,372 | High-volume lower tier |
| $100 – $499 (Mid-Tier) | 420 | — | 658 total $100+ minus 238 analyzed |
| $500 – $999 | 117 | $80,332 | Largest premium count bracket |
| $1,000 – $1,999 | 58 | $77,796 | Strong mid-premium activity |
| $2,000 – $4,999 | 49 | $141,646 | Top volume-generating tier |
| $5,000 – $9,999 | 7 | $50,047 | Selective high-value transactions |
| $10,000+ | 7 | $155,948 | Elite tier — 25.9% of total volume |
| TOTAL | 3,075 | $602,501 | Full market combined |
Top 10 Domain Sales
The top of the leaderboard today was defined by two legacy brandable domains transacted through DomainMarket.com, followed by a diverse mix of category-specific and utility names. collaris.com led the session at $35,000 — a clean, one-word brandable with strong phonetic appeal and broad commercial applicability. Right behind it, phonogram.com closed at $29,888, reaffirming buyer appetite for authoritative single-word dictionary domains. The $20,000 dual tie between masr.org and politician.org was a notable result for .org extensions, which don't always crack the top tier at this price point. The pattern of winners vs. losers in domain sales continues to be an instructive lens — for more context on how volatile the secondary market can be, the Winners vs. Losers: Shocking Domain Sales analysis breaks this down further.
| Rank | Domain | Sale Price | Marketplace |
| 1 | collaris.com | $35,000 | DomainMarket.com |
| 2 | phonogram.com | $29,888 | DomainMarket.com |
| 3 | tools4noobs.com | $25,200 | Namecheap |
| 4 | masr.org | $20,000 | DomainMan.com |
| 5 | politician.org | $20,000 | BrandNames.net |
| 6 | memorybox.ai | $13,999 | Afternic |
| 7 | riseup.org | $11,861 | GoDaddy |
| 8 | studentagencybus.com | $8,701 | GoDaddy |
| 9 | betpool.com | $8,595 | GoDaddy |
| 10 | swarmos.com | $8,500 | Afternic |
Table B1 — Marketplace Distribution ($500+ Sales)
| Marketplace | Sales Count | Market Share |
| GoDaddy | 151 | 63.4% |
| Namecheap | 35 | 14.7% |
| DropCatch | 24 | 10.1% |
| Afternic | 10 | 4.2% |
| Dynadot | 7 | 2.9% |
| Others (Atom.com, Spaceship, Sedo, Catched, BrandNames, DomainMan, DomainMarket) | 11 | 4.6% |
| TOTAL Analyzed Premium Sales | 238 | 100% |
Table B2 — Word Count Distribution ($500+ Sales)
| Word Count | Domains | Share |
| 1-Word (e.g., collaris.com, phonogram.com, hypernym.com) | 59 | 24.8% |
| 2-Word (e.g., memorybox.ai, betpool.com, finwallet.com) | 125 | 52.5% |
| 3+ Words (e.g., earthwindflour.com, fogcitydogs.com, homecookingwithsomjit.com) | 54 | 22.7% |
| TOTAL | 238 | 100% |
Table B3 — TLD Extension Distribution ($500+ Sales)
| TLD Extension | Domains Sold | % Share | Notable Examples |
| .com | 199 | 83.6% | collaris.com, phonogram.com, finwallet.com |
| .org | 16 | 6.7% | politician.org, masr.org, riseup.org |
| .net | 8 | 3.4% | islandnow.net, sushix.net, dtu.net |
| .ai | 5 | 2.1% | memorybox.ai, teleagent.ai, newland.ai |
| Others (.co ×4, .io ×3, .info, .trade, .us) | 10 | 4.2% | seasalt.co, walt.io, paper.trade, styleid.us |
| TOTAL | 238 | 100% | All verified $500+ domain sales |
Notable Domains
🤖 AI & Tech Domains: The .ai extension continued its strong run with several notable closings. memorybox.ai posted the day's standout AI sale at $13,999 via Afternic — a two-word compound that neatly maps to personal data storage, cognitive health tech, and AI-powered memory tools. teleagent.ai fetched $2,589, a clean two-word AI agent namespace with strong commercial alignment. ultimately.ai sold for $555, espada.ai moved for $609, cloveai.com closed at $704, and newland.ai cleared $988. On the broader tech side, swarmos.com — an inventive name evoking autonomous swarm computing — sold for $8,500, while uniformcss.com changed hands for $2,675, and promptster.com sold for $1,526.
💰 Finance & Fintech Domains: Fintech names showed meaningful activity. finwallet.com cleared $3,938, a tight two-word fintech namespace with obvious digital wallet applications. upstartbank.com moved for $3,600 and verifiedrealestate.com also sold for $3,600. pinehealth.com moved for $2,284, and strongwealth.com sold for $801. budgetbet.com and betpool.com ($8,595) both affirmed that gaming and wagering domains attract serious buyer interest. The Huge Wins and Painful Drops piece covers the volatility that makes fintech domain investing a high-stakes game worth studying.
🍕 Food, Hospitality & Lifestyle Domains: The restaurant and food sector delivered solid representation today. lolasdelicatessen.com sold for $6,100 and futurapizza.com moved for $6,001, both reflecting real-world business acquisitions at solid price points. paulaspizza.com sold for $4,550, earthwindflour.com — a creative three-word bakery name — closed at $4,003, and seasalt.co attracted $3,049. On the lifestyle side, vintagesigns.com sold for $4,095 and fluffnest.com moved for $3,550.
🏥 Health & Wellness Domains: Healthcare and wellness names remained a dependable performer. eyevitamins.com closed at $3,161, a direct-commerce name with obvious supplement-market application. caloncardio.com sold for $2,400 and cbdbalance.com moved for $631. encoremedicalspa.com sold for $1,691, while kidsafetyfirst.com cleared $515 and healthybabyhappyearth.com sold for $620.
🏷️ Brandable & One-Word Domains: Today's session offered a notable cluster of strong one-word and invented brandables. collaris.com ($35,000) and phonogram.com ($29,888) set the tone at the top. Further down, hypernym.com sold for $2,660 — a sophisticated single English word with strong linguistic and tech-platform branding potential. anggun.com moved for $2,000, artday.com for $2,123, and meditatio.com for $899. trasimeno.com (a historic Italian lake) sold for $798, confirming that geographic and cultural single-word domains still attract premium buyers.
Market Trends & Analyst Observations
GoDaddy's dominance remains structurally entrenched. With 151 of 238 analyzed $500+ domain sales — a 63.4% share — GoDaddy continues to function as the default clearing house for the premium aftermarket. This share is not merely a function of volume; it reflects GoDaddy's integrated buyer network, Afternic syndication, and the sheer depth of expiring domains flowing through its auction pipeline. For domain investors, this concentration underscores the importance of listing on or syndicating through GoDaddy-connected channels to maximize exposure.
Two-word domains are the workhorse of the market. At 52.5% of all $500+ transactions, two-word domain names remain the most commercially transacted format in the secondary market. This holds true whether the name is a direct category descriptor like foodtrucksales.com ($520) or a made-up brandable compound like finwallet.com ($3,938). The sweet spot for buyers appears to be names that are short enough to be memorable but descriptive enough to carry SEO or category value. One-word domains at 24.8% remain highly aspirational — when they transact, they tend to do so at meaningful prices, as collaris.com proved today.
The .ai extension is no longer a novelty — it is a category. With five .ai domain sales in today's dataset and a 2.1% share of all premium transactions, the extension has graduated from speculative to mainstream in a remarkably short window. What's notable is that these aren't all generic AI buzzword names — memorybox.ai and teleagent.ai both represent specific product categories within AI. Buyers are getting more precise, targeting functional verticals rather than broad AI terms. This shift signals that .ai domain values will increasingly be dictated by use-case specificity rather than the extension alone.
DropCatch is emerging as a serious premium pipeline. With 24 sales at 10.1% share of today's analyzed dataset, DropCatch is carving out a consistent second-tier position behind the GoDaddy-Namecheap duopoly. Expired domain auctions on DropCatch continue to surface undervalued assets, and today's results — including names like vintagesigns.com and anggun.com — confirm that patient DropCatch participants can still acquire quality domains at prices that leave room for profitable resale.
The $2,000–$4,999 tier generates disproportionate value. While accounting for just 49 of 238 analyzed transactions (20.6% of premium count), the $2,000–$4,999 bracket generated $141,646 — more than any other single tier in today's dataset. This range represents the most active zone for serious domain investors: prices high enough to reflect genuine asset value, yet accessible enough for a broad pool of end-user buyers ranging from startups to established SMBs. Domains like upstartbank.com, hypernym.com, and eyevitamins.com all exemplify why this tier consistently delivers the most reliable ROI in domain portfolio strategy.
Disclosure
This market report was structured and formatted with AI assistance, based entirely on official NameBio published data. All domain sale figures, venue counts, word-count classifications, TLD extension counts, and percentage calculations were independently verified using a code interpreter against 238 confirmed $500+ premium domain sales recorded on March 12th. No data was estimated, assumed, or manually approximated.
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