The AU domain market has seen some major transactions so far this year.
First there were 2 six figure domain sales – in January poker.com.au sold for US$100,000 to international sport gambling company 888.com, and in the last couple of days its been revealed that Zoupon has paid over $100,000 for deals.com.au.
electricity.com.au and fridges.com.au have also sold this year for $30,000 and $20,000 respecitively.
You can find a list of 2011 AU domain sales at dnTrade.com.au’s Domain Sales List 2011.
Flippa is also showing a number of AU site sales in the past month, including www.apartmentreviews.com.au selling for US$8,700 and ardrone.com.au selling for US$4,995. A collection of 18 travel sites including sea-world.com.au and luna-park.com.au also sold for US$2,900.
In the same period a number of auctions also failed to close including www.everythingpet.com.au (seeking $10,000), cateringclassifieds.com.au (seeking $8,000) and jotter.com.au (seeking $2,500) all attracting no bids. www.drivingschooldirectory.com.au was also offered however only reached $4,750 which was under the reserve.