NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 3,460 reported .DE domain sales over the last 5 year period. These top 100 total $4,282,897.00 in sales. The highest reported sales on this list were the domains “kik.de” for $246,080.00 with the second as “kaffee.de” for $237,474.00.
Kik.de appears to be a major clothing retailer, while kaffee.de (which changed hands several times – latest this year in August) is a coffee company website waiting on further development.
.de is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Federal Republic of Germany. The name is based on the first two letters of the German name for Germany (Deutschland). The domain was first introduced over 31 years ago in 1986 and is very popular in Germany and as of February 2016 there were over 16,000,000 domains registered. Below are the top .DE domain name sales over the past five (5) years based on data from NameBio. Transactions appear to be exclusive to domain venue Sedo.
| Domain | Price | Date | Venue |
| kik.de | $246,080.00 | 3/21/2014 | Sedo |
| kaffee.de | $237,474.00 | 8/25/2017 | Sedo |
| autos.de | $166,800.00 | 5/14/2014 | Sedo |
| autos.de | $165,720.00 | 4/30/2014 | Sedo |
| kaffee.de | $136,930.00 | 5/21/2014 | Sedo |
| kaffee.de | $136,000.00 | 6/11/2014 | Sedo |
| musik.de | $131,309.00 | 9/2/2014 | Sedo |
| musik.de | $128,999.00 | 9/17/2014 | Sedo |
| fotograf.de | $117,810.00 | 5/15/2013 | Sedo |
| wohnung.de | $87,320.00 | 1/14/2015 | Sedo |
| chat.de | $87,100.00 | 8/20/2014 | Sedo |
| schokolade.de | $80,961.00 | 3/27/2013 | Sedo |
| schokolade.de | $80,640.00 | 4/10/2013 | Sedo |
| webhosting.de | $79,218.00 | 11/4/2016 | Sedo |
| itjobs.de | $65,986.00 | 4/1/2016 | Sedo |
| apps.de | $65,634.00 | 9/3/2014 | Sedo |
| apps.de | $64,499.00 | 9/17/2014 | Sedo |
| 90min.de | $60,027.00 | 6/2/2016 | Sedo |
| j.de | $57,338.00 | 10/26/2017 | Sedo |
| videos.de | $53,987.00 | 3/10/2015 | Sedo |
| blackjack-vegas.de | $53,218.00 | 4/7/2017 | Sedo |
| sparstrumpf.de | $52,840.00 | 3/16/2016 | Sedo |
| uh.de | $50,456.00 | 12/11/2016 | Private |
| autoankauf.de | $48,600.00 | 7/23/2014 | Sedo |
| gayforum.de | $45,864.00 | 3/8/2013 | Sedo |
| gayforum.de | $45,500.00 | 3/20/2013 | Sedo |
| kurzreise.de | $43,982.00 | 5/15/2013 | Sedo |
| kurzreise.de | $43,609.00 | 4/30/2013 | Sedo |
| shoop.de | $42,607.00 | 11/24/2015 | Sedo |
| x.de | $40,000.00 | 11/6/2015 | Sedo |
| singlebörse.de | $38,871.00 | 3/14/2013 | Sedo |
| putzfrau.de | $36,480.00 | 1/22/2015 | Sedo |
| treu.de | $34,148.00 | 10/16/2015 | Sedo |
| shein.de | $34,021.00 | 9/18/2017 | Sedo |
| mystrom.de | $33,761.00 | 12/20/2015 | Sedo |
| saubillig.de | $33,000.00 | 4/24/2013 | Sedo |
| build.de | $33,000.00 | 4/17/2013 | Sedo |
| polstermoebel.de | $32,763.00 | 4/3/2014 | Sedo |
| saubillig.de | $32,650.00 | 4/11/2013 | Sedo |
| witze.de | $30,580.00 | 1/16/2014 | Sedo |
| witze.de | $30,375.00 | 1/29/2014 | Sedo |
| showroom.de | $30,000.00 | 12/13/2015 | Private |
| cbs.de | $29,940.00 | 10/16/2013 | Sedo |
| cbs.de | $29,848.00 | 10/7/2013 | Sedo |
| website.de | $28,066.00 | 3/23/2017 | Sedo |
| luxus.de | $27,798.00 | 10/27/2016 | Sedo |
| freespins.de | $27,600.00 | 4/2/2014 | Sedo |
| bankenvergleich.de | $25,968.00 | 3/13/2013 | Sedo |
| j.de | $24,761.00 | 9/29/2015 | Sedo |
| sicherheitsdienst.de | $24,682.00 | 9/8/2017 | Sedo |
| schiffssuche.de | $24,536.00 | 11/6/2013 | Sedo |
| speck.de | $23,220.00 | 7/17/2013 | Sedo |
| gewerbeflächen.de | $22,818.00 | 4/17/2014 | Sedo |
| favo.de | $22,610.00 | 6/19/2013 | Sedo |
| favo.de | $22,527.00 | 6/7/2013 | Sedo |
| antalya.de | $22,473.00 | 5/23/2016 | Sedo |
| laptops.de | $22,011.00 | 12/19/2013 | Sedo |
| pionier.de | $21,842.00 | 9/22/2015 | Sedo |
| laptops.de | $21,760.00 | 1/8/2014 | Sedo |
| consulting.de | $21,545.00 | 3/26/2014 | Sedo |
| consulting.de | $21,368.00 | 3/25/2014 | Sedo |
| jc.de | $21,200.00 | 12/11/2016 | Sedo |
| rechnung24.de | $21,124.00 | 8/17/2017 | Sedo |
| online-autoboerse.de | $20,250.00 | 7/30/2014 | Sedo |
| dailydeals.de | $20,237.00 | 10/9/2013 | Sedo |
| 13.de | $20,118.00 | 7/30/2014 | Sedo |
| 13.de | $20,100.00 | 8/13/2014 | Sedo |
| visco.de | $20,039.00 | 7/5/2016 | Sedo |
| host.de | $19,650.00 | 1/16/2013 | Sedo |
| analytics.de | $19,558.00 | 9/8/2014 | Sedo |
| analytics.de | $19,479.00 | 9/17/2014 | Sedo |
| e-b.de | $19,460.00 | 3/26/2014 | Sedo |
| grippe.de | $19,092.00 | 10/25/2013 | Sedo |
| grippe.de | $18,813.00 | 10/16/2013 | Sedo |
| erfahrung.de | $18,750.00 | 11/26/2014 | Sedo |
| bmp.de | $18,703.00 | 6/25/2013 | Sedo |
| experte.de | $18,645.00 | 5/22/2017 | Sedo |
| fitnessstudios.de | $18,630.00 | 4/2/2014 | Sedo |
| fitnessstudios.de | $18,611.00 | 3/21/2014 | Sedo |
| bmp.de | $18,564.00 | 7/10/2013 | Sedo |
| firmenstempel.de | $17,922.00 | 9/21/2017 | Sedo |
| tierversicherung.de | $17,550.00 | 7/10/2013 | Sedo |
| snowflake.de | $17,119.00 | 7/12/2017 | Sedo |
| thermobox.de | $17,063.00 | 10/12/2015 | Sedo |
| fitnessstudio.de | $17,030.00 | 6/12/2013 | Sedo |
| ofen.de | $17,018.00 | 2/23/2015 | Sedo |
| bussgeldkatalog.de | $16,680.00 | 5/7/2014 | Sedo |
| ws.de | $16,644.00 | 8/7/2015 | Sedo |
| rechtschreibung.de | $16,625.00 | 9/11/2013 | Sedo |
| weinladen.de | $16,538.00 | 4/12/2016 | Sedo |
| borderline.de | $16,360.00 | 10/21/2016 | Sedo |
| weltliteratur.de | $16,345.00 | 2/23/2016 | Sedo |
| sdl.de | $16,320.00 | 7/16/2014 | Sedo |
| bau24.de | $16,200.00 | 2/12/2014 | Sedo |
| lazarote-web.de | $16,180.00 | 5/7/2014 | Sedo |
| lanzarote-web.de | $16,180.00 | 5/7/2014 | Sedo |
| k1.de | $15,720.00 | 12/19/2012 | Sedo |
| businessinsider.de | $15,650.00 | 3/2/2015 | Sedo |
| wettbuero.de | $15,600.00 | 9/24/2014 | Sedo |
| aoe.de | $15,600.00 | 3/20/2013 | Sedo |
I have no .de domain names as they have restrictions such as administrative contacts must resident in Germany.
About The Author: John Colascione is CEO of Long Island Media Inc., an Internet ad agency and publisher of the largest group of Long Island New York based websites and one print newspaper collectively reaching over one million people per month. He specializes in Website Monetization, authored a ‘how to’ book called ‘‘Mastering Your Website’, and is a key player in several Internet related businesses through his holding company Searchen Networks®
