I like to pay attention to the latest domain sales. They are a great indication of what domains companies are looking for and what kind of price they are willing to pay for them.

Here is a list of some of the largest domain sales this month

• Kredit.de : $1.17 million - ‘Kredit’ has the same meaning in German as it’s English counterpart ‘Credit’, which explains the huge price for this domain.
• LowFare.com : $365,000 - Sold on Sedo (via Great Domains). I don’t personally think this is a great domain but it’s short, it’s brandable and that’s something which airline and travel companies need when launching a new service. LowFares.com already exists as a website though I don’t believe it was bought from the same people who own that site. I’m sure the seller will be happy with the price of this sale regardless!
• Banners.com : $360,000 - I was a bit suprised at this domain selling for such a high price. It is a great domain, no doubt about it, but it’s not a domain which is in a profitable niche. Would a design company pay this kind of money for this domain?
• Acne.info : $10,000 - I saw this being advertised on DNForum a few weeks ago. I actually think $10k is a good price for this. There is a big market for acne products and information and if the buyer spends some time developing this site he should be able to get a lot of search engine traffic and make a lot of affiliate sales.

Some more sales from DN Journal :

• Vida.com : $50,100
• ABL.com : $50,000
• Glow.co.uk : $31,015
• Internet.eu : $26,250
• Chrome.co.uk : $15,500
• PCGames.co.uk : $5,400 (£3,500)

If you look through the list at DNJournal you will see that although com domain extensions remain the highest priced, many local domain extensions are selling very well. For example, Scott Jones, who writes for the fantastic Self Made Minds, has picked up quite a few premium .co.uk domain names recently including pcs.co.uk.

It’s encouraging to see non .com domains selling well because it’s very difficult to get a .com domain at a good price nowadays