Domain sales in 2024 have achieved remarkable results and many highlights

With the release of the last batch of sales data for 2024, this year's domain sales season has come to a successful conclusion, with many exciting transactions attracting attention. The interweaving of various factors has made the year-end biweekly full expansion of the top 20 sales rankings particularly dazzling, and many domain names have changed hands at high prices, becoming the focus of the industry.

(Top ten domain name transaction prices from Monday, December 23, 2025 to Sunday, January 5, 2025, source dnjournal​)

Domain transaction master Rick Schwartz performed brilliantly. His sale of BestOdds.com ranked among the top five publicly reported sales in 2024 at a high price of US$1,025,000, ranking first. It is worth mentioning that Rick gave the buyer a 3-year payment period, which coincided with the legalization of mobile sports betting in many states. The buyer paid the balance six months in advance and successfully completed the transaction.

Bet.bet also performed well, with a $600,000 sale at the beginning of the year, not only topping the 2024 non-.Com gTLD top 100 sales list, but also topping the previous biweekly top 20 list of the year.

(Top 10-20 domain name transaction prices from Monday, December 23, 2025 to Sunday, January 5, 2025, source dnjournal)

.AI domain sales continued to be hot, with Afternic making an extraordinary move, selling Boyfriend.ai for $230,000, ranking as the third largest ccTLD sale reported in 2024. And Andy Booth's sale of Girlfriend.ai for $274,610 through Atom.com took the top spot in the field.

In addition, several sellers made a lot of money. Park.io founder Mike Carson sold Cursor.com, which he bought for $60,000 last year, for $399,999; Tachat.com, sold by Sedo, ranked sixth at $103,000; and Swetha.xyz sold Stable.xyz through Afternic for $100,000, ranking seventh. These impressive results undoubtedly demonstrate the vigorous vitality of the domain name market in 2024, and also make the industry full of expectations for future development.