Read the market. Research the name. Make the decision.
Grouped by what you are trying to decide rather than by category, and attached to the auction results, valuation ranges and renewal costs published on this site rather than to domain advice in general.
The market, last 7 days
Every closed auction- Recorded volume -20% on the previous period
- $2.2M
- Auctions closed -9% on the previous period
- 3,096
- Median close +2% on the previous period
- $523
- Closed at $1,000+
- 472
| Domain | Price | Closed (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| develex.com Dynadot Archivefor develex.com in the Wayback Machine (opens in a new tab) | $821 | 03 Sept 26 00:00 |
| medicalfood.com Sav Archivefor medicalfood.com in the Wayback Machine (opens in a new tab) | $355 | 02 Sept 26 22:28 |
| neder.com NameJet Archivefor neder.com in the Wayback Machine (opens in a new tab) | $2,911 | 02 Sept 26 21:54 |
The most recent closes on record. These are final recorded bids rather than confirmed sales, and the bidding may reflect a former website's traffic or links rather than the name alone. How to read these results
How to read domain auction results
What a closing price proves and what it does not, why bids and bidders are different numbers, and when a result is safe to use as a comparable.
Read the guide01 / Read the market
What closed, what the price means, and whether a run of them adds up to a trend.
- Live data
Updated hourly
Recent closed auction results
Every auction we have seen close across the major marketplaces, with the last price bid, how much activity it drew, and when it ended.
- Guide
16 August 2026 · 10 min
How to find a trend in auction results
Volume, median close, four-figure depth and the change on the period before, read without mistaking a different sample for a different market.
02 / Research a name
What the domain was before you, and what that history is worth or costs.
- Guide
16 August 2026 · 13 min
How to check what a domain was before
The archive, the backlinks, the ownership trail and the trademark check that separate a valuable name from a valuable old website, or from a liability.
- Guide
16 August 2026 · 11 min
How expired domains reach auction or drop
When a .com can be renewed, auctioned, restored, caught or registered, the three routes in, and the research to finish before you bid.
03 / Price and negotiate
Turning an estimate and a set of comparables into a number you can defend.
- Guide
16 August 2026 · 10 min
Working out what a domain is actually worth
Read the three sale contexts, rank the evidence behind a comparable, and set a walk-away number before the conversation starts.
- Methodology
How the estimates are calculated
What the model is fitted on, what it can see about a name, and the things it has no way of knowing.
- Methodology
How accurate the estimates are
The auction estimates scored against 2,812 auctions we watched close: what the ordering is worth, how far the figure lands from the price, and where it runs backwards.
- Tool
Estimate a single domain
Auction, marketplace and brokerage estimates for one name, with a likely range around each.
04 / Manage a portfolio
What the names cost to hold, and which of them have earned another year.
- Guide
16 August 2026 · 9 min
Cutting a portfolio down to the names worth renewing
A renewal triage in four buckets, the arithmetic that decides which bucket a name lands in, and a worked pass over 500 domains.
- Reference
15 August 2026 · Price table
What domain registrars charge to renew
Standard .com renewals across the main registrars, the registry and ICANN fees underneath them, and why the cheap end of the table is about to move.
- Tool
Estimate a portfolio in one pass
Up to 2,000 names at a time, sortable by any of the three channels, exportable as CSV.
05 / Tools and services
Who we send people to, and why.
Stay close to the market.
Once a week: domains that have just dropped or are about to, recent auction results, and practical notes on buying, holding and selling.