From restaurants like Red Robin, to ice cream brand Blue Bunny to email marketing service Mail Chimp, branding that incorporates an animal or creature is very popular.
So I decided to take a look at which animals rule the roost when it comes to domain sales.
Up first is Bird
Namebio lists 54 sales with the keyword bird in the last position, a couple of these names needed to be removed as they were last names.
Bird is one of the strongest if not thee strongest animal in terms of domain sales.
First we have that Bird.com sold for $200,000 back in 2005, the ultimate bird specific brand. The domain is developed as a one stop shop for all things bird related.
For what I really wanted to look at Keyword – Animal, Bird posted 2 five figure sales. LinkBird.com and SweetBird.com. Link Bird is a developed website while Sweet Bird does not reserve.
Bird has seen a number of sales when teamed with other popular keywords. Some of the names include, AdBird.com, DataBird.com and MobileBird.com.
24 sales were $1000 or more.
Domain
Price
Date
Venue
bird.com
200,000 USD
2005-06-14
Afternic
linkbird.com
13,234 USD
2013-06-21
Sedo
Duped Entry
sweetbird.com
10,000 USD
2007-09-04
Sedo
thebird.com
6,250 USD
2007-09-02
SnapNames
hotbird.com
6,045 USD
2015-05-05
Sedo
homebird.com
4,500 USD
2015-02-08
Uniregistry
adbird.com
3,500 USD
2014-04-23
GoDaddy
nobird.com
3,500 USD
2012-07-18
Private
lionbird.com
3,288 USD
2011-12-07
Afternic
soulbird.com
2,888 USD
2008-10-14
Afternic
databird.com
2,799 USD
2011-07-06
Sedo
webbird.com
2,588 USD
2013-05-13
Afternic
speedybird.com
2,500 USD
2013-01-28
Afternic
mobilebird.com
2,500 USD
2012-07-04
Sedo
luckybird.com
2,472 USD
2015-11-16
SnapNames
techbird.com
1,750 USD
2011-11-29
Sedo
greenbird.com
1,564 USD
2010-05-04
Sedo
onebird.com
1,500 USD
2010-11-30
Sedo
fashionbird.com
1,492 USD
2011-01-06
Sedo
shorebird.com
1,309 USD
2008-04-16
NameJet
dabird.com
1,300 USD
2013-10-20
Afternic
snobird.com
1,189 USD
2005-04-29
SnapNames
ricebird.com
1,010 USD
2011-04-18
Sedo
wordbird.com
1,009 USD
2016-08-17
NameJet
skinnybird.com
1,000 USD
2010-05-18
Sedo
wbird.com
912 USD
2016-02-26
NameJet
luckybird.com
800 USD
2011-08-23
Sedo
dirtybird.com
786 USD
2014-05-05
NameJet
passwordbird.com
717 USD
2016-07-03
GoDaddy
fluentbird.com
700 USD
2016-01-28
Flippa
pontiacfirebird.com
691 USD
2005-07-27
SnapNames
robotbird.com
625 USD
2005-05-14
SnapNames
shopbird.com
554 USD
2008-06-07
SnapNames
getbuzzbird.com
515 USD
2013-04-19
NameJet
hungrybird.com
450 USD
2016-07-14
NameJet
cuckoobird.com
441 USD
2016-06-16
GoDaddy
tebabird.com
362 USD
2015-03-18
GoDaddy
uglybird.com
360 USD
2012-07-09
GoDaddy
hummusbird.com
301 USD
2012-11-08
GoDaddy
ecobird.com
230 USD
2013-01-05
NameJet
american-bird.com
227 USD
2014-06-06
GoDaddy
shaneyellowbird.com
212 USD
2015-08-14
GoDaddy
stylebird.com
206 USD
2016-08-28
GoDaddy
barkingbird.com
204 USD
2016-08-31
DropCatch
stonebird.com
179 USD
2016-07-25
DropCatch
cutebird.com
163 USD
2015-03-16
GoDaddy
moxiebird.com
152 USD
2013-02-25
NameJet
wbird.com
130 USD
2013-01-25
NameJet
viralbird.com
118 USD
2015-09-23
GoDaddy
thegirlybird.com
110 USD
2014-01-07
GoDaddy
dronebird.com
106 USD
2015-05-12
GoDaddy
Monkey – NameBio has 67 sales ending in Monkey
The top sale under this naming convention is MailMonkey.com at $11,000. Interestingly the owners of Mail Chimp were the buyer. The domain only resolves to a 403 page with the Mail Chimp logo.
The keyword Ad was teamed up with Monkey just like it was with Bird. AdMonkey.com was sold for $5,000 back in 2015.
There were 26 sales of $1,000 or more and there was one sale I know of one sale not recorded by Namebio. Keith DeBoer sold BuyMonkey.com for $3,395 on BrandBucket in June of 2016. You will see on the list below that BuyMonkey.com was acquired for $155 in December of 2015 on Go Daddy Auctions.
mailmonkey.com
11,000 USD
2013-01-11
Sedo
greenmonkey.com
6,040 USD
2010-01-18
NameJet
hellomonkey.com
5,000 USD
2015-10-08
Uniregistry
admonkey.com
5,000 USD
2015-02-08
Uniregistry
surfmonkey.com
4,548 USD
2005-06-30
SnapNames
happymonkey.com
3,850 USD
2015-12-24
GoDaddy
flightmonkey.com
3,375 USD
2014-12-03
Sedo
servermonkey.com
3,288 USD
2011-04-13
GoDaddy
greasymonkey.com
2,500 USD
2015-03-02
Uniregistry
badmonkey.com
2,440 USD
2016-06-03
NameJet
bitmonkey.com
2,300 USD
2012-04-18
Afternic
housemonkey.com
2,250 USD
2011-10-19
Afternic
trashmonkey.com
2,000 USD
2015-02-08
Uniregistry
tradermonkey.com
2,000 USD
2012-05-23
Afternic
wagermonkey.com
2,000 USD
2011-03-04
Sedo
spidermonkey.com
1,900 USD
2015-11-05
NameJet
tiremonkey.com
1,680 USD
2015-03-12
GoDaddy
jomonkey.com
1,505 USD
2007-04-16
GoDaddy
laddermonkey.com
1,500 USD
2016-07-11
BuyDomains
clipmonkey.com
1,275 USD
2015-02-02
GoDaddy
mathmonkey.com
1,221 USD
2015-11-05
GoDaddy
cutemonkey.com
1,210 USD
2015-12-22
NameJet
picmonkey.com
1,200 USD
2011-12-01
Sedo
dupemonkey.com
1,034 USD
2015-01-22
GoDaddy
electricmonkey.com
1,009 USD
2012-08-07
NameJet
skimonkey.com
1,000 USD
2011-01-22
Sedo
tripmonkey.com
909 USD
2015-07-14
GoDaddy
corporatemonkey.com
900 USD
2015-08-04
Sedo
supermonkey.com
810 USD
2008-04-13
NameJet
soulmonkey.com
800 USD
2011-05-17
Sedo
yogamonkey.com
800 USD
2011-01-29
Sedo
whitemonkey.com
721 USD
2016-05-18
NameJet
rapidmonkey.com
665 USD
2015-09-23
GoDaddy
scarymonkey.com
626 USD
2006-02-03
SnapNames
bigmonkey.com
600 USD
2005-06-15
SnapNames
whitemonkey.com
599 USD
2014-05-17
NameJet
datamonkey.com
590 USD
2013-04-06
NameJet
touchyourmonkey.com
555 USD
2012-06-07
GoDaddy
gearmonkey.com
461 USD
2013-09-20
NameJet
auctionmonkey.com
450 USD
2015-06-03
GoDaddy
grassmonkey.com
380 USD
2014-08-01
GoDaddy
toughmonkey.com
360 USD
2015-06-04
GoDaddy
airmonkey.com
357 USD
2012-09-02
NameJet
brew-monkey.com
335 USD
2015-10-05
NameJet
screamingmonkey.com
310 USD
2005-11-21
SnapNames
onemonkey.com
305 USD
2016-07-14
GoDaddy
wallstreetmonkey.com
300 USD
2016-03-31
Uniregistry
craftymonkey.com
270 USD
2015-08-19
GoDaddy
picsmonkey.com
255 USD
2015-01-17
GoDaddy
theadventuremonkey.com
231 USD
2013-12-21
GoDaddy
testimonialmonkey.com
225 USD
2014-11-04
GoDaddy
shoppingmonkey.com
206 USD
2014-12-12
GoDaddy
quotemonkey.com
205 USD
2012-07-11
GoDaddy
birthdaymonkey.com
185 USD
2015-05-08
GoDaddy
freshmonkey.com
165 USD
2014-08-14
GoDaddy
shitmonkey.com
163 USD
2007-10-08
Sedo
buymonkey.com
155 USD
2015-12-26
GoDaddy
reelmonkey.com
124 USD
2015-08-11
GoDaddy
chargemonkey.com
119 USD
2015-03-18
GoDaddy
cookingmonkey.com
117 USD
2015-08-18
GoDaddy
spicemonkey.com
117 USD
2015-02-16
GoDaddy
cluttermonkey.com
114 USD
2015-09-14
GoDaddy
ledmonkey.com
107 USD
2015-08-29
GoDaddy
fabmonkey.com
105 USD
2015-06-08
GoDaddy
icmonkey.com
105 USD
2014-08-09
GoDaddy
fuzzymonkey.com
104 USD
2016-08-10
GoDaddy
myarticlemonkey.com
103 USD
2015-02-18
GoDaddy
Shark – Shark’s are the opposite of that funny and cute monkey, if you want your brand to invoke fierceness or strength then you might want to incorporate a shark into your brand.
PokerShark.com is the top reported shark sale according to Namebio. The domain sold for $10,501 in June of 2015 on Go Daddy Auctions.
Now there are not many shark sales, only 26 in total. 10 sales were for $1,000 or more.
pokershark.com
10,501 USD
2015-06-01
GoDaddy
ticketshark.com
3,588 USD
2013-04-17
Sedo
gymshark.com
2,998 USD
2013-02-04
Afternic
giantshark.com
2,500 USD
2012-06-06
Afternic
rateshark.com
2,000 USD
2013-08-05
Afternic
mcshark.com
2,000 USD
2011-11-02
Sedo
buyshark.com
1,895 USD
2015-08-20
Sedo
tireshark.com
1,888 USD
2013-07-15
Afternic
myshark.com
1,760 USD
2011-02-01
Sedo
discountshark.com
1,200 USD
2011-04-01
Sedo
videoshark.com
699 USD
2016-04-14
NameJet
videoshark.com
500 USD
2011-02-16
Sedo
thewhiteshark.com
500 USD
2005-09-26
Afternic
coldshark.com
455 USD
2007-04-16
GoDaddy
loveshark.com
308 USD
2013-08-06
NameJet
equityshark.com
288 USD
2015-05-01
Uniregistry
launchshark.com
256 USD
2016-05-10
GoDaddy
carshark.com
224 USD
2010-04-13
SnapNames
teashark.com
216 USD
2013-07-15
GoDaddy
bitshark.com
210 USD
2014-12-05
GoDaddy
microshark.com
169 USD
2015-07-23
GoDaddy
ideashark.com
160 USD
2014-09-10
GoDaddy
btshark.com
139 USD
2015-12-30
GoDaddy
worldshark.com
120 USD
2016-04-11
GoDaddy
ashark.com
105 USD
2015-10-27
GoDaddy
careershark.com
100 USD
2016-04-15
GoDaddy
Dog – Man’s best friend is certainly one of the more popular animals out there. The keyword has been strong with domain sales, a few of the sales recorded by Namebio would not fall into the brandable category. Hot Dog is a food, Underdog is a trademarked super hero, and a few others are specific breeds of dog.
Still the keyword is plenty strong with domain sales. HotDog.com sold for $150,000 and UnderDog.com sold for $46,800. Those really are not what we are focusing on for this look at brandable sales.
TheDog.com was sold twice, the second time for $4,150 loss. WildDog.com sold for $11,000 and SafeDog.com sold for $7,388.
underdog.com
46,800 USD
2010-07-29
Sedo
thedog.com
17,251 USD
2006-04-18
SnapNames
thedog.com
13,100 USD
2009-07-24
NameJet
wilddog.com
11,000 USD
2015-02-08
Uniregistry
safedog.com
7,388 USD
2012-11-21
NameJet
farmdog.com
7,000 USD
2015-05-19
Uniregistry
zendog.com
4,875 USD
2012-07-04
Afternic
hautedog.com
4,400 USD
2005-11-02
SnapNames
puppydog.com
4,050 USD
2014-09-03
GoDaddy
thedailydog.com
3,388 USD
2008-11-18
Afternic
bigreddog.com
3,088 USD
2009-04-21
Afternic
worldwidedog.com
3,000 USD
2014-02-16
Afternic
nudog.com
3,000 USD
2013-05-20
Afternic
vapedog.com
2,500 USD
2013-12-01
Afternic
tripdog.com
2,500 USD
2012-03-21
Sedo
partydog.com
2,488 USD
2008-06-03
Afternic
upperdog.com
2,295 USD
2013-06-12
Sedo
taxidog.com
2,288 USD
2014-05-21
GoDaddy
bananadog.com
2,220 USD
2011-03-23
Sedo
styledog.com
2,088 USD
2007-02-08
BuyDomains
naturedog.com
2,000 USD
2016-02-22
Uniregistry
boldog.com
2,000 USD
2007-09-25
Afternic
hareofthedog.com
1,888 USD
2015-04-15
BuyDomains
stupiddog.com
1,827 USD
2006-10-05
SnapNames
hidog.com
1,810 USD
2016-03-10
NameJet
5stardog.com
1,625 USD
2015-05-31
NameJet
eatdirtydog.com
1,607 USD
2013-01-15
Sedo
mytopdog.com
1,500 USD
2015-12-01
BuyDomains
dcdog.com
1,500 USD
2015-06-01
BuyDomains
go-dog.com
1,500 USD
2011-06-24
Sedo
btdog.com
1,499 USD
2015-07-29
Sedo
naturaldog.com
1,400 USD
2015-02-19
NameJet
lawdog.com
1,309 USD
2012-09-14
NameJet
highwaydog.com
1,250 USD
2010-08-10
Sedo
naturedog.com
1,101 USD
2011-06-06
Sedo
slumdog.com
1,025 USD
2016-06-13
GoDaddy
beddog.com
1,000 USD
2011-08-01
Sedo
deputy-dog.com
960 USD
2014-07-28
NameJet
fundog.com
921 USD
2014-03-01
GoDaddy
radiodog.com
800 USD
2011-08-05
Sedo
rudedog.com
799 USD
2016-04-08
GoDaddy
vipdog.com
760 USD
2016-06-15
NameJet
under-dog.com
750 USD
2011-02-14
Sedo
bludog.com
712 USD
2016-08-31
GoDaddy
printdog.com
700 USD
2010-06-09
Sedo
targetdog.com
700 USD
2007-03-02
Sedo
moneydog.com
675 USD
2015-12-30
GoDaddy
sharedog.com
638 USD
2007-12-17
GoDaddy
streetdog.com
620 USD
2012-11-10
NameJet
punkdog.com
600 USD
2011-06-21
Sedo
motleydog.com
598 USD
2014-08-31
GoDaddy
personalwatchdog.com
597 USD
2009-10-14
Afternic
spiraldog.com
520 USD
2007-10-20
GoDaddy
updog.com
510 USD
2010-05-29
NameJet
big-dog.com
501 USD
2010-01-01
NameJet
rockdog.com
498 USD
2012-12-30
NameJet
youdog.com
480 USD
2013-07-27
GoDaddy
youadog.com
480 USD
2007-08-01
SnapNames
longliveyourdog.com
479 USD
2015-10-24
DropCatch
trackmydog.com
457 USD
2016-03-01
GoDaddy
terrificdog.com
450 USD
2011-08-09
Sedo
icelandicsheepdog.com
450 USD
2007-04-01
Sedo
crimedog.com
437 USD
2009-11-13
NameJet
ihasahotdog.com
410 USD
2016-08-11
GoDaddy
doggydog.com
408 USD
2016-08-29
DropCatch
rosedog.com
400 USD
2013-05-11
NameJet
chicagohotdog.com
400 USD
2007-07-12
SnapNames
investorswatchdog.com
390 USD
2014-08-28
GoDaddy
goodog.com
388 USD
2016-07-12
GoDaddy
bananadog.com
380 USD
2011-07-11
Sedo
mygooddog.com
372 USD
2016-04-15
GoDaddy
skateboardingbulldog.com
325 USD
2016-03-01
NameJet
naturedog.com
315 USD
2015-11-21
NameJet
cupofdog.com
305 USD
2012-02-27
GoDaddy
securitydog.com
290 USD
2015-06-05
DropCatch
betdog.com
259 USD
2008-06-03
SnapNames
truckdog.com
258 USD
2016-03-24
GoDaddy
samugliestdog.com
255 USD
2014-08-12
GoDaddy
trainanydog.com
250 USD
2015-01-26
Flippa
fandog.com
250 USD
2009-02-09
Afternic
bedbugdog.com
245 USD
2015-11-23
GoDaddy
eskiedog.com
230 USD
2008-06-08
NameJet
unitdog.com
228 USD
2015-05-09
GoDaddy
sweetdog.com
226 USD
2016-07-23
NameJet
survivaldog.com
205 USD
2015-09-04
GoDaddy
crodog.com
205 USD
2015-07-13
GoDaddy
diningdog.com
205 USD
2014-11-23
GoDaddy
gibsondog.com
205 USD
2014-07-22
GoDaddy
eyedog.com
200 USD
2011-08-31
NameJet
bountydog.com
200 USD
2007-10-11
Sedo
pointingdog.com
195 USD
2006-05-20
SnapNames
slotdog.com
185 USD
2012-11-24
GoDaddy
foreverdog.com
180 USD
2015-09-06
GoDaddy
moneydog.com
166 USD
2012-12-30
GoDaddy
roodog.com
162 USD
2016-07-05
GoDaddy
daisydog.com
160 USD
2015-06-30
GoDaddy
sofadog.com
160 USD
2007-10-25
Sedo
breeddog.com
159 USD
2013-02-26
GoDaddy
fordog.com
150 USD
2015-10-23
NameJet
Cat- If we have dogs then we must have cats. Cat does not have as many sales as dog but still Namebio shows 76 cat related domain sales.
Surprisingly no five figure sales but there are 34 four figure sales.
CyberCat.com was the top sale at $8,266, the domain does not currently resolve.
cybercat.com
8,266 USD
2006-12-24
Sedo
sleepcat.com
8,000 USD
2015-07-24
Uniregistry
wondercat.com
4,388 USD
2013-11-17
Afternic
macat.com
4,388 USD
2011-06-22
Afternic
petcat.com
4,188 USD
2005-12-07
SnapNames
helpyourcat.com
4,151 USD
2016-05-20
GoDaddy
direct-avocat.com
3,900 USD
2015-01-14
Sedo
dcat.com
3,750 USD
2012-07-18
Afternic
iccat.com
3,500 USD
2012-05-09
Afternic
fancat.com
3,388 USD
2008-07-22
Afternic
norcat.com
2,888 USD
2007-12-05
Afternic
dailycat.com
2,799 USD
2016-03-08
Sedo
netcat.com
2,455 USD
2009-05-19
NameJet
sexcat.com
2,350 USD
2006-08-01
SnapNames
kelavocat.com
2,248 USD
2015-05-08
Sedo
betcat.com
2,177 USD
2012-09-30
Afternic
predicat.com
2,166 USD
2012-05-23
Afternic
fallingcat.com
2,088 USD
2011-10-19
Afternic
mapcat.com
2,050 USD
2015-08-05
Flippa
replicat.com
2,000 USD
2012-03-21
Afternic
healthcat.com
1,999 USD
2016-03-04
BuyDomains
seacat.com
1,755 USD
2013-02-10
NameJet
stashcat.com
1,695 USD
2015-09-17
Sedo
swapcat.com
1,625 USD
2009-01-05
Afternic
mapcat.com
1,500 USD
2016-02-03
Flippa
cambrallibrecat.com
1,405 USD
2012-01-20
GoDaddy
thermocat.com
1,395 USD
2013-04-08
Afternic
mondocat.com
1,350 USD
2013-02-04
Afternic
electrocat.com
1,265 USD
2011-09-07
Sedo
unicat.com
1,185 USD
2008-03-10
GoDaddy
xcat.com
1,150 USD
2015-02-16
GoDaddy
jetcat.com
1,110 USD
2015-06-05
NameJet
hepcat.com
1,105 USD
2004-12-09
SnapNames
articlecat.com
1,004 USD
2012-05-31
GoDaddy
omocat.com
999 USD
2015-03-16
Sedo
cleancat.com
800 USD
2011-01-08
Sedo
micat.com
654 USD
2015-09-06
SnapNames
vocat.com
565 USD
2015-06-23
NameJet
islandcat.com
490 USD
2006-08-14
SnapNames
speedcat.com
481 USD
2016-01-03
NameJet
ceilingcat.com
410 USD
2013-03-17
GoDaddy
cacat.com
400 USD
2015-01-26
NameJet
mxcat.com
380 USD
2015-08-09
Flippa
puncat.com
360 USD
2013-03-16
GoDaddy
junglecat.com
359 USD
2009-06-10
Afternic
samocat.com
344 USD
2016-07-20
DropCatch
doctorcat.com
326 USD