Country Codes

A quintet of solid five-figure sales set the pace for the country codes this week with  Sedo's $49,700 sale of Namibia.de nailing down the #1 position on our latest Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That group also included the year's highest .us sale - Famo.us at $25,000 (.us is the country code for the United States). 

All of those five-figure sales were also on the all extension Top 20 Chart you saw earlier, so the highest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet in #6 StationerySupplies.co.uk, sold by NoktaDomains for $9,300.  An IDN sale at Sedo, #7 Träume.eu was right behind at $9,230. 

FabulousDomains.com.au also made a top ten appearance with #9 Chain.com.au (Australian ccTLD) at $7,697. That sale was sandwiched between a pair of Sedo sales; #8 Location.tv at $8,150 and #10 Earthing.de at $6,390. Sedo went on to sweep 14 of the 21 chart entries (the extra spot resulted from a tie for the final position).

NoktaDomains was the only other venue with multiple chart positions. They placed four names on the elite list including #11 Horatio.es (Spain's ccTLD) at $5,500 and #15 WebDesignCompany.co.uk at $4,000. 

Here is how the Country Code Top 20 stacked up for the week ending July 31:

There were several dozen additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all but two of those with a roster than included Gazetka.pl at $3,124. They also sold Taxi2Airport.ru and Traveller.co for $3,000 each and MachineryZone.ca for $2,982. 

Sedo had 50 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging form $1,000 to $2,950 that are listed in the table below:

Elsewhere NoktaDomains sold GlassCoffeeTables.co.uk for $2,800 and the AfternicDLS sold Boxer.us for $1,300. 

If there are country code extensions in our report that you are not familiar with, you can look up the nation each extension goes with here. 

Non .com gTLDs (.biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org, .asia, .pro & .tel)

It was slow going for the .non com gTLDs this week with no sale reaching the five-figure mark. That left the door open for the AfternicDLS to take the lead on our new Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chart with VVM.net at $9,600. Another three-letter domain sale, ESJ.org at $8,800, also gave them the #2 spot and they went on to sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries.

Sedo placed five names on the leader board including two among the top five; #3 Graffikkarten.org at $7,100 and #4 WhyGo.net at $5,086. 

The .orgs easily won the race among TLDs piling up 13 chart entries in their most dominating outing of the year. The .nets took the remaining seven places. The two extensions shared the #6 slot with the same keywords - Ibnalhaytham.net and Ibnalhaytham.org sold for $3,933 each at the AfternicDLS.

Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending July 31:

There were several dozen additional four-figure non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by the AfternicDLS sale of IEX.net for $2,250. They also sold WantedDeadOrAlive.net for $2,200 and two others; AutoNow.net and CashRegister.org for $2,000 apiece. 

The AfternicDLS had 28 more four-figure non .com gTLD sales between $1,000 and $1,988 that are listed in the table below:

Back at Sedo FCP.net, TZB.info, Einladungen.net and Holzhandwerk.net went for $2,130 apiece. 384.org dialed up $2,000, an IDN - Wohngebäudeversicherung.net - nabbed $1,846 and Speicherkarten.org added $1,775. 

7N.net sold for $1,650, Nachmieter.net drew $1,633 and GreenTube.info grossed $1,630. Constructoras.net and LifeInsuranceComparison.org collared $1,420 each while FactoryOutlet.net located $1,299 and MapIt.mobi made $1,250. WebForce.net dispatched $1,099 and two others; Grimsby.biz and Valpoedc.org deposited $1,000 each. 

Elsewhere, Yummy Names teamed with the AfternicDLS to sell WildFlorida.org for $2,142 and NoktaDomains sold ProjectManagementInstitute.net for $1,000. 

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Every Wednesday we publish the highest reported domain name sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that information and write this article to give you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry. 

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