Country Codes

The ccTLDs had a great week logging one of the year's four biggest country code sales, OnlineCasino.co at $100,000, and seven more that reached five figures. We showed you all of those in the all extension section earlier, so the biggest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet is #9 on our new Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. That is ANZ.jp (Japanese country code), a name that went for $9,500 at Sedo. 

ApplianceStore.co.uk rounded out the top ten at $9,480. Sedo also handled that sale and they went on to sweep 16 of the 20 chart positions. MissDomain.com was one of the few that broke Sedo's stranglehold on the chart. They did it with #14 Bart.se (Swedish ccTLD) at $7,562. 

Great Britain's .co.uk won the race among extensions this week, claiming five places on the elite list. Germany's .de and Montenegro's .me were next with three each. Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending October 9:

There were dozens of additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo again accounting for the majority of those with a list that included DotDigital.co.uk and Promotors.co.uk at $4,740 each. BizCommunity.ca and ComTech.eu added $4,140 apiece while DOL.co.uk clicked for $3,950 and Skischuhe.de delivered $3,519. 

Sedo had 66 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging form $1,000 to $3,500 that are listed in the table below:

NoktaDomains sold CreditCardMachines.co.uk ($4,500), Elance.co.uk ($4,100), LoanNote.co.uk ($2,000) and LondonSystems.co.uk ($1,700) while MissDomain.com moved Sokoptimering.se for $4,347. 

Back at DomainLore.co.uk they were busy ringing up more British TLD sales including Anytime.co.uk ($2,607), ePayroll.co.uk ($1,834) and SAT.co.uk ($1,580). Amplifiers.co.uk turned up the volume with $1,343, ChristmasDay.co.uk unwrapped $1,264 and MiniLoans.co.uk ladled out $1,187. That left $1,185 for GMI.co.uk and $1,108 for Retirement..org.uk. 

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)

The non .com gTLDs are celebrating a new 2011 sales leader this week thanks to that massive $500,000 sale of Gay.xxx. However prices in this category dropped precipitously after that with only one other sale reaching even five figures, Solictors.org at $10,000. 

The biggest sale you haven't yet seen among the non .com gTLDs is #3 on our new Top 20 Chart for this group. That is  5G.net, a domain sold at Sedo for $7,500. NameJet's $6,100 sale of Amazing.org was next with an IDN sale at Sedo, Gartenmöbel.org at $5,748, rounding out the first five. 

The .orgs had a big week, ringing up 7 of the top 10 sales and taking half of the chart entries overall - a total of 10 places. The .nets were next with seven while .xxx, .pro and .biz took one position each. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending October 9:

There were several dozen additional four-figure non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by Sedo's $2,100 sale of Airclimatise.net. Sodbrennen.org brought $1,822, Foxo.net found $1,780 and two others; CasinoForum.net and SanFranciscoHotels.org welcomed $1,300 apiece. KissingGames.org sold for $1,200, 90s.net nabbed $1,109 and Smart-Phones.net called in $1,104. HOM.net drew $1,050 and WhiteCard.info flagged down $1,000. 

At the AfternicDLS WesternArt.org went fior $1,888, GroupGames.net attracted $1,788 and two others; Artenova.net and WeightLossCenter.org added $1,500 each. Outfitter.info buttoned up $1,488 and Atrade.net banked $1,410 while IncomeForLife.org and 99percent.net produced $1,288 apiece. BuiltIn.org and SavingsPlan.net plucked $1,200 each, Ontogeny.net generated $1,195, BeFamous.org gained $1,188 and CMTS.net nipped $1,000. 

Elsewhere, NameJet sold CGJ.org for $2,000, DomainHoldings got $1,500 for PropertyInsuranceQuotes.net, Moniker/SnapNames picked up $1,500 for Srbija.org and $1,100 for Fairmont.net and NoktaDomains added $1,000 for CandlemakingSupplies.net. 

As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies, private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale made through any channel. To contribute information and help make this column better,  just drop a note to [email protected].

We truly appreciate the industry leading companies who share their sales information with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current domain values. Richard Meyer of Domain Sales Center also provides invaluable help in collecting data for these sales reports each week.

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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