Country Codes

After having a rare off week with no five-figure sales last week, the ccTLDS, as expected, rebounded this week with a trio in that range including a pair that  rank among the dozen biggest country code sales of the year. Those two German domains; Frage.de ($48,300) and GPS.de ($46,920) lead our new Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart after changing hands at Sedo. Hunting Moon's $25,000 sale of Gay.co rounds out the first three. 

Sedo had the biggest ccTLD sales you haven't seen yet (all .uk domains); #4 GolfInsurance.co.uk at $9,440, #5 PhotoBooth.co.uk at $6,872 and #6 Dating.org.uk at $6,250. The British domains had a big week piling up nine of the 20 chart entries to lead all extensions while Sedo again led all venues by claiming 17 places on the elite list.  

NoktaDomains helped prevent a Sedo sweep by putting two names in the top ten; #7 GlassTable.co.uk at $6,200 and #10 NameNecklace.co.uk at $5,400. 

 Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending October 30:

There were several dozen additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all but two of those with a list led by VintageClothing.co.uk ($2,560) and BalanceTransfers.us ($2,500). HomeInsulationGrants.co.uk contributed $2,400 while OutletCity.gr and Szgedenken.de delivered $2,070 each. 

Sedo had 27 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging form $1,000 to $2,000 that are listed in the table below:

Elsewhere NoktaDomains sold GuitarTrader.co.uk for $1,900 and DomainLore.co.uk picked up $1,120 for PriceOfGold.co.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 had a woeful week, not only finishing with no five-figure sales, but none even reached the $5,000 mark - the first time that has happened all year. Certainly not having AfternicDLS sales in before this week's deadline hurt this category because that venue traditionally does well with this group. Still, with all of the figures in except those from one venue, it's unlikely this would have been a week to remember for the non .com gTLDs.

With a weak field of competitors .infos were able to take two of the first three places on our new Non .com gTLD Top 20 Chart. #1 NFC.info changed hands for $4,750 while #3 Wicked.info went for $3,450. Sedo handled both of those sales as well as the one sandwiched in between them, #2 AEE.net at $3,999. Sedo went on to sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries.

Moniker/SnapNames managed to sneak into the first five with #4 Spin.org at $3,400 and NoktaDomains had a top ten entry with #10 Levante.net at $2,100. The .orgs wound up having the most chart entries with nine, followed by the .nets with seven. That left two spots for .info and one each for .pro and .biz. 

Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending October 30:

There were three more four-figure non .com gTLD sales just off the chart. Sedo sold Vermogensbeheer.net for $1,164 and Abogadosvalencia.net for $1,104 while YummyNames teamed up with the AfternicDLS to sell Psychic.biz for $1,022. 

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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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