Country Codes

The country codes served notice they will continue to be a force to be reckoned with in 2012 as they opened the year with that $120,000 Canadian blockbuster, Flights.ca, leading the our new Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. Three solid five-figure sales provided strong back up support. You saw all of those on the all extension leader board above, so the highest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet is #5 666.co, sold for $7,500 at Sedo. 

Sedo continued their customary domination of the country code world by sweeping 16 of the 20 chart entries. The few venues that broke their stranglehold on the leader board included DomainLore.co.uk with #8 Voyages.co.uk at $3,914 and NetFleet.com.au with #19 HeavyMachinery.com.au at $2,501. 

Great Britain's .co.uk easily won the race among extensions by claiming six chart entries. Only two others TLDs scored multiple chart entries - Colombia's .CO and the Netherlands' .NL with two each. The remaining places were divided among ten different countries. 

Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending January 8:

There were several dozen additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all but three of those with a roster that included CarSite.be at $2,223, Eisai.ru at $2,000 and LCN.ch at $1,969.  

Sedo had 32 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,905 that are listed in the table below:

Elsewhere, DomainLore.co.uk sold GSI.co.uk for $1,836 while NetFleet.com.au moved MIO.com.au ($1,201) and Airlines.net.au ($1,112). 

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 were the only category to stumble out of the gate as the 2012 sales race got underway. No five-figue sales were reported in this category, leaving an open path for HomeSecurity.info to claim the #1 position on the year's first Non .com gTD Top 20 Chart. Sedo sold that domain for $7,900 as well as #2 Serrurier.pro for $7,620. 

The AfternicDLS jumped into the fray with #3 BlackNet.net at $7,288 and #4 Least.net at $4,488. They went on to pile up 13 of the 20 chart entries to dominate the race among venues for this category. Rounding out the first five was the Acroplex LLC sale of #5 Symposium.org through Sedo for $4,004. 

The .nets easily won the race among extensions, claiming 10 of the 20 chart entries. The .orgs took five places while the .infos had three. .Pro and .biz had one each. 

 Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending January 8:

There were several additional four-figure non .com gTLD sales just off the chart with those divided between the AfternicDLS and Sedo. The AfternicDLS had the highest of those with Swissotel.net ($1,788), Masella.net ($1,700) and LiveService.net ($1,580). 

Their ledger also included Imaginary.org at $1,500, SumUp.net at $1,488 and Electricista.net at $1,394. Signatureproperties.net produced another $1,388, HistoricPlaces.net plucked $1,250 and RATO.net nabbed $1,200. Individuation.net drew $1,088 while LAS.co and SUM.co sold for $1,000 each. 

Back at Sedo CarHireSpain.net booked $1,575, Heart.pro provided $1,500 and Maisonenbois.info found $1,499. Localpedia.org posted $1,270, HowToBet.net brought $1,200 and two others; Tafels.net and Booking.net banked $1,000 apiece. 

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