.Net had a strong outing this week taking four of the top five slots on our Global Contenders chart, including #1 Relationship.net at $9,300 (sold at Enom's Club Drop) and #2 HomeImprovement.net at $8,733 (sold at Pool.com). .Org was also strong, taking the third slot with Chinatown.org, a domain that attracted $7,600 at SnapNames. Overall, .org has just one less entry in the Top 20 than .net, trailing 9-8.

.Biz had two of the remaining three slots, scoring with Buy.biz, sold for $4,000 at Afternic to tie for the 7th position, and #18 Governments.biz, sold for €1,500 ($1,864) at Sedo. The only .info entry this week was an IDN. Wörterbuch.info ("dictionary" in German) booked €1,900 ($2,345) at Sedo.

SnapNames traditionally does well with this category and this week was no exception as the popular drop-catching venue took 11 of the 20 entries. Here's a complete look at the Global Contenders list for the week ending April 23:

There were 23 more 4-figure sales just off the chart and SnapNames accounted for 15 of those. Sedo and Pool shared the rest. Sedo's sale list included Zen.biz ($1,500), Amaze.net ($1,350) and a pair at €1,000 ($1,234) each; Upsell.net and Camp.biz. They also sold Maya.net for $1,115. Pool's four figure sales included PenileEnlargement.net ($1,150), Bulgaria-Hotel.net ($1,115) and AesopOnline.net at $1,005.

That big lot at SnapNames was topped by ADCNY.org at $1,650. In the same extension, Philcongenla.org went for $1,475, NathanielBowditch.org brought $1,375 and CalRxNow.org prescribed $1,250. Also, CCBC.org attracted $1,210 and LivingRoomSeattle.org landed $1,146.

On the .net side of the ledger, SnapNames sold Paradiso.net for $1,500, RubbishRemoval.net for $1,400 and DCG.net for $1,372. 898.net added $1,351, Gethsemane.net drew $1,350 and EZ-Life.net lounged at $1,300. Another 3-letter domain, TNM.net fetched $1,219, HearingHealth.net heard $1,201 and Letterheads.net notched $1,050.

At Afternic, a pair of surnames changed hands. Hahn.info sold for $900 and Moulton.info went for $800. Also, PuppyLove.biz brought $650.

Country Codes

The Country Codes were rocking again this week with a trio of five-figure sales. A look through our Year-To-Date charts will show you that the ccTLD category has consistently drawn higher prices top to bottom this year than the non .com global TLDs. The country codes widened their lead this time around the track with #1 TrueLocal.co.uk selling for £8,000 ($14,254) at Sedo, #2 Resto.ca going for $11,611 at Pool and #3 Stoff.de ("stuff" in German) pulling in €9,000  ($11,185) in a private sale.

Great Britain's .co.uk was the dominant extension this week, walking off with 8 of the 20 chart entries, including a sweep of positions four through six. #4 Forums.co.uk brought £5,000 ($8,908), #5 TeletexHolidays.co.uk added $7,900 and #6 FreeMusicDownloads.co.uk drew £3,000 ($5,345).

There was a lot variety through the rest of the chart with 9 different countries being represented. We also saw our first IDN .tv sale with アニメ.tv  ("anime" in Japanese) selling for $1,200 at the IDNPros.com forum. That gave .tv a rare double this week as LiveAuction.tv also sold, changing hands in a private transaction for $2,500. Patricia Hill of HotDomains.tv sent the domain to the owner of the plural version - LiveAuctions.tv.

Poker was also a hot theme this week. Sanchay Kumar sold OnlinePoker.sg (Singapore ccTLD) and OnlinePoker.hk (Hong Kong ccTLD) for $4,450 each at Sedo. Meanwhile at Afternic, Poker.gs (ccTLD for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) raked in a $1,500 pot.

Here's a look at the complete Country Code Chart for the week ending April 23:

In a couple of four figure sales just off the chart, GolfSimulator.ca scored $1,150 for Pool.com and Earth. cc (Cocos Keeling Islands ccTLD) earned $1,111 at Sedo.

Now that you're up to date on what happened over the past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all categories by visiting our Year To Date Charts page.

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