In a repeat of last week's Global Contenders race .org nipped .net by one in overall chart entries (10-9 this time out), but .net again took the #1 position, doing it this time with that blockbuster $56,500 sale of Bingo.net at GreatDomains. .Org answered by taking the next three in a row with PHD.org, Atlas.org and Idea.org. All of those domains earned spots on the all-extension leader board you saw earlier, as did #5 DU.net, so the first face you haven't already seen is #6 79.net which went for $7,100 at SnapNames.

.Info is also represented on the GC chart this week thanks to Tariq Ghafoor's $4,800 sale of Roommates.info at Sedo. You might recall that Roommates.us went for $10,000 just last week, but Ghafoor, who is an excellent negotiator, had not heard that news when he agreed to let the .info version go for considerably less. 

This is a chart that SnapNames traditionally dominates and this week was no exception as the popular auction venue swept 15 of the 20 positions. Sedo took 3 and the other 2 went to GreatDomains (but they made theirs count by taking the top two spots). Here's a complete look at the Global Contenders list for the week ending June 25:

There were 23 more four-figure sales in the Global Contenders category this week and SnapNames accounted for 17 of those. Their .net winners included Xiao.net ($2,050), Carlsbad.net ($1,961) and InternetCompanies.net ($1,550). Johnnie.net notched $1,311, Peng.net provided $1,150 and Muntada.net added $1,105. WTR.net went for $1,061, KNX.net for $1,024 and ChildrensFoundation.net for $1,003. 

On the .org side of the ledger, SnapNames sold NCCCSF.org ($1,950), AsiaBusinessToday.org ($1,949) and Nami-NYC-Metro.org ($1,750). Potawatomilang.org pulled $1,650, Naets.org netted $1,550 and PoundRescue.org added $1,490. Rounding out the SnapNames roster were CharterProject.org ($1,410) and Veterinarians.org ($1,211). 

At Sedo, Ranking.net banked $2,000, VirtualPeru.net deposited $1,773 and MaryMagdalene.org attracted $1,100. At Afternic, Armenian.org gathered $1,600, SWS.info sold for $1,500 and 4o.net nailed $1,460.

Country Codes

The ccTLDs were rocking again this week. In addition to ranking among the five biggest sales in any extension this week, Models.us tops the Country Code chart and ascends to the throne as the highest .US sale reported to date. Germany was right behind with that big €22,000 ($27,683) sale of #2 Weihnachtsgeschenk.de at Sedo. 

.De took four positions on our new ccTLD leader board, also scoring with #4 Traci.de at €5,000 ($6,292), #5 Metall.de at €4,100 ($5,158) and #7 Töpfe.de ("pots" in German), an IDN that went for €3,333 ($4,193) at Sedo, a venue that swept 9 of the 11 chart entries. Other countries represented this week include Spain (.es with two entries), the European Union (.eu), Canada (.ca), Switzerland (.ch) and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (.cc).

The .cc domain is a nice 2-letter combo, #9 AB.cc, sold by Original Web Ventures Inc. for $2,000 in a private transaction. Meanwhile, Moniker.com CEO Monte Cahn told us his company sold a portfolio of 130 two-letter .cc domains for $75,010.

Here's a look at the complete Country Code list for the week ending June 25:

We also got word this week of a nice 3-letter .us sale that occurred earlier this year. PGI.us went for $4,000 in a private transaction. The deal was completed outside the time frame required to be eligible for our weekly chart, but we felt it was well worth noting.

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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