.Org was riding high again this week. After sweeping the top three spots on last week's Global Contenders chart, the extension claimed the top two this week and dominated the GC Top 20 with a dozen entries. Two domains you've already seen on our all-extension leader board held the top spots here, Foreclosure.org at $23,000 and Humans.org at $8,500. 

With #3 Union.net leading the way, .net swept the next four positions. That name sold at GreatDomains for $7,500. .Net took 7 spots overall. .Biz also got on the board with #7 Small.biz banking $3,548 at Moniker/DomainSystems. 

Here's the complete Global Contenders chart for the week ending August 13:

Though .info missed making the Top 20 this week, the extension had the highest uncharted sale with Hipnosis.info going for €1,000 ($1,278) at Sedo.  Sedo also sold I-Media.net for $1,200. 

SnapNames dominated this week's GC chart with 12 entries and they added 5 more four-figure sales off the chart. Those included SaveStockOptions.org ($1,250) and CommercialMortgages.org ($1,200). On the .net side of the ledger, SnapNames sold Adapt.net ($1,250), FastCashLoans.net ($1,161) and WindowVisions.net ($1,050).

In a private sale, TBP.biz changed hands for $700. 

Country Codes

America's country code, .US, continues to make inroads in the ccTLD competition. The extension claimed the top two spots on our new Country Code chart and 4 of the 12 entries overall, more than any other extension. A pair of 3-character domains led the way with E85.us and RE4.us selling for $3,000 each at Sedo. E85 is a well-known ethanol based fuel while RE4 is shorthand for a popular game. 

.US also scored with #4 Career.us, sold for $2,300 at Sedo, and #7 EMA.us which went for $2,000 in a private transaction. The European Union's new .EU extension had three chart entries this week, headed by #3 Kartendrucker.eu ("ticket printer" in German). That domain drew €2,100 ($2,685) at Sedo, a venue that accounted for 9 of the 12 sales on the leader board.

Spain's .es was the only other extension with multiple entries, hitting the daily double with PKR.es and Sobres.es.  Other countries represented this week include the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (.cc), India (.in) and for the first time ever, Nauru (.nr). In an oddity, the world's two most popular country codes, Germany's .de and Great Britain's .co.uk, both failed to chart this week.

Here's a look at the complete Country Code leader board for the week ending August 13:

In some smaller transactions off the chart, Afternic sold AquaDesigns.us for $560 and Wine-Lovers.us for $500 while Pool sold PetSitting.ca (Canadian country code) for $559.

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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