No doubt about the top domains in the Global Contenders category this week - you've already seen those two six-figure sales on the all extension leader board above - Mortgage.net at $149,000 and University.org at $100,000. Those were the second and third highest GC sales completed in all of 2006. .Org edged .net 7-6 in the race for the highest number of chart entries this week. .Mobi also fared well with four charted domains including #3 Hoteles.mobi at $19,500.

.Biz and .Info also made appearances this week. Ringtones.biz tied Ringtones.org for the 5th slot with each of those selling for  £4,000 ($7,594) at Sedo. Meanwhile .info hit the daily double with #8 Implantate.info at €5,000 ($6,419) and #16 RetirementPlans.info at $2,500 (both of those also sold at Sedo).

Here's how all of the GC leaders stacked up for the week ending November 19:

There were two dozen additional four-figure sales just off the Global Contenders chart. SnapNames accounted for ten of those including Restrooms.org ($2,251), Finds-Space.org ($2,038) and BMTAdvantage.org ($1,351). They also sold LavenderGreens.org ($1,350), Roz.org ($1,200) and DKB-Online.org ($1,050). On the .net side of the ledger, OKS.net notched $2,002, FRS.net fetched $1,650, Rehred-Haiti.net raised $1,601 and Linguasphere.net deposited $1,050.

BuyDomains added seven four-figure sales in this category, all .nets. Those included Blancas.net at $1,888 and two others; MagicTouch.net and Froman.net at $1,688 each. Legat.net drew $1,500 while WRDC.net, TaxiGuide.net and JoyClub.net returned $1,000 each.

Sedo secured $2,000 each for RetirementPlan.info and FloridaHomeLoan.org while Pool penciled in $1,275 for Go1.mobi and $1,080 for Tanzen.org. Back at Afternic, InsiderInfo.net uncovered $1,695, HardKnocks.net hauled in $1,188 and CatsCradle.net rocked $1,105.

Country Codes

Japan's .jp country code makes a rare appearance at the top of our ccTLD chart this week thanks to that big $24,000 sale of TravelZoo.jp at Sedo. Sedo wound up sweeping all but one of the 17 entries on our new list. Afternic kept them from running the table with their $5,775 sale of #5 Movers.us (American country code).

A pair of .co.uks (British ccTLD) claimed the second and third slots with StubHub.co.uk cashing an $8,000 ticket and ModernRugs.co.uk rolling up €5,000 ($6,419). For the second week in a row, Germany's .de racked up 6 entries on this chart (more than any other extension). #4 MyEvent.de delivered the top entry in that country code with a €4,640 ($5,957) sale at Sedo.

The other extensions with multiple entries were Italy's .it and the European Union's .eu, each with two places on the leader board. The only other country represented this week was Sao Tome and Principe with #12 Mortgage.st selling for $1,800. Here's a look at the complete Country Code chart for the week ending November 19:

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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