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There five more five-figure sales just off the chart. SnapNames had three of those with TruckToppers.com ($10,621), Palabras.com ($10,008) and Tash.com ($10,001). BuyDomains added another with TowerTours.com at $10,000 and Afternic.com supplemented their Top 20 entry (Ameros.com) with TravelTrax.com at $10,000.

A thread at the DomainState.com forum indicates that Afternic may have also sold Candle.com for a whopping $390,000 this past week. Afternic is not confirming that but according to the forum thread, the sale was briefly listed on Afternic's site December 21, then taken down. The WhoIs record does show a change from former owner IBM to PetsUnited, LLC who has made several big ticket domain purchases in the past.

Afternic did confirm a basket full of solid four figure sales including Medical-Billing.com at $9,000 and AutoMLS.com at $8,667. Noot.com notched $5,000, MoshPit.com banged out $4,300 and Hupa.com kicked in $4,300. Afternic had 18 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,500 that are listed in the table below.

As you know, Afternic was recently purchased by NameMedia, giving that company a powerful one-two punch with Afternic now complementing their highly productive BuyDomains.com site. The winners at BuyDomains this week included FreeNation.com at $7,000 and a trio at $6,000 each; Synco.com, GameBiz.com and FurniturePackages.com. 

Revele.com and Supportal.com clicked for $5,000 each and CopyrightCentral.com contributed $4,088. FLBeaches.com and Piti.com provided $3,500 each while WestMemphis.com made $3,400 and Wixi.com went for $3,288. BuyDomains had 26 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,000. You can check those out in the table below.

BuyDomains booked more than 150 more .com sales from just under $2,000 down to as low as $500 as they continue to focus on providing affordable domains for small to medium size businesses.

Back at SnapNames, WildSalmon.com reeled in $8,108, IQB.com brought $8,000 and SurfVacations.com wiped out $7,522. 847.com dialed up $7,101, RealityTrac.com racked up $6,600 and KoreanDVDs.com connected for $6,500. HotSkins.com hauled in $6,308, CityOfChulaVista.com sold for $6,100 and CheerCamp.com captured $6,000.

SnapNames also scored with Partagas.com ($5,100), LifeLinks.com ($5,005) and SolarPump.com ($4,700). CheapHotelsInFlorida.com checked in $4,500, CharlotteMLS.com managed $4,250 and FlyG.com fetched $4,101. MortgageExpress.com added $4,100 and WalkinBathtubs.com went for $4,012. SnapNames had 35 more sales ranging from $2,000 to just under $3,900. You can see those in the table below.

The hit parade at Sedo continued with Baby-Sitting.com ($8,300), NZTravel.com ($6,500) and Cybercat.com ($6,300). Seufert.com sold for €4,500 ($5,902), RevItUp.com and FlightPath.com pitched in $5,000 apiece and FunRooms.com returned $4,650. 

In some notable private sales, Adam Woeger sold Glorify.com for $6,500, Paul Levine of LevineLawFirm.com let LawyerBlogs.com go for $5,000 and Rob Sequin of SearchDomainsForSale.com sold CasaDelHabano.com (Spanish for a store that sells Cuban cigars) for $2,800.

Global Contenders (.biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org & .pro)

After getting outmuscled by .org last week, .net regained the upper hand among the Global Contenders this time out, taking the top spot with Castle.net at $7,402 and claiming 10 of the 20 chart positions overall. SnapNames accounted for that #1 sale. .Org took the next two spots with #2 Rebuild.org, sold for $6,329 at SnapNames, and #3 Participant.org, a domain that attracted $5,175 at Moniker/DomainSystems.

.Info got on the board with #5 Evangelist.info, purchased by Adam Woeger in a private sale for $4,500. SnapNames had more GC sales than any other venue, claiming 8 entries on the leader board. Here's how the GC top sellers stacked up for the week ending December 24:

There were 38 more four-figure sales just off the chart and SnapNames accounted for 11 of those including Stellar.net ($2,042), SafeChild.net ($1,301) and SushiRestaurant.net ($1,161). On the .org side of the ledger, SnapNames sold IceStandard.org ($1,983), Archaeologist.org ($1,938), SBXL.org ($1,415) and Migrant.org ($1,400). GulpNY.org swallowed $1,175, Space2005.org spawned $1,150, Coeus.org coralled $1,050 and IACoops.org drew $1,001.

BuyDomains had ten more four-figure sales and all but two of those were .orgs with Extreminators.org ($1,600) and MomentOfTruth.org ($1,300) being the exceptions. Supportal.net secured $1,888, IncomeTaxes.org tallied $1,600, VirtualWarehouse.net went for $1,488 and Wilbo.net brought $1,200. BD also sold PropertyNetwork.net ($1,188), AutoBank.net ($1,100), NewBern.net ($1,000) and Luxo.net ($1,000).

Sedo sold a trio of names for €1,500 ($1,968) each. Those were Kochrezepte.org ("cook recipe" in German), Klasgenoten.net and Brennholz.net ("firewood" in German). FixedIncome.net added $1,500.

At Afternic, Hobby.mobi discovered $1,665, DSA.net delivered $1,345 and Orla.org dispensed $1,105. Two others; WeddingGown.net and HardKnocks.info tacked on $1,000 each. 

Adam Woeger went on a Christian domain buying spree this week, picking up Minister.info ($1,800) and Chapel.info ($1,500) at DNForum.com. Woeger, who is a minister himself, also got Sermon.info and KJV.info (King James version) for $2,000 each in a pair of private sales. In other private transactions, Rob Sequin bought Havana.biz and Varadero.info for $1,675 each and Kyle.biz changed hands for $1,250.

Country Codes

Germany's .de dominated the Country Code chart for the second week in a row, taking the top two spots and 9 of the 20 chart entries overall. MusicDownloads.de led the way at €10,000 ($13,120), followed by Sponsoring.de at €6,901 ($9,054). Both those sales were made at Sedo, a venue that swept 17 of the 20 ccTLD entries.

Great Britain's .co.uk charted three domain, including #3 StudentJob.co.uk at €5,000 ($6,560). America's country code, .US, put two names on the list including #4 Leads.us, a domain that sold for $5,000 at Afternic. France's .fr and the European Union's .eu also had two chart entries each. 

Tuvalu (.tv) and Singapore (.sg) were the only other nations appearing on the Country Code chart this week. The .tv was a nice two-letter domain, #13 FL.tv, at $2,500. Here's a look at the complete ccTLD chart for the week ending December 24:

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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