Country Codes

A trio of five-figure sales that we showed you in the all extension section above set pace for the ccTLDs this week, filling the first three places on our new Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. The next three spots went to high four-figure sales that also earned places on the all extension Top 20 list that kicks off our weekly report. So, the highest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet is #7 HTMLwijzer.nl, a Dutch domain that went for $8,176 at Sedo. 

Sedo, who traditionally dominates the country code category, was even more powerful than usual this week, sweeping all 20 positions on the ccTLD leader board. Their sales of #8 ED.tv ($7,500), #9 Regiodeal.de ($6,789) and #10 Geld-Verdienen-im-Internet.de ($6,424) rounded out the top ten. The latter triple-hyphenated domain again illustrated how much German buyers, unlike their U.S. counterparts, love hyphenated domains. To most Americans hyphens are about as popular as swine flu, but in Germany more than half of all .de domains have hyphens in them!

A burst of .TV sales at Sedo gave that extension more chart positions than any other TLD this week - a total of five. .de was next with four. Here is how the Country Code Top 20 stacked up for the week ending June 5:

There were dozens of additional four figure ccTLD sales off the chart, with Sedo accounting for all of those except one. The chart below lists 48 more country code sales at Sedo ranging from $1,000 to $4,100:

The only four-figure sale reported outside of Sedo was a $1,000 private transaction for TIG.us. 

If there are country code extensions in our report that you are not familiar with, you can look up the nation each extension goes with here. 

Non .com gTLDs (.biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org, .asia, .pro & .tel)

A trio of 2-digit numeric .nets were among four five-figure sales for the  non .com gTLDs this week. Those four, also seen on the all extension leader at the top of this report, fill the first four spots on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Chart. The highest sale from this category that you haven't seen yet is #5 CheapTextbooks.org, sold at Sedo for $6,600. The AfternicDLS was right behind with #6 Creed.org at $6,400.

The AfternicDLS swept 10 of the 20 chart entries with a roster that included another top ten entry, #9 TollFree.net at $5,000. Sedo charted five domains but four of theirs landed in the top ten including #7 TheatreTickets.net ($5,740), #8 Kurreisen.info ($5,110) and #10 Spiga.net ($4,388). 

The .nets took the most chart entries with 12 including one that is a Japanese IDN -  
#18 ゲーム.net ("games" in Japanese, punycode xn--sckyeod.net). Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending June 5:

There were over two dozen additional four-figure non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by Sedo's $2,110 sale of Breast-Cancer.net. Their hit list also included MyPower.net ($1,898), Gartengestaltung.net ($1,752) and Hopeless.org ($1,710). 

Also at Sedo, 3DN.net notched $1,500, PlayaDelCarmen.info clicked for $1,416 and Freemium.net nabbed $1,314. Weiterbildungen.org went for $1,205, Greens.net grew $1,072 and BLO.net bagged $1,060. Doorbells.net buzzed $1,051, Benalmadena.info brought $1,022, Publishing.info posted $1,010 and GameBox.org contained $1,000.

At the AfternicDLS the winners list included SmallCap.net and VietNamTours.org at $2,088 each and three others; Musi.net, OutdooorGear.net and VetPlus.net at $2,000 apiece. ForwardThinking,net added $1,888 and FourPoints.net provided $1,800. 

IdeasBank.org deposited $1,688, HoroscopeCompatibility.org delivered $1,500 and HometownHeroes.org hauled in $1,416. AnimalMedicalCenter.net and CellCorp.net captured $1,088 each while SMail.org and BankRatings.net booked $1,000 apiece. 

As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies, private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale made through any channel. To contribute information and help make this column better,  just drop a note to [email protected].

We truly appreciate the industry leading companies who share their sales information with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current domain values. Richard Meyer of Domain Sales Center also provides invaluable help in collecting data for these sales reports each week.

Every Wednesday we publish the highest reported domain name sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that information and write this article to give you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry. 

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