Country Codes

News.co, a domain that was sold by Sedo for Michael Mann, tops this week's Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. The $50,000 sale is also among the 12 biggest ccTLD sales reported so far this year (the country code chart is the second chart on that page). Sedo posted two more five-figure sales (that you saw on the all extension leader board earlier) and went on to sweep 18 of 20 positions on the ccTLD chart. 

The top sales in this category that you haven't seen yet are #4 MRM.de at $8,974 and Mann.TV at $8,646, both sold by Sedo. The only two chart positions Sedo did not claim went to NetFleet.com.au for #13 Cheap-Travel-Insurance.com.au ($4,801) and #16 GreenPlanet.com.au ($4,000).

There was a tremendous amount of TLD variety on the chart this week with 13 different extensions represented. Germany's .de and the European Union's .eu had the most chart entries with three each while Tuvalu's .tv, Russia's .ru and Australia's .com.au had two apiece. 

Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending December 18:

There were dozens of additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for the vast majority of those including Med.me ($3,100), Blender.co.uk ($2,983) and Lotto-Welt.de ($2,882).  

Sedo had 44 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,600 that are listed in the table below:

Elsewhere, NetFleet.com.au sold BlackCaviar.com.au ($2,301), VisaCreditCard.com.au ($2,000) and Boom.com.au ($1,223) and DomainLore.co.uk sold Figurines.co.uk for $1,036. 

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)

The non .com gTLDs had just one five-figure sale reported again this week. Investir.net took the top spot on our new Non .com gTD Top 20 Chart with a $10,480 sale at Sedo that also made the all extension Top 20  Chart you saw earlier. 

The biggest sales in this category that you haven't seen yet are #2 Matches.net, sold at the AfternicDLS for $9,500 and #3 Evolvement.org, a name that changed hands for $8,500 at Sedo. Rounding out the top five are #4 Heres.net ($7,800 via YummyNames/Sedo) and #5 BuyGoldOnline.net ($7,300 at Sedo). The AfternicDLS swept 12 of the 20 chart entries with a roster that included #6 CTL.net at $7,000.

The .nets scored an easy win in the race among extensions, piling up 14 of the 20 chart entries. The .Org's took four places while .biz and .pro claimed one each.  Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending December 18:

There were over two dozen additional four-figure non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by The AfternicDLS sale of SwearJar.org at $1,997.  

They had 16 more non .com gTLDs sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,888. Those are all listed in the table below: 

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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