A nice two-letter .org sold at Afternic this week to top our latest Global Contenders chart. WG.org generated $6,500 to nip #2 Prom.net which sold for €5,000 ($6,404) at Sedo. .Net won the overall numbers game, taking 12 chart entries compared to 6 for .org and one each for .biz and.info.  Other .net winners included #3 Wank.net ($5,000) and #4 Orthodontics.net ($4,900). .Org got back into the fray with #5 Private.org selling for $4,669 at SnapNames, a venue that accounted for 12 of the 20 domains on the new leader board. 

.Biz also earned a spot on the top half of the chart with #9 Gold.biz going for $3,000 at the NamePros.com forum. .Info got into the action with #14 JAV.info going for €1,500 ($1,921) at Sedo. Here's a complete look at the Global Contenders list for the week ending July 2:

There were 14 more four-figure sales just off the chart this week with SnapNames accounting for all but two of those. Their .org winners included ADVX.org at $1,550 and a pair at $1,250 each; Wheelmaker.org and IntegrityVA.org. WoatUSA.org went for $1,216 and Napoa.org added $1,200.

On the .net side of the ledger, SnapNames sold Compilation.net ($1,436), Agualtiplano.net ($1,350) and EcoLinks.net ($1,250). They also got $1,161 for TicketOffice.net, $1,150 for TheBlogfather.net, $1,051 for Incentives.net and $1,024 for Vocalist.net. 

Afternic had the other two uncharted four figure sales with WebStudent.net at $1,200 and B0.net (letter B and number 0) at $1,100. 

Country Codes

The country code boom continued this week with the top five domains on this chart also appearing on the all-extension leader board at the top of our report. Of course, OnlineCasino.eu led the way with that $46,748 sale at Sedo. That is the 6th highest ccTLD sale reported so far this year. #2 Casino.hk also ranks among the year's 20 biggest country code sales after going for $20,000 at Afternic. 

The European Union's new .eu extension wound up sweeping more than half of the entries on our new chart, taking 8 of 15 positions overall. The .eu leaders included #6 IQ-Test.eu at €5,250 ($6,725) and a pair that tied for #10 after going for €2,000 ($2,562) each at Sedo;   Suchmaschinen-marketing.eu ("search engine marketing" in German) and AmericanTourister.eu. All of those sales were made by Sedo, a venue that dominated the country code chart by sweeping 12 of 15 entries.

Germany's .de and America's .us were the only other extensions to post multiple entries on this week's list, landing two each. Here's a look at the complete Country Code leader board for the week ending July 2:

This week's chart included a trio of three-letter domains and there was another three-letter sale just off the board. BBF.at (Austrian country code) went for €550 ($705) in a private sale. 

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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