Country Codes, Led By the Highest ccTLD Sale of the Year, Dominate  High End Domain Sales Over the Past Two Weeks 

We were away covering the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia last week so, in order to bring you fully back up to speed on what has been happening in the aftermarket, our regular weekly report covers two weeks worth of data this time out. Over that period Country Code domains turned in their best showing in the five-year history of the DN Journal domain sales report. The ccTLDs swept 12 of the 20 positions on our new all extension leader board, topping even the .coms.    

The country code onslaught was led by the biggest ccTLD sale of 2008, Kredit.de, a domain that changed hands at Sedo.com for a whopping €892,500 ($1,169,175). That also ranks as the year's third highest sale in any extension. Unister GmbH of Leipzig, Germany bought the domain from Markus Berger-de Leon of Abacho AG who also owns Kredit.com. Kredit.de will fit nicely among Unister's portfolio of prime generic .de domains that includes geld.de ("money" in German) and auto.de among others.

By Ron Jackson

Four more country code domains, all sold through Sedo, claimed positions on the top half of the Big Board including #5 Glow.co.uk ($31,015), #6 Internet.eu ($26,250), #7 Haarverlaengerung.de ("hair extensions" in German ) at $26,200 and #9 Mijn.nl ($25,545). Sedo went on to sweep 12 chart entries overall.

The ccTLDs also got a boost from the closing of two high end Polish domain sales involving names that were sold in the MeetDomainers conference live auction last month in Cracow. Those sales were led by #11 Adwokaci.pl ("lawyers" in Polish) at $23,800. 

The ccTLD dominance is timely as it coincides with RickLatona.com's announcement that they have licensed the rights to host a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Amsterdam June 2-5, 2009 that will focus entirely on the country code market. The theme will extend to the live auction at that event which Latona said will include only country code domains.

This week's .com roster was led by the $91,331 sale of Loto.com at SnapNames.com. NameJet.com landed three .coms in the Top 20, led by #3 (tie) Vida.com at $50,000. The AfternicDLS also had multiple chart entries, scoring with #12 Forage.com ($20,000) and #19 DoctorOnline.co.uk ($15,000). 

Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the two weeks ending Sunday, November 23:

There were five more 5-figure sales just off the chart led by 987.com, sold for $13,351 via the AfternicDLS. Sedo hit a trifecta with TowelBars.com ($12,000), FMN.nl ($11,135) and Shlomo.com ($10,000). NameJet also scored again with OrchardBankCard.com at $11,098.

.Com Supporting Cast

NameJet led the .com supporting cast with BeesWax.com ($9,400) and LaserTherapy.com ($8,200). Their winners also included IZZ.com ($6,200), LakeJackson.com ($5,156), Cipa.com ($5,101) and AllenIverson.com ($5,100).

NameJet had 22 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,950 that you can check out in the table below:

Back at SnapNames, Xomax.com zipped up $7,750, GetCashBack.com banked $7,300 and LoveBaby.com booked $4,101. BusinessEmail.com brought $4,050, GlobalID.com drew $3,710 and AustraliaTube.com tacked on $3,209. WealthBuilders.com went for $2,200 and Lubnan.com lassoed $2,050. 

At the AfternicDLS Topsy.com tallied $7,600 while 1stBirthdayParty.com, Indebted.com and DrugRecovery.com returned $7,000 each. WebWebWeb.com connected for $6,900, YourCards.com yielded $6,830 and Portalis.com posted $6,375. 

JustLyrics.com drummed up $5,400, Subchannel.com chalked up $5,350 and four others; FastScan.com, Rehabilitate.com, Ribon.com and Sportville.com spawned $5,000 apiece. Crowdster.com cranked out $4,997, KitchenNet.com cooked up $4,788 and ClinicalSupport.com dispensed $4,288. 

The AfternicDLS had 145 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,200. You can check those out in the table below:

Sedo's supplemental roster was led by FYC.com ($7,500), Cortexa.com ($7,000) and TurboBet.com ($5,500). An IDN, Umschläge.com, added €3,990 ($5,226) while three others; GirlsGoneStyled.com, InvestorFlow.com and TurboPoker.com turned in $5,000 each.

Sedo had 23 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,625 that are listed in the table below:

Sedo also sold NewYorkers.com for $5,100 through their GreatDomains.com premium auction site.

Elsewhere Bankware.com changed hands for $4,500 in a private sale and RickLatona.com closed a trio of sales; Rowers.com ($4,250), CustomBoots.com ($4,100) and RicePilaf.com ($2,400). 

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

.Biz scored a rare win in the Global Contenders race this week, claiming the #1 position on the GC Top 20 with Silver.biz at $9,500. Sedo.com handled that sale, one of four they placed on the chart. .Net then assumed its usual dominance, sweeping 15 of the remaining 19 chart entries, including #2 Teaching.net, sold at SnapNames for $5,500.

The AfternicDLS, who led all venues with 10 charted domains, followed with two more .nets, #3 UCHC.net ($4,388) and #4 MunicipalBonds.net ($4,288). .Org made its first of two appearances at #5 with TrailsFramework.org at $4,192 via TDNAM.com. .Info and .mobi each placed one domain on the elite list with #8 Treppen.info ($3,275 at Sedo) and #18 Smartphones.mobi ($2,400, also at Sedo) doing the honors. 

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the two weeks ending November 23:

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