Country Codes

The country codes have surged so much over the past year that they are consistently turning in better results than the non .com global TLDs. As a result, we are moving the ccTLD section up to the #2 position in our weekly report, changing places with the Global Contenders who will now be in the closing section.

The top three country code sales all cracked the five-figure mark and made the all extension leader board you saw at the top of this report. The top ccTLD sales you haven't seen yet are a pair of British .co.uk domains that tied for #4 at $7,500 each. Those were E-14.co.uk and Element14.co.uk. Both names were sold at Sedo, a venue that swept all 20 positions on our new Country Code Top 20 Chart. 

Germany's .de had the most chart entries with six, including #6 Diablo2.de at $5,985. One of those .de's was an IDN, #18 Parfümhaus.de at $3,165. Here is how all of the country code top sellers stacked up for the week ending April 12:

There were two dozen additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart and Sedo accounted for all but one of those. Their roster included Gesundundmunter.de and Tienersletje.nl at $1,663 each, SmallBusinessLoan.ca at $1,499 and a pair at $1,463 apiece; Bettwäsche.at (IDN) and CheapCargo.de. 

Sedo had 18 more country code sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,397. Those are listed in the table below.

In another ccTLD sale, the AfternicDLS banked $1,200 for Bag.cc.

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

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

Pizzeria.org served up the week's top Global Contenders sale, slicing $7,980 at Sedo. .Org  took the #2 slot as well, with InternetPoker.org raking in a $6,000 pot, also at Sedo. .Net wound up taking the most chart entries overall with 11, including #3 Gaucho.net, sold for $5,400 at the AfternicDLS. 

.Info got into the act with #4 Megapixel.info at $5,254. We also saw charted sales in .travel, .mobi and the first one ever for the new .tel extension. #20 Brisbane.tel dialed up 2,500 Australian dollars (US$1,692) in a private transaction. The same seller also moved Adelaide.tel for 1,925 AUD (US$1,392) in a sale that fell just short of the chart. 

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending April 12:

There were dozens of additional four-figure GC sales off the chart with the AfternicDLS accounting for the bulk of those. Their list included a seven-name group at $1,500 each that included ACEA.org, AtRisk.net, Centum.net, Manifestation.net, Opta.net, Raizes.net and Testimonial.org.

The AfternicDLS had 18 more four-figure GC sales ranging from $1,000 to $1,488 that are listed in the  table below:

Elsewhere, NameJet sold Sefcu.org ($1,608) and Rodney.net ($1,121), Sedo sold Cuir.net ($1,330) and iWalk.net ($1,000), 2PC.net changed hands for $1,200 in a private sale and Moniker moved PowerGoogler.info for $1,000.  

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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