.Net turned in it's most dominating performance of the year this week, sweeping 9 of the first 10 spots on our Global Contenders chart and 15 of 20 overall. .Org was left with only four slots and .biz got the last available position.

Of course, the .net onslaught was led by Sex.net ($454,500) and Record.net ($25,300) but there was plenty of firepower beyond those headliners. #3 Bareback.net brought $8,000 at Afternic, #4 Darts.net hit a $6,700 bulls-eye at Sedo and #5 Penticton.net posted $6,099 at SnapNames. SnapNames usually dominates this chart and this week was no exception as they claimed 11 of the 20 chart entries. 

.Org didn't get into the act until finally surfacing with #10 HomeEquityLoan.org at $2,555. The lone .biz on the leader board was Brasil.biz, sold for $2,050 at Pool.com, good for a 17th place tie. .Info went home empty-handed this week.

In one of the more interesting sales, former American Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis bought #11 ConstantineMaroulis.net for $2,500 in a private sale. Maroulis is reportedly still trying to get  ConstantineMaroulis.com, a domain that was registered by the drummer in his former band. Apparently Maroulis and the drummer are marching to a different beat these days. Here's a complete look at the Global Contenders list for the week ending May 14:

There were 34 more four-figures sales among the Global Contenders this week. SnapNames got the lion's share of those, including ElementalChile.org at $1,850, MohawkHudsonCycling.org at $1,550 and a pair at $1,500 each; SolidAmor.org and OhioReadingRoadTrip.org. In the same extension, Nisan.org notched $1,400 and CharterLeadershipCouncil.org brought $1,350 while WesternWall.org and UnitedPropertyOwners.org sold for $1,300 each. Snap's other .org winners included IntegrationsHaus.org ($1,150), Alternatives-Action.org ($1,150), Pershing.org ($1,001) and LabOfTomorrow.org ($1,000). 

SnapNames also did well with .net, banking $1,704 with Jobs4Drivers.net, $1,550 for YamahaOnline.net and $1,527 for EgoCity.net. GKM.net added $1,500, RealEstateMarketing.net returned $1,276 and MarionCounty.net corralled $1,152. SnapNames also scored with Pussy.biz at $1,827. 

Sedo put a .biz on the board as well, booking €1,000 ($1,286) for Sverige.biz. Their .net sales included FlugPlan.net (€1,500 = $1,928), AddCon.net (€1,350 = $1,736) and NorthPark.net ($1,000). In .org, CatholicMass.org made €1,500 ($1,928) and CaliforniaHealth.org kicked in €1,200 ($1,543).

At Pool.com, Panic.org provided $1,255 while ALK.net attracted $1,252, FijiTravel.net drew $1,110 and Thirst.net swallowed $1,100. At Enom's Club Drop, Salads.net tossed $1,500. Rexd.net brought the same amount at Afternic, where ArtDirectory.biz was listed at $1,050 while PowerTechnologies.net and DFWHomes.net sold for $1,000 each.

Country Codes

The surprise winner on the country code front this week was a domain from Moldova. As you saw on the all-extension leader board, D.md dispensed $10,000 at Afternic to lead the new ccTLDs list. The overall numbers went to .us though, as the American country code racked up five chart entries to out pace Germany's .de with three. 

Aaron Kluge of BrokeringDomains.com had the top .us sale, letting #3 Blogging.us go to Andrew Shorten for $5,500. Another good one was #7 USImmigration.us, sold during the Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West auction for $4,150. We also just got word of three nice generic one-word .us sales from earlier this year, Cosmetics.us and Cooking.us at $5,000 each and Theater.us at $3,000. Those closed more than 30 days ago, so are no longer eligible for our weekly chart, but the sales are still worth noting.

.de scored big with #2 ForexHandel.de at €6,500 ($8,357) while the top .co.uk entry was iFlorist.co.uk at £2,500 ($4,718). Both of those sold at Sedo.com. Other countries represented on this week's listed included Mexico, Canada, Argentina and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. We also saw the first reported .eu (European Union) sales, with Sedo selling #11 Tiefbohren.eu ("drill guns" in German) for €2,300 ($2,957) and #15 RacingWorld.eu for €1,200 ($1,543).

Here's a look at the complete Country Code Chart for the week ending May 14:

We don't see a lot of .cc sales, but this week three of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands domains hit our Top 20 Country Code chart. Cliff Millender sold 5B.cc for $2,000 and 5V.cc for $1,000 while US.cc was sold at the NamePros.com domain forum for $1,623. A NamePros moderator also sold Easy.us for $1,200. We think another .us sold at Afternic for $1,000, Quotes.us, might have been the best buy of the week though.

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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