The AfternicDLS had almost 300 more .com sales below $2,000.

Back at Sedo, Nice360.com turned $7,000, Spokes.com spawned $5,000, Technoframe.com distributed $4,250 and Freshest.com unwrapped $4,200. 

At NameJet, StreetTalk.com and 7X7.com sold for $4,100 each, Moshi.com made $3,700 and Okin.com contributed $3,600. SnowFox.com cornered $3,200, Rosss.com returned $2,900 and two others; Y-V.com, CamCity.com and Hennesy.com harvested $2,400 each. BlankGuns.com popped $2,300 with a trio of names that included Zozy.com, Wikepdia.com and NativeAmericanHistory.com going for $2,200 each. 

Elsewhere GXH.com changed hands for $7,595 in a private sale and SEAG.com sewed up $3,000 at Pool.com. 

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

After getting trounced by .mobi the past couple of weeks the traditional leader of the non .com Global Contenders, .net, bounced back strongly this week, sweeping the top six spots on our new GC Top 20, 11 of the first 12 positions and 17 of 20 overall. ESO.net led the way at $7,800 followed by the $6,518 sale of Liberia.net at NameJet and Sedo's $5,000 sale of Mustang.net. 

.Org appears twice with #7 (tie) Try.org posting the top sale for that extension, drawing $3,700 at Sedo. .Mobi dropped back to a single entry this week, slipping into the final position thanks to Sedo's $2,050 sale of SSS.mobi. 

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending December 23:

There were more four-figure Global Contenders sales just off the chart with the AfternicDLS accounting for the majority of those. Their list included Mobitech.net ($2,000), ChemicalEngineering.org ($1,997) and Objective.info ($1,888). 

The AfternicDLS had 23 more four-figure GC sales on their global platform, ranging from $1,000 to $1,800. You can see those in the table below:

At Sedo, Widgets.info went for $1,738, AKN.net notched $1,650, Tarife.mobi tapped in $1,521 and Bookmark.mobi bagged $1,050.

At NameJet CasesConference.org drew $1,600 while four other names; TRNCWashDC.org, SaintPetersburg.biz, NDB.org and Creeps.net nabbed $1,200 each.  

Country Codes

For the country codes it was quality over quantity this week. Only 12 sales were reported but one of those was the second biggest ccTLD sale reported this year - Job.at at €408,000 ($590,949). Only Poker.de was higher in 2007, selling for €695,000 ($957,937) in July. The runner-up sale was also impressive with Veiling.nl (Netherlands country code) banking €46,000 ($66,627) at Sedo.

Nuie (.nu) had three names on the new chart led #7 Phone.nu at €3,100 ($4,490). Spain (.es), the Netherlands (.nl) and Great Britain (.co.uk) each placed two names on the list. The second UK name, #11 StoragePod.co.uk, was sold by Robert Haastrup-Timmi (aka Black Murdoch) for £1,400 ($2,776) in a private sale. The other ccTLDs represented this week were .tv (Tuvalu) and the European Union's .eu. 

Here is how all of the country code leaders stood for the week ending December 23:

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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