German Country Code Domain Draws Over $118,000 in the Week's Top Sale

Sedo.com rang up a gargantuan country code sale this week, collecting €84,000 ($118,440) for  Suchmaschinenoptimierung.de ("search engine optimization" in German). That deal also ranks among 2008's top ten ccTLD sales, landing at #6 on the year to date Country Code Top 100. That sale helped Sedo piled up eight entries on our new Top 20 chart, more than any other venue. (Editor's note: we previously noted a press release from Sedo this week that listed their sale of LI.com at $500,000 but that was actually an old sale that was completed and reported last year).

Chad Wright's $75,000 sale of a nice geodomain, SantaRosa.com, occupies the #2 position, then Sedo pops up again with #3 Vector.de at €22,500 ($31,725). That was one of five country code sales on the all extension leader board. 

Five Global Contenders (non .com global TLDs) also made the elite list, led by #4 Chocha.org, a name that fetched $30,000 for NameAdvertising.com. A pair of .infos also made the Big Board, led by #5 Strom.info, sold for €22,500 ( $31,725) at Sedo. 

By Ron Jackson

RickLatona.com chalked up two more scores for the geodomains with #8 Arizona.net at $20,000 and #16 Biloxi.net at $13,000. Chad Wright had another five-figure .net geo sale in the #20 position, Oregon.net, at $11,300. 

The AfternicDLS has a nice run, posting there charted domains on the second half of the leader board. Here is how all of the top sellers stacked up for the week ending Sunday, September 14:

There were three more five-figure sales just off the chart and Sedo had two off those; Champagne.me at €8,000 ($11,280) and Doorway.com at $10,700. NameJet.com notched $10,100 for Transcribe.com. It is also worth noting Moniker's $23,456 sale of a matching set; ModelLaunch.com and ModelLaunch.net (those can't be charted because they sold as a package that did not break out the individual values).

.Com Supporting Cast

SnapNames.com had the highest sale among the four-figure .com supporting cast with eZimbabwe.com at $9,420. Their roster also included Zakat.com ($5,010), FreeCriminalReports.com ($4,000) and a pair of IDN's; السفر.com ($3,910) and السياحة.com    ($3,500). BroadwaySeats.com brought $3,350, FreeCriminalReport.com revealed $3,200 and GayZoo.com corralled $3,049. Urlopy.com posted $2,263 and CityMusic.com drummed up $2,050.

At Sedo, iRemix.com ($9,165), Gantt.com ($7,500) and Lingong.com ($7,050) helped polish the bottom line. Tragaperra.com produced $5,922, EnglandShop.com rang up $5,650 and Smsanonimo.com claimed $5,640. Meagan.com made $5,100 and three others; 51Sports.com, IPlayGames.com and MonogramCaketoppers.com pulled $5,000 apiece. 

MoneyHacks.com hauled in $3,900, HotFile.com found $3,666 and Pizza24.com delivered $3,032. ExecutiveTrainer.com earned $2,700, Fragrances1.com sniffed $2,650 and Estap.com dished out $2,600. VintageErotica.com displayed $2,550, GeoSciences.com discovered $2,500 and InternetAdvertisingAgency.com billed $2,000. 

Back at the AfternicDLS, BigSpot.com bagged $9,000, Semantik.com captured $6,500 and AmericanConservative.com contributed $6,000. ColumbiaDental.com drilled $5,500, Pioneiro.com provided $5,000 and MattressPlace.com marked down $4,820. Smile1.com cracked $4,788, CarpetsAndRugs.com covered $4,688 and ConsumerDebtManagement.com chalked up $4,500. MyMaintenance.com and USWheat.com harvested $4,288 each and LightFlight.com floated $4,200.

The AfternicDLS had 74 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,000. You can check those out in the table below:

At NameJet, Datester.com hooked up with $8,000, Amphitheatre.com booked $6,400 and Niche-Gals.com generated $5,432. ChicagoParks.com preserved $5,365, ZNJ.com drew $5,299 and RealEstateTampa.com took in $4,900. Synaxis.com sold for $4,612, NameVenture.com nabbed $3,900 and WildRose.com plucked $3,534. 

Landauer.com located $3,101, Piba.com pitched in $2,900 and Saida.com secured $2,600. Jeeep.com dispatched $2,500, Shiz.com cleared $2,426 and FutbolForum.com kicked in $2,200. SCPG.com and Bexco.com boxed up $2,100 apiece. 

At TDNAM.com PokerPlace.com raked in $6,666, PlayAround.com reeled in $5,004, Jotto.com dispensed $2,468 and AsianAmericanAlliance.com commanded $2,007. 

At Moniker, ObsceneClips.com clicked for $4,375 and in a sale from the company's live auction at Internext BigBootie.com backed into $3,500. 

Eslewhere HuntingMoon.com moved JumboTube.com ($3,500) and CamBuddy.com ($2,000). 

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

This was a good week for the Global Contenders with a half dozen solid five-figure sales including five that made the all extension leader board you saw earlier. The top sale you haven't yet seen in this category is #7 Massachusetts.net at $8,100. Still another geodomain, Portugal.info, followed close behind at $8,000.  

.Net had the most chart entries with ten, while .org and .info racked up five apiece. .Mobi also got on the board with #9 Burger.mobi at $5,007. There was one extra spot on this week's chart due to a tie for the final position.

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending September 14:

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