Country Codes

Men.co (at $32,000) led a trio of five-figure sales that filled the first three positions on our new Country Code Top 20 Sales Chart. Sedo handled that sale and went on to sweep 19 of the 20 chart entries in the country code category that they have always dominated.  

You saw all of those five-figure sales (along with #4 Kayak.nl) on the all extension Top 20 Chart earlier. The highest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet is #5 Couture.co.uk at $8,262. Another British domain, #6 BlackjackOnline.co.uk, was just a step behind at $8,000. 

A South African ccTLD, WebDesign.co.za, kicked off the second half of the elite list at $5,000. That private transaction was the only sale on the chart that was not handled by Sedo. 

As they so often do, Germany's popular .de extension took the most chart entries with 10. Here is how the Country Code Top 20 stacked up for the week ending August 7:

There were several dozen additional four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart with Sedo accounting for all but one of those. Their supplemental list was led by a quartet of domains that sold for $2,840 each; Enterprises.us, Mallorca.me, Rentals.it and 7030.de.

Sedo had 47 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging form $1,000 to $2,826 that are listed in the table below:

Elsewhere ETFs.tv changed hands for $1,500 through PremiumDomains.tv.

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

Non .com gTLDs (.biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org, .asia, .pro & .tel)

After having no sales above the four-figure range last week the .non com gTLDs bounced back with a pair of five-figure sales this week, one of which ranks among the year's ten biggest sales to date in this category (the YTD Non .com gTLD  Top 100 is the third chart on the page linked to above). That is Blogs.net, a name brokered by UpMarketDNs.com that sold for $34,500. #2 Umstandsmode.org also breeched the five-figure barrier with a $11,660 sale at Sedo.

Netstream.net and Newstream.org tied for the #3 position at $6,667 each with both of those sales also going through Sedo. The AfternicDLS rounded out the top five with their $5,800 sale of MOC.net. 

The .nets claimed the most chart positions with 10, followed by .org with four. .Biz was next with three (led by #6 Bangladesh.biz at $3,101), .info had two (led by #8 Eden.info at $2,841) and .pro had one; #7 Remont.pro at $3,100. 

Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the week ending August 7:

There were several dozen additional four-figure non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by two Sedo sales; Letterhead.net at $2,020 and Girls.travel at $2,000. Sedo had 14 more sales in this category ranging from $1,000 to $1,988 that are listed in the table below:

Back at the AfternicDLS Figurines.net notched $1,995 while AlliedServices.net and Ascential.net added $1,888 each. The Afternic DLS had 28 more four-figure non .com gTLD sales between $1,000 and $1,988 that are listed in the table below:

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