Taking a look back at country codes in 2016, the same players were at the top. Year in and year out .de and .co.uk normally top the sales charts by volume. In 2016 as reported by DNJournal.com, there were 16 .de sales and 15 .co.uk sales. The Dutch extension came in third with the .nl extension posting 9 sales. The .co.uk extension dominated the top 5 taking 3 out of the top 5 spots. There were only … [Read more...]
Dot CC credible with some end users but adoption puzzling
The performance of .cc has surprised me. In my July 15 post, I analyzed domain extensions used by the best rising stars in the internet world of China. What I correctly expected was the dominance of .com and .cn. What I didn't expect was the appearance of .cc on the stage. In fact, this extension ranks No. 3 after .com and .cn. Among the 300 best new startups, five have built their businesses on .cc, … [Read more...]
Benin and St Helena Need to Think About Getting in the China Game
There are a few countries that should change how they do things and get in the game of repurposing their cctld. I am talking about Benin and the island of St Helena. These two countries are fortunate enough to possess the .BJ and .SH country codes. With .Ws looking to refresh their brand and focus on the increased interest of Chinese domain holders for short domains, especially numerics, Dot Bj and … [Read more...]
With The Spotlight on .io Is it time to buy or sell ?
While much of the talk has been about new gtlds, a once obscure country code domain has really caught fire over the last year. The .io extension has become a hot topic of debate and speculation lately. Even Google keyword searches have seen a spike up for .io extension. First things first, the .io is a country code and not a gtld as some in the pro .io camp have liked to pronounce. I have spent years … [Read more...]
Top 100 Country Code Sales in 2014 – The Year of .CN along with a strong showing from .Ca – .Me was A no show
A look at Country Code Sales in 2014 It was the year of .cn when it came to country code sales in 2014. The .cn extension took 7 out of the top 10 sales in 2014, including the top 3. In contrast .cn only had two entries in the 2013 top 100. There was one big sale that I know of that was not reported to Ron/Dn Journal and that was the .se registry selling TV.se. That domain was auctioned on the Swedish … [Read more...]
Country Code Sales Up for the week on the strength of two Chat related names
Country Code sales for the week: Mon. Aug 4, 2014 – Sun. Aug 10, 2014 Chat domains dominated this week as Chat.fr and Chat.de accounted for over half the total sales volume. Social-Media.de also sold for five figures. There were 57 sales this week that totaled $345,118 vs $248,056 last week The top three extensions were 13.de, 5.co.uk and 4.in Chat.fr $133,999 Chat.de … [Read more...]
Country Code Sales Up From Last Week Led by Training.com.au
Country Code sales for the week: Mon. July 28, 2014 – Sun. Aug 3, 2014 Strong week for the Australian extension and Mexico takes two out of the top five spots. The interesting fact about the top sale this week is that the Australian government forgot to renew the name. There were 60 sales this week that totaled $248,056 vs $195,840 last week The top three extensions were 14.de, 11.co.uk and … [Read more...]
Country Code Sales Up this week led by Liberty.ch
Country Code sales for the week: Mon. July 21, 2014 – Sun. July 27, 2014 The Swiss extension led all sales with the $28,140 sale of Liberty.ch. Italy turned in a strong performance led by Fumetti.it taking 8 out of the 65 sales spots this week, There were 65 sales this week that totaled $195,840 vs $161,398 last week The top three extensions were 17.de, 8.tv, 6.co.uk and 1 .uk Liberty.ch … [Read more...]
Country Code Sales Total $161,398 led by Open.TV
Country Code sales for the week: Mon. July 14, 2014 – Sun. July 20, 2014 I was glad to see a couple of friends from the .TV community shine this week in country code sales. Makis Mourelatos sold Open.tv for $25,000 which was the top sale, and Claude from Domains90210 had two sales with Legend.tv and Chili.tv. It was another strong week for cctld powerhouse .de, the German extension took 1/4 of all … [Read more...]
Country Code Sales led by MaiMai.CN
Country Code sales for the week: Mon. June 30, 2014 - Sun. July 13, 2014 It was a double week this week for reported sales, there was no report last week. There were 131 sales this week that totaled $555,175 The top three extensions were 29.de, 19.co.uk, 12.eu MaiMai.cn ("buy/sell" or "trade" in Chinese) $50,000 Autoankauf.de ("car purchase" in English) $48,600 TT.cc … [Read more...]
