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Sedo had yet another great week of ccTLD Sales with Wiggle.ru taking the top spot at 12,000 EUR (~$15,500). This is one of the first times I’ve seen a .RU name in the top spot but I don’t think this is a sign that .RU is suddenly taking-over, but it certainly shows that the TLD is on the map!

Not surprisingly coming in at #2 and #3 are a .CO.UK and .DE name, hard to have a ccTLD sales list without these two TLDs ending-up in the top five. I was surprised (and excited) to see GoldPrices.us sell for $4,750 as well as CableTV.us for $1,500. While I don’t think the .US market is hot, or getting much hotter, there have been some nice steady sales in the $x,xxx range.

Regalo.es (gift in Spanish) sold for a solid 5,000 EUR and I can’t wait to see .ES in action first-hand at Domaining Europe in April! As always please feel free to share your own sales or comments on the sales below!

2011 was an exciting year for the ccTLD Market and a diversion from 2010 which saw a strong focus on .DE. 2012 saw some great sales from .CO, .ME, and .TV in particular making all of these TLDs hot commodities going-into 2012. Now with .XXX in the mix and new gTLDs in the horizon, which ccTLDs will take the cake in 2012?

Personally I think the big winners this year will be the same three that we saw become rising stars last year, and here’s why:

.CO – Mike Mann has more than proved that there is a nice market for selling .CO names to end-users. We’ve seen .CO sales eclipse .NET and .ORG sales so there is no reason to think this won’t be a strong performer again this year.

.ME – .ME has done a great job of becoming a real brand that starts want to use, especially app makers. Since the app trend is only growing by the day I see .ME continuing to solidify its ground in this space.

.TV – The days of a cable box bringing in your television shows is soon to be a thing of the past, and it is already a thing of the past for some of us. I got rid of my $220/month HD Cable service and switched to Roku where I get more great HD content, all on demand, and my bill has dropped to $18/month. When I go into the channel library I see new channels every month and more and more of them are branding with .TV. Couple this with some of the great sales .TV saw last year and I think there really is nowhere to go but up!

Of course .DE will continue to be strong and is definitely one of the best ccTLDs you can invest in. Now it’s your turn, what ccTLDs do you think will come-out at the head of the pack in 2012?

Sedo had a nice end to a strong year of ccTLD Sales last week with a .CH domain taking the #1 spot as the domain hack whi.ch selling for 14,000 GBH. Domain hacks made for some great ccTLD sales in 2011 and I’m sure we’ll see even more in 2012.

I was particularly excited to see a .US domain in the top five sales with CarpetCleaning.us coming in at #3 with a sale price of $8,500. .TV which has been hot all year also made the top five with veo.tv selling for 7,000 EUR. After that a strong of 2N.DE names took the cake followed by Trendcoat.DE at 3,800 EUR. More proof that .DE is still a strong performer and some exciting sales for .US and .TV fans like myself – there’s no doubt that 2012 is going to be even more exciting for both these TLDs! The full list of Sedo’s ccTLD sales can be found below:

We are very excited to announce that ccTLDInvestors.com will be providing detailed coverage of the Domaining Europe conference in April of 2012! This is the top conference in 2012 for learning more about ccTLD trends and opportunities. With ccTLD Investors like Daniel Dryzek, Luis Tolosa and more sharing what has worked for them in the ccTLD space and beyond!

After attending TRAFFIC Dublin and MeetDomainers Manchester I realized that to really network with ccTLD Investors, you had to leave the US. Domaining Europe takes place in the beautiful city of Valencia Spain home of the .ES ccTLD.

Right now Domaining Europe is running a special that will save you 50%-off the price of admission making it only 300 Euros to attend, which is less than $400 USD. This is an incredible deal for this conference but the offer is only available until January 15th so don’t wait too long to book your ticket.

The conference strikes a great balance between education and networking with the first two days featuring some incredible talks and panels. The next two days are completely dedicated to networking. For those who have been to a domain conference before, you know that real business happens at these networking sessions. If you’ve been looking to take your ccTLD Investments to the next-level this conference is an must.

We will continue to share more information about the conference over the coming months including interviews with some of the people who will be speaking and attending the show! Remember, to lock-in your 50% discount make sure to purchase your tickets before January 15th! See you in Spain!

(Photo Credit: Tony Blay on Flickr)

This week popular website sales marketplace Sedo sold DJ.FM for $10,000 making this the first week that we’ve ever seen a .FM domain in the top spot. If you are not familiar with .FM this is the ccTLD for Micronesia but has been popular in the music space with brands like Last.FM and Turntable.FM getting some nice exposure for the TLD. Other notable sales this week include Scandinavia.se for 8,000 EUR, CoinFlip.it for 8,000 EUR, and CentreCommercial.fr for 8,000 GBP.

.TV continues to make it into the top ccTLD sales this week with Concrete.TV selling for $6,500 USD. .AT and .CA also had some nice sales this week with Home24.at selling for 4,925 EUR and BCBusiness.ca fetching 4,500 USD. The complete list of Sedo ccTLD sales for last week can be found below:

Popular domain marketplace Sedo has just announced the sale of Krant.nl for 35,000 EUR ($46,935) in yet another great week of ccTLD sales. In the #2 and #3 spot were .ME domains, Archetypes.me and MyStory.me selling for $8,000 and $7,000 respectively. .ME has been hot this year so it’s no surprise that this is once again in the top five, not once but twice!

A NNN.DE sold for 4,500 EUR and domain hack up.ly fetched $3,200 – domain hacks continue to sell as they are quite popular with web startups. The .ME and .LY extensions seem to be two of the most popular at the moment but there are great examples with almost any extension you can think of. The complete list of Sedo’s ccTLD sales from last week can be found below:

It is no secret that .DE is the king of the ccTLDs and last week at Sedo .DE took the top three spots and own 60% of the top ten. The top sale was Unterwaesche.de which sold for 39,999 EUR ($53,806 USD) and means “underwear” in German. The #2 sale was Standesamt.de (registry office in German) which sold for 14,875 EUR followed by Hunger.de at 11,900 EUR.

It is also no surprise to see the rest of the top ten including .ME and .CO both of which have seen some really nice sales this year. VIP.me sold for $11,600 and Job.me went for $6,200 followed by touch.co at $4,705. The complete list of Sedo’s ccTLD sales from last week can be found below:

Sedo continues to rack-up some very nice ccTLD sales this year and ended last week with the sale of Fab.de for $50,000. This was a big week for Fab who also bought Fab.eu for 35,000 EUR. .ME continues its sales streak as well with Golf.me selling for $7,000, Inc.me for $5,600, and Collection.me for $4.000. .CO also had a nice sale with Fanatic.co selling for $3,000.

The full list of Sedo’s ccTLD sales from last week can be found below:

You know a ccTLD has become completely accepted in the business world when a giant company like Visa uses it to brand their hottest new service offering. Out of all the choices out there Visa went with V.ME to brand their new service that looks like it will take a big bite out of Pay Pal.

Just looking at the site you can see why Visa sees this as a strong brand. It’s easy to remember, looks great as a logo, and the fact that it rhymes is a nice added bonus. The great thing about Visa making a move like this is that is will definitely continue to grow .ME as a global brand. Let’s face it, knowing Visa they are probably going to have television commercials for this service which means millions of people will see the site and go, “Wow, what is .ME?”

Like most consumers they’ll hop on over to Go Daddy, see that they too can register .ME and thanks to a big brand like Visa getting behind it, the confidence is there. For entrepreneurs looking at ways to build their brands online .ME continues to be a top choice when the .COM is taken. Now with Visa getting behind the TLD the awareness will continue to grow and with awareness comes demand. So for all the .ME investors out there (myself included) this is a great win for all of us, and I think just a sign of things to come!

Sedo made a blockbuster sale with Talk.tv selling for $40,000, one of the top .TV sales ever made. This was a great week for .ME as well with LifeInsurance.me selling for $10,600 and Flowers.me fetching $9,000. As a big fan of both .TV and .ME I see this as a great victory and more signs that this space is still just starting to heat up!