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Whonami-Top 30 Country Codes top level domain names sales in 2014 by DNJournal

It took a minimum of $33,198 to qualify for the 2014 honor roll in this category. Here is how the 2014 ccTLD leaders stacked up.Top 30 Country codes top level domain names standing at No.1 was Game.cn sold for $512,307.

No Domain Sold For Where Sold Date*
1 Game.cn $512,307 .CN Registry Auction 1/22/2014
2 Wan.cn $247,830 eName/.CN Registry Auction 1/29/2014
3 LB.cn $176,000 eName/.CN Registry Auction 2/5/2014
4 Autos.de $166,800 Sedo 5/7/2014
5 One.cn $160,640 eName/.CN Registry Auction 2/5/2014
6 Shop.cn $160,320 eName/.CN Registry Auction 2/5/2014
7 ME.cn $147,200 eName/.CN Registry Auction 2/5/2014
8 Kaffee.de $136,000 Sedo 6/4/2014
9 Chat.fr $133,999 Sedo 8/13/2014
10 AI.cn $130,560 eName/.CN Registry Auction 2/5/2014
11 Musik.de $128,999 Sedo 9/10/2014
12 UsedCars.ca  US$115,920 iREx.ca 9/4/2014
13 SAT.cn $108,800 Pvt Sale 4/16/2014
14 TV.ae $95,000 Sedo 1/7/2015
15 Chat.de $87,100 Sedo 8/13/2014
16. Wohnung.de $87,320 Sedo 1/7/2015
17 Like.it $75,900 Nidoma 4/2/2014
18 Apps.de $64,499 Sedo 9/10/2014
19 MI.co.id $60,000 Sedo 7/11/2014
20 IA.CA $58,590 ExcellentDomains.ca 1/8/2014
21 MaiMai.cn $50,000 4.cn 7/16/2014
22 Autoankauf.de $48,600 Sedo 7/16/2014
23 Dieta.it $46,303 Nidoma 1/7/2015
24 Schlüsseldienst.de $41,300 Sedo 1/7/2015
25 SC.tv $40,000 MostWantedDomains 12/17/2014
26 Trucks.ca $38,640 iREx.ca 9/4/2014
27 Rabatkoder.dk $36,500 Sedo 1/22/2014
28 ShopTheHood.ca $35,200 ShopCity 10/15/2014
29 Bitcoin.com.au $35,182 NetFleet.com.au 12/3/2014
30 Stripe.co.uk $33,198 BuyDomainNames.co.uk 2/12/2014
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Whonami-Top 30 domain names sales in 2014 reported by DNJournal

Top 30 domain names sales in 2014, stading at No.1 was Z.com sold for $6,784,000. It took a minimum of $230,000 to qualify for the 2014 Top 30. Here is how the year’s top sellers across all extensions stacked up:

No Domain Sold For Where Sold Date*
1 Z.com $6,784,000 Pvt Sale 11/26/2014
2 MI.com $3,600,000 Pvt Sale 4/23/2014
3 Whisky.com $3,100,000 Castello Brothers 3/5/2014
4 Sex.xxx $3,000,000 ICM Registry 6/4/2014
5 Youxi.com $2,430,000 Pvt Sale 3/5/2014
6 37.com $1,960,800 Pvt Sale 3/12/2014
7 Power.com $1,261,000 Scott Smith/ 11/12/2014
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8 MM.com $1,200,000 Sedo 7/11/2014
9 QNB.com $1,000,000 Pvt Sale 12/10/2014
tie
9 Check.com $1,000,000 Pvt Sale 8/27/2014
tie
9 BTC.com $1,000,000 DomainGuardians 8/6/2014
tie
12 100.com $950,000 Pvt Sale 2/26/2014
13 Wan.com $800,000 Pvt Sale 1/29/2014
14 Teamwork.com $675,000 Pvt Sale 1/22/2014
15 Game.cn $512,307 .CN Registry Auction 1/22/2014
16. DataCenter.com $500,000 Sedo 6/4/2014
tie
16. Mobile.net $500,000 DomainNameSales 4/9/2014
tie
18 Symphony.com $375,000 AbdulBasit.com/ 6/18/2014
DomainNameSales
19 Digital.com $373,750 Heritage Auctions 9/10/2014
20 PY.com $358,000 Heritage Auctions 7/24/2014
21 True.com $350,000 Sedo 1/29/2014
22 Dots.com $325,000 Hilco Streambank 7/24/2014
23 HY.com $320,000 Heritage Auctions 7/24/2014
tie
23 Malls.com $320,000 MostWantedDomains/ 2/12/2014
tie Sedo
25 LK.com $287,500 Heritage Auctions 6/4/2014
26 Accommodation.com $286,000 Virtual Property Experts 3/19/2014
27 FlashCards.com $250,000 Sedo 4/30/2014
tie
27 BitcoinWallet.com $250,000 Pvt Sale 2/12/2014
tie
29 Wan.cn $247,830 eName/.CN Registry Auction 1/9/2014
30 Cute.com $230,000 Heritage Auctions 10/1/2014
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Whonami-What is the difference between URLs and domain names?

The difference between URLs and domain names!

Take a detailed look at the different parts of a domain name, using this site as an example. This site’s domain name is Whonami.com – you can check this easily by looking at the URL or location bar of your browser. There you should see the entire URL, which should look like this:http://www.whonami.com/ .

The “Whonami.com” portion is the actual domain name. Anything listed after that is used to identify specific content within that site. Much like the organizational system of a filing cabinet, website content is arranged in a hierarchical system. For example, if you wanted to direct someone to a specific document in room full of filing cabinets, you would direct them to a specific filing cabinet, a folder within that cabinet, and finally the desired paper. So your directions could look something like this: English Cabinet 1/2007 Folder/Page 2.

In this analogy, “English” is like the “http://” in a URL. “English” tells the reader that the language used in the ‘directions’ is English. Similarly, the “http://” tells your computer what language or ‘protocol’ to use when communicating with a website. Websites generally use http which is the ‘hypertext transfer protocol’. The : simply separates the protocol from the rest of the address and the // indicates that a connection is being attempted.

“Cabinet 1” is like the domain name whonami.com, a specific location amid millions of other websites.

Each step after Cabinet1 tells the reader how to locate the specific page they need. Everything after whonami.com tells a computer how to find specific data (or content) to display.

Many URL’s have ‘www’ at the beginning of them. For instance, the Whonami URL would be http://www.whonami.com. The ‘www’ is simply another level to the domain name (also known as a subdomain), but from a server standpoint is not actually necessary.  For instance, if you went to http://whonami.com, you would still arrive at the website.  ‘www’ stands for World Wide Web and someone at some point thought it was beneficial to include it.  For some time there were rumors that www2 indicated that a web site was using the new Internet when in fact it was simply a different subdomain.  So long as you set it up correctly on the server, you could have anythingyouwant.yourdomain.com and point that to wherever you want.  For example, to go to the English version of wikipedia, you would go to http://en.wikipedia.org/

(Written by iGoldrush)

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Whonami-Top Domain Names Sales Non .com gTLDs from Sept 7th to Sept.13th by DNJournal

The Top Domain Names Sales Non .Com gTLDs were led by two sales you saw on the all extension leader board at the top of this report – one reaching five figures. That was BB.org at $17,515 with the runner up name – ONU.net – coming in at $7,312.  Sedo handled both sales.

Sedo wound up sweeping the first five spots on our latest Non .Com gTLD Top 20 Sales Chartand took 14 of 18 places overall. They rounded out the top quintet with Caliente.net ($6,000),WEN.net ($4,800) and PRRI.org ($3,759).

Elsewhere, Isaac Paton reported PixelDreams.es’s $3,350 sale of #6 Transfers.travel. Flippa followed with a pair of names – #7 2P.net at $3,000 and #8 Grapes.org at $2,570 and SnapNames scored with #9 Clinic.info at $2,075.

NO Domain Sold For Where Sold
1 BB.org $17,515 Sedo
2 ONU.net $7,312 Sedo
3 Caliente.net $6,000 Sedo
4 WEN.net $4,800 Sedo
5 PRRI.org $3,759 Sedo
6 Transfers.travel $3,350 PixelDreams.es
7 2P.net $3,000 Flippa
8 Grapes.org $2,570 Flippa
9 Clinic.info $2,075 SnapNames
10 Nepotism.org $2,000 Sedo
11 EssentialOils.info $1,995 Sedo
12 VaticanCity.club $1,492 Sedo
13 HCZ.net $1,450 Sedo
14 OneAsia.net $1,288 Sedo
15 Wetten.jetzt $1,243 Sedo
16 OnFire.org $1,129 Sedo
17 AAMM.net $1,016 Sedo
18 DWY.net $1,000 Sedo
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Whonami-Top 20 domain names sales in 2014 reported by DNJournal

It took a minimum of $358,000 to qualify Top 20 domain names sales in 2014, standing at no1 is Z.com with $6,784,000. Here is how the year’s top sellers across all extensions stacked up

NO Domain Sold For Where Sold Date
1 Z.com $6,784,000 Pvt Sale 11/26/2014
2 MI.com $3,600,000 Pvt Sale 4/23/2014
3 Whisky.com $3,100,000 Castello Brothers 3/5/2014
4 Sex.xxx $3,000,000 ICM Registry 6/4/2014
5 Youxi.com $2,430,000 Pvt Sale 3/5/2014
6 37.com $1,960,800 Pvt Sale 3/12/2014
7 Power.com $1,261,000 Scott Smith/ 11/12/2014
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8 MM.com $1,200,000 Sedo 7/11/2014
9 QNB.com $1,000,000 Pvt Sale 12/10/2014
tie
9 Check.com $1,000,000 Pvt Sale 8/27/2014
tie
9 BTC.com $1,000,000 DomainGuardians 8/6/2014
tie
12 100.com $950,000 Pvt Sale 2/26/2014
13 Wan.com $800,000 Pvt Sale 1/29/2014
14 Teamwork.com $675,000 Pvt Sale 1/22/2014
15 Game.cn $512,307 .CN Registry Auction 1/22/2014
16. DataCenter.com $500,000 Sedo 6/4/2014
tie
16. Mobile.net $500,000 DomainNameSales 4/9/2014
tie
18 Symphony.com $375,000 AbdulBasit.com/ 6/18/2014
DomainNameSales
19 Digital.com $373,750 Heritage Auctions 9/10/2014
20 PY.com $358,000 Heritage Auctions 7/24/2014
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Whonami-Additional Sedo ccTLD(country code top level domain names) Sales Between $1,045 – $2,000 in Oct.2015

There were many more four-figure ccTLD (country code top level domain names) sales off the chart led by Sedo’s $2,500 sale ofWhiteLabel.io. They added $2,199 for Drive-By.de and $2,044 for Phablet.de.

Sedo had 25 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging from $1,045 to $2,000 that are listed in the table below:

rt.su $2,000 c.gs $1,300
databank.de $1,760 jrt.cc $1,288
autokaufvertrag.de $1,650 syma.fr $1,285
caterwings.be $1,650 t.mx $1,250
oo.to $1,650 jours.fr $1,155
schuldentilgung.de $1,650 pinkpanda.de $1,100
gruenzig.de $1,430 bonzai.eu $1,099
furets.fr $1,419 deinteam.de $1,089
jarretiere.fr $1,419 alw.co.za $1,050
b6.de $1,387 kuendigungsvorlage.de $1,045
appian.de $1,320 kuendigungsvorlagen.de $1,045
easymax.de $1,320 wondy.it $1,045
ferienwohnung-duhnen.de $1,320

(Reported by DNJournal)

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Whonami-Amado Martin Benitez purchased the domain name :Viajes.com

Reported by DNJournal:

You may not have heard of Barcelona, Spain based domain name investor/developer Amado Martin Benitez before, but don’t be surprised if you start seeing the 33-year-old entrepreneur’s name everywhere in the near future. In 2012 Benitez managed to acquire one of the world’s best Spanish language domain names – Viajes.com (“Travel” in Spanish) for €400,000. After more than two years of painstaking development work, Benitez’s company has launched a new site on the premier domain that he is confident will make him a power in the huge travel markets serving Spain and Latin America.

Benitez said acquiring Viajes.com involved some of the hardest negotiating he has ever been involved with because the seller, legendary South American domain investor Chris Chena, is a guy who is fully aware of what great Spanish keyword domains are worth. Benitez recalled, “Chris had just sold Juegos.com toSpill Games for $10 million. I was trying to negotiate the price of Viajes.com with him for at least a year and a half… but then the global economic crisis hit and we were able to work things out – plus, I’ve always been a saver and I had some cash to spend!,” Benitez laughed.

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Whonami-You should choose the right top level domain names

Up to April 2010 there are over 83 million .com domain names registered!

You can choose between many different types of domain name extensions, but the most popular by far (and often considered the most “valuable” as well – if you are considering domain names as an investment) is the .com extension. The vast majority of large companies use .com domain names and they’ve spent hundreds of millions of dollars branding the .com the right top level domain names in the minds of web users worldwide. In fact, .com names are so widespread that many people don’t even know that other domain extensions exist!

.Com domains can be bought or sold by anyone. Consider them the equivalent of prime real-estate on the Internet. Most companies place a premium on having a .com name over any other domain extension.

Other generic international TLDs (also called gTLDs) include .net, .org, .info, .biz, .name, and .pro. They’ve each earned a certain level of respect as top-level domains. You can think of these other extensions as distant cousins to the almighty .com. They may seem less desirable to a .com, but that’s not necessarily the case. In fact, the availability of these other TLDs allows webmasters to get a domain that would not have been able to otherwise get.

In terms of functionality, all of the above extensions are equal. This means that having a.com won’t help a website rank higher in search engines of get a higher ‘click-through’ rate.  However, in terms of investment, the .com domains bring a significantly higher ROI. Statistically, .com names are worth more than 7 times what .net equivalents are worth.

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Whonami-Top-Level Domains Names (TLD): gTLD, sTLD, uTLD, ccTLD

You’ll find lots of different top-level domains names out there, from the most recognizable (.com) to industry-specific (.mobi), and even country-specific top domains such as United Kingdom (.uk), Germany (.de – derived from Deutschland) and Italy (.it). Every domain name is registered under a TLD of some kind, and the following section describes those TLDs in more detail.

  gTLD – Generic Top-Level Domains are the most common and the most sought after names. These include .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, and several others.
ccTLD – Country Code Top-Level Domains that were created specifically for a single country’s use. That country can put any sort of restrictions on it that they choose. Some countries only allow citizens to register domains under their ccTLD. Other countries ‘rent’ their TLD out for use by the global public, as in the case with .cc, the official ccTLD for the Cocos Islands, .ws, the official ccTLD for Western Samoa, and .tv, the official ccTLD for Tuvalu.
   sTLD – Sponsored Top-Level Domains are actually a subdivision of gTLDs. These names are controlled by specific agencies within an industry. For example, .museum is a sTLD regulated by the Museum Domain Management Association. They reserve the TLD for museum websites.
  uTLD – Unsponsored Top-Level Domains consist of all the gTLDs that aren’t sponsored. That would include .com and .info. This term is very rarely used. Generally, when someone refers to a generic TLD, they are talking about the unsponsored ones.

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Whonami-When you register a domain name, you become the owner of that domain name.

Cheap-domain-namesWhen you register a domain name, you are actually paying for the right to use that domain name for a defined period of time, usually between 1 and 10 years. You will have to pay a renewal fee, after your initial registration period expires, to continue using the name or face losing control of the domain name.

You do not automatically have the right to keep the name forever, although in practice, as long as you continue paying the annual fees and the name does not infringe on a trademark or service mark, it is essentially yours until you decide that you no longer want it.