Is Holding Out a Tin Cup the best way to monetize a website with 5 million visitors a month?

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Is the best way to monetize a Web site that gets 5 Million Unique Visitors Holding Out a Tin Cup a month?The Miami Herald will be the first to know

By what happened to esta.In an effort to survive historical media change from traditional platforms to the web, a major metropolitan newspaper with a rich tradition has been reduced to the electronic equivalent of panhandling.En what may be the only illustration best so far of

the seemingly inevitable bind newspapers find themselves in the Miami Herald has begun asking for donations to the readers of its website at MiamiHerald.com. This, while paper told the Associated Press that your site receives 5 million unique monthly visitors .This would think that with this type of traffic, advertisers would be falling all over themselves to give their money to the Herald.

Document said that the problem is that you can only charge advertisers online about a tenth of what you have been paying their advertisers printing and it is not sufficient to cover their news gathering nut (for hundreds of employees have been dismissed in the last few years).

High paying advertisers past print covered expenses newspaper but with movement of the Herald print faster than a cube of ice in the Sahara desert fusion (weekday circulation is down almost 25% in just the past 12 months!) these high paying advertisers are disappearing rapidly. Addition of reaching readers less printing, one would have to assume that they dislike the idea of paying more than 10 times to advertise in the print to web or bien.Es a vicious circle which has caught almost everyone in print media.

They know that Reader Web migration is inevitable and already well underway, but print advertising revenue is disappearing much faster than what can be replaced with línea.Siempre advertising revenue I believed that scales will be finally balance .the advertisers want eyeballs and eyeballs are eyeballs, if you are looking at an advertisement in print, on television or on the web.Is the question how many traditional media can hang until it reaches an equilibrium?

On the surface seems to have 5 million website visitors a month would things in balance very quickly.However if advertisers are only willing to pay 10% of their printing rates to

reach web, which brings the equivalent value in those web visitors 5 million up to 500,000 readers of newspaper readers.The Herald circulates today to almost 5 million of newspapers a month (approximately a day from Monday to the Saturday and Sunday in 238,000 163,000).So you can see that even online kicks in only 10% of their total income.

It is true that the costs of distribution of the Herald

drastically reduce online, but the readers of the newspaper paid subscription to help offset some of the costs of distribution worldwide real.Los fees website visitors pay nothing and past history indicates that it is unlikely you will ever be willing to hacerlo.Y there the frote.Los documents will continue ramp up your Web site traffic and the rates charged advertisers in línea.están in a race against time, and many are losing the carrera.Por therefore, long shot experiments as asking for donations to readers online.

I don't think that it will never put more than a drop in the bucket but not you can blame them to pull all the stops and tratar.Aunque, obviously I'm in the camp of online media, I don't want to see large newsrooms nation - professional journalists are essential to the health of our hopeful democracia.Estoy and feel reasonably confident that disappear best the shall survive the transition to the web - and I am grateful every day which is a transition that I made years ago.

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Opens misadventures in land of Brick & mortar + Latonas.com WhyPark charity auction

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Misadventures in land of Brick & mortar and WhyPark charity auction opens in a new platform of Latonas.com

I am back after four days of the visit of members of the family in the frígida central Ohio where I grew up.It was 15 degrees (with a chill wind that made feel as 5 degrees) when we arrived there on Thursday evening. That really made me appreciate the 83 degrees that we had here in Tampa, Florida this evening about my day back first start after the walk towards the North.

Climate cold in Ohio and do some shopping in a real store there (instead of online) did feel a little more like Christmas but novelty quickly showcased.My wife, daughter and I had pile a cart full of things in a department store, but when we went to the checkout line stretched all the way to the back store! It was literally the longest line I've seen in my life.To save money on payroll, store decided to open only a few cash registers. Left us hundreds of dollars on such things in the car and went instead of waiting over an hour so that they can take our money.

He saw several other people who wanted to buy carts full of merchandise do what mismo.Hoy went back from Amazon instead, marking out of the final items on my list of gifts, insurance that brick and mortar retail sales is more hope.

Things, no doubt more important that although purchases at this time of year and the people of WhyPark.com, obviously not been forgotten. today opened an auction for charity fundraising on a new platform provided by Latonas.com.The event will conclude on Friday (DEC.)

(18) at 3 pm (US Eastern time).The person who places the single highest bid in the auction will be arriving to name of charity that all funds go to - a round of measures that will add some fun and excitement to the event.

Charity auction also gives everyone a peak of principle in new intermediation of domain and the House of Latona auctions website .Propietario Rick Latona opened this version beta site to accommodate WhyPark auction while simultaneously test their systems.In a post about the new auction on your blog site

Today Latona wrote, "we want to be is nothing less than the Christies or Sotheby?s intellectual property.""Their names deserve an elegant representative and that is what we are trying to achieve."

I think Latonas.com site is transmitting the image that the company wants to achieve llegar.Tiene a beautiful luxurious appearance that make domains that is placed on the site in an exceptionally attractive environment.It will be very interesting to see how this new platform is developed in the coming weeks.

While we're on the topic of auctions, you remember that the most recent monthly of Moniker SnapNames Showcase auction ends tomorrow (Tuesday, 15 December) at 3: 15 pm (US Eastern time) .this auction is introducing domain local search and geo.

Other two auctions of speciality with one and two character .biz domains be also finishing more later this week.Sedo is offering six domains of a character in advertisements that close on Thursday (December 17) at 12: 00 pm (US Eastern time) .These are X.biz L.biz, N.biz, Q.biz, Y.biz, 3 biz.

While both, phase two characters TwoDotBiz directed by Pool.com auction is also closed the jueves.Hay over 200 domain names still available at this early stage, including DR.biz and 88. biz.the next phase of the auction with another set of two-character domains opens on January 4, 2010.

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The economy is bad and PPC to worse but the sky is Bright for These Domain Owners Who Diversified

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The Economy is Bad and PPC is Worse But The Sky is Bright for These Domain Owners Who Diversified 

Earlier this week I posted an item about increasing evidence that PPC revenue will start reversing a long decline in 2010. I closed that post with a comment noting that no matter how much parking improves domain owners should continue looking for ways to diversify their income streams and end their dependence on Google and Yahoo. If you can find new sources of revenue from your domains, the inevitable next downturn won't be as painful as the current one has been for so many.

A number of smart domain investors are already well down the path to diversification and I want to close the week by recognizing what a few of those people are doing on the development front. Let's start with Sahar Sarid and Jarred Cohen at Bido.com. On Wednesday they rolled out a major new update to their innovative social auction platform. Sahar provided a complete rundown on all of the changes in a post on his blog, so I'll point you there for the many details. 

The one thing I would like to add is the reason why I think that Bido has a great chance to break out in a big way. That is Sahar and Jarred's dedication to listening to community feedback and acting on the requests their customers make - even if it involves making time consuming and expensive changes to the impressive site they have already built. As some of you will recall I was one of the co-founders of Bido when it launched early in 2008 but left the project soon after. 

From day one Sahar was dedicated to trying new things that would set the company apart. But he always emphasized that if customers didn't like an idea he incorporated, we could scrap it and reshape 

Sahar Sarid
Bido.com Co-Founder

the platform as customers dictated along the way. It is obvious from Bido's new makeover that his philosophy remains the same as the company nears its second anniversary. A lot of business owners give lip service to the old axiom "the customer is always right" but few really back that up with their actions. Bido keeps doing it and that engenders a lot of customer loyalty and positive word of mouth buzz that will serve them well as they continue to build a truly unique sales platform.

Andrew Miller
Internet Real Estate Group

When you talk about building full-blown businesses on domain names, few can match the record of success that Andrew Miller and Mike "Zappy" Zapolin have has at Internet Real Estate Group (we profiled them in a 2005 Cover Story). They started and sold several websites and businesses based around category defining dotcom domain names, including Beer.com, Diamond.com, CreditCards.com, Shop.com, and Luggage.com and they currently manage and are shareholders in a stunning collection of names and websites including InsuranceQuotes.com, Phone.com, Patents.com, Alerts.com, Software.com, Chocolate.com, Sweepstakes.com, Safety.com and Sportsfan.com. 

They have accomplished a lot in the four years since our Cover Story ran. If you would like an update, you're in luck because our Australian friend Ed Keay-Smith has just released a 

42-minute podcast interview featuring Andrew at OzDomainer.com. Ed is an excellent interviewer and time spent listening to Andrew talk about domain acquisition, development and sales is always time well spent so do yourself a favor and check it out this weekend.

Along with veterans like Andrew and Zappy, this industry has been blessed by a wave of newcomers who are bringing new ideas, passion and unbridled energy to the business. One of those is Bruce Marler of LocalTek.com who has developed a successful statewide geodomain network at Missouri.me. A lot of people are taking note of that including the folks at iSupportServices.com who liked Marler's project so much they called on him to partner in the development of their own state domains, starting with NorthCarolina.me. 

Marler wrote about the new partnership on his blog and also noted that Localtek business is booming.  "We have been providing website development and geo targeted online advertising to our clients through Missouri.me for the last year. The response from our customers has been tremendous and we are now growing beyond our wildest projections,? Marler said. So, there's another guy who won't have to worry about how much Google or Yahoo decides to pay their PPC partners. 

Rob Grant

Finally, I'll close with an update from Rob Grant on his just-for-fun RecessionWreaths.com project (a development we told you about earlier this month). Rob is not selling anything (but good cheer) with his site but it is proving how far a little development work and some marketing elbow grease can carry a new website.

"We launched the web site with a fairly aggressive PR campaign and a national release distributed through PRWeb.com," Grant told me, adding that "Tuesday afternoon we did a live TV remote interview with the largest New York regional news station - Time Warner Channel 10 News. The video is showcased on their website now."

"We have also been picked-up nationally by a number of online publications and continue to gain traction with the media. But what's so 

interesting about all of this is that we are purely a concept wrapped around a provocative domain name - we don't sell any products, and don't try to make money. We are just an idea - with an interesting story line - that has great appeal to the public during these tough economic times," Grant said.

"One reporter from Fox News asked, "how do you make money...I don't get it. Do you have wreaths being made by your agents that you are selling to support the business?" This is really a fascinating case study in the power of a 'concept domain name' coupled with a unique story line and imaginative marketing. I just love doing this stuff!," Grant exclaimed.

These are just a few examples of things people are doing with their domain names besides parking them. It is great to have PPC as a revenue stream and everyone is rooting for it to come back in a big way, but there are many other possibilities and opportunities to make money (or in Grant's example - just a big splash to show what can be done). Domain names are such unique and versatile assets you just have to love them!

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The sky is Bright for Domain Owners Who Diversified - part 2

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The sky is Bright for Domain Owners Who Diversified - part 2

He left Friday with a post about four domain owners taking control of their own destinies through the removal of their dependence on income in projects of development of domain parking. Those four represents only a few of the many domain investors that are in the same camino.Todavía another example just arrived at my door today. FedEx delivered two bottles of

Georgia came from vino.com .Soy a fan of wine, but for the life of me could not remember anything vino.com order (although I thought "now that is a hell of a domain name!")

After inspection I found that the package was a promotional gift of a new site just launched by Rick Latona wine club. A message inside explained that the Latona internal development team is deploying enterprise full blown on some of the best generic domain company.I have to admit the package caught my attention and removed promptly site that looks great. You share the wine with guests on Christmas day, and if it is good will probably sign up for a membership of vino.com.

I love to see domain owners to build their sites with content or quality like this e-commerce solutions.Although it has always been possible for the livelihood of domain and PPC sales or revenue affiliate, I think the best opportunity to win big bucks is to diversify into development of at least a full scale, preferably centered around a topic you're passionate about.If you are unable to catch one, try another.Just missing a success to have a huge impact on your bottom line.Babe Ruth struck out almost twice as often as he hit a home run (more than 1,300 strikeouts in his career to 714 home runs), but the home runs he was the richest time athlete.One thing is certain, never be hit a home run development unless you step up to the plate.

Coincidentally vino.com news came to was putting the finishing touches on our new December cover story with the man behind vino.com (as well as auction house & of the home domain of Latona, DigiPawn.com and beginning the month that is, five of the six conferences domain T.R.A.F.F.I.C.)-Rick Latona.

Latona can only be the Godfather of diversification.Nuestra exclusive story detailing how the 37-year-old Atlanta serial entrepreneur has made a big splash in this industry, despite that he does not enter into business domain full time until 2007! check out the article - I think it will be interesting, informative and inspiradora.Latona demonstrates once more than it is never too late to make big in this business.

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Year first Multi-Million dollar sales + two offers 6 upper figure new DN Journal sales report

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Year's Biggest Sale to Date - Slots.com at $5.5 Million - Completed at Moniker While a Pair of 6-Figure Sales Closed at Other Venues

The first multi-million dollar domain sale of 2010 is finally in the books. While three previous sales this year cracked the $1 million dollar mark none closed higher that that until Moniker.com completed their $5.5 million sale of Slots.com to BodogBrand this past week. This is also the fourth largest publicly reported cash sale since we started tracking the domain aftermarket in the fall of 2003.

After three straight weeks of having no sales above the five- figure level the market revved up this week with a pair of six-figure sales joining Moniker's seven-figure blockbuster. Those were Cheesecake.com and Tr3s.com at $100,000 apiece.

RickLatona.com served up the Cheesecake sale while Domainator.com accounted for the Tr3s transaction. As some of you know, Tr3s is a popular Spanish language TV entertainment network operated by MTV (Tr3s is a play on "tres", the Spanish word for "three"). Given MTV's special interest in the name it won't surprise you to learn that the buyer was the owner of MTV, global entertainment giant Viacom.

By Ron Jackson

Rick Latona had a hand in three of the top ten sales and four overall on this week's Top 20 Sales Chart. In addition to Cheesecake.com, Latona's sales platforms produced sales of #4 BabyFood.com at $70,000, #9 Trumpet.com at $31,250 and #11 Oncologist.com at $21,350.

Sedo had a pair of top ten sales and a total of seven charted domains, more than any other venue. #6 OMusic.com set the pace for them at $45,000.

This was the best week of the year for the non .com gTLDs as that category saw two of its three biggest sales year to date and wound up with a half dozen entries on the Big Board. #5 Lyrics.net led the way after changing hands for $65,000 in a private sale. Sedo's sale of #7 HomeEquityLoan.net also hit the top half of the leader board after going for $38,000. Two more .nets made the elite list along with #14 Coupons.info ($17,600 at Sedo) and # #17 ChristianBookstore.org ($16,860 at the AfternicDLS).

The country codes also fared well hitting the trifecta with #13 Shoes.tv ($18,000 at Sedo) and a pair of Dutch ccTLDs; #15 Besparen.nl (Dutch for "save") at $17,080 and #16 BD.nl at $17,019. Those two domains were sold by BliXem Internet Services. A huge country code sale is also in the pipeline. Moniker auctioned off Poker.ca (Canadian ccTLD) this week with the high bid coming in at $400,000. If that transaction successfully closes it will be the year's second biggest country code sale, trailing only Credit.fr (sold for $851,875 in January).

Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, May 30:

The DN Journal Top 20
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 24, 2010 - Sun. May 30, 2010
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect June 2, 2010

Latonas.com/
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. MilanBesparen.nl
(Dutch for "save")Keep in mind that these are the highest value sales that have been reported to us in the past week. This column is meant to be an educational tool, not a complete list documenting ALL high value domain sales. Such a list is impossible to produce because many sales are kept private at the insistence of buyers, sellers or both. Our procedure for verifying the accuracy of domain sales reports is available here.

For the many newcomers entering the domain industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market. If you do not understand why specific domain names command the prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases. We highly recommend that you do some basic research before you buy anything! As a starting point we have built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.

There were a dozen more five-figure sales off the chart with Latonas.com posting the largest of those - LLLL.com at $12,500. They also sold Shut.com ($11,804) and 5R.com ($11,590).

Sedo rang up a half dozen more sales in this price range including Traiteurs.fr ($12,200), Meitian.com ($12,199) and Shops.ch ($10,980). They also scored with Better.co.uk ($10,512), Pairez-Plus.com ($10,370) and VinylSiding.net ($10,000).

Elsewhere, BliXem Internet booked $12,017 for Valuta.nl and $10,980 for Bet.nl while the AfternicDLS drew $12,000 for LeadsGeneration.com.

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the four-figure .com supporting cast with eTools.com ($9,900) and WWDating.com ($9,888) and banked another $8,600 for TheHouseCafe.com. HTJ.com tacked on $7,320, MillwallOnline.com landed $6,570 and Bestellen.com brought $6,417.

PCBooster.com generated $6,385, e-Ways.com went for $6,100 and RentalsInRome.com returned $5,734. DesertPoker.com dealt out $5,500, KnowledgeWorker.com notched $5,000 and CarbonIndex.com measured $4,900.

Sedo had 32 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $4,500. Those are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $4,500Back at the AfternicDLS Jumala.com captured $9,900 while DegreeSearch.com and GoodGamers.com garnered $8,500 each. Waitresses.com collected an $8,000 tip, VanPools.com picked up $7,500 and IntegratedHealthCare.com dispensed $7,000.

CareerGuru.com gained $6,850, LuxurySedan.com braked at $6,750 and LuxurySedans.com added $5,400. MicroscopeAccessories.com also sold for $5,400 while CarCalendars.com kicked in $5,100 and four others; Liyun.com, Lomani.com, MobileInsurance.com and RajKumar.com cornered $5,000 apiece.

At NameJet.com the winners included EcoToys.com ($8,835), 9944.com ($6,800) and Chengde.com ($6,800). They also hit high notes with GuitarSolos.com at $5,900, Wateach.com at $5,041 and TVMonitor.com at $4,999.

USGoverment.com (typo) tallied $4,975, Balto.com bagged $4,687 and Gift-Certificates.com redeemed $4,500. InvestorServices.com added $4,315 and PerscriptionDrugs.com (typo) penciled in $4,100.

NameJet had 34 more .com sales ranging from $2,000 to $3,950. Those are listed in the table below:

Additional NameJet .com Sales Between $2,000 - $3,950At SnapNames.com, ComputerSupply.com provided $6,750, Gated.com locked up $3,411 and TheComplianceStore.com delivered $3,130. Hanliu.com hauled in $2,765, HolidaysParis.com celebrated $2,588 and MedHunter.com found $2,350.

Moniker closed a number of sales from their DOMAINfest Ft. Lauderdale auction including BJH.com ($6,500), Sentimental.com ($5,250) and Taunt.com ($5,000). They also sold ArtAppraisal.com for $4,000 while QWZ.com zipped up $3,850, LasVegasDiscounts.com attracted $3,500 and CakeStand.com cooked up $3,000. NeighborGood.com brought another $3,675 from their online platform.

While Moniker was moving names in Ft. Lauderdale, Latonas.com was closing more sales from their T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan auction including UXH.com ($6,100), Fettucini.com ($5,490) and CopyCenter.com ($4,270). Punches.com knocked out another $3,660 while BaroloWine.com quaffed $2,745. From their web platform Latonas also sold PropertyValuations.com ($3,010) and Feni.com ($3,000).

Elsewhere Domainator.com fetched $6,000 for Filmedia.com.

Country Codes

It was full steam ahead for the country codes as they piled up eight more five-figure sales this week led by Shoes.tv at $18,000 via Sedo. We showed you all of the ccTLD sales at this level in the all extension section at the top of this report. The biggest country code sales you haven't seen yet rank #9 and #10 on our latest weekly Country Code Top Chart. Those are an impressive sale for America's .us ccTLD - OnlineCasinos.us at $9,999 (via Sedo) and LasVegas.eu (European Union country code) at $9,150 (through BliXem Internet).

Sedo had the most chart entries with 11, including #11 S.co.za (South African ccTLD) at $8,500. BliXem charted half a dozen domains including five on the top half of the chart. They helped the Netherlands' .nl extension claim five places on the elite list, more than any other extension.

Here is how all of the country code leaders stacked up for the week ending May 30:

Country Code Top 20
Highest Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. May 24, 2010 - Sun. May 31, 2010
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect June 2, 2010

Besparen.nl
("save" in Dutch)Valuta.nl
("currency" in Dutch)

Latonas.com/
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. MilanLatonas.com/
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan

There were several dozen additional four figure sales off the ccTLD chart with Sedo again claiming the lion's share of those. Their supplemental roster was led by Rakeback.cn ($4,500), EPC.be ($4,270) and Winterbekleidung.de ($4,026).

Gewichtswesten.de drew $3,904, Kartengenerator.de delivered $3,660, Potters.co.uk presented $3,212 and BubbleRoom.co.uk welcomed $3,066. Sedo had 56 more country code sales ranging from $1,000 to $3,050 that are listed in the chart below:

Additional Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $3,050gewässerhaftpflichtversicherung.deIn ccTLD sales from Latonas.com's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan auction that just closed Sex.do drew $2,745 while Floors.us and Holdem.ch chalked up $1,830 each. Meanwhile Cheese.us cut $1,342. From their web platform Latonas sold Tops.tv for $2,000 and Property.cm for $1,025.

Elsewhere BliXem billed $3,996 for Prospect.eu, SnapNames moved Match.us for $2,261 and AssociatesDegrees.co.uk for $1,066. NetFleet.com.au sold DogBook.com.au for $2,040 and Tablets.com.au for $1,700 and in a private sale Cupcakes.co.uk changed hands for $1,702.

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.

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

The non .com gTLDs dropped behind the ccTLD category over the past couple of years but for the second week in a row the Global Contenders showed some real muscle, ringing up 7 five-figure sales including two of the three biggest recorded in this category so far this year. We showed you those (led by Lyrics.net at $65,000) at the top of this report. The biggest GC sale you haven't seen yet is #8 on our new Global Contenders Top 20 Chart - LTE.org at $9,888 via Sedo.

The .nets had the most chart entries with 13, followed by .org with five. .Info and .Asia each had one representative on the elite list. Sedo led the race among venues, piling up 10 chart entries.

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the week ending May 30:

Global Contenders Top 20
Highest Reported Non .Com Global TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. May 24, 2010 - Sun. May 30, 2010
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect June 2, 2010

Latonas.com/
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan

BalanceTransferCreditCards.org

There were dozens of additional GC sales just off the chart with Latonas.com claiming the highest of those - Salaries.net at $3,660. That name was sold in their Milan auction as were Amplifiers.net and Copiers.org at $2,074 each. Taps.net tacked on $1,830 while Gels.net and Whiskies.net downed $1,220 each.

At NameJet the ledger included MarineFisheries.org ($3,555), SingleParents.org ($3,377) and Bric.org ($2,288). EmbassyOfPakistan.org admitted $2,178, Microphones.net picked up $2,100 and Kelowna.org located $1,974. OrangeJuice.org swallowed $1,565, Amistad.org drew $1,308 and Erde.org added $1,100.

At Sedo EnglishGrammar.org grossed $3,000 and Newsletter.info distributed $2,800. Sedo had 26 more four-figure GC sales ranging from $1,000 to $2,444. Those are listed in the table below:

Additional Sedo non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,444Back at the AfternicDLS, BuyArt.net boxed up $2,888, Magyarorszag.net nailed $2,788 and two others; UncommonSense.net and PayWeb.net went for $2,521 each.

Now that you're up to date on what happened over the past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all categories by visiting our Year To Date Charts page.

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We truly appreciate the industry leading companies who share their sales information with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current domain values. Richard Meyer of Domain Sales Center also provides invaluable help in collecting data for these sales reports each week.

Every Wednesday we publish the highest reported domain name sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that information and write this article to give you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry.

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