Sales of pre-owned domain names ending in the German extension – .de – were up 43% in 2008, according to a study on the secondary domain market released Wednesday by Sedo, an online marketplace for domain names and Web sites.
More than 6,100 .de domain names were sold in 2008 for total revenue of $10.6 million. This compares to 5,000 .de domain names changing hands in 2007, bringing in total sales of $7.4 million.
Indeed, the most expensive domain name that sold in 2008 was German. Kredit.de – the German word for credit – which sold for more than $1.1 million.
German domain name sales outpaced those of other leading European countries by a wide margin. 2009 has aso seen a dramatic rise in .de extensions to become #2 in most regged domain extensions so far this year.
dot DE is by far the best selling ccTLD ahead of .co.uk. You can compare easily:
http://upname.com/search/srp.php?tld=de&hs=1&sort=close
versus:
http://upname.com/search/srp.php?tld=uk&hs=1&sort=close