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User domain name sales — 22 end

It’s a little late, but here are 22 end user domain name sales from Afternic.

End user sales notes are back!

I was out of town the prior week. That, combined with a change by GoDaddy’s whois format to comply with the fresh RAA set me back a bit. It’s resolve nowd, so here we go.

This note is Afternic’s note from the prior week, so sales are two weeks prior to now. There were a lot of firms “upgrading” from .org or .net to .com, and quite a few ccTLD owners buying the equivalent .com as well.

PC Tours and Travel in Hong Kong shortened its domain from PCToursHK.com to PCTours.com for $1,388.

Ikon Science protected itself by purchasing IconScience.com for $1,223.

Rupari Food Services Inc bought EuroFreshFoods.com for $1,595.

Insurer Americo Life, Inc paid $1,400 for Americo.org.

The owner of WorkflowConcepts.net upgraded to WorkflowConcepts.com for $1,500.

Salty Dog Inn in Fresh Zealand, which owns SaltyDogInn.co.nz, globalized with SaltyDogInn.com for $1,277.

American Adoptions, Inc. bought InternationalAdoptions.org for $4,088 and the InternationalAdoptions.net for $1,188. This is the same firm that recently bought JewishAdoption.net for $1,180.

Muslim Aid, which uses the domain name muslimaid.org, bought the matching .com MuslimAid.com for $2,800.

US Machinery LLC, a heavy machinery firm, bought USMachinery.com for $3,888.

Here’s a nice upgrade. Cart Ahead of the Horse Productions, LLC moved from cbh-productions.com to CartBeforeTheHorse.com for $1,100.

University of Iowa Community Credit Union paid $1,388 for TrackMyMortgage.com.

Sales and marketing firm ProspectHunter Group LLC upgraded from ProspectHunter.net to ProspectHunger.com for $1,400.

The owner of singaporecorporategifts.com picked up AttractiveGifts.com for $1,150.

Engineering firm iChrome Ltd, owner of iChrome.eu, bought iChrome.com for $4,277.

Village Tile in Vermont dropped the VT from its domain name VillageTileVT.com, picking up VillageTile.com for $1,888.

Global Wildlife Resources Inc., which uses WildlifeResources.org as its domain, bought WildlifeResources.com for $2,500.

HVAC manufacturer Price Industries Limited, which uses Price-HVAC.com for its web address, bought PriceIndustries.com for $2,500.

Brand/marketing firm Assembly in London uses AssemblyLondon.com for its website and bought AssemblyGroup.com for $1,244.

Study abroad firm Live N Learn Experience dropped “experience” from its domain name, buying LiveNLearn.com for $1,100.

UK clothier Lady Vintage bought LadyVintage.com for $2,088. It has been using LadyVLondon.com.

University of North Iowa bought ReadyForBusiness.com for $3,000.

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Other reporting from the domain desk.