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13 End User Domain Name Sales This Past Week — Spotlight on

From Rediff to a firm in Santa Claus, Indiana, end users bought a number of domain names this stretch.

As I note every week, here’s a look at end users who recently bought domain names through Afternic.

Ho Ho Holdings, which owns a number of properties and entertainment destinations in Santa Claus, Indiana, bought GiftfromSanta.com for $1,288.

Rediff.com bought KnowledgeCentre.com for $4,388. The prior week it bought GoodKnowledge.com for $1,488.

GovDelivery, which provides government-to-citizen communication tools, bought GovRadio.com for $1,888.

Someone bought SocialSecurityPlan.com for $1,000. Is it a politician?

Mountain Beverage & Distribution bought its acronym MBDCO.com for $1,188.

iPhone app development firm App Start Ltd bought FriendTrack.com for $2,200, probably for a fresh app.

TheAcademy.com, which offers lots of online training counting health and wellness, bought GuidetoHealth.org for $1,288.

The owner of Jaguar.org.br, which forwards to a site for jaguar conservation, bought Jaguars.org for $9,999.

Employee benefits firm Insurance Applications Group, LLC paid $1,988 for PayrollPlan.com.

The owner of Search-Ventures.com bought the non hyphenated version SearchVentures.com for $3,850.

Travel Planners International, a repeat Afternic client, bought TravelPros.com for $15,000.

Carus Corporation, which claims to be the world’s largest manufacturer of potassium permanganate, bought Carus.net for $2,388. Its main web site is CarusCorporation.com. Frank Schilling owns Carus.com.

Fort Wayne, Indiana pharmacy Community Care Pharmacy, which used the ill-advised communitycarepharmacy.PRO domain name, upgraded to CommunityCarePharmacy.com for $1,500.

Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.