What domains Getty Images, John Hancock, and others bought the prior week

Getty Images and John Hancock Insurance were among the end user domain buyers at Sedo the prior week.

Sedo sold $1.4 million worth of domain names the prior week, counting these sales to end users.

pairNetworks bought yet another domain in the aftermarket. This time it was Pair.es for $2,000.

Online backup service KeepItSafe, a j2 Global firm, bought KeepItSafe.de for 800 EUR. It uses the .com version.

A guy with the last name Siegmund bought Siegmund.com for $15,000.

Swedish video content firm Brand Fresh Content owns BrandNewContent.se, and just picked up the .com version of its domain name for $1,000.

Zions Bancorp bought UtahSmallBusiness.com for $795.

Getty Images, the photo firm that also owns iStockPhoto, bought FreeTheCreative.com for $4,500.

John Hancock Life Insurance bought JHSolutions.com for 8,000 EUR.

Australian talent agency DLM, which uses the web address DLM.com.au, bought DLMLA.com for $855.

Designed for Revolution (DFR), a media & entertainment venture studio that uses DFRA.com as its web address, picked up DFR.co for $1,999.

Oil & gas services firm IMB bought IMBOS.com for $5,000. I suspect the OS stands for “oilfield services” It uses the web addresses IMB.ae right now.

College laundry service The Laundry Chute bought LaundryApp.com for $925. The firm is getting ready to launch its app.

Modest business lender Dollar Merchant Financing shortened its domain from DollarMerchantFinancing.com to DollarFinancing.com for $2,000.

This is interesting. Computer science non-profit Code.org bought Blockly.com for $2,959. Blockly is the name of a visual programming editor created by Google.

iQ Firm, which owns the stock market prediction site PredictWallStreet.com, bought WallTweet.com for $1,999.

Publisher O’Reilly Media bought Solidcon.com for $792. I assume it’s for a conference.