.com.au domain name more valuable than the .com?

Posted by PacificOctane on April 13, 2010  |   No Comments »

Pacific Octane recently acquired the domain name illawarra.com.au for $5,000.00AUD  and then converting the AUD into USD we can gauge quite closely that it was purchased for $4,550.00USD as listed on DNJournal.com

Within a period of less than 72 hours, illawarra.com was sold for $1,500.00USD by BuyDomains.com, a division of Name Media.  Now to make this EVEN STRANGER, if you try to acquire the domain name illawarra.net, it is listed for sale at a $8,000.00USD asking price.

My question is this: Is the .com always going to be more valuable than any ccTLD domain name or will the evolution of the Google algorhythms slowly push value on a geographical basis to the ccTLD?

I will actually for the first time on my blog be allowing comments, but they will be solicited comments from people that I admire and respect in the domain name industry.

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illawarra.net asking price

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