By Tim Schumacher and Matthew Bentley

Think the domain aftermarket is dead? Maybe you're just not looking in the right places. Domain name selling is a global business, and much of the excitement today is found overseas, in markets with less saturation than the U.S. To help our readers exploit these opportunities, Domain Name Journal   is proud to introduce a new series of articles profiling some of the most important domain markets worldwide.

For expertise on the global domain market, we called upon the folks at Sedo : One of the world's leading domain marketplaces. Sedo is available in 10 languages, has attracted over 100,000 members from more than 2 dozen countries and is responsible for many of the highest value domain sales in recent months. The co-authors of our first article are Tim Schumacher , the CEO of Sedo.de , based in Cologne, Germany, and Matthew Bentley who is responsible for Sedo's English-language properties, including Sedo.us and Sedo.co.uk . It begins below: The Germans are not only the world's largest beer drinkers, but they are among the world's top ‘consumers' of Internet domain names. In absolute numbers, Germany is – after the United States – the second largest “domain country” in the world.  Click Here for the Full Story Inside