Most Expensive Domain Names Ever
You probably know that top domain names sell for big bucks, right? But exactly how much money are we talking about, and what are those top domains? Well, I just came across a list that has over 50 of the most expensive domains ever sold.
Here are the top 10:
Sex.com - Sold for: $14 million on January 19th, 2006
Fund.com - $9,999,950 - Sold in 2008
Porn.com - Sold for $9,000,000 sometime in 2007 (Update: OR $9,500,000 — Two different prices shown across many different sites/news reports)
Business.com - Sold for $7,500,000 in 1999 (Remember: This was pretty much a “business” sale with a developed name)
Diamonds.com - Sold for $7,500,000
Beer.com - Sold for $7,000,000
AsSeenOnTV.com - Sold for $5,100,000 in January of 2000
Korea.com - $5,000,000 - Sold in January of 2000
Casino.com - $5,500,000 - Sold to a private company in 2003
YP.com - $3,850,000 - Sold to YellowPages.com
Shop.com - Sold for $3,500,000 in 2001
Check out the original post to view the other 40 domains listed.
Daniel Scocco on January 8, 2009
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Sex.com is probably the sexiest one
hehe
as usual, porn and adult industry is always the best reveneue generators in any field!! mobile, internet, TV everything! lool
Those numbers are beyond crazy.
AsSeenOnTV.com, that’s a terrible domain. I can’t believe someone paid that much for it.
Wasn’t SEO.com sold for $5 million? That should’ve been in the list.
Sex sells and I bet it will get a lot of attention on here too. Predict a few extra comments and clicks than usual.
I bet they were all worth every penny to the buyer.
Um, it was like posted 10 x times before 5 years ago along with the questions “is page rank important” “are edu domains important”… etc.
It’s kinda sad that all the “new” posts of some bloggers are old posts from other people.
@Vygantas, that is the first time I see a list with the top 50 most expensive domains actually.
Ya, I’ve never seen a list of the top 50 most expensive domains.
You don’t like the posts, don’t read the blog.
As Seen On TV ? Don’t get it … it must me some well known rich company …
great list Daniel.
Daniel based on your experience how much you think CrawlMysite.com is worth?
Now that is a lot of money. I wish I was rolling around in the dough.
Whoever got the idea at the right time…..luck
Lol at Ikki
Apparently, sex sells.
Matej, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_seen_on_TV_(marketing)
AsSeenONTV is the official site for the largest retailer that sells “As seen on TV” products.
The adult industry as always toppled down the competition. Sex indeed sells and it’s human interest facet makes it all the more appealing. Now, I’m wondering, why would someone waste 14M on a domain name like that?!
lol
http://www.weapon.com is still empty. Is someone interested?
America.com sold for $1,700,000 in May 2008
Most of them are cute one word domain names. But I hated (as must as I hate to see it on TV) that AsSeenOnTV crap getting 5 million!
Wonder how much two word domain names like DollarShower will be worth
By the way, is there any free appraisal services?
Remember having taken such paid services in 1999-00 times… I had some 25 or so domains with me then.
No surprise … Sex Sells!!
This list includes published sales. There are many more sales that are transacted privately and will never be included in such lists.
wow… great find!
It’s pretty sad that 2 of the top 3 are sex related.
Crazy stuff.
I read that Business.com makes a ridiculous amount of money from PPC and just being basically a parked domain.
Wow, thats crazy! I couldent imagine spending that much domain names.
Wow… one word values so many millions :p
Wow smart ones to invest on that..!!
@Imran, I would say $100.
Wish I could have bought the first domain in the list, before even I had it practically… LOL!
As someone who was around the Internet in 1991 when you could register pretty much anything (for free, or very cheaply, if I recall correctly), these articles are always rather bitter sweet.
Ah well, back to the stock market for my fortune.
I wonder if Fund.com went for $9,999,950 because 10 million just sounded like too much money
Sad to see that the most spendy sites are generally for things people get addicted to.
I’m happy to report that I just bought http://www.corporateblogservice.com (and a few related others) for $7.19, including tax. That’s seven dollars, not $7.1 million!
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selling domain…..making rich someone, but must be waiting for long times
Sex will always be on top. We can’t deny it. Sex sites get more traffic than any other niche. The reason probably why sex.com’s very expensive.
Lisa.com is for sale for $2,400,000 USD right now.
Some of those prices are just excessive, i wonder if any were purchased as just an investment rather then to actually develop a site.
any idea on how can i get my domain name evaluated for free?
I bought Monstrous.com back in 1998 and I am happy with it but generally considered having a generic domain name does not help much with Google rankings ….
I am prepare to sell one of my domains for 5 million (Euro) up to 1-2 years
Now I wish I had a chance back then when all the decent domain names were still unregistered. I would of taken them all
Then again there are still some great domain names available just you have to predict the future now.
You can still invest and do well. I recently registered a name and sold it within months for mid 5 figures.
I’ve plenty more good ones too
You have to follow the trends, like *cloud.com
The price for AsSeenOnTV.com seems really excessive … Also we can notice that most of the top 10 domains were sold around 2000 … it has become more difficult now to sell domains…
In which names you see future? What you think?
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I think those prices are fair. Domain names are so important these days.
I bet having a great domain name can boost your hits massively.
Casino.com is a great one to have.
It’s terrible to see some people buy domains just to get some profit out of it. I think it ruins the creativity on the web because amateurs won’t be able to get a domain for a reasonable price!
Yes, but only the domain is not sufficient. Тhere are still “Great” domain names that are free
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I would say more like “good” domains, all the great domains are taken, trust me I’ve looked.
any guesses how much google would sell out for :):)
Nikhil, years ago 10-20US$, not more, but now… who know