Million dollar domain names
I compiled this list from a variety of sources. I tried to double-check them all, but I want to throw out a disclaimer that some may not be reliable. The information that’s available about domain name sales can be sketchy because many times the people who are doing the buying and selling don’t want to reveal information about their transactions because it can hurt them in future bargaining. So to the best of my knowledge, this is the most up-to-date list of domain names that have sold for millions of dollars.
poker.com – $20+ million – (I can’t find a reliable source for this – the domain was for sale by moniker.com at a silent auction in Amsterdam in May, but I can’t find a confirmation of who bought the domain or how much it went for. Rumors are more than $20 million)
sex.com - $12 million
porn.com – $9.5 million
business.com – $7.5 million
diamond.com – $7.5 million
beer.com – $7 million
casino.com – $5.5 million
korea.com – $5 million
asseenontv.com – $5.1 million
seo.com – $5 million
shop.com – $3.5 million
altavista.com - $3.3 million
loans.com – $3 million
vodka.com – $3 million
creditcheck.com – $3 million
wine.com – $2.9 million
creditcards.com – $2.75 million
autos.com – $2.2 million
express.com – $1.8 million
seniors.com – $1.5 million
tandberg.com – $1.5 million
cameras.com - $1.5 million
vip.com – $1.4 million
scores.com – $1.18 million
chinese.com – $1.12 million
topix.com – $1 million
wallstreet.com – $1 million
rock.com – $1 million
poker.de – $957,937 – (This was the most expensive non-.com domain that I came across, so I thought I would include it)
Do you know of any others?
UPDATE:
computer.com - $2.2 million
guy.com – $1 million
invest.com – $1.015 million
Pizza.com – $2.6 million
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I used the following sources in compiling this blog post:
Pacdesco.net Internet Marketing
Gagetopia.com
Royal Pingdom
Unhandled Perception
Wikipedia
Most-Expensive.net
Active-Domain.com
DomainRich.com
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Tags: Domain names, moniker.com, Wikipedia
September 21st, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Hello,
An extensive lists of valuble domains, I didn’t know about poker.com I guess most deals are made in secret without many people knowing. it’s great to see you giving credit to your resources, at lot of people dont.
Martin
January 31st, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Here’s one that can sell for 1 million.
http://www.mostexpensivedomainsold.com/
Its a charity fund drive so 50% of proceeds will go to charity. The other 50% will be used to motivate others to get the word out and make this a success. Cash prizes will be raffled from those who referred visitors to this site. Hey, you never know.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
I’ve got one worth a million: just can’t get Microsoft to buy it so they make Google mad or have Google buy it to make sure Microsoft can’t.
In a world of GPS, Google Earth, Mapquest and pictures from a billion people, googleography.com is just drooling to be used.
What do you think?
January 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I am selling my domain name for 1 million on ebay.
July 29th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Did any of these sales include a business / model or are they just empty domain names?
August 19th, 2009 at 11:31 am
fish.com went over a million I think (just a domain name, no business behind it)