Have you heard the story of a man named as Chris Clark, who had purchased the domain name of pizza.com in 1994 for only $20, and sold for $2.6 million?
Below here you can find the list of the most expensive domain names. The list also includes the domain names that have been resold previously. It does not include yahoo.com or google.com, which are still the rule domains that belong to their original owners as the market value of such domains may considerably exceed the value indicated below.
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
WorldWideWeb.com – $3,500,000 in 1996
AltaVista.com – $3,250,000
Software.com – $3,200,000
Loans.com – $3,000,000
eShow.com – $3,000,000
Vodka.com – $3,000,000 Sold December 2006
Wine.com – Sold for $2,900,000 in September of 1999
Wines.com – $2,900,000
CreditCards.com – Sold for $2,750,000 in July 2004
Pizza.com – $2,605,000 April 3, 2008
Tom.com – $2,500,000
Dotnology.com – $2.5 million (2000)
Autos.com – $2,200,000
Computer.com – $2,200,000
Coupons.com – $2,200,000
England.com – $2,000,000
Celebrities.com – $2.0 million (1999)
Telephone.com – $2,000,000
Express.com – $2,000,000
Savings.com – $1,900,000
Mortgage.com – $1,800,000
Seniors.com – $1.8 million (2007)
DataRecovery.com – $1,659,000 Sold in 2008
Branson.com – $1,600,000
SolarEnergy.com – $1,600,000
Cameras.com – $1,500,000
TandBerg.com – $1,500,000
MarketingToday.com – $1,500,000
Deposit.com – $1,500,000
Fly.com – $1,500,000
VIP.com – Sold for $1,400,000 in September of 2005
Men.com – $1,320,000
Vista.com – $1,250,000
Feedback.com – $1,230,000
Phone.com – $1,200,000
Find.com – $1,200,000
Scores.com – $1.2 million (2007)
Kredit.de – $1,169,175
Bingo.com – $1,100,000
Mercury.com – $1,100,000
Cruises.co.uk – $1,099,798 Sold in 2008
WallStreet.com – $1,030,000
Rock.com – $1.03 million
Invest.com – $1,015,000 Sold in 2008
Vibrators.com – $1,000,000 Sold in 2008
Britain.com – $1,000,000
Fish.com – $1,000,000
Topix.com – $1,000,000
Sky.com – $1,000,000
If.com – $1,000,000
iPhone.com – $1.0 million (2007)
CyberWorks.com – $1.0 million
WhiteHouseCrisis.com – $1.0 million
eFlowers.com – $1.0 million
Beauty.cc – $1.0 million
It is amazing these people are ready to pay for a very big money for something that does not actually exist. It is well-known that such domain names, which can stand for a whole industry, sometimes can be sold for millions of dollars.
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January 9, 2009 at 12:21 pm
This is surely amazing to see!