Finance:List of most expensive domain names

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This is a list of domain names that sold for $3 million USD or more.

The list is limited to pure domain name and cash-only sales. Sales which included website content or which were partially or totally equity deals are not listed.

Domain Price Sale date Ref
Voice.com $30 million 2019 [1]
360.com $17 million 2015 [2]
Sex.com $13 million 2010 [3]
Fund.com $12 million 2008 [4]
Hotels.com $11 million 2001 [5]
Tesla.com $11 million 2014 [6]
Porn.com $9.5 million 2007 [4]
Porno.com $8.8 million 2015 [7]
Fb.com $8.5 million 2010 [8]
We.com $8 million 2015 [9]
Diamond.com $7.5 million 2006 [4]
Beer.com $7 million 2004 [4]
Z.com $6.8 million 2014 [10][11]
iCloud.com $6 million 2011 [12]
Casino.com $5.5 million 2003 [4]
Slots.com $5.5 million 2010 [13]
AsSeenOnTv.com $5.1 million 2000 [13]
Toys.com $5.1 million 2009 [4][14]
Clothes.com $4.9 million 2008 [15]
Medicare.com $4.8 million 2014 [16]
IG.com $4.6 million 2013 [17]
GiftCard.com $4 million 2012 [18]
Yp.com $3.8 million 2008 [19]
HG.com $3.77 million 2016 [20]
Mi.com $3.6 million 2014 [21]
Ice.com $3.5 million 2018 [22]
AltaVista.com $3.3 million 1998 [23]
Whisky.com $3.1 million 2014 [24]
Loans.com $3.0 million 2000 [25][26]
Vodka.com $3.0 million 2006 [27]
Candy.com $3.0 million 2009 [28]
California.com $3.0 million 2019 [29]

Domain transactions still in progress/to be completed

Domain Price Sale date ETC Note Ref
LasVegas.com $90 million 2005 2040 Installment purchase [30]

Non-published sales

Many high-profile domain sales either sold privately or by brokerage firms are kept confidential.[31]

  1. Crypto.com

References

  1. ↑ "MicroStrategy Sells Voice.com Domain Name for $30 Million". 2019-06-18. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190618005248/en/MicroStrategy-Sells-Voice.com-Domain-30-Million. Retrieved 2019-06-18. 
  2. ↑ "Qihoo Eyes 360 Brand With Record Domain Buy". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougyoung/2015/02/06/qihoo-eyes-360-brand-with-record-domain-buy/. Retrieved 22 March 2016. 
  3. ↑ "Escom Sells Sex.com with Sedo for Record $13 Million" (Press release). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Business Wire. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 2013-10-01. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Irvine, Chris (10 Mar 2010). "Top 10 most expensive domain names". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7412544/Top-10-most-expensive-domain-names.html. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 
  5. ↑ "'I bought Hotels.com name for $11m'". November 2, 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9765000/9765923.stm. Retrieved October 12, 2019. 
  6. ↑ "Twitter". https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1071617709413003264. Retrieved 9 December 2018. 
  7. ↑ Erik Overen. "Top 250 Most Expensive Domain Names !". Mostexpensivedomain.name. http://mostexpensivedomain.name. Retrieved 2014-08-11. 
  8. ↑ "Mashable". http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/facebook-paid-8-5-million-to-acquire-fb-com/. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Monster $8 Million Sale from 2015 Confirmed - Giant .Net Sale Tops This Week's Chart". 27 January 2016. https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2016/20160127.htm. Retrieved 22 July 2019. 
  10. ↑ "Z.com Sold For $6.8 Million Dollars". https://www.thedomains.com/2014/11/21/z-com-sold-for-6-8-million-dollars/. Retrieved 12 July 2017. 
  11. ↑ "Z.com Sold for Nearly $6.8 Million". http://www.domaininvesting.com/report-z-com-sold-nearly-6-8-million/. Retrieved 12 July 2017. 
  12. ↑ "Macrumors.com". http://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/28/apple-purchases-icloud-com-for-4-5-million/. Retrieved 20 February 2012. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "The Top 25 Most Expensive Domain Names". http://www.europeandomaincentre.com/pages/news-room/domain-management-news/the-top-25-most-expensive-domains-of-all-times-updated-may-2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013. 
  14. ↑ Jackson, Nicholas. "Domain Name Prices - 01." The Atlantic. 25 October 2010
  15. ↑ "When Amazon Bought Zappos, Clothes.com Also Came In The Box". TechCrunch. 2009-08-07. https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/07/when-amazon-bought-zappos-clothescom-also-came-in-the-box/. Retrieved 2014-08-11. 
  16. ↑ "eHealth Insurance (EHTH) Acquires Medicare.com For $4.8 Million". Dnsr.com. 2014-04-30. http://dnsr.com/ehealth-insurance-ehth-acquires-medicare-dot-com-for-four-point-eight-million-dollars. Retrieved 2014-08-11. 
  17. ↑ "IG Group spends millions for domain name IG.com". Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20130608083435/http://www.leaprate.com/forex-industry-news/entry/ig-group-spends-millions-for-domain-name-ig-com.html. Retrieved 2017-05-24. 
  18. ↑ "GiftCardLab.com Acquires the Domain Name GiftCard.com for over $4,000,000 in Cash and Stock". http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121003005435/en/GiftCardLab.com-Acquires-Domain-GiftCard.com-4000000-Cash-Stock. Retrieved 20 October 2012. 
  19. ↑ "form10k.htm". Sec.gov. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000114036108028808/form10k.htm. Retrieved 2014-08-11. 
  20. ↑ "Two-Letter .Com Sells for Over $3.7 Million in the Year's Highest Reported Sale to Date". 7 December 2016. https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2016/20161207.htm. Retrieved 22 July 2019. 
  21. ↑ "XiaoMi Purchased Mi.com Domain For A Record $3.6 Million, New URL For Global Users". Gsminsider.com. 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812124254/http://gsminsider.com/2014/04/xiaomi-purchased-mi-com-domain-record-3-6-million-new-url-global-users/. Retrieved 2014-08-11. 
  22. ↑ "Premium Domain Name ICE.com Sold for $3.5 Million in Private Sale". 17 July 2018. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180717005092/en/Premium-Domain-ICE.com-Sold-3.5-Million-Private. Retrieved 22 July 2019. 
  23. ↑ "Compaq buys AltaVista domain". 11 August 1998. https://www.cnet.com/news/compaq-buys-altavista-domain/. Retrieved 26 July 2019. 
  24. ↑ "The Amazing Ascent of Whisky.com: How Michael Castello Turned a Free Domain Into a $3.1 Million Sale". http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2014/february.htm. Retrieved 9 November 2017. 
  25. ↑ "Bank of America buys Loans.com Domain Name for $3 million". http://www.geek.com/news/loanscom-owner-needs-no-loans-566238/. Retrieved 3 June 2013. 
  26. ↑ "Loans.com Domain Name Sells for $3 Million". New York Times. 29 January 2000. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/29/technology/loanscom-domain-name-sells-for-3-million.html. Retrieved 2 August 2019. 
  27. ↑ "Домен Vodka.com продан за 3 миллиона долларов". https://3dnews.ru/189237. 
  28. ↑ "Candy.com Sets Up Shop After $3 Million Domain Name Sale". 20 July 2009. https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/20/candycom-sets-up-shop-after-3-million-domain-name-sale/. Retrieved 20 February 2012. 
  29. ↑ "Mark Thomas Closes Biggest GeoDomain Sale We've Ever Reported - California.com Goes for Millions". http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2019/dailyposts/20190123.htm. 
  30. ↑ Michael Gargiulo (2018-08-07). "Exact Match Domains: How To Price These High-Value Assets". https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/08/07/exact-match-domains-how-to-price-these-high-value-assets/#6d135827437f. Retrieved 2019-05-04. "LasVegas.com is one of the most expensive domain purchases in history. The domain name sold for a whopping $90 million in 2005..." 
  31. ↑ "Top 20 Most Expensive Domain Names Ever Sold". Plenty of Brands. 6 April 2015. http://plentyofbrands.com/top-20-most-expensive-domain-names-ever-sold/. Retrieved 15 May 2015. 




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