List of most expensive domain names

This is a list of some of the highest prices paid for domain names. The list is limited to domains that sold for $3 million or more.

Domain Price Sale Date Ref Status
CarInsurance.com$49.7 million2010[1] Sold
Insurance.com$35.6 million2010[2] Sold
VacationRentals.com$35 million2007[3] Sold
PrivateJet.com$30.18 million2012[2] Sold
Internet.com$18 million2009[2] Sold
360.com$17 million2015[4] Sold
Insure.com$16 million2009[5] Sold
Fund.com£9.99 million2008[5] Sold
Sex.com$13 million2010 November 17[6] Sold
Hotels.com$11 million2001[2] Sold
Porn.com$9.5 million2007[5] Sold
Porno.com $8,888,888 2015 February[2] Sold
Fb.com$8.5 million2010 November[7] Sold
Business.com$7.5 million1999 December[5] Sold
Diamond.com$7.5 million2006[5] Sold
Beer.com$7 million2004[5] Sold
Z.com$6.8 million2014 November[8][9] Sold
iCloud.com$6 million2011 March[10] Sold
Israel.com$5.88 million2008 May[11] Sold
Casino.com$5.5 million2003[5] Sold
Slots.com$5.5 million2010[12] Sold
Toys.com$5.1 million2009[5][13] Sold
AsSeenOnTv.com$5.1 million2000[12] Sold
Clothes.com$4.9 million2008[14] Sold
Medicare.com$4.8 million2014[15] Sold
IG.com$4.6 million2013 September[16] Sold
Marijuana.com$4.2 million2011[17] Sold
GiftCard.com$4 million2012 October[18] Sold
Yp.com$3.8 million2008 November[19] Sold
Mi.com$3.6 million2014 April[20] Sold
AltaVista.com$3.3 million1998 August -
Whisky.com$3.1 million2014 January[21] Sold
Vodka.com$3.0 million2006[22] Sold
Candy.com$3.0 million2009 June[23] Sold
Loans.com$3.0 million2000 February[24] Sold

Non published sales

Many high-profile domain sales either sold privately or by brokerage firms are kept confidential.[25]

  1. crypto.com

References

  1. ↑ Sandy808. "Top 250 Most Expensive Domain Names !". QuinStreet Inc. is one of the largest Internet marketing services companies in the world buys CarInsurance.com in 2010 for $49.7 million.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Erik Overen. "Top 250 Most Expensive Domain Names !". Mostexpensivedomain.name. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  3. ↑ Sharples, Brian. Lessons Learned from Brian Sharples, founder & CEO of HomeAway (NASDAQ: AWAY). Retrieved 7 August 2013. I mean we bought a website in the United States called VacationRentals.com for 35 million bucks. The only reason we bought it was so Expedia couldn't have that URL.
  4. ↑ "Qihoo Eyes 360 Brand With Record Domain Buy". Forbes. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Irvine, Chris (10 Mar 2010). "Top 10 most expensive domain names". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Escom Sells Sex.com with Sedo for Record $13 Million" (Press release). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Business Wire. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  7. ↑ "Mashable". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Z.com Sold For $6.8 Million Dollars". Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Z.com Sold for Nearly $6.8 Million". Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Macrumors.com". Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  11. ↑ "Internet Domain Name 'Israel.com' Sold for $5.88 Million". Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  12. 1 2 "The Top 25 Most Expensive Domain Names". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  13. ↑ Jackson, Nicholas. "Domain Name Prices - 01." The Atlantic. 25 October 2010
  14. ↑ "When Amazon Bought Zappos, Clothes.com Also Came In The Box". TechCrunch. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  15. ↑ "eHealth Insurance (EHTH) Acquires Medicare.com For $4.8 Million". Dnsr.com. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  16. ↑ "IG Group spends millions for domain name IG.com". Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  17. ↑ "WeedMaps Acquires Marijuana.com For A Kushy $4.20 Million". TechCrunch. 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  18. ↑ "GiftCard.com". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  19. ↑ "form10k.htm". Sec.gov. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  20. ↑ "XiaoMi Purchased Mi.com Domain For A Record $3.6 Million, New URL For Global Users". Gsminsider.com. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "The Amazing Ascent of Whisky.com: How Michael Castello Turned a Free Domain Into a $3.1 Million Sale". Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  22. ↑ http://www.3dnews.ru/189237
  23. ↑ "Techcrunch.com". Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  24. ↑ "Bank of America buys Loans.com Domain Name for $3 million". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  25. ↑ "Top 20 Most Expensive Domain Names Ever Sold". Plenty of Brands. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

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