List of most expensive domain names

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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 million2019[1]
360.com$17 million2015[2]
Sex.com$13 million2010[3]
Fund.com$12 million2008[4]
Hotels.com$11 million2001[5]
Tesla.com$11 million2014[6]
Porn.com$9.5 million2007[4]
Porno.com$8.8 million2015[7]
Fb.com$8.5 million2010[8]
We.com$8 million2015[9]
Diamond.com$7.5 million2006[4]
Beer.com$7 million2004[4]
Z.com$6.8 million2014[10][11]
iCloud.com$6 million2011[12]
Casino.com$5.5 million2003[4]
Slots.com$5.5 million2010[13]
AsSeenOnTv.com$5.1 million2000[13]
Toys.com$5.1 million2009[4][14]
Clothes.com$4.9 million2008[15]
Medicare.com$4.8 million2014[16]
IG.com$4.6 million2013[17]
GiftCard.com$4 million2012[18]
Yp.com$3.8 million2008[19]
HG.com$3.77 million2016[20]
Mi.com$3.6 million2014[21]
Ice.com$3.5 million2018[22]
AltaVista.com$3.3 million1998[23]
Whisky.com$3.1 million2014[24]
Loans.com$3.0 million2000[25][26]
Vodka.com$3.0 million2006[27]
Candy.com$3.0 million2009[28]
California.com$3.0 million2019[29]

Domain transactions to be completed
Domain Price Sale date ETC Note Ref
LasVegas.com$90 million20052040Installment purchase[30]

Non-published sales

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

  1. Crypto.com
  2. Stake.com
  3. Bitcoin.com
  4. Entrepreneurs.com

References
  1. "MicroStrategy Sells Voice.com Domain Name for $30 Million". Business Wire. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  2. "Qihoo Eyes 360 Brand With Record Domain Buy". Forbes. 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.
  4. Irvine, Chris (10 Mar 2010). "Top 10 most expensive domain names". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  5. "'I bought Hotels.com name for $11m'". BBC. November 2, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  6. "Twitter". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  7. Erik Overen. "Top 250 Most Expensive Domain Names !". Mostexpensivedomain.name. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  8. "Mashable". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  9. "Monster $8 Million Sale from 2015 Confirmed - Giant .Net Sale Tops This Week's Chart". 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  10. "Z.com Sold For $6.8 Million Dollars". Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  11. "Z.com Sold for Nearly $6.8 Million". Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  12. "Macrumors.com". Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  13. "The Top 25 Most Expensive Domain Names". 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. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  16. "eHealth Insurance (EHTH) Acquires Medicare.com For $4.8 Million". Dnsr.com. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  17. "IG Group spends millions for domain name IG.com". Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  18. "GiftCardLab.com Acquires the Domain Name GiftCard.com for over $4,000,000 in Cash and Stock". Business Wire. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  19. "form10k.htm". Sec.gov. 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. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  21. "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.
  22. "Premium Domain Name ICE.com Sold for $3.5 Million in Private Sale". Business Wire. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  23. "Compaq buys AltaVista domain". CNET. 11 August 1998. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  24. "The Amazing Ascent of Whisky.com: How Michael Castello Turned a Free Domain Into a $3.1 Million Sale". Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  25. "Bank of America buys Loans.com Domain Name for $3 million". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  26. "Loans.com Domain Name Sells for $3 Million". New York Times. 29 January 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  27. "Домен Vodka.com продан за 3 миллиона долларов". 3DNews - Daily Digital Digest.
  28. "Candy.com Sets Up Shop After $3 Million Domain Name Sale". TechCrunch. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  29. "Mark Thomas Closes Biggest GeoDomain Sale We've Ever Reported - California.com Goes for Millions". www.dnjournal.com.
  30. Michael Gargiulo (2018-08-07). "Exact Match Domains: How To Price These High-Value Assets". Forbes. 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. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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