List of most expensive domain names
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 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]
- Crypto.com
- Stake.com
- Bitcoin.com
- Entrepreneurs.com
- Hey.com
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- "Twitter". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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- "Mashable". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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- "Macrumors.com". Retrieved 20 February 2012.
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- Jackson, Nicholas. "Domain Name Prices - 01." The Atlantic. 25 October 2010
- "When Amazon Bought Zappos, Clothes.com Also Came In The Box". TechCrunch. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- "eHealth Insurance (EHTH) Acquires Medicare.com For $4.8 Million". Dnsr.com. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- "IG Group spends millions for domain name IG.com". Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- "GiftCardLab.com Acquires the Domain Name GiftCard.com for over $4,000,000 in Cash and Stock". Business Wire. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- "form10k.htm". Sec.gov. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Premium Domain Name ICE.com Sold for $3.5 Million in Private Sale". Business Wire. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- "Compaq buys AltaVista domain". CNET. 11 August 1998. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- "The Amazing Ascent of Whisky.com: How Michael Castello Turned a Free Domain Into a $3.1 Million Sale". Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- "Bank of America buys Loans.com Domain Name for $3 million". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- "Loans.com Domain Name Sells for $3 Million". New York Times. 29 January 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- "Домен Vodka.com продан за 3 миллиона долларов". 3DNews - Daily Digital Digest.
- "Candy.com Sets Up Shop After $3 Million Domain Name Sale". TechCrunch. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- "Mark Thomas Closes Biggest GeoDomain Sale We've Ever Reported - California.com Goes for Millions". www.dnjournal.com.
- 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...
- "Top 20 Most Expensive Domain Names Ever Sold". Plenty of Brands. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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