Most expensive domain name sales

[DomainNames]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_domain_names

This is a list of the top 20 highest prices paid for domain names.

1.VacationRentals.com $35 million in 2007 [1]
2.Insure.com $16 million in 2009 [2]
3.Sex.com for $14 million in October 2010[2][3]
4.Fund.com 2008 £9.99 million[2]
5.Porn.com 2007 $9.5 million[2]
6.Fb.com by Facebook for $8.5 million in November 2010[4]
7.Business.com for $7.5 million in December 1999[2]
8.Diamond.com 2006 $7.5 million[2]
9.Beer.com 2004 $7 million[2]
10.Israel.com 2008 $5.88 million[2]
11.Casino.com 2003 $5.5 million[2]
12.Slots.com 2010 for $5.5 million [5]
13.Toys.com: Toys 'R' Us by auction for $5.1 million in 2009[2][6]
14.Asseenontv.com 2000 for $5.1 million [7]
15.iCloud.com by Apple for $4.5 million in April 2011[8]
16.GiftCard.com by CardLab for $4 million in October 2012[9]
17.Yp.com by YellowPages.com for $3.8 million in November 2008[10]
18.AltaVista.com for $3.3 million in August 1998
19.Candy.com for $3.0 million in June 2009[11]
20.Loans.com by Bank of America for $3.0 million in February 2000[12]
21.Investing.com by Fusion Media Limited for $2.45 million in December 2012[13]

References[edit]

1.Jump up ^ Sharples, Brian. Lessons Learned from Brian Sharples, founder & CEO of HomeAway (NASDAQ: AWAY). Retrieved August 7, 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."
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Irvine, Chris (10 Mar 2010). "Top 10 most expensive domain names". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
3.Jump up ^ Merritt, Tom (May 29, 2009). "Top 5 most expensive domain names". CNET TV. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
4.Jump up ^ "Mashable". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "The Top 25 Most Expensive Domain Names". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
6.Jump up ^ Jackson, Nicholas. "Domain Name Prices - 01." The Atlantic. Oct. 25, 2010
7.Jump up ^ "The Top 25 Most Expensive Domain Names". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
8.Jump up ^ "Macrumors.com". Retrieved 20 February 2012.
9.Jump up ^ "GiftCard.com". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
10.Jump up ^ http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000114036108028808/form10k.htm
11.Jump up ^ "Techcrunch.com". Retrieved 20 February 2012.
12.Jump up ^ "Bank of America buys Loans.com Domain Name for $3 million". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Investing.com Domain Purchased for an Historic $2.45 Million". Retrieved 11 December 2012.

 

[snoopy]

A good chunk of that list is dodgy, vacationrentals.com? israel.com?

Fund.com was reported but since there has been all sorts of allegations of fraud relating to the company.

http://domainnamewire.com/2011/04/19/i-still-question-the-10-million-fund-com-sale/

 

[DomainNames]

A good chunk of that list is dodgy, vacationrentals.com? israel.com?

Fund.com was reported but since there has been all sorts of allegations of fraud relating to the company.

http://domainnamewire.com/2011/04/19/i-still-question-the-10-million-fund-com-sale/

Hi Snoopy what was dodgy exactly about their list? You can always go into Wikipedia yourself and update it with your more accurate information

 

[Simon Johnson]

The Wikipedia list is very incomplete. I just checked it against our Domain Sales Database and its missing a bunch of names including Business, IRS, Hotels, Korea....

The reality is that you get what you pay for.

 

[Ashman]

I agree with Snoopy. $35M for VacationRentals.com seems dodgy.

With a $35M budget you would pretty much be able to buy any domain name you wanted.

I certainly wouldn't select a two word .com for $35M.

 

[DomainNames]

http://www.domaininvesting.com/homeaway-ceo-on-vacationsrental-com/

Their market cap is $3 Billion.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/29/homeaway-ipo-shares-pop-39-percent-market-cap-reaches-3-billion/

 

[findtim]

Hi Snoopy what was dodgy exactly about their list? You can always go into Wikipedia yourself and update it with your more accurate information

ummmm, exactly ! do you get it? anyone can change info and its taken as gospel.

there have been MANYYYYYY newspaper scandals of newspaper writters just going to wiki and cut/paste into tomorrows newspaper when some famous person dies.

that's the major flaw with Wikipedia

tim

 

[petermeadit]

the purchase of VacationRentals.com in 2007 for $35m.

Info came from
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2013/08/13/15-of-the-most-expensive-domains-of-all-time/

Who knows how reliable the source is.


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