How valuable can a domain name be?

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Author: Alyson Shontell translation: 翛 Ling original: Entrepreneur

Every day we visit a variety of websites, from Google to Baidu, from NetEase to Sina ... We remember a lot of site domain names. Some people will be in advance of certain domain names, and then want to use the domain name of the individuals or companies because the domain name has been registered, if you still want to use these domain names, they have to pay a fee to those who have already registered the domain name. But how valuable can a domain name be?

How valuable can a domain name be?

It is estimated that the world has more than 500 URL address of the transaction price of more than 1 million U.S. dollars. We have enumerated some expensive domain name addresses. Some of these domain names have just been traded soon, some have been traded for some time.

Not surprisingly, some domain names related to sex, and some domain names related to gambling are quite valuable. But let's look at some other domain names. The transaction price of the domain name is arranged from low to high.

Note: We only list the name of the transaction after 2003, because the price of the domain name before 2003 can not be verified. In order to ensure the authenticity of the data, even if some of the previous sites were sold at a very expensive price, we do not include them.

　　

mm.com--sold at $1.2 million

Deal Date: July 2014

Mm.com sold 1.2 million of dollars in high prices in July 2014. Sedo Company bought the domain name from Hangzhou buy more company. The Chinese company is actually focused on registering some websites. It held a number of domain names such as game.com, jz.com, and 4.cn.

　　

ebet.com--sold at $1.35 million

Deal Date: October 2013

The domain name was registered by a man named Rick in 1996, after which he did not sell the domain name. Until September 2013, he finally agreed to sell the domain name.

Rick wrote on his blog: "network FX contacted me on August 29, hoping to buy the domain name from me for 50,000 dollars. I did not seriously consider this issue at the beginning and before, and gave receptacle FX 1.8 million dollars, I went back to my daily life and continued to do my business. On September 3, the buyer replied that I could pay 1 million dollars. So I think, why not try to reach a mutually acceptable price, and then simply sell the domain name won. So I responded to their 1.35 million dollar price and told them it was the bottom line I could accept. I didn't get any reply until September 16. They accepted my offer!"

　　

cameras.com--sold at $1.5 million

Year SOLD: 2006

DN Journal reported in 2006 that the "cameras.com domain had attracted competition from a number of companies, including Moniker.com and T.R.A.F.F.I.C East Conference. The winner of the bid, Sig Solares, is Parked.com's CEO. He offered a 1.5 million dollar price and succeeded in getting the domain name. 」

　　

russia.com--sold at $1.5 million

　　

tandberg.com--sold at $1.5 million

Year SOLD: 2007

DJ Journal the name after the deal: "tandberg Data is a global leader in providing backup and archiving solutions for suppliers and manufacturers. The company decided to spend money to buy the domain name from Tandberg. The Tandberg company that previously held tandberg.com domain name is a leading global company offering visual communication products, headquartered in New York and Norway. 」

Although the deal was reached in December 2006, it was not announced until early 2007.

　　

ticket.com--sold at $1.525 million

Year SOLD: 2009

The domain name was sold in October 2009.

　　

datarecovery.com--sold at $1.659 million

Year SOLD: 2008

Minnesota "s associated Computer sold the domain name to ESS Data Recovery on February 1, 2008. The ESS took a long time to get the domain name.

　　

auction.com--sold at $1.7 million

Year SOLD: 2009

There have been rumors that the auction.com domain name sold to 2.5 million of dollars. But the real Pence Disposition Corp., which eventually bought the domain name, stated that the deal price was $1.7 million.

　　

dating.com--sold at $1.75 million

Year SOLD: 2010

Dating.com at the Domainfest auction in May 2012. The second highest price of the auction appeared on the boardgames.com domain name, which cost 450,000 dollars.

　　

fly.com--sold at $1.76 million

Year SOLD: 2009

Travelzoo in January 2009 to buy fly.com domain name.

　　

seniors.com--sold at $1.8 million

Year SOLD: 2007

2007 was an important year for the man named Page Howe. In 2007, he sold two valuable domain names. In addition to the $1.8 million worth of seniors.com, he sold guy.com domain names at a price of $1 million.

　　

37.com--sold at $1.9608 million

Deal Date: March 2014

The 37.com domain was traded at a high price of 1.9 million dollars in March 2014. Chinese game maker 37 has purchased this domain name.

　　

computer.com--sold at $2.1 million

Year SOLD: 2007

In October 2007, computer.com domain name created a new auction price high. In fact, in the year wallstreet.com domain name almost 3 million dollars in the price of the deal, but according to Domainrich, the buyer and seller did not reach a consensus on the price, so the final computer.com domain name has become a high price.

　　

114.com--sold at $2.1 million

Deal Date: July 2013

A Chinese company bought 114.com domain names at a high price of 2.1 million dollars.

　　

kk.com--sold at $2.4 million

Deal Date: November 2013

Moniker/snapnames sold kk.com domain names at a high price of 2.4 million dollars in November 2013.

　　

youxi.com--sold at $2.433 million

Deal Date: March 2014

Youxi actually "game" the pinyin of the word. So this domain name can be 2.43 million of dollars of high-level transactions is not unusual. This domain name Bai Chinese gamewave company buys.

　　

investing.com--sold at $2.45 million

Year SOLD: 2012

Forexpros.com bought investing.com domain name at a high price of 2.45 million dollars in the late 2012. This is the 2012 domain name transaction of the highest price.

　　

social.com--sold at $2.6 million

Year SOLD: 2011

Moniker sold social.com domain names at a high price of 2.6 million dollars in July 2011.

　　

creditcards.com--sold at $2.75 million

Year SOLD: 2004

The company named Clicksuccess L.P bought the creditcards.com domain name in 2004. The company sells economic instruments as well as financial products, and the acquisition of domain names is the highest price for a transaction.

　　

shopping.de--sold at $2,858,945

Year SOLD: 2008

Unister GmbH bought the domain name, and several of them became part of its domain names such as auto.de, News.de, and kredit.de.

　　

candy.com--sold at $3 million

Year SOLD: 2009

G&j Company in 2009 to 3 million U.S. dollars to buy the candy.com domain name. But toys.com at a higher price at the end of the year: Toys.com was bought by Toy"r"us at a premium of $5.1 million a year.

　　

vodka.com--sold at $3 million

Year SOLD: 2006

The director of one of Russia's largest vodka wineries, a Russian billionaire, bought the vodka.com domain name at a high price of 3 million dollars in December 2006.

　　

sex.xxx--sold at $3 million

Deal Date: June 2014

Sex.xxx is the most expensive domain name at the end of. xxx.

　　

whisky.com--sold at $3.1 million

Deal Date: March 2014

Castello once said to DN Journal, "I registered this domain name in March 1995 and was registered for free." I've always liked Scotch whisky. However, there are other reasons for registering the "whisky.com" domain name. I've been to a whiskey go club in Hollywood. I enjoy the whisky, including the music and the scenes. A few years after I registered the whisky.com domain name, I asked the owner of the nightclub whether he needed the domain name. But he told me he had registered the whisyagogo.com domain name. But he refused my domain name, also let me make a fortune in the present. 」

　　

mi.com--sold at $3.6 million

Deal Date: April 2014

This domain name everyone should be very familiar with, yes, this is the domain name of millet. Millet bought this domain name cost 3.6 million of dollars, which has been the highest turnover so far this year the domain name.

　　

ig.com--sold at $4.7 million

Deal Date: September 2013

Igloo/netnames sold the ig.com domain name in September 2013. The IG Group in London bought the domain name. Previously this domain was held by the Brazilian search engine IG.

　　

medicare.com--sold at $4.8 million

Deal Date: May 2014

Eheathinsurance.com 4.8 million dollars for a medicare.com domain name. According to the Domain name Sales Survey report, the domain name transactions in the 4.3 million U.S. dollars is paid in cash, the remaining 300,000 U.S. dollars is paid by the way of borrowing.

　　

clothes.com--sold at $4.9 million

Year SOLD: 2008

The clothes.com domain name is now owned by Amazon.

　　

toys.com--sold at $5.1 million

Year SOLD: 2009

Toys"r"us spent 5.1 million dollars to buy the toys.com domain.

　　

slots.com--sold at $5.5 million

Year SOLD: 2010

TechCrunch in the name of the transaction has pointed out that the domain name of each letter is worth more than 1 million dollars.

　　

diamond.com--sold at $7.5 million

Year SOLD: 2006

Odimo.com sold the domain name to an online jewellery sales website: ice.com.

porn.com--sold at $9.5 million

Year SOLD: 2007

Porn.com was the largest domain name of all cash transactions.

fund.com--sold at $9,999,950

Year SOLD: 2008

The huge amount of fund.com domain name transactions is actually all done by cash.

sex.com--turnover 13 million USD

Year SOLD: 2010

Sex.com is in fact the Guinness World Records "domain name turnover highest" record holder. Escom LLC sold the domain name to Clover Holdings Co. Ltd.