Inventory history of the most expensive 15 domain names, the famous sex.com can only rank third ~

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There is no doubt that almost all the best domain names, usually single word domain names, have been bought away. So, in order to get these domain names, how much did everyone pay? In this respect, the science news website TheNextWeb counted the most expensive 15 domain names in history, but in this list, the famous sex.com is not the most expensive one, but ranked also in the top three.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the value of the domain name sales, TheNextWeb did not include yellowpages.com ($ 100 million) and Insure.com (price of $16 million) and other domain names in the list. Here is the list of specific rankings:

It's the most expensive domain name ever, but it's not a gambling or pornography site. In 2007, Brian Sharples, founder of HomeAway, the U.S. holiday home leasing website, bought the domain name to stop the online travel company, Brain Chaplesse, from acquiring the domain name.

2012, privatejet.com This domain name is sold at 30.18 million Yuan price.

Sex.com, famous for its expensive price, is one of the most expensive domain names in history, and given the search traffic to the domain, it is not surprising that the price is high. According to data from the network domain name Trader Sedo, Sex.com was bought in 2010 at a price of 13 million dollars.

In 2001, Hotels.com sold "close" to the 11 million-dollar price, but the new owner of the domain name seemed to have no specific purchase price.

It is reported that Fund.com is a financial services company's website, in 2008 sold at 9.99 million U.S. dollars, but so far the site has nothing.

In 2007, the domain was bought at a high price of 9.5 million dollars, without thinking about what would be in the domain.

In 2010, social networking giant Facebook bought the domain at a price of 8.5 million dollars. As a business, the initials of the company are also protected, and Facebook uses the domain name as an employee's email address.

These two domain names are ranked eighth and Nineth in the list of the most expensive domain names, and these two domain names are priced at $7.5 million.

2004, thought convergence, a global domain name solution provider, bought the domain name at a price of 7 million dollars. Unfortunately, the site is still blank.

Although the purchase year and the buyer are completely different, however, casino.com and slots.com these two domain names at the same price of 5.5 million U.S. dollars, respectively, in 2003 and 2010 were acquired.

In March 2009, child toy retailer R bought the domain name at a price of 5.1 million dollars.

Korea.com is the most expensive country domain in the list, and was bought in January 2000 at a price of 5 million dollars. In addition, in 2007, Venture capital company Washington VC bought seo.com at 5 million dollar price.