A domain name can be worth a lot of money. Because a domain name can only be registered once, short domain names and those containing generic words are rare and therefore highly valuable. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at the top 25 most expensive domain names ever sold.
Primary and Secondary Domain Name Market
If you ask someone what a domain name might be worth, they often say it’s worth tens of euros. That’s roughly the same as what you pay on the primary domain name market: you register a domain name that was still available. At Superspace, you can also Register domain names.
However, prices on the secondary domain name market are much higher. On this secondary market, you buy a domain name from someone else that is already registered. The average transaction on this market is often in the thousands of dollars.
There is a website that tracks reported domain name transactions on a weekly basis: https://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm
Most Expensive Domain Name Ever: cars.com
First, we look at the domain name with the highest value. This domain name had not been sold, but its price was determined during the publication from the valuation of an American company: Gannett Co, Inc. The company in question is cars.com, and this domain was valued at a whopping $872 million dollars!
Top 25 Most Expensive Domain Names Sold
Next, we’ll look at the top 25 domain names that have been traded on the secondary domain name market. Please note that not every transaction is publicly disclosed, so the list may not be complete.
- CarInsurance.com — $49.7 million
- Insurance.com — $35.6 million
- VacationRentals.com — $35 million
- PrivateJet.com — $30.18 million
- Voice.com — $30 million
- Internet.com — $18 million
- 360.com — $17 million
- Insure.com — $16 million
- Fund.com — 9.99 million pounds
- Sex.com — $14 million*
- Sex.com — $13 million*
- Hotels.com — $11 million
- Porn.com — $9.5 million
- Shoes.com — $9 million
- Porno.com — $8.8 million
- Fb.com — $8.5 million
- We.com — $8 million
- Business.com — $7.5 million
- Diamond.com — $7.5 million
- Beer.com — $7 million
- Z.com — $6.8 million
- iCloud.com — $6 million
- Israel.com — $5.8 million
- Casino.com — $5.5 million
- Slots.com — $5.5 million
* The domain name sex.com has been sold twice: in 2005 for $14 million dollars, and in 2010 for $13 million dollars.
