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Who says you can’t make money from Domain Names? Here’s a list of the most expensive domains ever!
I thought it was about time to show how much can be made from buying and selling domain names only. This doesn’t include any websites, only the value placed on the domain name soley.
Why so much?
A famous (but reclusive) domain seller called Yun Ye, used to make up to $100,000 a day from his domain names. He didn’t have a site, just used domain parking redirection services to make money on whoever clicked on his sites. The reason why he made so much as he owned key domain names. Single keyword domains which either represented expensive commodities (money, funds, cash etc.,) or popular everyday items (magazines, books, videos etc.,). The most money is made from .com’s since it’s believed they are the best and are worth more in terms of search engine ranking and type-in traffic.
Expensive Domains List
Sex.com
Sold for $14 million on January 19th, 2006
Fund.com
Sold for $9,999,950 in 2008
Porn.com
Sold for $9,000,000 – $9,500,000 in 2007.
Diamonds.com
Sold for $7,500,000
Beer.com
Sold for $7,000,000
Casino.com
$5,500,000 – Sold to a private company in 2003
Toys.com
$5.1M sold to Toys R Us in 2008
AsSeenOnTV.com
Sold for $5,100,000 in January of 2000
Korea.com
$5,000,000 – Sold in January of 2000
SEO.com – $5,000,000
Sold for $5,000,000 in 2007
YP.com
$3,850,000 – Sold to YellowPages.com
Shop.com
Sold for $3,500,000 in 2001
WorldWideWeb.com
$3,500,000 in 1996
Software.com
$3,200,000
Candy.com
$3,000,000 Sold in March 2009 by Rich Schwartz. Deal was $3M + % sales.
CreditCheck.com
$3,000,000 -Sold in June 2007
Loans.com
$3,000,000
eShow.com
$3,000,000
Vodka.com
$3,000,000 Sold December 2006
Wine.com
Sold for $2,900,000 in September of 1999
Wines.com
$2,900,000
CreditCards.com
Sold for $2,750,000 in July 2004
Pizza.com
$2,605,000 April 3, 2008
Tom.com
$2,500,000
Autos.com
$2,200,000
Computer.com
$2,200,000
Coupons.com
$2,200,000
England.com
$2,000,000
Celebrities.com
$2.0 million (1999)
Telephone.com
$2,000,000
Express.com
$2,000,000
Savings.com
$1,900,000
Mortgage.com
$1,800,000
Seniors.com
$1.8 million (2007)
DataRecovery.com
$1,659,000 Sold in 2008
Branson.com
$1,600,000
SolarEnergy.com
$1,600,000
Cameras.com
$1,500,000
How can I make money?
Well if you already own a single keyword .com domain, then you’ll be rich. My advice is to hold onto it, it will only increase in value. Other tld keyword names are still available if you try hard enough. They may be region specific, but still are useful depending on your target audience and type in traffic.
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