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Wednesday October 6th, 2004

Highest (published) Domain Sales of all time

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Highest (published) Domain Sales over $100,000

business.com - $7.5 million (Nov 1999) *
casino.com - $ 5.5 million (Oct 2003) *
Korea.com - $5 million (Jan 2000) *
AsSeenOnTV.com - $5 million (Jan 2000)*
wine.com - $3.3 million+ (Sep 1999, resold in 2001 at bankruptcy auction)
AltaVista.com - $3.25 million (Jul 1999) *
loans.com - $3 million (Jan 2000, sold to Bank of America, GD)
~~eShow.com - $3 million (May 1999)~~ (fake/rumor)
wines.com - $2.9 million (needs verification)
CreditCards.com - $2.75 million (July 2004)
Tom.com - $2.5 million (Feb 2000)
~~dotnology.com - $2.5 million (Apr 2000)~~ (fake/rumor)
autos.com - $2.2 million (Dec 1999)
coupons.com - $2.2 million (Dec 1999, HD)
express.com - $2 million (Dec 1999)
~~celebrities.com - $2 million (Apr 2000)~~ (fake/rumor)
England.com, Britain.com, London.com - $2 million (1999, sold to Globalvision)
savings.com - $1.9 million (Mar 2000)
mortgage.com - $1.8 million
deposit.com - $1.5 million (Mar 2000)
fly.com - $1.5 million (Feb 2000)
MarketingToday.com - $1.5 million (Nov 1999, needs clarification)
men.com - $1.32 million (Dec 2003, full payment fufilled May 2004)
feedback.com - $1.23 million (Feb 2000, GD)
phone.com - $1.2 million
find.com - $1.2 million
mercury.com - $1.1 million (March 2004 - $700k cash)
Bingo.com - $1.1 million (2000)
WallStreet.com - $1.03 million (Apr 1999, NC)
CyberWorks.com + .net - $1 million (Aug 2000, NYT)
If.com - $1 million (early 2000)
Britain.com - $1 million
Rock.com - $1 million (1999, NYT)
Sky.com - $1 million (Jan 2000)
whitehousecrisis.com - $1 million (needs verification)
Beauty.cc - $1 million (July 2000, only $200k in cash *)
eflowers.com - $1 million (Feb 1999, $25k + 50 cents per transaction for life?)---------------------------------
car.com - $xxx,xxx+ (2003 - "almost seven digits")
websites.com - $975,000 (1999)
BBC.com - $850,000 (originally reported as $300k sale in Sep 1999?)
ForSaleByOwner.com - $835,000 (Jan 2000, GD)
drugs.com - $824,000 (Aug 1999, GD)
1stbandwidth.com - $800,000 (Mar 2000, needs clarification)
jobs.com - $800,000 (needs verification)
beauty.com - $800,000 (Oct 2000)
Singapore.com - $800,000
capital.com - $750,000 (1999)
cinema.com - $700,000 (Jan 2000, GD)
taxes.com - $700,000 (Feb 2000)
biz.com - $625,000 (June 2000, GD)
golf.tv - $600,000 (needs verification)
university.com - $530,000 (1999)
military.com - $500,000 (Nov 1999)
computer.com - $500,000 (Nov 1999, resold for $1 mil ?)
act.com - $500,000 (late 2000)
themortgage.com - $500,000 (May 2000, needs clarification)
NewZealand.com - $500,000 (April 2003)
ShoppingMall.com - $500,000 (Mar 2000, GD)
image.com - $500,000 (2000, GD)
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Wisdom.com - $475,000 (2000 or earlier)
ME.com - $460,000 (Mar 2004)
BlackJack.com - $460,000
Art.com - $450,000
Hipoteca.com - $400,000
Rugby.com - $350,000 (Nov 2004)
Smoking.com - $325,000 (Mar 2004)
Viajes.com - $300,000 (Sep 2004)
Automobile.com - $250,000 (Oct 2004 - Exercise, Call, Makeup group)
Exercise.com - $250,000 (Oct 2004 - Automobile, Call, Makeup group)
Call.com - $250,000 (Oct 2004 - Automobile, Exercise, Makeup group)
Makeup.com - $250,000 (Oct 2004 - Automobile, Exercise, Call, group)
Vote.com - $250,000
eGifts.com - $250,000
Hospitality.com - $230,000
Arab.com - $225,000 (Aug 2004)
Tower.com - $208,000 (2000 or earlier)
Bingo.com - $200,000 (resold for $1.1 mil?)
Engineering.org - $198,365
Architecture.com - $190,000 (2000 or earlier)
VisitFlorida.com - $186,000 (Aug 2004)
Commerce.com - $180,000 (Apr 2004)
Question.com - $175,000 (2000 or earlier)
Fruits.com - $160,000 (2000 or earlier)
Animation.com - $150,000 (Oct 2004)
Beef.com - $150,000 (Feb 2004)
Tycoon.com - $150,000 (2000 or earlier)
WebCity.com - $150,000
Business.com - $150,000 (1997, resold in 1999 for $7.5 mil)
England.com & Britain.com - $150,000 (1998, resold in 1999 w/London.com for $2 mil)
IQTest.de - $147,000 (May 2004)
TourismAustralia.com - $146,000 (May 2004)
Sexkontakte.de - $141,000 (Feb 2004)
SSM.com - $145,000 (Sep 20004)
MR.com - $125,000 (July 2004)
Push.com - $125,000
Alliant.com - $125,000
PhoneCalls.com - $120,000 (2000 or earlier)
Speaker.com - $120,000 (2000 or earlier)
Seminars.com - $119,000 (2000 or earlier)
Glory.com - $115,000 (2000 or earlier)
truck.com - $101,000 (Feb 2004)
woman.com - $100,000+ (Feb 2004, exact price unknown, possibly $250k)
eCruise.com - $100,000 (Sep 2004)
China.tv - $100,000
Free.tv - $100,000
Net.tv - $100,000
Blond.com - $100,000
Image.com - $100,000
Internet.com - $100,000
Cars.com - $100,000
MTV.com - $100,000
Inside.com - $100,000
Paintball.com - $100,000 (late 1999)
Taste.co.uk - $100,000
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* Note that in many cases, sales over a million dollars include stock trades "valued" at an inflated figure or situations like $7.5 million for Business.com, which based on insider info really sold for around $500,000 "cash" plus a number of conditional sales terms to be met before the rest of the $7 million would ever be paid.

Legend:
GD - Great Domains (before being aquired by VeriSign Oct 25, 2000)
NC - New Commerce
HD - Hit Domains
NYT - New York Times (as a news source)
fake/rumor - domain sale that is reprinted often from dubious sources

This list was originally compiled in December 2003,
published February 2004 and is updated/corrected monthly.

Comments

A hint for recent data: Sedo.com, the worlds largest domain auction / domain selling site posts daily fresh domain sales data on the web

Posted by: Tom at February 24, 2005 11:42 AM

I wonder where this info comes from. I sold greatamerican.net to Great American Insurance Company in June of 2001 for $150K but I don't see it on the list.

Dan

Posted by: Dan Sherman at March 3, 2005 01:20 AM

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