The internet is a place for business people to be able to help grow their businesses. Before the internet, it was much harder to get a good customer base since you had to rely on word of mouth and that didn’t always go very far. Now, so many domain names are out there promoting either businesses or personal pages.
You can get domain names for as little as eight dollars a month – and when there is a promotion going on, domain names can be bought for even cheaper, but for some people that want the big name domains from major companies, they’re going to cost a lot more.
These big name brands can cost anywhere from a couple thousand dollars to almost billions. Such is the world of premium domain names, which until today is still quite a thriving industry despite the fall of the dot com boom almost two decades ago.
In this article, we’ll be talking about 25 of the most expensive domains available on the internet today.
25. GiftCard.com
Does anybody out there need some gift cards? In October 2012, CardLab, a company residing in Texas that produces gift cards, purchased the domain for $4 million.
Not only does this company own that domain, but they actually sell their products through their other two websites: giftcardlab.com and incentivecardlab.com. But hey, nothing can beat going straight to giftcard.com and being able to purchase things right there.
24. Marijuana.com
In November 2011, WeedMaps, General Cannabis Inc.’s secondary company, announced to the public that they purchased marijuana.com for $4.6 million.
They had purchased the domain due to the fact that simply “marijuana” would be much easier to remember than their actual company names.
23. IG.com
IG Group, a company in the United Kingdom that specializes in financial trading, bought rights to the domain for $4.6 million from Internet Group Brazil in September 2013.
22. Medicare.com
In 2014, eHealth Insurance procured the Medicare domain for $4.8 million. Medicare is another form of health insurance from the government that has been around since 1966.
eHealth Insurance is a company similar to the ones that we’ve listed before. You can use them to compare quotes of other health insurance plans and find the one that is most suitable for you.
21. Clothes.com
In 2009, the very well known retailer, Amazon, purchased Zappos for almost a billion dollars.
When they had purchased that, they ended up getting clothes.com along with it after Zappos had actually bought the domain for $4.9 million from Idealab.
20. AsSeenOnTV.com
“ A $5.1 million worth domain ”
“ A $5.1 million worth domain ”
As Seen On TV is known for showing lots of interesting gadgets in infomercials on television at three o’clock in the morning for people to buy.
This website sells anything from a microwavable egg cooker, to wallets, blankets, vegetable slicers, and more.
The company’s domain was sold for $5.1 million in 2000.
19. Toys.com
This one is a fun one. The toy store company, Toys ‘R’ Us, purchased the toys.com domain in an auction for $5.1 million in 2009.
Most people had stopped bidding for it once the price reached $3 million except for Toys ‘R’ Us who continued to bid until they won.
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18. Slots.com
In 2010, slots.com, a resource website for online slot machines, was purchased for $5.5 million. This site has over five hundred games from the best providers, reviews, news, and more.
Any person new to the games is able to learn how to play through this website.
17. Casino.com
An ideal website for online gambling fans, the domain name was purchased for $5.5 million in 2003.
16. iCloud.com by Apple
In March 2011, Apple, the company famous for the iPhone, purchased the iCloud domain for a total of $4.5 million. If you’re unaware of what iCloud is, it’s simply another cloud storage program for your iPhone.
It’s great for backing up everything on your iPhone just in case you end up losing everything. If you do happen to lose everything on your phone, all you have to do is go to your iCloud and retrieve everything.
15. Beer.com
Everyone loves a good beer, right? There are tons of beers out on the market, so finding a good one can be tricky when you aren’t really sure of what you’re looking for.
Nobody likes to waste money on bad beer. That’s why beer.com was made, so that people would be able to look through the database and sift through the good and bad choices. In 2004, the domain was sold for $7 million.
14. Diamond.com
While there is a car insurance company of the same name, that’s not the one we’re going to be talking about here.
We’re talking about the company that sells jewelry with diamonds like engagement rings. The diamond.com domain was sold for $7.5 in 2007 by ice.com, another jewelry retailer.
13. Business.com
This website comes in handy for people looking to dip their toes into the business word. It’s a search engine site that will give you tips on how to get started in the industry.
The domain name had been purchased by Winebaum’s eCompanies Ventures for $7.5 million in December 1999 from Marc Ostrofsky, an American entrepreneur.
12. FB.com
As you may already know, Facebook is the social networking website that took MySpace’s spot at number one and is still currently used by millions of people a day.
After going through a couple of name changes during the beginning stages, the website URL became Facebook once the fb.com domain was sold for $8.5 million in November 2010.
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11. Faisalint.com
Faisal International is a manpower consultant company that works to recruit health professionals such as doctors, nurses, etc.
They also look to recruit employees such as engineers. In February 2005, the company’s domain was purchased for $8,888,888.
10. Porn.com
The name of this website pretty much gives you all the information you need to know. In 2007, it was sold for $9.5 million.
9. Hotels.com
Hotels.com is another option available for booking hotel rooms online. Founded in 1991, this company has over 325,000 hotel options in 19,000 places. In 2001, the domain was sold for $11 million.
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8. Sex.com
The content of this website is pretty obvious, so we don’t really need to go into any detail. In November 2014, the domain was sold for $14 million.
The website was founded by Gary Kremen who is also the founder of match.com.
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7. Fund.com
You may just be able to guess what kind of website this is from the name alone. Founded in 2007, this website specializes in everything about funds.
Funding experts can give customers their opinions on how or what they should invest their money in. Customers with accounts can also build portfolios and ask the same experts for help on how to build a great portfolio. In 2008, it was sold for 9.99 million British pounds.
6. Insure.com
Insure.com is another domain that was purchased by QuinStreet for $16 million in October of 2009. Insure is very similar to insurance.com as you can also use this website to compare car quotes from various car insurance companies.
They also have articles and other tools to help you learn about exactly what kind of coverage you may need.
5. 360.com
360.com is a Chinese website. In 2015, the domain was purchased by Qihoo 360, a website founded in 2005 that is very well known for antivirus software, mobile hardware, and web browsers. It was purchased from Vodafone for $17 million.
4. Internet.com
“ Bought for $18 million ”
“ Bought for $18 million ”
Internet.com is essentially an informative website that lets people know about the latest news and services involving the internet.
Customers who sign up for an account are able to have access to tools and special products for their own domain names.
In 2009, QuinStreet bought internet.com from WebMediaBrands Inc. for $18 million.
3. PrivateJet.com
Privatejet.com is a company that allows its customers to be able to rent a private business jet for any sort of private and business use.
If you’ve got somewhere to be, you can make a reservation for a jet in just a short amount of time. In February 2012, Nations Luxury Transportation, LLC, located in Atlanta, Georgia, purchased the domain for $30.18 million.
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2. VacationRentals.com
Everyone loves a good vacation, right? On vacationrentals.com, you can look up places you want to go and be able to book your flight and hotel.
CEO and founder of HomeAway, Brian Sharples, said that the reason they bought the domain for $35 million in 2007 was so that Expedia, another travel booking website, wouldn’t be able to take the link for themselves.
1. Insurance.com
Insurance.com is not a website that provides any sort of insurance, but it is a website that allows people looking for car insurance to be able to compare prices from actual car insurance companies and it’s all easy to do and takes less than ten minutes.
Since 2011, this company has helped its customers get more than eleven million customized quotes. In July 2010, QuinStreet, a marketing service and technology company, bought the domain for $35.6 million.