Top 50 Domain Sales

TOP 50 BIGGEST DOMAIN TRANSACTIONS OF ALL TIME: Below are the top 50 most valuable domain sales.  This list includes personally confirmed sales only and includes links to public records and articles about the transaction.

NoDomain Name$AmountYearSold to
1Fund.com$9,999,9502008Brokered by Clek Media (2)
2Porn.com$9,500,0002007Brokered by Moniker.com
3FB.com$8,500,0002010Facebook
4Business.com$7,500,0001999Stock deal, cashed at $2 mil
5Diamond.com$7,500,0002006Ted Guglielmi
6Beer.com$7,000,0002004Thought Convergence
7Diamond.com$6,000,0002000Odimo (sold later for 7.5mil)
8Slots.com$5,500,0002010Bodog Media
9Casino.com$5,500,0002003Mansion Limited
10Toys.com$5,100,0002009Toys R Us
11Clothes.com$4,900,0002008Domain Administrator
12iCloud.com$4,500,0002011Apple
13Property.com$4,000,0002011Foreclosure.com
14Shop.com$3,500,0002003Altura International
15AltaVista.com$3,250,0001998Compaq
16Vodka.com$3,000,0002006Russian Standard
17Candy.com$3,000,0002009Greg Balestrieri
18CreditCheck.com$3,000,0002007Included FreeCreditCheck.com
19Loans.com$3,000,0002000Bank of America
20Shopping.de$2,800,0002008unknown
21CreditCard(s).com$2,750,0002004CCRD Operating Company
22Social.com$2,600,0002011unknown (2)
23Gambling.com$2,500,0002011Resold at a loss
24Autos.com$2,200,0002002Chuck Hoover, CarsDirect.com
25Computer.com$2,100,0002007Office Depot
26Telephone.com$2,000,0002000Itani, Ayman
27Savings.com$1,900,0002003Commission Junction founder
28Mortgage.com$1,800,0002000ABN Amro then CitiBank 2007 (2)
29Fly.com$1,760,0002009TravelZoo
30Dating.com$1,750,0002010Harlequin Holdings
31Cricket.com$1,750,0002009GCV Mauritius
32Seniors.com$1,800,0002007Friend Finder Network
33Auction.com$1,700,0002009Real Estate Disposition
34DataRecovery.com$1,659,0002008Ben Carmichel
35Branson.com$1,600,0002006Larry Milton
36Win.com$1,533,1802008Bwin International - Gibralter
37Ticket.com$1,525,0002009Stromboli
38SolarEnergy.com$1,500,0002008Solar Energy Initiatives Inc
39Data.com$1,500,0002011Salesforce.com
40DropShippers.com$1,500,0002009Tom Hashem
41Cameras.com$1,500,0002006Camera Domains (investor)
42Tandberg.com$1,500,0002007Tandberg ASA
43Russia.com$1,500,0002009unknown
44AD.com$1,400,0002009Duvyank Turakhia / Skenzo
45VIP.com$1,400,0002003Liesure Gaming
46Men.com$1,320,0002003Men.com LLC
47Photo.com$1,250,0002010unknown
48Vista.com$1,250,0002007Vista Print
49Scores.com$1,180,0002007unknown
50Kredit.de$1,169,1752008Daniel Kirchhof

OTHER DOMAINS OVER $1 MILLION: Below are additional confirmed domain sales which also sold for more than $1 million.

NoDomain Name$AmountYearSold to
51Chinese.com$1,120,0002007unknown
52Flying.com$1,100,0002010Flying Online
53Call.com$1,100,0002009unknown
54Mercury.com$1,100,0002004Mercury Interactive Corp
55Zip.com$1,058,8302010unknown
56Cruises.co.uk$1,099,7982008Victoria Travel Services (2)
57WallStreet.com$1,030,0001999Marcos Kocak
58Webcam.com$1,020,0002009FCI Inc (2)
59Fish.com$1,000,0002000Clarice McCormick
60Invest.com$1,015,0002008Jim Manger
61Makeup.com$1,000,0002010L'Oreal
62Poker.org$1,000,0002010Markus Sonermo
63DomainName.com$1,000,0002011unknown
64Guy.com$1,000,0002007Michael Glessner
65Topix.com$1,000,0002007Topix LLC
66CyberWorks.com$1,000,0002000Pacific Century CyberWorks
67Vibrators.com$1,000,0002008PriveCo - 200K down+8%

OTHER LIKELY MULTI-MILLION DOMAIN DOLLAR SALES - PRICE NOT DISCLOSED: Below additional confirmed domain sales where neither the buyer nor seller disclosed the price, but most analytists believe that many or most of these domains would probably be in the top 50 if we knew the price.

Domain NameSale AmountYearSold to
LG.com>1,000,0002009LG Co Ltd
BA.com>1,000,0002001British Airways
LV.com>1,000,0002007Liverpool Victoria
KP.com>1,000,0002004Kaiser Permanente
Hotels.com>1,000,0002002Hotels.com
SEO.com>1,000,0002011WashingtonVC Mike Mann
Office.com>1,000,000Microsoft
iPhone.com>1,000,0002007Apple

DOMAINS SOLD WITH CONTENT: Below additional domain sales that included a website that likely accounted for a majority of the valuation.

Domain Name$AmountYearSold to
Business.com$345,000,0002007RH Donnelley Yellow Pages
Mint.com$170,000,0002009Intuit
Answers.com$127,000,0002011AFCV Holdings (2)
BodyBuilding.com$100,000,0002008Liberty Media Corp (2)
Dictionary.com$100,000,0002007Answers.com
NetQuote.com$40,000,0002010BankRate (2)
CreditCards.com$26,500,0002010BankRate (2)
Gambling.com$20,000,0002005Media Corp
Internet.com$18,000,0002009QuinStreet
Sex.com$17,000,0002010Clover Holdings Ltd
Insure.com$16,000,0002009QuinStreet
Sex.com$12,000,0002006Escom LLC
CarInsuranceQuotes.com$7,500,0002010BankRate (2)
InsuranceQuotes.com$5,900,0002010BankRate (2)
Bored.com$4,500,0002008JW Media (2)
Pizza.com$2,500,0002008National A1 Advertising (est)
FreePorn.com$4,000,0002008unknown (2)
YP.com$3,850,0002008unknown
Wine.com$2,900,0001999Virtual Vineyard
Bargaineering.com$2,700,0002010BankRate (2)

DEALS GONE BAD OR NOT CONFIRMED: I have NOT been able to confirm that the transactions below, which do appear on other people's lists, ever even happened.

Domain Name$AmountYearSold to
YellowPages.com$100,000,0002004Bell South
LasVegas.com$12,000,0002003unknown
Poker.com$10,000,000unknown
RealEstate.com$11,000,0002003unknown
IRS.com$11,100,0002005Portolio sale
Hotel(s).com$8,000,0002000unknown
Isreal.com$5,880,0002008unknown
AsSeenOnTV.com$5,100,0002000unknown
Korea.com$5,000,0002000Korea Communications
SEO.com$5,000,0002007Reversed lawsuit
Loan.com$4,000,0002006unknown
WorldWideWeb.com$3,500,0001996unknown
Software.com$3,200,0002005Software Holdings
eShow.com$3,000,000unknown
HolidayInn.com$3,000,000unknown
Wines.com$2,900,0002004Wilferd / Tomaszewski
Dotnology.com$2,500,000unknown
Tom.com$2,500,0002000Beijing Leitingwanjun Tech
Coupons.com$2,200,0001999Coupons.com
England.com$2,000,0002000World Media Group
Celebrities.com$2,000,000unknown
Express.com$2,000,0002000DVD Express
Mint.com$2,000,000unknown
Business.com$2,000,000unknown
MarketingToday.com$1,500,0002005Peter DeLegge
Deposit.com$1,500,0002000Domain Discreet
Feedback.com$1,230,0002003IdeaLab
Phone.com$1,200,0002003Ari Rabban
Find.com$1,200,0002004Generation Zero Group
Rock.com$1,030,0001999S J Newman
TDC.com$1,000,0002001TDC A/S Denmark
Furniture.com$1,000,000unknown
Britain.com$1,000,0001999World Media Group
Sky.com$1,000,0002000British Sky Broadcasting
If.com$1,000,0002003CBS Registry
WhiteHouseCrisis.com$1,000,000unknown
eFlowers.com$1,000,0002003FTD
Beauty.cc$1,000,0001999Clanluca Zanna
College.com$0,000,0002003unknown
Timeshares.com$0,000,0002004Cedant
SG.com$0,900,0001997unknown
DAS.com>1,000,0002000Duetscher Automobil Schutz
Booking.com>1,000,0002004Bookings.net
KT.com>1,000,0002006Korea Telecom
DB.com>1,000,0001999Deutsche Bank
Info.com>1,000,0002001Info com

This list was updated on 9/3/2011 . If you are aware of a domain transaction that is not documented here, please send me an email via the contact us page.
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