The cost of Domain name can be as little as $2. But if they can be sold for millions,they’re highly desirable and they are the biggest online money-maker. Sex and Gambling are the two biggest online money-maker.
It doesn’t mean that if these were purchased for tons of money, they get tons of traffic. Many of the sites don’t even rank on Quantcast or Comscore. Due to the plan is to buy and hold, many of these purchases seem like huge wastes of money.
From a recent verification Sex.com was sold for $13 million by Escom to Clover Holdings on 17 November 2010 and this is a Guinness world record itself for “most expensive internet address domain name” said by domain marketplace operator Sedo.
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The top domain names sell for big bucks, you most probably know it, right? But we talking about exactly how much money are required and what those top domains are? Well,here are the list of the most expensive 40 domains ever sold (this list was last updated on May 14, 2010).
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Here are the top 40 :
Sex.com – Sold for $13 million by Escom to Clover Holdings on 17 November 2010.
Insure.com – Sold for $16,000,000 (16 million dollars) in October 2009 to QuinStreet 
Fund.com – $9,999,950 – Sold in 2008
Porn.com - Sold for $9,000,000 sometime in 2007 (Update: OR $9,500,000 — Two different prices shown across many different sites/news reports)
Business.com – Sold for $7,500,000 in 1999 (Remember: This was pretty much a “business” sale with a developed name)
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
Slots.com – $5,500,000 – Moniker auction May 2010
Toys.com-$5.1M- sold to Toys R Us
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 in 2007
FreePorn.com – $4,000,000 – Sold in February 2008
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
AltaVista.com –Sold for $3,250,000
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
HolidayInn.com – $3,000,000 Sold in 1995
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
Dotnology.com – $2.5 million (2000)
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
TandBerg.com – $1,500,000
MarketingToday.com – $1,500,000
Deposit.com – $1,500,000
Russia.com – $1,500,000 November 26, 2009
Fly.com - $1,500,000 – RESOLD FOR $1,800,000 (January 2009)
VIP.com – Sold for $1,400,000 in September of 2005
Ad.com – Sold for $1,400,000 April 29, 2009 in TRAFFIC auction
Men.com – $1,320,000
Vista.com – $1,250,000
Photo.com – $1,250,000 – Sold through Moniker May 5, 2010
Ticket.com – Sold for $1,525,000 on Afternic
Feedback.com – $1,230,000
Phone.com – $1,200,000
Find.com – $1,200,000
Scores.com – $1.2 million (2007)
Kredit.de – $1,169,175
Flying.com – $1,100,000 – Private sale, March 29-April 4, 2010.Call.com – $1,100,000 – Sold on August 31, 2009 -> Live Current Media seller.
Bingo.com – $1,100,000
Mercury.com - $1,100,000
Cruises.co.uk – $1,099,798 Sold in 2008
Chinese.com - $1,090,504 – Sold July 2007
WallStreet.com – $1,030,000
Rock.com– $1.03 million
Invest.com - $1,015,000 Sold in 2008
WebCam.com - $1,020,000 Sold April 2009 in Rick Latona auction
Poker.org – $,1,000,000 Reported on February 18, 2010
Vibrators.com – $1,000,000 Sold in 2008
Britain.com - $1,000,000
Fish.com - $1,000,000
Topix.com – $1,000,000
Sky.com – $1,000,000
If.com – $1,000,000
iPhone.com – $1.0 million (2007)
CyberWorks.com – $1.0 million
WhiteHouseCrisis.com – $1.0 million
eFlowers.com – $1.0 million
Beauty.cc - $1.0 million
Some other “developed” sales:
ConsumerSearch.com – was bought by About.com for $33,000,000 CASH – A fully developed website (and still is)
Bored.com – $4.5 million for domain + site
Business.com – Resold for $345,000,000 as a “business” (functional and working website)
ePregnancy.com and other eToys assets $2.150 M
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There are a couple of good domain names I may hold on to to see if they pan out. You never know it just depends on who wants to buy them.