Some of the biggest Domain Sales ever!

The ultimate return on any investment has got to be in the form of an epic domain sale.  Depending on when and where you buy your domain name, you will pay as little as $3.99 for the rights to register your site with a unique .com (or .net, .org).  But what happens if someone else decides that they really, really, REALLY want the name you’ve already chosen?  One word:  JACKPOT.

Here is a list of some of the biggest domain sales in the history of the internet.  It shows why so many people make a serious hobby out of buying and selling domain names:

Sex.com –         $14 million
business.com –         $7.5 million
beer.com –        $7 million
casino.com –        $ 5.5 million
loans.com –         $3 million
autos.com –         $2.2 million
coupons.com –         $2.2 million
Bingo.com –         $1.1 million
WallStreet.com –     $1.03 million
men.com –         $1.32 million
AsSeenOnTV.com –     $5 million
ForSaleByOwner.com –     $835,000
beauty.com –         $800,000
cinema.com –         $700,000
taxes.com –         $700,000
military.com –         $500,000
BlackJack.com –     $460,000
Art.com –         $450,000
vote.com –         $250,000
Bingo.com –         $200,000
Thin.com –         $200,000
Engineering.org –     $198,365
Architecture.com –     $190,000
Beef.com –         $150,000
Athlete.com         $122,000
GarageSales.com –     $110,000
Meetpeople.com –     $100,000
Cleaning.com –         $100,000
happybirthday.com –     $55,000

It is easy to see why big companies would pay for these domains and what kinds of sites they may be used for.  But here are some other high-sellers that make you wonder just what they are going to be used for:

Tom.com –         $2.5 million     (What?  No Jerry.com?)
Rock.com –         $1 million (Because computers and rocks just make sense)
Sky.com –         $1 million (A site for people who refuse to stay grounded)
If.com –         $1 million (Why not?)
me.com –         $460,000 (You know what it’s all about…)
Alice.com         $250,000 (For fans of the television show)
OD.com         $220,000 (When you’ve been on the internet for 48 hours straight)
Fruits.com –         $160,000 (A place for apples and oranges to hook up without being judged)
Modern.com         $160,000 (Because ancient.com is so 1990)
444.com         $178,888.89 (What’s this for?)
question.com         $175,000 (For inquiring minds)
Rainbow.com        $170,000 (Where’s potofgold.com?)
MR.com –         $125,000 (That’s MR.com to you, pal!)
Push.com –         $125,000 (It automatically redirects to shove.com)
Glory.com –         $115,000 (A sister site to CarpeDiem.com)

And last but not least…

Fish.com  –         $1,020,000 (I wonder how much Fish.net was?)

While it’s true, most domain names don’t re-sell for nearly this much, you can still earn a good profit by regularly buying and selling domains.  To learn more about the basics of domain sales, check out our previous post on the topic:  http://www.blogtrepreneur.com/2007/12/22/buy-and-sell-domains/

References:
http://domainfood.com/archives/000080/
http://www.domainit.com/domains/top_domain_sales.html
http://www.dnjournal.com/ytd-sales-charts.htm
http://www.soldnames.com/