10 Most Expensive Domains (Toys.com): A Brief Look at the Economy
When ABC News reported the Toys.com sale for $5,100,000, they decided to release a list of the 10 most expensive domain names sold in the past. I found it really interesting to see the different names that varied from about $1,000,000 to $10,000,000. Also, it was interesting to see the economic impact these top of the line domain names have faced when comparing their selling price. Just take a look at the list below:
Fund.com – $9.99 million
Porn.com – $9.5 million
Diamonds.com – $7.5 million
Toys.com – $5.1 million
Vodka.com – $3 million
CreditCards.com – $2.75 million
Computers.com – $2.1 million
Seniors.com – $1.8 million
DataRecovery.com – $1.66 million
Cameras.com – $1.5 million
ABC News reported that the Toys.com seller actually thought that in better economic times he could’ve gotten 7 or 8 million dollars for the name. I found this report interesting, and wanted to think whether you guys thought that he could’ve gotten a lot more and the selling price was impacted by the economic times, or whether it had absolutely no impact. I can’t wait to hear what you have to say.
This article is false. These are not the Top 10 Sold Domain Names by price. Pizza.com , just recently sold for $2.6 million. Business.com for $7.5 million. ABC is wrong. Also, this excludes private sales that may be even higher.
What about sex.com for 12 million and cellphones.com for 4.2 million ?
Pizza.com did not sell, check your facts.
Also, sex.com allegedly sold for $14 million and it’s not on the list.
When mainstream media report such sales they do so with little research and in order to ride on the sensationalism.
I apologize for the domain names missing from the list. This list was, as said in the article, taken from a report article on ABC News on March 5. So I apologize for those mistakes. I thought ABC News was a trustworthy source.
Toys.com would have sold for more. Only few people knew about this auction. There are over billion people in this world and there were less than 10 bidders. It’s all about marketing!