Insure.com - new domain price record

[businessdata]

$16 million to Quin Street
for domain and branding
Bought for less than $2m back in 2001
Beats previous record for sex.com by $4m

 

[Skinner]

I thought Fund.com (or funds.com) sold for $10m a few years back and topped the charts ?

I guess Insure.com is top now.

 

[RampageJackson]

There has been several sales larger than Sex.com. I don't feel like Googling it, but Diamonds.com, Beer.com, Porn.com and SEO.com all spring to mind.

Its hard to even see "insure.com" as a domain buy - it wasn't bought for the value of the domain, rather the site sitting on it, so its hard to compare it to a lot of pure domain purchases.

 

[bensd]

There has been several sales larger than Sex.com. I don't feel like Googling it, but Diamonds.com, Beer.com, Porn.com and SEO.com all spring to mind.

Sold domain names is worth a look. Doesn't list sex.com though so not sure how up to date it is...

 

[FutureDomain]

Wow

I dream one day of selling a domain for one tenth of that, shows buying decent domains pays off.

 

[maverick123]

I too am hopeful of getting that selling price/very close to this figure for more of my domains in near future