Most expensive million dollars social web domains (past and future) [kwiqq]

Posted on | September 11, 2008 | View Comments

They say “People buy from Brands”. When it comes to the social website there is nothing more valuable than hosted on a sexy domain name.

So if you are a company/individual looking to invest a few million in your social network why not spend some on buying the best, money can buy. Its worth reminding you that some domain can be SERIOUSLY expensive, how does $27,000,000 sound ? Few examples:

Gambling / Adult

In 2007, poker.com was bought for $27 million (unconfirmed)
In 2003, Casino.com for $5.5 million
In 2006, Sex.com was sold for $14 million
In 2005, Vip.com was bought for $1.4 million

Alcohol

In 2006, Vodka.com was bought for $3 million
In 2004, Beer.com for $7.5 million
In 2003, Wine.com was bought for $2.9 million

Search Engine / ISP

In 2000 Korea.com was bought for $5 million
In 1999, AltaVista.com was bought for $3.3 million

Music

In 2000, Rock.com was bought for $1 million

Business

In 1999 Business.com appeared on Gusiness World Records sold at $7.5 million

If you are still looking for an eye-catching domain you are not too late. Few domains on sale now:

Sam.com
OK.net
Tune.com
Much.com
Claim.com
Sweat.com
Color.com
Decide.com
Downloading.com

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http://www.kwiqq.com Raj Anand

Thanks to Jonathan Lloyd found a link to excellent domain names: http://www.greatdomains.com
http://googlechrome.0ur.us/?p=6252 Google Chrome News » Blog Archive » Most expensive million dollar social web domains (past and future)

[...] Cuprohastes wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIf you are still looking for an eye-catching domain you are not too late. Few domains on sale now:. Sam.com; OK.net; Tune.com; Much.com; Claim.com; Sweat.com; Color.com; Decide.com; Downloading.com. Blogged with the Flock Browser … [...]
http://www.kwiqq.com Raj Anand

Some really cool thoughts coming in from marketeers on LinkedIn Q&A
http://www.sedo.co.uk Jonathan Lloyd

Thanks for the recommendation Raj.

Great Domains tends to feature dot com names – like rss.com.

For available co dot uk names, it’s worth checking out the “Top Domains” list at http://www.sedo.co.uk or just getting in touch with our UK office about names which come on to the market – ski.co.uk and snowboard.co.uk being two recent examples.
http://blog.kwiqq.com/2008/11/03/cricket-sport-investment-and-social-networks/ Cricket (sport) investment and social networks

[...] Fantasy Cricket (Cricket.com): If you have got use to playing Fantasy Football at your work/school. Perhaps your next challenge is Fantasy Cricket. The site is fuelled by UK based dynamic duos Kulveer and Harjeet Taggar. Fantastic idea with a super domain name, can’t do better than cricket.com. The domain was bought for $6 million, a nice addition to my earlier blog post about expensive social media domain names. [...]

Most expensive million dollars social web domains (past and future) [kwiqq]

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