Million dollar domain names
Talking about million dollar domain names – remember the highest bids? Here is the bestseller’s list (needs to be updated – would appreciate you help in this one)
Business.com sold for 8 million dollars. ($8 Million dollars)
Bought by the Californian-based eCompanies. Their original plan was to develop the site as a business-to-business service. How they succeeded is up to you to decide.
AsSeenOnTv.com sold for 5.1 million dollars. ($5.1 Million dollars)
This one goes to all skeptics that say that ling domain names can not hit million dollar marks. Acquired for an overpriced sum made as a place to buy all your As Seen On TV products.
Compaq acquired this one, for its search engine. It means you no longer had to type in the awkward URL www.digital.com/altavista.
Wine.com sold for 2.9 million ($2.9 Million dollars)
VirtualVineyard.com payed this amount of money not only to acquire the domain name itself, but they also purchased the whole working website in 1999. This is the domain they wanted and needed VirtualVineyard's content was immediately swapped over to the Wine.com domain.
Autos.com sold for 2.2 million ($2.2 Million dollars)
Hit Domains did it. The URL was acquired by CarsDirect.com, the number one car trade site on the net. Autos.com is at the moment the doorway to company's variety of auto services.
Present residence to the online audio and video merchant DVD Express.
Wallstreet.com sold for 1 million ($1 Million dollars)
It was traded in April 1999 by Ehud Gavron, who has an ISP business in Arizona. Online casino Players Sportsbooks and Casino bought Wallstreet.com and came up with the funkiest idea ever - they run a stock market gambling service on the site. Players Sportsbooks and Casino are based on a tiny island in Venezuela - most probably for tax motives.
Rock.com sold for 1 million ($1 Million dollars)
Is devoted to all topics of rock music.
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