I have only sold 35 of my 6500 domains.
Porno.com $8,888,888.88
This was the 4th largest recorded cash domain sale ever!
(Purchased for $42,000 in 1997) It is important to note that this domain had career earnings in excess of $15 Million via pay per click earnings and never had adult content)
989.com $818,181.81 (registered for $100 in 1997)
899.com $801,000 (registered for $100 in 1997)
9595.com $180,000 (registered for $100 in 1998)
Teem.com Total $972.000 after Equity payout
Earlier sales….
Men.com $1,320,000 (bought from 3rd party for $15,000 in 1997)
eBet.com $1,350,000 (registered for $100 in 1997)
Property.com/Properties.com $4MM + Equity Stake
(Bought from 3rd party for $750,000 in 2005)
Candy.com $3MM + Royalties + 10% Ownership +++
(Bought via broker for about $100,000 in 2005)
iReport.com to CNN for $750K
Meet.me $450,000
The following were early sales to establish domain value. Registered between 1996 and 1999 for $35-$100 each.
TokyoHotels.com $200k++
ChinaTours.com $200,000
RockStars.com $180,000
FreeSexCams.com $150,000
GayEscorts.com $121,550
PartnerCash.com $110,000
eCruise.com $100,000 & Stock
235.com for $100,000
SydneyHotels.com $100,000
eScore.com $100,000
RoomDividers.com $75,000
273.com $50,000
PunchBowl.com Cash/Stock
236.com to IAC (Undisclosed)
OnlineCasinos.com (undisclosed)
michael m todaro
we’ve managed to drive away type-in traffic with so many shitty landers. that’s for sure.
Mark Thorpe
The Domain Industry is alive, but it is very fragmented and relatively unknown.
I am trying to make people realize that the Domain Industry actually exists.
Hard to believe the Domain Industry is still not recognized.
Domains should be talked about at the kitchen table like stocks and Bitcoin are.
Whether people like it or not, it is a good thing you started blogging about domains again, Rick.
It’s hard to find domain articles worth reading lately.
I find some domain blogs don’t know what to write unless they are promoting something or it’s a sponsored article.
Sigma
I wouldn’t call domain speculation an industry. Its a nice hustle, that can be very profitable. Yet, even now, the business community labels speculators to be trademark/cyber-squatters. The domain speculation means different things to different speculators; which is fine.
Larry Scott
Im still curious of what Wall Street investors think of the domain industry and weather they have any assets in the industry. It seems profitable enough to warrant investing.
emma
Domain names is a very small industry, just look at daily market report. It is about $100K daily, this is too little money for tens of millions of domain speculators. In fact, companies like Amazon or Facebook can make this kind of money in less than 1 minute