{"id":6618,"date":"2015-05-20T12:58:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T04:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=6618"},"modified":"2022-03-03T12:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T04:14:41","slug":"can-single-domain-name-sell-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/can-single-domain-name-sell-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Can A Single Domain Name Sell for Over a Million?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Expensive-blog-banner540x540.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"good domain name worth\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Expensive-blog-banner540x540.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Expensive-blog-banner540x540.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Expensive-blog-banner540x540.jpg?resize=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Expensive-blog-banner540x540.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In business, branding is everything. In this digital age, your domain name is the first impression you give to your potential customers. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/how-to-choose-a-good-domain-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meaningful &amp; good domain name<\/a> can significantly attract more website traffic and is good in establishing branding awareness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not surprisingly, many companies are willing to pay millions just to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buy a domain name<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the table below for <strong>Top Domain Name Sales<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 823px;\" width=\"780\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">Domain Name Sold<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Sale Price (US$)<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Sale Date\/New Owner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">Hotels.com<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">$11,000,000<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">September 2011<\/p>\n<p>Hotels.com GP LLC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">Fund.com<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">$9,999,950<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">March 2008<\/p>\n<p>Gentile, Philip<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">fb.com<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">$8,500,000<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">September 2010<\/p>\n<p>Facebook, Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">diamond.com<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">$7,500,000<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">May 2006<\/p>\n<p>ATTN DIAMOND.COM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">beer.com<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">$7,000,000<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">January 2004<\/p>\n<p>Thought Convergence, LLC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">z.com<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">$6,784,000<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">November 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">slots.com<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">$5,500,000<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">June 2010<\/p>\n<p>Bodog Media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">casino.com<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">$5,500,000<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">November 2003<\/p>\n<p>Mansion Limited of Gibraltar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">toys.com<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">$5,100,000<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">March 2009<br \/>\nDNS MASTER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Source: http:\/\/www.domaining.com\/topsales<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What are the reasons that make good domain names super expensive?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The answer is Instant Online Branding!<br \/>\n<\/strong>A good domain name that is easily to remember and easy to type usually costs higher. Such domain names save a lot of time as visitors can genuinely expect results associated with the domain name. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/what-is-a-domain-name-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A good branding name<\/a>, in itself, is already a good branding tool, further cutting down time and effort in marketing your business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Better performance for SEO ranking<br \/>\n<\/strong>This is one of the most important reasons why giant companies are willing to spend ample of money to own their own domain names. Your domain names do have an impact in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/10-trending-seo-strategies-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search engine rankings<\/a>; a quality domain name can create an immerse user experience for your visitors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Increasing Demand of Domain Names<br \/>\n<\/strong>As the number of internet users increases by leap and bound each year, the demand for domain names also increases exponentially. According to the \u2018law of demand\u2019 in Economics, as the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/domains\/domain-name-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available domain names<\/a> decreases, the prices of domains will increase too. And don\u2019t forget, once your favourite domain name is taken, you will have to choose among other domain names.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blog.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6650\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blog.png?resize=540%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Great SG Sale\" width=\"540\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Secure your .SG Domain now before others!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A good domain name is always grabbed first, so why should you still hesitate to buy your perfect .SG domain? Register your .SG domain now for only SGD30\/year! FIND OUT NOW at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/0cWSm0\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/0cWSm0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for other domain extension such as .com, .net and .org? Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check your domain name status<\/a> with a list of TLD available for you. There are still many awesome website names out there, and numerous ways to find another one domain name that will work for you.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/what-is-a-domain-name-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain name information<\/a> and domain extension list which can benefits you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In business, branding is everything. In this digital age, your domain name is the first impression you give to your potential customers. A meaningful &amp; good domain name can significantly attract more website traffic and is good in establishing branding awareness. 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