The ultimate return on any investment has got to be in the form of an epic domain sale. Depending on when and where you buy your domain name, you will pay as little as $3.99 for the rights to register your site with a unique .com (or .net, .org). But what happens if someone else decides that they really, really, REALLY want the name you’ve already chosen? One word: JACKPOT.
Here is a list of some of the biggest domain sales in the history of the internet. It shows why so many people make a serious hobby out of buying and selling domain names:
It is easy to see why big companies would pay for these domains and what kinds of sites they may be used for. But here are some other high-sellers that make you wonder just what they are going to be used for:
Tom.com - $2.5 million (What? No Jerry.com?)
Rock.com - $1 million (Because computers and rocks just make sense)
Sky.com - $1 million (A site for people who refuse to stay grounded)
If.com - $1 million (Why not?)
me.com - $460,000 (You know what it’s all about…)
Alice.com $250,000 (For fans of the television show)
OD.com $220,000 (When you’ve been on the internet for 48 hours straight)
Fruits.com - $160,000 (A place for apples and oranges to hook up without being judged)
Modern.com $160,000 (Because ancient.com is so 1990)
444.com $178,888.89 (What’s this for?)
question.com $175,000 (For inquiring minds)
Rainbow.com $170,000 (Where’s potofgold.com?)
MR.com - $125,000 (That’s MR.com to you, pal!)
Push.com - $125,000 (It automatically redirects to shove.com)
Glory.com - $115,000 (A sister site to CarpeDiem.com)
And last but not least…
Fish.com - $1,020,000 (I wonder how much Fish.net was?)
While it’s true, most domain names don’t re-sell for nearly this much, you can still earn a good profit by regularly buying and selling domains. To learn more about the basics of domain sales, check out our previous post on the topic: http://www.blogtrepreneur.com/2007/12/22/buy-and-sell-domains/