The Most Expensive Domain Names You Probably Can’t Afford

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If you’re into real estate, you know that the better the location, the higher the price. Location, location, location! There are some great locations on this planet that are so expensive that most of people will never have a chance to get a house there.

The same thing goes for doman names. Sure, you can get them for a couple of dollars, but for some of them you’ll have to pay tens or hundreds of dollars in auctions, and for some of them even millions of dollars. Who could know that some three character word would be that expensive?

Insure.com

You might have thought that the most expensive domain name would be somehow connected to the adult industry. However, the domain Insure.com was sold in 2009 for an astonishing $16 million, just $2 million more than the price of Sex.com.

Sold in 2009 for $16 million

Sex.com

Sex.com is often auctioned for sale, so there is a chance for you to grab it. The last auction in 2010. started off with $1 million and ended up with the price of $14 million. Yep, the three most expensive letters in the world.

Fund.com

Fund.com is a site about investments and for its domain name, the owners had to cash out $9.9 million. It’s actually a well designed site where you can inform yourself about different types of investments you can make.

Sold in 2008 for $9.9 million

Porn.com

Another domain name got its peak price at $9.5 million back in 2007.

Business.com

Business.com is a job posting site where you can search for businesses to compare their products or services. You can find price comparison tools, white papers and a large B2B directory. But to own a domain like that, they had to pay $7.5 million back in 1999.

Sold in 1999 for $7.5 million

Diamond.com

If you think that diamonds, a girls best friends, are expensive, take a look at this domain. In 2006, this domain got sold for $7.5 million!

Sold in 2006 for $7.5 million

What would it take for you to go for a domain in this price range?