All-Time Domain Sales & Secondary Market Index
Historical registry of verified, publicly disclosed secondary market domain name transactions. Tracks high-water mark valuations, corporate consolidation acquisitions, and median aftermarket sales benchmarks across top-level domain extensions.
All-Time Record $30,000,000 voice.com (2019)
Tracked High-Water Volume $175,283,950.00 Verified public records
Top Median TLD .ai ($4,800) Aftermarket median
Highest Liquidity .com 85%+ secondary volume
Secondary Market Benchmarks by Extension
Audited Aftermarket Median & Liquidity Profiles .com High Liquidity
Median: $2,450.00
Average: $8,750.00
High: $30,000,000.00
.ai High Liquidity
Median: $4,800.00
Average: $14,200.00
High: $1,500,000.00
.io Moderate Liquidity
Median: $2,100.00
Average: $5,400.00
High: $270,000.00
.xyz Moderate Liquidity
Median: $850.00
Average: $3,800.00
High: $1,200,000.00
.org Moderate Liquidity
Median: $1,250.00
Average: $4,100.00
High: $1,000,000.00
.co Selective Liquidity
Median: $950.00
Average: $3,200.00
High: $600,000.00
| Domain Name | Sale Price (USD) | Year | Category | Acquirer / Buyer | Seller / Brokerage | Transaction Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| voice.com | $30,000,000.00 | 2019 | 1-Word Dictionary | Block.one | MicroStrategy Inc. (GoDaddy Corporate) | Largest publicly disclosed pure cash domain sale in history. Facilitated by GoDaddy Corporate Domains. |
| 360.com | $17,000,000.00 | 2015 | 1-Word Dictionary | Qihoo 360 Technology | Vodafone Group | Major corporate acquisition by Chinese cybersecurity conglomerate Qihoo to consolidate its search brand. |
| chat.com | $15,500,000.00 | 2023 | 1-Word Dictionary | Dharmesh Shah (HubSpot founder), later OpenAI | Private Seller | Acquired for $15.5M cash in 2023, subsequently sold to OpenAI in late 2024 for equity and cash to redirect to ChatGPT. |
| sex.com | $13,000,000.00 | 2010 | 1-Word Dictionary | Clover Holdings Ltd | Escom LLC (Sedo Auction) | Historic bankruptcy court liquidation auction supervised by Sedo following years of ownership litigation. |
| crypto.com | $12,000,000.00 | 2018 | 1-Word Dictionary | Monaco (Kris Marszalek) | Prof. Matt Blaze (Univ. of Pennsylvania) | Originally registered in 1993 by cryptography professor Matt Blaze; rebranded cryptocurrency platform Monaco. |
| ai.com | $11,000,000.00 | 2021 | 2-Letter Acronym | Private Investor (later redirected to ChatGPT and xAI) | Future Media Architects | Premier 2-letter .com domain reflecting artificial intelligence sector boom. High-profile redirect target. |
| fund.com | $9,999,950.00 | 2008 | 1-Word Dictionary | Clek Media / Fund.com Inc | Private Seller | All-cash transaction recorded just prior to the 2008 global financial crisis. |
| fb.com | $8,500,000.00 | 2010 | 2-Letter Acronym | Facebook Inc. | American Farm Bureau Federation | Acquired by Facebook for internal corporate email addresses (@fb.com) and mobile navigation shortcut. |
| we.com | $8,000,000.00 | 2015 | 2-Letter Acronym | Renrendai (China) | Private Seller | Ultra-premium 2-letter domain purchased by Chinese peer-to-peer microfinance platform. |
| diamond.com | $7,500,000.00 | 2006 | 1-Word Dictionary | Ice.com | Odimo Inc. | Pioneering jewelry e-commerce consolidation sale. |
| beer.com | $7,000,000.00 | 2004 | 1-Word Dictionary | Thought Convergence | Interbrew (InBev) | Acquired at the height of early pay-per-click domain parking monetization networks. |
| z.com | $6,784,000.00 | 2014 | Single Letter | GMO Internet Inc. | Nissan Motors | One of only three single-letter .com domains in existence (alongside q.com and x.com). Nissan originally used it for the 370Z. |
| icloud.com | $6,000,000.00 | 2011 | 1-Word Dictionary | Apple Inc. | Xipwire (Sweden) | Pre-launch acquisition by Apple prior to Steve Jobs unveiling iCloud services at WWDC 2011. |
| slots.com | $5,500,000.00 | 2010 | 1-Word Dictionary | Bodog / Calvin Ayre | Sedo Auction | Major iGaming domain auction conducted via Sedo. |
| casino.com | $5,500,000.00 | 2003 | 1-Word Dictionary | Mansion Gaming | Boss Media | Cornerstone online gambling asset acquired during early Internet gaming growth phase. |
| toys.com | $5,100,000.00 | 2009 | 1-Word Dictionary | Toys "R" Us | The Parent Company (Bankruptcy Court Auction) | Defensive acquisition by Toys "R" Us during bankruptcy asset auction. |
| clothes.com | $4,900,000.00 | 2008 | 1-Word Dictionary | Zappos (Amazon) | Idealab | Acquired by Zappos to capture direct apparel navigation traffic before acquisition by Amazon. |
| nft.com | $2,000,000.00 | 2021 | Crypto & Web3 | NFT.com Inc | DomainMarket.com (Chad Folkening) | Benchmark digital asset sale during the peak of web3 non-fungible token market activity. |