We've previously given several examples of corporations that own great .COM domain names, but today we are going to look at five music acts that have been smart enough to acquire a great .COM domain name. In some cases, the acts have been even smarter to hang on to those domain names as their valuations increased year after year.
The data in this article is largely courtesy of DomainIQ.
U2.com
Irish rock group U2 is one of the most popular bands on the planet, selling over 170 million records. The band’s 360° tour produced box office revenues of over $700 million, making it the highest-grossing tour of all time.
The band has millions of fans, many of whom regularly visit the band’s website, U2.com. Aside from being the exact-match domain for the band, U2.com is a highly desirable domain in itself. Two-character domains have become five to six-figure assets, with names such as W6.com selling for $117,000 and U8.com selling for $130,000.
U2’s management also acquired the four-letter domain Bono.com, the exact match domain for the band’s frontman.
Rush.com
Formed in 1968, this Canadian trio has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. Based on archived versions of Rush.com, the band look to have been using the generic one-word domain since 2000 after acquiring the name from its original registrant.
Four-letter domains that are also one-word .COM’s make excellent brand names, and “rush” is no exception. A simple LinkedIn search shows pages of companies using the Rush name. Rush.com remains fully developed, and a simple, memorable destination for the band’s fans.
Vai.com
Three-time Grammy winner Steve Vai started his music career in the late 70s as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa. Since then, Steve has gone on to sell 15 million records and has been voted as the tenth best guitarist of all time by Guitar World magazine.
What you may not know about Steve is that he owns the three-letter .COM domain Vai.com. Steve’s management looks to have registered the domain name back in 1995 and have been using it ever since. Whilst Steve had the foresight to acquire Vai.com, he failed to buy SteveVai.com. That name was registered in 1999 and is currently parked using Uniregistry.
311.com
American rock band 311 snapped up this valuable three-number .COM many years ago before the majority of Internet users ever considered domains to be valuable assets. Formed in 1988, the band has released twelve studio albums with their 1995 album "311" certified at treble-platinum in the USA.
The three-number .COM domain has, naturally, attracted a lot of attention from investors, but the band have declined all offers, instead opting to redevelop the domain's website to celebrate their new album, Mosaic.
COC.com
In a similar vein to three-number .COM's, three-letter .COM's have become highly sought after by domain investors looking to snap up these exlusive assets.
One domain name that will not be entering the hands of investors anytime soon is COC.com. North Carolina's own Corrosion of Conformity have been using the domain COC.com since 2002 after buying the domain from Controllers on Call, the domain's original registrants.
The data in this article is largely courtesy of DomainIQ.
U2.com
Irish rock group U2 is one of the most popular bands on the planet, selling over 170 million records. The band’s 360° tour produced box office revenues of over $700 million, making it the highest-grossing tour of all time.
The band has millions of fans, many of whom regularly visit the band’s website, U2.com. Aside from being the exact-match domain for the band, U2.com is a highly desirable domain in itself. Two-character domains have become five to six-figure assets, with names such as W6.com selling for $117,000 and U8.com selling for $130,000.
U2’s management also acquired the four-letter domain Bono.com, the exact match domain for the band’s frontman.
Rush.com
Formed in 1968, this Canadian trio has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. Based on archived versions of Rush.com, the band look to have been using the generic one-word domain since 2000 after acquiring the name from its original registrant.
Vai.com
Three-time Grammy winner Steve Vai started his music career in the late 70s as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa. Since then, Steve has gone on to sell 15 million records and has been voted as the tenth best guitarist of all time by Guitar World magazine.
What you may not know about Steve is that he owns the three-letter .COM domain Vai.com. Steve’s management looks to have registered the domain name back in 1995 and have been using it ever since. Whilst Steve had the foresight to acquire Vai.com, he failed to buy SteveVai.com. That name was registered in 1999 and is currently parked using Uniregistry.
311.com
American rock band 311 snapped up this valuable three-number .COM many years ago before the majority of Internet users ever considered domains to be valuable assets. Formed in 1988, the band has released twelve studio albums with their 1995 album "311" certified at treble-platinum in the USA.
The three-number .COM domain has, naturally, attracted a lot of attention from investors, but the band have declined all offers, instead opting to redevelop the domain's website to celebrate their new album, Mosaic.
COC.com
In a similar vein to three-number .COM's, three-letter .COM's have become highly sought after by domain investors looking to snap up these exlusive assets.
One domain name that will not be entering the hands of investors anytime soon is COC.com. North Carolina's own Corrosion of Conformity have been using the domain COC.com since 2002 after buying the domain from Controllers on Call, the domain's original registrants.
