The Most Expensive Web Addresses

[nicholas]

From Forbes a few days ago:

The bidding started at $300,000 and blasted through the seven-figure mark before settling at $1.8 million. No, this wasn't Sotheby's--nor was the object d'art a Picasso. This battle was for the URL Seniors.com.

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Many clocked six-figure price tags, far exceeding the industry average of $2,000 to $3,500, according to Matt Bentley, chief strategy officer for Sedo.com, a domain brokerage firm. Two broke the $1 million mark: Creditcheck.com fetched $3 million and Seniors.com nabbed $1.8 million.

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[OctaneInv]

With more than 100 million Web addresses already in use, many of the best have already been snatched up. As with real estate, if you want something truly valuable, you have to pay up.

Good article, I added to your rep.

Ryan

 

[Joan]

Wow... that's amazing. However, I can see that Senior.com would be well worth it for someone specializing in products for seniors because of the fact that our population is getting to be so much older and they are the ones with the throw away income. They spend it on anything and everything they want. They actually spend their kids inheritances these days because most of the kids are earning more than they ever did when they were working.

 

[creme]

Forbes.com: 5 Most Expensive Domain Names

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