Top 10 highest verified domain sales?

[Redleg]

Do anyone have any info on the top 10 verified (real money) domain sales??
I know this topic pops-up on NP from time to time, but I can't find any threads with (enough) reliable info in them, most of the sales are just rumors...


I'm talking about real money sales here, and not stocks/stickers deals by the way...
Business.com is said to be the highest sale so far ($7.5mill), but apparently most of that money was in stocks.
I believe "only" $500,000 of that sale was in cash..

I've been checking various sources now, and so far the only sales I've found over $1mill are these:

Beer.com - Sold to Interbrew for $7 million
Shop.com - Sold to Altura International, a Bill Gates/Amazon.com backed private company, in November 2003 for $3.5 million.
Diamond.com - Sold to Odimo (NASDAQ ODMO), a partnership between Steinmetz Group (the 2nd largest raw diamond company in the world) and Softbank in 2000 for $6 million.
Telephone.com - Sold to a private equity group in 2000 for $2 million cash plus equity.
CreditCards.com - $2.75mill
Fish.com - $1,020,000
http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2005/september.htm
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2005/domainsales11_22_05.htm

Casino.com was sold for $5.5mill, but that deal included the site/portal and some stocks as well (as far as I know), so that one doesn't count either..
http://investors.bossmedia.se/index.php?p=press&id=16337&lang=en

Wine.com was sold for $2.9 million, and it included a site, but the buyer (virtualvineyard.com) didn't use that site at all, so this one could be considered a domain only sale(?)
Don't know if any stocks were involved here..

AsSeenOnTv.com was sold for $5.1 million, but I don't know more about that deal (website/stocks etc.??)


Anyone else??


(and please do not post the Beauty.cc $1mill "sale"... )

 

[NameRegistration]

Hi,

I usually go to this list to check the highest sales. There are a few you didn't mention although there is no way to tell from the price if all was paid in cash. If you have a big interest you can write MultiReg (the webmaster) for more information.

Best regards,

NR.

 

[OK]

Thats sick. $7mil for a domain name. Amazing.

 

[namewaiter]

Hi,

I usually go to this list to check the highest sales. There are a few you didn't mention although there is no way to tell from the price if all was paid in cash. If you have a big interest you can write MultiReg (the webmaster) for more information.

Best regards,

NR.

nice link .. thx

 

[wasistdas]

Thank you. Very interesting and useful info. Rep added.

 

[tajimd]

it amazing that someone can such a big amount only for a domain name

 

[AHA7]

See also: http://domainfood.com/archives/000080/

 

[vip-ip]

I read in the Guiness World Record Book about busines.com selling for $7mil as welll.

 

[Smith]

I read in the Guiness World Record Book about busines.com selling for $7mil as welll.

7 million dollars in internet stock pre bust.

I bet Mark lost $ on that deal

 

[monRa]

I read in the Guiness World Record Book about busines.com selling for $7mil as welll.

Wasn't it 7.5M$?

 

[Redleg]

Wasn't it 7.5M$?

Check my first post..

$7.5M, but "only" $500,000 of that was in real cash, the rest in stocks..
So it's wrong to say that it was the highest domain sale of all times IMO, since I doubt that those stocks was worth much after the ".com bubble" burst..

I've seen the lists you've posted here before by the way, but none of the contains any credible sources so I don't regard them as verified domain sales..
I'm looking for "hard evidence" here guys and gals.. :sold:

 

[tipsfromthetop]

Good posts all obviously www.dnjournal.com is my fav place to go for monthly and archieved domain reports. The links posted here are very good to.

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