I have complied data from DnJournal.com’s Top 100 reported (most high value domain name sales go unreported) domain name sales for the past 6 years and have broken them down to give you an idea of what you will need to budget to purchase a premium .com domain name.
The following data is from the years 2010-2015 and are confirmed reported domain name sales.
By The Years: Top 100 Total Reported Domain Name Sales
The premium domain name Grab.com has been acquired by Grabtaxi Holdings PTE LTD of Singapore according to domain name whois records this morning.
GrabTaxi announced in January 2016 that they would be rebranding to simply Grab, as they now offer much more than just taxi services. At the time of the rebranding announcement, the company was using the domain name Grab.co
According to the linked TechCrunch article above, Grab is valued at over $1 Billion based on funding.
The Grab.com … Read the rest
Avenue 81, Inc (DBA LeadBrite) which operates several lead page services, announced in December 2015 a new service called “Center” and was looking for early users. At the time, they were using the domain name Center.io but have now done a domain name upgrade and acquired the premium generic domain name Center.com from past owner Horoscope.com Inc. according to whois records.
According to a MarketingLand.com article about Center, they offer a lead management tool.
On February 10, 2016 the domain … Read the rest
GameChanger Media Inc. is a New York based company that was founded in 2009 and is a mobile application and website providing scorekeeping, stats, live gamestream plays, and recap stories for amateur sports teams. It is in direct competition with iSports which was acquired by ESPN mobile in 2010.
GameChanger launched the company on the domain name GameChanger.io but today the domain used is a rare, premium domain name!
GameChanger received several rounds of funding, starting in January 2009 with … Read the rest
