tag:,2008:/1/tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264- 2008-09-24T12:21:50Z Comments for Top Domain Names of 2006 Movable Type 4.1 tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264 2007-01-12T10:20:00Z 2007-12-16T23:16:43Z Top Domain Names of 2006 There's one industry which has continued to flourish, whether it be web 1.0 or 2.0 or anything in between. And that's the domain name market. The Domain Name Values Weekly site polled 30 domain name experts to find out their Top 20 Domain Transactions of 2006. The main criteria wasn't most money paid, but best... Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com There's one industry which has continued to flourish, whether it be web 1.0 or 2.0 or anything in between. And that's the domain name market. The Domain Name Values Weekly site polled 30 domain name experts to find out their Top 20 Domain Transactions of 2006. The main criteria wasn't most money paid, but best long-term value (4+ years). Here are the results:

Top 20 Domain Transactions of 2006

1.  Red.org (8) - $50,000 [note: this is Product Red's domain name]

2.  Football.us (4) - $18,510

3.  Brown.com (5) - $300,000

4.  NewYork.info (2) - $46,392

5.  XS.net (2) - $13,000

6.  Fun.mobi (0) - $100,000

7.  CD.com (0) - $277,750 

8.  Blue.com (1) - $500,000

9.  Stockquotes.mobi (0) - $27,000

10.  Sex.net (0) - $454,500

11.  Wifi.com (2) - $225,000

12.  Cameras.com (1) - $1,500,000

13.  SexEducation.com (1) - $120,000

14.  Prize.com (0) - $70,000

15.  Wrestling.com (1) - $500,000

16.  CD.net (0) - $20,000 

17.  Flowers.mobi (2) - $200,000

18.  20.com (0) - $75,000

19.  Scouts.com (1) - $107,000

20.  Bike.com (0) - $500,000

* First place votes in ( )

While I'm no expert in domain names, it's interesting that 3 .mobi domains are in this list - the mobile Web coming up. Also 9 of the domains are not .com. There are 3 domain names for colors and 3 sex-related domains (some things never change).

Only 1 seven-figure domain in this list though (cameras.com went for $1.5M), so the market isn't as bubble-ish as it was in the dot com era.

]]> tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42016 Comment from Chris Lake on 2007-01-12 Chris Lake http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog Can we assume that the Wiki.com deal was all smoke and mirrors then? It was rumoured to have been bought for $3m, payable in installments. Hmmm...

]]> 2007-01-12T13:14:34Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42017 Comment from Jevon on 2007-01-12 Jevon http://socialwrite.com I know of at least 3 domains that were sold last year that would be in the top 1/3rd pricing for your list. But, as I suspect most of the big deals are these days, they were private transactions done under NDA.

]]> 2007-01-12T13:34:47Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42018 Comment from Michael Air on 2007-01-12 Michael Air http://airhead.typepad.com What about like.com? $100k.

]]> 2007-01-12T13:42:05Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42019 Comment from Richard Ball on 2007-01-12 Richard Ball http://www.apogee-web-consulting.com/blogger/blog.html One big reason this industry continues to flourish is that parked domains can make easy money. Unfortunately, this money is taken from unsuspecting PPC advertisers who think they're purchasing genuine search engine advertising. Google and Yahoo are both at fault.

]]> 2007-01-12T13:54:53Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42020 Comment from Dave on 2007-01-12 Dave http://blogged-on.de What about vodka.com? Was sold for about 3 million dollars this year to "Russian Standard"

]]> 2007-01-12T14:18:52Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42021 Comment from Alex on 2007-01-12 Alex http://www.dropshiparea.com/wordpress CD.net, CD.com - this format is dead, people just waste their money...

]]> 2007-01-12T18:44:55Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42022 Comment from Richard MacManus on 2007-01-12 Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com Richard Ball, you bring up a great point. How many times have we done searches on google or yahoo and found a parked domain, covered with CPC ads? Some of these dress themselves up a bit to look like a real webpage (or worse, use other peoples content).

]]> 2007-01-12T20:20:06Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42023 Comment from Adrian Keys on 2007-01-12 Adrian Keys http://www.jollyjo.org "One big reason this industry continues to flourish is that parked domains can make easy money. Unfortunately, this money is taken from unsuspecting PPC advertisers who think they're purchasing genuine search engine advertising. Google and Yahoo are both at fault." - Richard Ball

You really could open a can of worms with a post like this. When a company spends thousands of dollars on a traditional Billboard Ad is there any guarantee that anyone sees it? With the Internet, there are no two ways...plus bear in mind that the only time the company pays is when someone clicks on the AD. Click fraud is the only issue and if that can be kept under control...there is no other better way to get targeted eyeballs. The numbers are telling you a story Richard...dont go against the flow....

]]> 2007-01-12T23:31:21Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42024 Comment from Julian on 2007-01-12 Julian http://blog.julianonsoftware.com Where was wii.com ranked? I heard that was sold for $200-500,000, and surely that name will stick around for 4y+?

]]> 2007-01-13T00:40:37Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5264-comment:42025 Comment from Emre Sokullu on 2007-01-12 Emre Sokullu http://emresokullu.com there are also live.com and vox.com

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