Top Sold Domain Names (Including New GTLDs)
A perfect Domain name is a good investment, and what prices do they sell for?
It has been many years since their introduction to the internet, but there are many sales data available. Here are some top 5 with .com and top 5 with new GTLDs examples:
- CarInsurance.com sold for 497 00 000 USD
- Insurance.com sold for 356 00 000 USD
- VacationRentals.com sold for 350 00 000 USD
- PrivateJet.com sold for 301 80 000 USD
- Voice.com sold for 300 00 000 USD
- Online.casino sold for 510 000 USD
- Vacation.rentals sold for 500 300 USD
- Home.loans sold for 500 000 USD
- Free.games sold for 335 000 USD
- The.club sold for 300 000 USD
So, by now you would probably know the power of domain names and how it can become an asset for anyone all across the world. The main point before investing in any of the domain name is "Who would benefit by acquiring this name"? If you have an answer of this question in mind, you are good to go to have an asset.
How many new gTLDs are registered worldwide at the moment?
At the time of writing, more than 51 000 000 new gTLD domain names are registered among business users, marketing experts, and domain investors worldwide. This is a large number, considering there is approximately 330 mil domain names registered worldwide in total. 10% from total domains count is a significant achievement, particularly when those domain names are available only since 2014.
New gTLDs are not so “new” anymore. A good combination of keyword and extension can fetch significant prices when sold to the right buyer, and the total number of registrations globally is impressive. To conclude:
New gTLDs have great investment potential and can bring a very high ROI.
Below are examples of some top publicly recorded new gTLD sales so far:

No.1
online.casino sold for 510 000 USD at 12-06-2018
Details: buyer of Online.Casino is using the domain name for running a casino review website. Quick stats of Online.Casino, more than two million exact monthly searches and having a cost per click (CPC) of $1.5. Apart from that it’s a single word self explanatory domain name clear explaining what it’s all about. Domain Created on: 25-04-2017
No.2
Vacation.Rentals sold for 500,300 USD at 04-12-2017
Details : Vacation rental website is running over Vacation.Rentals, Covering vacation rental deals from Canada, United States, Caribbean & Europe. “Vacation Rentals” more than 110,000 searches and having a cost per click (CPC) of $2.94 & “Vacation” single word having 165,000 searches with CPC of $1.53. Domain Created on: 04-12-2017


No.3
Home.Loans was sold for 500,000 USD at Januray 2018
Details: currently a home loan guide and home loan is running over web running by a licensed mortgage broker in the state of Florida. Quick stats of Home.Loans, more than 33,100 monthly searches and having a cost per click (CPC) of $24.17. Apart from that it’s a single word self explanatory domain name, combining with extensions clearly tells what it’s all about. Domain Created on: 31-08-2017
No.4
Free.Games sold for 335,300 USD at May 2019
Details : currently this domain is a parked domain, “Free Games” having more than 673,000 searches and aving a cost per click (CPC) of $1.03. Apart from that it’s a single word self explanatory domain name, combining with extensions clearly tells what it’s all about. Domain Created on: 12-09-2016


No.5
Casino.Online was sold for 201,250 USD at March 2017
Details: Currently website is not operational, “Casino Online” having more than 27,100 searches and aving a cost per click (CPC) of $4.62. Apart from that it’s a single word self explanatory domain name, combining with extensions clearly tells what it’s all about. Domain Created on: 16-02-2015
No.6
My.Life sold for 175,000 USD at April 2020
Details : MyLife is a web-based mindfulness application for classroom and student at-home use. It’s a two letter domain name, which is valuable as most of the 2 letter domains are reserved by registry. Domain Created on: 31-03-2020


No.7
Sex.Live was sold for 160,000 USD at August 2016
Details: Currently website is not operational, “Sex Live” having more than 368,000 searches and having a cost per click (CPC) of $1.57. Apart from that it’s a 3 letter domain with actual meaning, most of the similar domains are reserved by registry. Domain Created on: 08-07-2016
No.8
Live.Chat sold for 125,000 USD at February 2020
Details : currently website selling live chat subscription packages. “Live Chat” having more than 40,500 searches and having a cost per
click (CPC) of $6.21. “Live” matches perfectly with domain extension “.Chat”, clearly impacts users on what it’sm all about. Domain Created on: 11-12-2014


No.9
Homes.Forsale was sold for 75,000 USD at February 2016
Details: currently a home for sale website is live, targeteing all major cities of United States of America. “Homes for Sale” having more than 550,000 searches and having a cost per click (CPC) of $1.14. Apart from that it’s exact match domain with real meaning, most of the similar domains are reserved by registry. Domain Created on: 02-02-2016
No.10
Business.Club sold for 60,936 USD at April 2019
Details : currently website is not operational, “Business” having more than 368,000 searches and having a cost per click (CPC) of $5.56.
Apart from that it’s exact match domain with real meaning, most of the similar domains are reserved by registry. Domain Created on: 12-04-2019

There are many new gTLD names to choose from, which one should I choose for an investment?
In general,we already know now that there is only a very limited supply of very good new domain names. This can be confusing for some people, as there are many extensions now, and so they think there must be lot of good domain names available as well. But when we think more deeply about it, we can usually create really only a few very good domain names in each extension, so that left side of the dot matches right side of the dot perfectly from semantic point of view. Such names can then become very profitable domain investments. Well, to be honest .com TLD is one of the most widely used and famous TLD. All the brand owners and customers prefer .com to be their first priority to have in their brand's website. Moreover, the treding TLDs apart from .com are .net, .org, .co, .io, and many more. Followed by these TLDs, there are many new TLDs which are famous like .life, .coffee, .casino, .place, .expert etc. Usually the connecting words with these TLDs are more widely used and are getting sold in the market in a huge profit. Of course, it is easily understood that if someone is very successful real estate agent named, let’s say Lisa Maria Rundwlowakya (for example), she can easily register LisaMariaRundwlowakya.com, sell properties from that website, and be basically done with it – but choosing a great, easily memorable brand and name for their business from day one, something like Dream.Property or Premium.Property, can potentially turn that 1 person enterprise to a very successful global business. Contact us at marketing@brandflipping.com for any acquisition queries or non-binding consultation.