DomainKing’s List of 33 Domain Name Sales. 1999-2019


Morning Folks!!



This is what I would call an "Easy Reference Post" for me to refer back to or point others to when I need to access my prior domain sales. So please indulge me. It seems I never have a list that's easy to find or to add on to. Now I do!



The first sales (1998-2003) are mostly lower on the list and occurred when 5 and 6 figure sales were almost unheard of, and folks would laugh at me for even asking these prices. The laughter stopped when I started getting those prices and then completely silenced when I sold Men.com for $1.32 Million. One of the very earliest verifiable, 7 figure domain sales. Before to was just the rumored Business.com for $7.5 Million with murky details.



  • Men.com sold for $1.32 million in 2003, acquired for $15k in 1995. Plus earnings of about $350,000 during ownership
  • Candy.com $3.0 million + several million in Royalties + 12.55% Ownership currently valued at over $5 million+, acquired for about $100k in 2005. (Will end up being my biggest sale ever)
  • Porno.com sold for $8.88 million cash, acquired for $42k. Plus earnings of about $15,000,000 during ownership. Escrow.com's largest cash sale EVER!
  • eBet.com sold for $1.35 million, registered for $100 in 1997
  • Teem.com sold for $36,000 plus stock. Final total after buyout $1.15 million registered for $100 in 1998
  • 989.com sold for $818k, registered for $100 in 1997
  • 899.com sold for $801k, registered for $100 in 1997
  • Portfolio of 10 NNN.com names (Undisclosed. Between $2.5 million and $3.5million)
  • 9595.com sold for $180k, registered for $100 in 1998
  • iReport.com to CNN for $750,000 acquired for $5000 in 1999
  • Punchbowl.com too MyPunchbowl.com $60,000 plus stock
  • ChinaTours.com $200,000
  • TokyoHotels.com $200k++
  • RockStars.com $180,000
  • FreeSexCams.com $150,000
  • GayEscorts.com $121,550
  • PartnerCash.com $110,000
  • eCruise.com to iCruise.com $100,000 & Stock
  • 235.com $100,000
  • SydneyHotels.com $100,000
  • eScore.com $100,000
  • RoomDividers.com $75,000
  • 273.com $50,000
  • 236.com to IAC (Undisclosed)


Total sales in EXCESS of $23,000,000 AND I continue to receive royalties from multiple sales/leases totaling several million so far with over $7 million still to paid out to me.



Property.com/Properties.com was sold 3x in 14 years. I paid $811,000 for the pair and took in over $850,000 so far. So I am not in a bad position there for my $8.50/year x 2. One day the right buyer will come along. It's in the intersection I speak about. It's only a matter of time and patience. I get $1 million offers several times a year, But that won't cut it.



So my 33 domain sales have an average of $701,649++ SO far, and they increase annually! Plus factor in that many were early sales in the late 1990s and early 2000s. So in the modern era of the last 15 years, my average is much higher.



It would have been much easier and, I would have sold many more domains if I did not know how to value my own assets. Easy to give things away when you undervalue them. Doing that gives me the ability to say NO because I have purposely put myself in the strongest position I could. Nobody could or should be able to value domains better than yourself. Your value is the key. Stick to your guns!



33 sales and I never made the first contact with any of them. That's #1 on the list for selling domains at high prices. If they are not coming to you, then perhaps you don't have what they need. Like I have said, great domains put you in the middle of a busy intersection. Worthless domains put you in the middle of a nasty swamp. Don't get mad at me, get mad at yourself if you are in the swamp. You picked what you got. Right?? You decided to pull the trigger at whatever price, and you chose to value it at whatever cost.



Some still question my sales ability cuz I don't sell many domains, and I don't sell often. Domain investing is about PICKING great domains not SELLING them!! Pick right, and sales will come. There is always time for outbound sales, but that won't happen until big business understands the value. We are very close thanks to social media and their abuses of privacy and free speech as well as the most important of them all, autonomy! On the WHIM of some low-level MORON, anyone can be put out of business with one click on many of these platforms with no appeal process and no reason given.



Have a GREAT Day!



Rick Schwartz