Another year and another list of the top selling domain names, showing once again why certain domain names are much more pricey (pricier?) than others. If you haven’t been keeping up with the domain name game, let me give you a little spoiler:
All the of the best selling domain names are all single-word, generic domain names.
Now, for most of you, that might not come as a surprise. But, I’m pretty sure there’s someone out there who’s thinking of buying their first domain name (learn how to buy your first domain name here) and are tempted to be as outlandish as possible.
Well, if you take a look at both the 2018 Top 100 Domain Names Sales (see table below), the big money is always going to be with simple, single-word domain names.
Single-word domain names like fund.com or toys.com were some of the biggest sales of all-times. The trend continued in 2018 with domain names such as ice.com and super.com at $3.5 million and $1.2 million respectively.
2018 Top 100 Domain Names Sales
| Rank | Domain | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ice.com | $3,500,000 |
| 2 | super.com | $1,200,000 |
| 3 | great.com | $900,000 |
| 4 | liquid.com | $750,000 |
| 5 | christian.com | $600,000 |
| 6 | inception.com | $550,000 |
| 7 | fo.com | $510,000 |
| 8 | sleeping.com | $502,225 |
| 9 | snoring.com | $502,225 |
| 10 | home.loans | $500,000 |
| 11 | dax.com | $500,000 |
| 12 | tokens.com | $500,000 |
| 13 | inspection.com | $335,000 |
| 14 | nwm.com | $325,000 |
| 15 | seva.com | $310,000 |
| 16 | strength.com | $300,001 |
| 17 | the.club | $300,000 |
| 18 | een.com | $300,000 |
| 19 | signet.com | $300,000 |
| 20 | 509.com | $295,000 |
| 21 | mastermind.com | $275,000 |
| 22 | crosswordpuzzles.com | $249,980 |
| 23 | sportsmans.com | $235,000 |
| 24 | star.org | $225,000 |
| 25 | dxb.com | $220,000 |
| 26 | gab.com | $220,000 |
| 27 | supernatural.com | $215,888 |
| 28 | jumprope.com | $200,000 |
| 29 | cryptoworld.com | $195,000 |
| 30 | urw.com | $195,000 |
| 31 | hybrid.com | $190,000 |
| 32 | 8.top | $172,758 |
| 33 | 0007.com | $172,500 |
| 34 | c.top | $167,223 |
| 35 | e.top | $163,125 |
| 36 | soulmate.com | $160,000 |
| 37 | can.com | $155,000 |
| 38 | presto.com | $150,000 |
| 39 | wjx.com | $150,000 |
| 40 | fxt.com | $150,000 |
| 41 | edit.com | $140,000 |
| 42 | cpu.com | $140,000 |
| 43 | bad.de | $138,443 |
| 44 | interspace.com | $136,410 |
| 45 | hpx.com | $130,000 |
| 46 | nbx.com | $130,000 |
| 47 | mappa.com | $127,400 |
| 48 | flo.com | $127,258 |
| 49 | radian.com | $125,000 |
| 50 | ila.com | $125,000 |
| 51 | emx.com | $120,000 |
| 52 | calltracking.com | $120,000 |
| 53 | enhance.com | $110,000 |
| 54 | item.com | $102,000 |
| 55 | music.ai | $101,500 |
| 56 | payperclick.com | $100,000 |
| 57 | hosts.com | $100,000 |
| 58 | jones.com | $100,000 |
| 59 | providers.com | $100,000 |
| 60 | handle.com | $95,378 |
| 61 | cashout.com | $95,011 |
| 62 | koffer.com | $86,892 |
| 63 | 3339.com | $85,000 |
| 64 | cryptogame.com | $85,000 |
| 65 | wsb.com | $85,000 |
| 66 | feed.co | $85,000 |
| 67 | carstore.com | $82,500 |
| 68 | at.top | $75,198 |
| 69 | publica.com | $75,000 |
| 70 | myvid.com | $75,000 |
| 71 | cense.com | $75,000 |
| 72 | broker.com.au | $73,000 |
| 73 | osl.com | $72,000 |
| 74 | ebike.com | $71,938 |
| 75 | runner.com | $69,000 |
| 76 | bitforex.com | $65,000 |
| 77 | fakenews.com | $65,000 |
| 78 | damn.com | $65,000 |
| 79 | betterfuture.com | $65,000 |
| 80 | aah.org | $63,700 |
| 81 | hubi.com | $63,000 |
| 82 | my.bio | $61,002 |
| 83 | margo.com | $60,270 |
| 84 | kug.com | $60,000 |
| 85 | totaldesign.com | $60,000 |
| 86 | hodler.com | $57,500 |
| 87 | amz.com | $57,000 |
| 88 | garbuio.com | $55,490 |
| 89 | smartwatches.com | $55,000 |
| 90 | sysadmin.com | $55,000 |
| 91 | walrus.com | $55,000 |
| 92 | btcexchange.com | $55,000 |
| 93 | bz.top | $53,904 |
| 94 | qb.top | $52,777 |
| 95 | bg.top | $51,187 |
| 96 | sponge.com | $51,000 |
| 97 | reasons.com | $50,001 |
| 98 | talk.show | $50,000 |
| 99 | orbs.com | $50,000 |
| 100 | tees.com | $50,000 |
Again, this shouldn’t come as a big surprise as brands with single word names tend to be more popular (and sells better) than those with complicated names. Why? Because it’s just easier to remember and to market – which in turn bring extra value to businesses.
Businesses named over generic words
Just at the top of my head, here’s a list of some of the most popular single-word brand names: Apple, Windows, Grab, Ever, Business, Startups, Hunt, and Blogger.
I can go on and on, but I think you get the picture.
Bottom line, single-word domain names or brands will continue to grow in value over the years. I mean, just take a look at Facebook when Mark Zuckerberg decided to drop the “The”.