When it comes to the top domain, Sex.com, one of the most expensive domain names in history, is up again for auction, with bidding starting at $1 million. Bidding, which will start on March 18, should start at $1 million, or £670,000. This domain name was last bought in 2006 for a reported $14 million.
Check out here who others in the top 10 list:
1. Insure.com 2009 $16 million:
Domain name bought by QuinStreet, making it possibly the largest ever sale of a domain name, usurping sex.com. It was originally acquired by Insure.com for $1.6 million in December 2001. The website provides life, car and health insurance quotes among others. 2. Sex.com 2006 $14 million:
Bought by Gary Kremen, the founder of dating website Match.com, in 1994. Has been the subject of a lengthy legal battle, but took the prize for the highest report domain price in 2006. Is now up for auction. 3. Fund.com 2008 £9.99 million:
Publicly traded Internet company that operates in the financial services. Provides information on investment fund options, gives expert opinion and lets users build portfolios. There is some dispute as to whether Fund.com or sex.com holds the record for the highest price web domain.4. Porn.com 2007 $9.5 million:
Pretty self-explanatory.5. Business.com 1999 $7.5 million:
Business search engine and web directory founded in 1999 by Jake Winebaum, a previous chairman of the Walt Disney Internet Group, and Sky Dayton, founder of Earthlink. In July 2007 business.com, the company, was sold to Yellow Pages publisher RH Donnelly for $345 million.6. Diamond.com 2006 $7.5 million:
Not to be confused with the car insurance company, Diamond.com quite simply sells diamond jewelry. Bought by online jewelry retailer ice.com.7. Beer.com 2004 $7 million:
A search engine for beer, beer brewing, tasting, beer news, history of beer and drinking games.8. Israel.com 2008 $5.88 million:
Billed as "your first and best source for information about Israel". It was bought in 1994 by Joel Noel Friedman, a 46-year-old Jewish American. Rather than seek profit, he originally bought the sight in fear that it would be misused by somebody else.9. Casino.com 2003 $5.5 million:
Online gambling site. Again pretty straight forward.
10. Toys.com 2009 $5.1 million:
Bought last year at auction by ToysRUs. Everybody else stopped bidding at $3 million, but the toy company and National A-1 Advertising, owners of domains such as free.com, boys.com and divorce.com bid kept bidding until the retailer wo
Check out here who others in the top 10 list:
1. Insure.com 2009 $16 million:
Domain name bought by QuinStreet, making it possibly the largest ever sale of a domain name, usurping sex.com. It was originally acquired by Insure.com for $1.6 million in December 2001. The website provides life, car and health insurance quotes among others. 2. Sex.com 2006 $14 million:
Bought by Gary Kremen, the founder of dating website Match.com, in 1994. Has been the subject of a lengthy legal battle, but took the prize for the highest report domain price in 2006. Is now up for auction. 3. Fund.com 2008 £9.99 million:
Publicly traded Internet company that operates in the financial services. Provides information on investment fund options, gives expert opinion and lets users build portfolios. There is some dispute as to whether Fund.com or sex.com holds the record for the highest price web domain.4. Porn.com 2007 $9.5 million:
Pretty self-explanatory.5. Business.com 1999 $7.5 million:
Business search engine and web directory founded in 1999 by Jake Winebaum, a previous chairman of the Walt Disney Internet Group, and Sky Dayton, founder of Earthlink. In July 2007 business.com, the company, was sold to Yellow Pages publisher RH Donnelly for $345 million.6. Diamond.com 2006 $7.5 million:
Not to be confused with the car insurance company, Diamond.com quite simply sells diamond jewelry. Bought by online jewelry retailer ice.com.7. Beer.com 2004 $7 million:
A search engine for beer, beer brewing, tasting, beer news, history of beer and drinking games.8. Israel.com 2008 $5.88 million:
Billed as "your first and best source for information about Israel". It was bought in 1994 by Joel Noel Friedman, a 46-year-old Jewish American. Rather than seek profit, he originally bought the sight in fear that it would be misused by somebody else.9. Casino.com 2003 $5.5 million:
Online gambling site. Again pretty straight forward.
10. Toys.com 2009 $5.1 million:
Bought last year at auction by ToysRUs. Everybody else stopped bidding at $3 million, but the toy company and National A-1 Advertising, owners of domains such as free.com, boys.com and divorce.com bid kept bidding until the retailer wo
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