In a post on LinkedIn today Icon CEO Kennan Davison revealed that his company paid $12 million to acquire the exact match domain for their artificial intelligence based startup. The sale was made by Andrew Miller (ATM Holdings and Managing Director for Hilco Digital Assets) with Lumis.com representing the buyer. This is the 6th highest publicly reported domain sale since we began tracking the market in 2003 and just the latest of...
OpenAI has acquired Chat.com, a domain name previously purchased for $15.5 million by HubSpot’s co-founder Dharmesh Shah. Initially registered in 1996, the domain saw significant investment due to its prime fit with the rapidly growing AI chatbot sector, especially as tools like ChatGPT gain mainstream attention. Although the transaction cost remains undisclosed, OpenAI’s Sam Altman confirmed the acquisition, redirecting Chat.com to its...
Have you ever wondered about the most expensive domains ever to be sold? Well, here's a list of the Top 100 most expensive domain sales of all time. We have omitted some of the commonly referenced highest domain sales, simply because we were unable to verify the authenticity of these transactions. In our research, we only want verifiable domain sales. Top 100 Domain Name Sales of All Time Below you'll find a chart ranking the Top 100 Domain...
Last week, the premium domain, Hurt.com acquired for $1.5 Million in a private sale. Details surrounding the sale have been scarce as is often the case for premium domains acquired through private sales. The sale price of $1,500,000 represents the third-largest sale of 2023, after help.com ($3 Mil) and HBO's acquisition of "Max.com" for $1,800,000-which was recorded just one week prior to the Hurt.com transaction. The two account for over $3.25...