Nasty.com sells for $200,000

[SheepGuy]

I can only tell you a bit, more what I've heard than what I know for sure, but ultrahardcore.com sold in the late 90's for about 10 Mil, architecture.com was the biggest seller back then though, for an amount so ridiculous it absolutely amazed me.
sex.com must have spent more on lawyers than was ever seen by any of the owners or alleged owners. Got real nasty.
Both adult sites had functioning websites though.
The architecture one was just a guy with a bright idea who registered first.
In this biz, I don't think domain names count as much as they used to, look at AL4A.com, wtf does that even mean? But it's worth a helluva lot more than nasty.com.
I just registered screamingasshole.com, pretty generic, probably use it for a blog, but hey, it's for sale! As are all of my domains for the right price.
youngsmut.com 100G's
findavagina.com 50G's
westcoastsluts.com 30G's
eastcoastsluts.com 25G's

You get the picture. Great domain names that I'll sell for more than they're worth any day

[cd34]

Originally Posted by SheepGuy

ultrahardcore.com sold in the late 90's for about 10 Mil

You might want to check your facts on this one. The entire ultra* 'empire' was up for sale in Oct 2000 or so (Jim?) and I believe the offer at that time was $10m USD. However, that sale did not go through. Those domains languished for at least 14 more months at which point they were hosted by another adult company until someone exerted a little financial pressure. If he wants to come forward on this, that's up to him.

Later, many of the domains were auctioned off, laughably for pennies of what the original offer was.

Here's one thread of some of the drama that ensued
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=358501

So, when you look at the asking price for those domains, and note that these were listed in 2004, you might want to do more fact checking. The domains were liquidated, I believe ultrateen.com had a final sales price in the $6k range from what I had heard.

That's not to say that there haven't been some decent sales, just that you should take heresay for what it is.

Linkster would be able to tell you more about domains and what makes them valuable.

Brand awareness is certainly one of them -- webmasters from the late 90s will certainly identify with ultrateen.com, ultrahardcore.com, etc.

The trademarkability, or lack of the word being able to be trademarked is pretty important. Nothing like buying a domain for hundreds of thousands only to lose it in a dispute with ICANN.

The length of the domain, how common the word is, whether it is spelled correctly, etc. all have impact on how much that domain is worth. Track record of traffic received, how easily the site can be turned into a money source, what the company wants to do with the domain after they've purchased it and how much their brand or advertising expects to make by having a flagship domain.

Many high profile domain sales are not all-cash deals either. Many are tied to profits, stocks or grants. I know one domain that was sold to a .com where they were paid with options. After the vesting period, the options were so far underwater that the guy basically gave the domain away. From paper millionaire to working stiff in 366 days. It wouldn't surprise me to see that diamond.com was structured in such a way that the max payout was $7.5m based on sales targets, etc. or in some sort of partnership deal.