25 Most Expensive Domain Names Of All Time


#19 DataRecovery.com  

Sold for: $1,659,000

Year sold: 2008

ESS Data Recovery  was formed in 1997 and incorporated in 1999. Minnesota's Associated Computers, Inc sold the domain Datarecovery.com to ESS Data Recovery on February 1, 2008.  In 2010 ESS changed the domain name to Datarecovery.com, Inc. to better distinguish themselves in the industry.

It is one of the first data recovery companies in the world, that have developed technology used in every major recovery laboratory and has consistently researched and implemented new data recovery methods and techniques.

Datarecovery.com has the capacity to handle large RAID arrays, data tapes, flash media, and any brand of desktop or laptop hard drive. Major clients have included NASA, Sprint, Lockheed Martin, and Microsoft.

#18 Auction.com

Sold for: $1,700,000

Year sold: 2009

Auction.com is an online real estate marketplace that deals with selling residential, commercial, luxury homes, multi-family and hospitality properties, land, as well as performing and non-performing notes and loan pools.

Auction.com was rumored to be selling for even more money -- $2.5 million. But it came in at $1.7 million, and was purchased by Real Estate Disposition Corp.

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