25 Most Expensive Domain Names Of All Time


#8  Candy.com

Sold for: $3,000,000

Year sold: 2009

The site is an online candy shop that offers candy by brand, nostalgic candy or chocolate candy bars, and others at the best prices, widest selection and fastest shipping.

G&J Holdings purchased Candy.com for a sweet $3 million in 2009. Toys.com outdid that earlier in the year though, when it was bought by ToysRUs for $5.1 million.

The other domain name in tie with is:

#8 Vodka.com

Sold for: $3,000,000

Year sold: 2006

The site says that it’s an online destination for all things vodka, where you can register to become a part of the first vodka community on the web. After becoming the member, you can get everything from the history of vodka to the latest trends in cocktails, entertaining, and drinking and dining out.

A billionaire in Russia who founded the country's largest vodka maker purchased Vodka.com for $3 million in December 2006.

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