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209.8million top-level domain names on the Internet.1 - 15.3 million new domain names were registered in 2010 – a 7.9 percent increase from 2009, and 2.2 percent over the first quarter of 2011.1
- The most popular domain name extensions, in order, are .com, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .info, .nl, .eu, .cn, and .ru, which accounted for 61 percent of all new registrations.1
- Out of 107.3 million .com and .net domains that are registered, 21 percent were one page websites [editor's note: likely parking pages], 67 percent were multi-page websites, and 12% were parked domains, and an estimated 88 percent resolved to a valid website.1
- The most expensive internet domain name was sold for $13 million (£8.2 million) by Escom LLC to Clover Holdings Ltd on 17 November 2010.2
- Top domain name sales by week, and sales year-to-date.3
- The most expensive domain name sales on record are:4
- Sex.com for $13 million in October 2010
- FB.com for $8.5 million in November 2010
- Fund.com for $9.99995 million in March 2008
- Business.com for $7.5 million in December 1999
- Beer.com for $7 million in 1999
- AsSeenOnTv.com for $5.1 million in January 2000
- Toys.com for $5.1 million in 2009
- Altavista.com for $3.3 million in August 1998
- Wine.com for $2.9 million in September 1999
- CreditCards.com for $2.75 million in July 2004
- Social.com for $2.6 million in June 2011
- Autos.com for $2.2 million in December 1999
Domain Name Facts Sources:
1. Verisign Quarterly Report, May 2011, August 2011
2. Guinness World Records
3. DN Journal
4. DomainSherpa research
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