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Ask HN: Whats the most you've paid for a Domain Name?

15 points by skiltz 10y ago

Was it worth it and would you do it again? What are your thoughts on spending a small fortunate to get your .com?

codegeek 10y ago
The problem is that it is an emotional topic for sellers. Most sellers think that their domain is worth 4 figures or more at the least while it may not be the case often. I have found many squatted domains that I will happily pay say $200 give or take but I am shelling out $5000 for a domain name (unless I have free VC money to burn :)) Ultimately, I end up buying a domain that is not taken and live with that.
glasz 10y ago
getting the domain of my dreams would involve like bribing an entire country and that's money i can spend in better ways. i think it depends on the projected ROI. the most expensive for me was an io domain for 80€/year, though. wrong purchase.
rootme 10y ago
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Insanity 10y ago
Not that much, it was about 15 Euro IIRC. I'd need a damn good reason to spend more than $50 on one. And though there are many good reasons, none of them have applied to me so far. :-)
madamelic 10y ago
I paid $45 for give.pizza. ;)
- skiltz 10y ago
  Why? As an investment?
arrowgunz 10y ago
I spend $99/year for mohni.sh (my first name - Mohnish)
rsweeney21 10y ago
We paid $12 for the .co and lost tons of business from potential customers trying to email us at the .com. We finally caved and paid $9,000 for the .com. It's been 100% worth it for our business to have the .com.
- wapz 10y ago
  Do you think the loss of business was partially because your company chose .co instead of something else like .io? I could see myself mistaking .co with .com but not .io.
ccvannorman 10y ago
$700 for supermathworld.com from a squatter
LinuxBender 10y ago
Being a geek, I would have pre-registered the .net, .org and .com for many variations of any business I might start up, so there would be no need to pay a lot. I've seen people shaken down due to lack of hind-sight. I would pay a lot to buy .org and .com (the TLD's themselves) but they won't sell them to me.
iends 10y ago
I had to pay $1000 to a squatter to get my own personal name.
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stevenhubertron 10y ago
$2,500 and would not do it again.
- skiltz 10y ago
  Why not?
  - wapz 10y ago
    I'm guessing the domain doesn't bring customers. Your product brings the customers.
ohashi 10y ago
Most expensive, $8,500. Not sure if it was worth it yet, time will tell. I would certainly pay lots for a domain though again. I bought and sold them as a business, I'm comfortable with paying a premium for a good domain.
TomBeckman 10y ago
$5000. Use a domain broker like sedo.com to negotiate so the seller doesn't know who you are and how significant the domain name is to you. Bought several sub-$2000 domains this way. Don't assume that the broker can find the domain owner if it's a years-old registration.
calbear81 10y ago
$50K for a company I was working for. It's a 7 letter english word, animal, and was the brand for an ecommerce company that was shutting down but had a lot of history behind it.
5_minutes 10y ago
One of the reason it's worth it is because Google still prefers .com a lot.

15 points by skiltz 10y ago

Was it worth it and would you do it again? What are your thoughts on spending a small fortunate to get your .com?

The problem is that it is an emotional topic for sellers. Most sellers think that their domain is worth 4 figures or more at the least while it may not be the case often. I have found many squatted domains that I will happily pay say $200 give or take but I am shelling out $5000 for a domain name (unless I have free VC money to burn :)) Ultimately, I end up buying a domain that is not taken and live with that.

glasz 10y ago

getting the domain of my dreams would involve like bribing an entire country and that's money i can spend in better ways. i think it depends on the projected ROI. the most expensive for me was an io domain for 80€/year, though. wrong purchase.

rootme 10y ago

Insanity 10y ago

Not that much, it was about 15 Euro IIRC. I'd need a damn good reason to spend more than $50 on one. And though there are many good reasons, none of them have applied to me so far. :-)

madamelic 10y ago

I paid $45 for give.pizza. ;)

skiltz 10y ago
Why? As an investment?

arrowgunz 10y ago

I spend $99/year for mohni.sh (my first name - Mohnish)

rsweeney21 10y ago

We paid $12 for the .co and lost tons of business from potential customers trying to email us at the .com. We finally caved and paid $9,000 for the .com. It's been 100% worth it for our business to have the .com.

wapz 10y ago
Do you think the loss of business was partially because your company chose .co instead of something else like .io? I could see myself mistaking .co with .com but not .io.

ccvannorman 10y ago

$700 for supermathworld.com from a squatter

LinuxBender 10y ago

Being a geek, I would have pre-registered the .net, .org and .com for many variations of any business I might start up, so there would be no need to pay a lot. I've seen people shaken down due to lack of hind-sight. I would pay a lot to buy .org and .com (the TLD's themselves) but they won't sell them to me.

iends 10y ago

I had to pay $1000 to a squatter to get my own personal name.

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stevenhubertron 10y ago

$2,500 and would not do it again.

skiltz 10y ago
Why not?
- wapz 10y ago
  I'm guessing the domain doesn't bring customers. Your product brings the customers.

ohashi 10y ago

Most expensive, $8,500. Not sure if it was worth it yet, time will tell. I would certainly pay lots for a domain though again. I bought and sold them as a business, I'm comfortable with paying a premium for a good domain.

TomBeckman 10y ago

$5000. Use a domain broker like sedo.com to negotiate so the seller doesn't know who you are and how significant the domain name is to you. Bought several sub-$2000 domains this way. Don't assume that the broker can find the domain owner if it's a years-old registration.

calbear81 10y ago

$50K for a company I was working for. It's a 7 letter english word, animal, and was the brand for an ecommerce company that was shutting down but had a lot of history behind it.

5_minutes 10y ago

One of the reason it's worth it is because Google still prefers .com a lot.