A huge price for a small slice

Chris Clark had no idea that when he purchased pizza.com he’d find himself such a tasty deal. Sure, he must have thought he’d make a nice little profit but was he aware that he’d have an anonymous bidder pay £1,300,000 for the domain? I think not. Chris had purchased the domain 20 years ago when the internet was in its embryonic stages, paying just £10/year to renew the domain.

If you too think you can snap up a potential goldmine - think again. There’s more than 150,000,000 domains registered worldwide and the number is growing daily.

Beneath are a few domain names that have made a mint:

Business.com
Sold for £4,600,000

Vodka.com
Sold for £1,500,000

Recycle.co.uk
Sold for £150,000 (not a load of rubbish after all)

Fund.com
Sold for £4,800,000

Cruises.co.uk
Sold for £560,000 (record holder for a .co.uk)

Diamond.com
£3,700,000.

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