NFTs.com sold for $15 million, making it one of the top 10 most expensive domain names ever sold
Nickie Louise
Posted On August 3, 2022
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have skyrocketed in popularity over the last two years. But with the ongoing global economic downturn and looming recession, the NFT space is currently going through some correction just like the stock market. While trading in the NFT market continued in the last month, it’s happening at a much slower pace than previously seen.
But that has not stopped investors from pouring millions into promising NFT startups and digital assets. Some examples of that are less-known digital assets like domain names. In October 2021, the domain name NFT.com was sold for $2 million, just at the peak of NFT’s popularity.
Fast forward ten months later, another NFT domain name was sold for millions of dollars. Escrow.com announced today that the domain name NFTs.com has been sold for 15,000,000 USD. According to the press release (below), the deal was brokered by Domainer.com and GoDaddy, with Escrow.com facilitating the sale
The sale of NFTs.com is one of the largest publicly reported domain name sales of all time, making it the second-largest publicly reported sale in three years, after the $30 million sale of Voice.com we reported back in 2019.
Although there is no information about the buyer and how the launch date for the NFTs.com project, the broker said that the buyer has associations with other web3 projects, such as DigitalArtists.com, which offers a curated web3 service to artists.
In a statement, Matt Holden (formally working at GoDaddy, now part of the Domainer.com team), who is the lead broker on the deal, said: “It was a pleasure to work with all parties involved with NFTS.com, an incredible opportunity for the buyer to acquire a category killer domain and one of, if not the best, possible .com’s in the entire web3 space.”
Ian Garner, Director at Domainer.com, added: “The recent purchase of NFTS.com is an acquisition all brokerage platforms would love to be involved in. It has truly been a privilege to have played our part in the deal and to continue to represent a very happy buyer.”
Jackson Elsegood, General Manager at Escrow.com, said: “The recent acquisition of NFTS.com is one of the largest web3-related transactions we’ve seen on the platform.
Below is the press release from Escrow.com.
NFTs.com bought for $15,000,000
Domainer and GoDaddy brokerage team finalizes purchase of NFTs.com, facilitated by Escrow.comSAN FRANCISCO, California – 3 August 2022 – Escrow.com, the world’s largest online escrow provider, and Domainer.com, specialists in premium domain brokerage and acquisition, today announced the purchase of the domain name NFTs.com for 15,000,000 USD. The deal was brokered for an undisclosed buyer by the experienced teams at Domainer and GoDaddy.com, whilst being facilitated by Escrow.com.
Although no formal plans have been publicly announced regarding a project at NFTs.com, Domainer can report that the buyer has associations with other web3 projects, such as DigitalArtists.com, which offers a curated web3 service to artists.
Lead broker on the deal, Matt Holden (formally working at GoDaddy, now part of the Domainer.com team), says: “It was a pleasure to work with all parties involved with NFTS.com, an incredible opportunity for the buyer to acquire a category killer domain and one of, if not the best, possible .com’s in the entire web3 space”.
NFTs.com is a phenomenal asset, considering how NFTs are revolutionizing digital asset ownership, laying the foundation of the metaverse economy, play-to-earn games, and more.
The $15m price tag makes the purchase the 2nd highest published sale on NameBio.com and is, impressively, more than 7 times the highest published crypto oriented .com sale, which was Eth.com at $2m USD back in 2017.
Ian Garner, Director at Domainer.com, added: “The recent purchase of NFTS.com is an acquisition all brokerage platforms would love to be involved in. It has truly been a privilege to have played our part in the deal and to continue to represent a very happy buyer.”
Jackson Elsegood, General Manager at Escrow.com, said: “The recent acquisition of NFTS.com is one of the largest web3-related transactions we’ve seen on the platform.”
Used for secure transactions from $100 to $100million and more, Escrow.com is a secure online escrow service that acts as a neutral, third party that holds a buyer’s funds in trust until all parties are satisfied with the deal.
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About Escrow.com
Winner of the BBB Torch Award for Ethics for Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the Bay Area, Escrow.com is the world’s largest online escrow provider. Founded in 1999 by Fidelity National Financial, today over US$5 billion in transactions have been secured from over 2 million customers. The company is now a division of Freelancer Limited (ASX:FLN, OTCQX: FLNCF). Escrow.com’s headquarter is in San Francisco, California, the United States.About Domainer.com
The partnership between a domain investor and a domain broker, Domainer.com offers premium domain name acquisition, or “buyer’s brokerage”. The specialists at Domainer.com have over 12 years experience in sourcing and acquiring premium names for clients. The brokerage presence is based in North West England but the business has staff all over Europe.
Meanwhile, below are the 25 most expensive domain names publicly reported.
- CarInsurance.com — $49.7 million
- Insurance.com — $35.6 million
- VacationRentals.com — $35 million
- PrivateJet.com — $30.18 million
- Voice.com — $30 million
- Internet.com — $18 million
- 360.com — $17 million
- Insure.com — $16 million
- Fund.com — £9.99 million
- Sex.com — $14 million*
- Sex.com — $13 million
- Hotels.com — $11 million
- Porn.com — $9.5 million
- Shoes.com — $9 million
- Porno.com — $8.8 million
- Fb.com — $8.5 million
- We.com — $8 million
- Business.com — $7.5 million
- Diamond.com — $7.5 million
- Beer.com — $7 million
- Z.com — $6.8 million
- iCloud.com — $6 million
- Israel.com — $5.8 million
- Casino.com — $5.5 million
- Slots.com — $5.5 million
