.com Domains

.com Domain Background

.com  is the most popular and universally recognized domain extension and is most often displayed in search engine results around the world. “.com” is known as the commercial or business domain and is used by many different types of people and organizations – commercial and otherwise. “.com” domain names are in very high demand and are, therefore, oftentimes the most expensive.  There are a finite amount of them (and all other domains, for that matter) due to character limitations.

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Why are .com Domains the Best?

.com was immediately the most popular gTLD, and therefore the most trusted and popular. When establishing an online presence for your business, it is a good idea to use a .com domain. which signals to users and search engines that your services/products are legitimate and that you are a commercial entity.  Additionally, businesses with .com domain names attract the most direct navigation or “type-in traffic”. .coms are also considered the most valuable and many have sold for millions of dollars!

The Top 10 Most Expensive Domain Names of 2010:

(source:  mostexpensive.net)

1. Insure.com, sold to QuinStreet for $16 million in 2009.
2. Sex.com, sold for $12-$14 million in 2006.
3. Fund.com, sold for $9.99 million in 2008.
4. Porn.com, sold for $9.5 million in 2007.
5. Business.com, sold for $7.5 million in 1999.
6. Diamond.com, sold to Ice.com for $7.5 million in 2006.
7. Beer.com, sold for $7 million in 2004.
8. Israel.com, sold for $5.88 million in 2004.
9. Casino.com, sold for $5.5 million in 2003.
10.Toys.com, sold to Toys ‘R Us for $5.1 million in 2009.

Learn more about other domain extensions here.