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The most expensive domain name in history isn’t doing too well with site traffic

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Owning a domain name will typically cost between $10 and $20 per year, but this is just a drop in the ocean in terms of a possible price tag, new data has revealed.

Top web hosting (opens in new tab) company Hostinger (opens in new tab) released a study looking into the top seven most expensive domain names in history, with the most expensive domain costing $30 million in 2019.

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How successful are the most expensive websites of all time?

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A new study reveals website traffic of the costliest domain names in history. This review finds the most expensive domain name ever currently receives 88,000 visitors per month. Remarkably, the third costliest domain name has no registered monthly traffic.

How much is a good website name worth? People and companies have paid hundreds of millions of dollars for specific domain names. Is this always worth the return on investment? Maybe not is the answer.

A new study by web hosting provider Hostinger has investigated the top seven most expensive domain names ever, to see how the sites are doing now. The data, provided to Digital Journal for review, assesses what traffic these sites receive and whether the outlay was worth it.

As to the most expensive websites:

Voice.com

  • Cost: $30 million in 2019
  • Current monthly traffic: 88.8k

The voice.com website describes Voice as “a team of technologists, artists and curators using the transformative power of NFTs to make digital art collectable.” The company bought the domain name in June 2019 from enterprise analytics and software company MicroStrategy.

360.com

  • Cost: $17 million in 2015
  • Current monthly traffic: 23.9 million

360.com belongs to the Chinese Internet security company 360 Security Technology Inc, and currently receives 23.9million monthly visitors, which ranks it as the 154th biggest website in China. The domain name was bought from Vodafone in February 2015 for $17 million

NFTs.com

  • Cost: $15 million in 2022
  • Current monthly traffic: data not available

NFTs.com is one of the most recent sales in the top ten, after it was purchased in August 2022 for $15 million. The site currently contains very little information, but says it is “powered by DigitalArtists.com Marketplace”.

Sex.com

  • Cost: $13million in 2010
  • Current monthly traffic: 64 million

This domain name was sold in November 2010 from Escom to Clover Holdings after it won an auction. The provocative name receives more traffic than the rest of the top five sites combined, with 64 million visitors each month, and it was recently announced that the name…

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Internet’s most expensive domain gets just 88,800 monthly visitors

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Call it bizarre but the most expensive domain ever on Web, that was bought for $30 million, receives only 88,800 visitors per month while the third costliest Internet domain name has no registered monthly traffic, a report showed on Wednesday.


The voice.com website describes Voice as “a team of technologists, artists and curators using the transformative power of NFTs to make digital art collectable”.


The company bought the domain name in June 2019 from enterprise analytics and software company MicroStrategy but the $30 million investment doesn’t appear to have delivered much return so far.


Voice.com’s monthly traffic according to SimilarWeb currently stands at around 88,800, according to data by web-hosting provider Hostinger.


“It’s fascinating to see how much money has exchanged hands for specific domain names – the cost of the seven names in the list adds up to more than $100 million,” said a Hostinger spokesperson.


For multi-billion-dollar companies, the outlay is relatively small, especially if it secures your presence on the web, strengthens your brand and provides a good stream of traffic to your site.


“However as this study shows, spending millions of dollars on the domain name doesn’t guarantee millions of website visitors,” the spokesperson added.


360.com belongs to the Chinese internet security company 360 Security Technology Inc, and currently receives 23.9 million monthly visitors, which ranks it as the 154th biggest website in China.


The domain name was bought from Vodafone in February 2015 for $17 million.


At third place, NFTs.com is one of the most recent sales in the top 10, after it was purchased in August 2022 for $15 million.


The site currently contains very little information, but says it is “powered by DigitalArtists.com Marketplace”.


Despite the large price tag, there isn’t enough info for SimilarWeb to estimate its traffic, indicating that very few people are visiting the site.


Sex.com domain name was sold for $13 million in November 2010 from Escom to Clover Holdings after it won an auction.


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Google says Android smartphones will get expensive, warns of threat to user security: here’s why 

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The CCI ordered Google to stop preventing app developers from using other companies for billing or payments and to not limit how end users use apps.

Ankita Chakravarti

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 14, 2023 11:26 IST

By Ankita Chakravarti: Google has warned that the Competition Commission of India’s latest ruling will make smartphones more expensive in the country. The tech giant also warned about the potential threat to users’ security. In 2022, CCI imposed a fine of Rs 2273 crore on Google in two different orders. The company was fined Rs 1337 crore for misusing its dominant position in the Android mobile device ecosystem and Rs 936 crores for abusing its monopoly through Play Store. CCI had accused Google of getting into one-sided agreements with smartphone makers to ensure that its apps dominate the Android ecosystem.

Now Google has approached the Supreme Court against CCI’s ruling. The company has argued that the move by CCI will stall Android growth in India.

Why did CCI find Google?

The antitrust watchdog CCI had accused Google of partnering with smartphone makers to pre-install Google apps in the phones. CCI said that Google should not force the smartphone companies pre-install the apps. The watchdog asked Google to provide fair access to all stake holders. CCI wants other ecosystems to also come into action as it feels that it is currently being dominated by Google. However, the tech giant has claimed that it faces tough competition from Apple.

The CCI said that Google has been using this power in ways that go against Indian competition laws. The CCI ordered Google to stop preventing app developers from using other companies for billing or payments and to not limit how end users use apps. The CCI also told Google not to treat its own payment app, Google Pay, better than other apps that use the same payment system in India.

Google warns about security risks and expensive smartphones

Google in a blog post has said that CCI’s order strikes a blow at the ecosystem-wide efforts to accelerate digital adoption in the country.The search giant said when Android first launched in 2008, smartphones were very expensive, but in the past few years, Google has made it possible for phone manufacturers to…

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