- Welcome to The Journey.
Today we're gonna play a little game
and guess what?
You guys can play at home, too.
We're gonna discover the top five
most expensive domain names.
So maybe you've bought a domain before
or one of your friends, and it's ranged from
$1 to 10 or 15 bucks, kind of like a lunch date.
But it actually can get as high as
thousands of dollars, tens of thousands of dollars,
which those are considered premium domain names.
And this might come as a shocker, but actually
some domains sell for millions of dollars.
And this is happening every day, day in and day out.
So on our game today we're gonna explore
the top five most expensive domain names.
So when you think about your premium domain names,
those higher priced tens of thousands of dollars
domain names, I like to think of it as
an expensive neighborhood.
So maybe the Lower East Side in New York,
or you're over on the west coast like me,
so Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, 90210.
And so similar to those neighborhoods,
they're in high demand, and with higher demand
higher price tags.
So you might be at home wondering why
would I spend that much on a domain name.
Well it's pretty simple.
You spend more for that desirable domain name,
more people are gonna find ya.
Just like with the house or the cool neighborhood.
More people are gonna visit ya.
So you might be at home wondering why would I
spend millions of dollars on a domain name.
Emma mentioned 10 bucks, 15 bucks for one?
Well think about it like real estate, right?
This could go up in value.
I know with marijuana.com back in 2001,
it sold for a million.
Ten years later, guess how much.
Four million dollars.
So that's a reason you might want to consider
buying a domain now, spending a little more than
what you might expect, but because it's gonna grow
in value later on.
You can sell that, reap the benefits.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
All right, and with that, without further ado,
let's dive into the five most expensive domain names
with our game and our contestant,
Sam from Austin, Texas!
- What's going on?
Hey mom.
- He's been on the show eight times.
(laughing)
All right, Sam, the moment everyone's been waiting for,
I'm gonna put you up for a challenge.
We have five domain names here.
These are the most expensive domain names,
and what Sam is gonna do is organize them
in 60 seconds according to the right price.
No pressure, are you ready?
- Ready.
- All right, let's hit the clock.
Go.
60 seconds, Sam.
So, how'd you do your studying for this,
or is it distracting when I ask you questions?
- You're distracting me.
- Okay, all right, clock's ticking.
Sure about that voice one?
- We'll see.
All right.
- All right, lemme check in with our judges.
Judges?
And you got one right.
So you've got 45 more seconds, start organizing those.
And if you're at home doing this, don't cheat,
don't Google.
Clock's ticking, Sam.
Don't ask Alexa, don't ask your Google Home.
All right, let's check in with our judges...
You got two right.
How many more seconds on the clock?
30 more seconds, go!
Wouldn't it be great to know which two you have right Sam?
- It would.
- That'd be helpful.
Which one are you feeling most confident about?
- All five.
- All right, you feel good about this.
You do know what the prize is, right?
Judges, how many does Sam have right this time around?
- Come on!
- So Sam, remember what you got right before,
you got one, then you got two, well you're back at one.
Now one right, how much time do we have on the clock?
- Game is rigged.
- 15 seconds, Sam, let's go.
Rethink your whole system 'cause you went from one right
to two right to back to one.
This grand prize is looking like it's going home
with someone else.
Right, getting down to the wire.
Five, four, three, two, one, off the board,
off the board.
(bell ringing)
And the judges say you got two right.
All right Sam, thanks for playing.
You got two right.
Let's go ahead and reveal what the top five
most expensive domain names are
according to price, starting with $49.7 million.
The correct answer is--
- I'm pretty confident with that.
- You feel good about this?
Yes, that's true, carinsurance.com.
The second one, $35.6 million is actually
insurance.com.
- Oh, come on.
- Yeah, so let's switch that one out
for our audience at home.
And as for the $35 million, you did, in fact,
get this one right, vacationrentals.com.
Have you ever used it before?
- No.
- Recommend it.
And for the $30.1 million, I'm sure you can
figure it out, switch these, privatejet.com.
And coming in for $30 million, voice.com.
- Game is rigged.
(laughing)
So Sam, have you ever spent a lot of money
on a domain name before?
- No, I haven't, but I understand why.
You buy these domains that have
all these people that know about it,
you have the traffic, so the entrepreneur
doesn't have to fight an uphill battle.
So you can make it easy for yourself,
buy something that already pays all of it out for you.
- Totally, I'm all about making life a little easier.
Work smarter, not harder.
So that's a wrap.
You've learned the top five most expensive domain names.
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