In 2009, I reported on the $18 million sale of Internet.com to QuinStreet, Inc. This was not simply a domain name sale, so it should not be listed in any lists of largest domain name sales, but I would imagine a great deal of value was placed on the Internet.com domain name at the time of the acquisition.

I just learned that Internet.com – the domain name alone – is now on the market. I was told that Quin Street no longer owns this domain name, although GDPR is preventing me from being able to see the current registrant of Internet.com.

George Kirikos is quite the sleuth when it comes to quietly reported domain name sales and acquisition. George has a keen eye for detecting domain name transactions passively reported by companies in SEC reports and filings.

Over the weekend, George questioned whether Lending.com was sold for $5,422,000 in October 2015. He made the discovery after reviewing the SEC filings of Finance of America. George laid out his observations and thoughts in a series of tweets:

One of the most common questions I am asked and I see being asked on NamePros, Twitter, and elsewhere is related to knowing what types of domain names to buy that will be desired by end user buyers. After all, it is simple to buy domain names but a domain investment business needs to sell domain names to survive and thrive.

Sedo, NameJet, and SnapNames report the domain name sales transacted on their platforms when privacy is not requested on a weekly basis. GoDaddy has begun reporting the largest sales transacted on its platform on a trailing basis. NameBio records all of these sales and many additional sales. What gets the most coverage, though, is the largest sales on each platform while the smaller sales tend to get lost.

Someone I follow on Twitter responded to someone else, and I noticed that she is sharing lists of domain name sales transacted on DAN from the prior day: