Name that 3-letter domain that’s worth $14 Million

Sex.com.

A recent acquisition of the said domain pegged the value of sex.com at $14,000,000PHP 821,597,000INR 1,186,497,200EUR 13,332,200CNY 101,896,200 or roughly Php 740,000,000.00USD 12,609,600INR 1,069,004,000EUR 12,010,200CNY 91,834,000. That’s a lot of zeros there!

Other notable generic domains which sold in the millions include:

• beer.com – $7,000,000PHP 410,798,500INR 593,248,600EUR 6,666,100CNY 50,948,100
• telephone.com – $2,000,000PHP 117,371,000INR 169,499,600EUR 1,904,600CNY 14,556,600
• shop.com – $3,500,000PHP 205,399,250INR 296,624,300EUR 3,333,050CNY 25,474,050
• business.com – $8,000,000PHP 469,484,000INR 677,998,400EUR 7,618,400CNY 58,226,400
• AsSeenOnTv.com – $5,100,000PHP 299,296,050INR 432,223,980EUR 4,856,730CNY 37,119,330
• AltaVista.com – $3,300,000PHP 193,662,150INR 279,674,340EUR 3,142,590CNY 24,018,390
• wine.com – $2,900,000PHP 170,187,950INR 245,774,420EUR 2,761,670CNY 21,107,070
• autos.com – $1,800,000PHP 105,633,900INR 152,549,640EUR 1,714,140CNY 13,100,940
• express.com – $1,800,000PHP 105,633,900INR 152,549,640EUR 1,714,140CNY 13,100,940
• wallstreet.com – $1,000,000PHP 58,685,500INR 84,749,800EUR 952,300CNY 7,278,300
• rock.com – $1,000,000PHP 58,685,500INR 84,749,800EUR 952,300CNY 7,278,300

Imagine if you own sex.com.ph and you sell it for a tenth of the price?