Why Dot Com?

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Top 10 most expensive domains: Notice - 3 of the top 5 sold are two keyword domains...


  1. LasVegas.com – $90 million 
  2. CarInsurance.com– $49.7 million 
  3. Insurance.com – $35.6 million 
  4. Vacationrentals.com – $35 million 
  5. Privatejet.com – $30.1 million 
  6. Internet.com – $18 million 
  7. Insure.com – $16 million 
  8. Sex.com – $13 million 
  9. Hotels.com – $11 million 
  10. Fund.com – $9.9 million 
  11. Porn.com – 9.5 million 
  12. Fb.com – $8.5 million 

Exact Match Domains and why investors value them...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/05/29/exact-match-domain-names-and-why-investors-value-them/#37c6774017da

Wired.com: .Com Is The Choice of VC Backed Startups...

By referencing the 2016 Forbes Midas List, as well as Finsmes (which tallies up the most represented VC firms on the list), Verisign found that 100 percent of the top 10 most represented VC firms on the list, and over 90 percent of their portfolio companies, have a .com.

Domains grow 3.7% to 348 million across all TLDs in 2018...

https://onlinedomain.com/2019/03/13/domain-name-news/domains-grow-3-7-to-348-million-across-all-tlds-in-2018/

Naming Your Business: Are Domain Name Extensions Important?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/10/22/naming-your-business-are-domain-name-extensions-important/#3b3831fc1456