“The National Domain Association is building the Wall Street for domains — the first auction house where monopoly-grade digital portfolios are curated, verified, and sold as a new asset class.”
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Domain Sales Comparison
Historic record sales vs. the National Domain Association’s private auction of monopoly-grade domain portfolios.
Note: All communications regarding this auction are handled exclusively by email until signed agreements are in place.
| Domain / Auction | Year | Sale Price | Notes | Why NDA Auction Is Bigger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance.com | 2010 | $35.6M | One of the highest single-domain sales in history. Covered by mainstream finance & tech press. | NDA’s auction includes InsuranceFraudRegistry.com + multiple compliance registries — not one name, but an entire category monopoly. |
| CarInsurance.com | 2010 | $49.7M | Major sale tied to insurance vertical. | NDA’s insurance package contains 29 exact-match domains that together form a monopoly. |
| Voice.com | 2019 | $30M | Bought by Block.one (crypto). Covered by Bloomberg, WSJ, TechCrunch. | NDA’s auction headline valuation is ~7× larger ($210M) and spans multiple trillion-dollar industries. |
| NFTs.com | 2022 | $15M | Tied to the NFT/crypto boom. | AI & clinical research portfolios align with current regulatory headlines (AI compliance + pharma transparency). |
| Purple.com | 2017 | $900K | Consumer brand play. | NDA’s consumer health portfolio (MucRx™, MucDx™) are launch-ready OTC brands in a $9B cough/cold market. |
| Carrot.com | 2021 | $565K | Fertility health tech brand. | NDA’s health portfolios bundle multiple consumer health + pharma domains into one monopoly package. |
| National Domain Association Auction | 2025 | $210M (portfolio valuation) | Private auction, Greenwich, CT. Fortune 500 companies already under NDA and bidding. | Not a single-domain sale, but the first institutional auction of monopoly-grade portfolios across insurance, AI, pharma, real estate, and consumer health. |
⚡ Takeaway for Media
Previous record sales were single names. The NDA auction offers entire monopolies across multiple industries. The $210M valuation makes this the strongest domain headline in years — anchored to current themes in insurance fraud oversight, AI compliance, and pharma transparency.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Qualified buyers who complete NDA and verification with the National Domain Association (NDA). The auction is private and invitation-only.
Submit an access request via the press room: nationaldomainassociation.com/press-room. Catalog access requires NDA + bidder verification.
Portfolios contain multiple exact-match domains, supporting names, and category-defining anchors positioned as digital monopolies.
Early October 2025, hosted privately in Greenwich, Connecticut. Attendance is by invitation only.
Yes. Historic single-domain records include Insurance.com ($35.6M), CarInsurance.com ($49.7M), Voice.com ($30M), and NFTs.com ($15M). The NDA auction differs by offering entire multi-domain monopolies.
All communications are handled exclusively by email until signed agreements are in place.
Exact-match, non-replicable category terms that control language and discovery in regulated and high-trust markets (insurance fraud, AI compliance, clinical trial transparency). This defensibility is what we refer to as “monopoly-grade.”