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This is a good big list of domain name sold for big prices:

- business.com sold for $7.5 million
- asseenontv.com sold for $5 million
- altavista.com sold for $3.3 million
- loans.com sold for $3 million
- CreditCards.com sold for $2.75 million
- autos.com sold for $2.2 million
- Men.com sold for $1.3 million
- wallstreet.com sold for $1.03 million
- forsalebyowner.com sold for $835,000
- drugs.com sold for $825,000
- cinema.com sold for $700,000
- Me.com sold for $460,000
- art.com sold for $450,000
- engineering.org sold for $199,000
- fruits.com sold for $160,000
- perfect.com sold for $94,000

Not only that big list, some other domain are selling too. eBay.com recently featured actual bids for as little as $400 for "netmotors.com" and $500 for "golegs.com" to as much as $20,000 for "arlington.com" and $25,000 for "drpepper.net" -- and thousands more hovering anywhere in between.

Why? Why do these people pay that much just for a domain name? This is because more and more people would love to skip search engines and their plethora of irrelevant, misleading links to find exactly what they want. People try to guess where they want to go on the web when they no longer have the time for searching the Internet.

For example, let's say you own a children book store on the Internet. On which of the following URLs would you click :

1. http://www.freehostexample.com/yourname/~childrens_books,
2. http://www.your-books-store-for-children-online.com,
3. http://www.YourChildrensBookStoreCompanyName.com
4. Or simply http://Childrenbook.com

Just think which one would you choose?

Over 23 million ".com" names have been registered, and over 22 thousand are being purchased every day. It means that you're more likely to win the lottery than find a good domain name.

Nevertheless, a good domain name can help an online business become more visible, credible and accessible. And it can also help a person make a fortune. While finding one was very prohibitive, you can be a part of the gold rush, too.

In the final analysis, remember that your domain is the thing upon which you will build your online business. And like real estate, the location is just as important -- being accessible.