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Hundred-dollar bills fly through the air around a laptop, illustrating the millions of dollars changing hands in the premium domain name market. Publicly reported domain sales of $1 million or more have already surpassed last year's total, with some individual names selling for tens of millions of dollars.

November 10, 2026

Another Domain, Another Million: Seven-Figure Domain Sales Keep Piling Up in 2026

Another domain, another million. The $1 million sale of Epidemic.com adds to a growing list of high-dollar domain transactions in 2026. So far, 13 publicly reported sales have topped $1 million, totaling nearly $204 million and already surpassing the number recorded during all of 2025. Here's a closer look at the biggest sales and why buyers continue to spend millions on premium domain names.

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John Colascione is Chief Executive Officer of SEARCHEN®, a digital marketing and technology company founded in 2001. An entrepreneur, author, and digital publisher with more than 25 years of experience, he specializes in search engine marketing, Website Monetization, domain names, and online business development. He is the author of Mastering Your Website. Read more about John at JohnColascione.com.

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The domain name is equivalent to Gold. It is the only packaged item which is globally tax-free, portable, with value that is universal across different cultures. – Frank Schilling
Domains have and will continue to go up in value faster than any other commodity ever known to man. – Rick Schwartz
Google knows you, your friends, your likes, what entertains you, where you are in the world at any given time. Google will soon predict your next action, your next thought, based on a collaboration of thoughts past. – John Colascione